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The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and ...
Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Somerville", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, hdl:2027/mdp.39015014440781; Reed Ueda (1984). "The High School and Social Mobility in a Streetcar Suburb: Somerville, Massachusetts, 1870-1910". Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 14.
S.S. Cape Ann ferry, 1905 Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2010 Hand carved wooden sign for Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2019 John Pydynkowski, pro. woodcarver and gold leaf 23k. 1902 - Cape Pond Ice Co. in business. [4] 1905 - Gloucester Cold Storage in business. [4] 1906 - Gorton-Pew Fisheries in business. [24] 1907 Gloucester Net and Twine Company ...
The American Guide Series, the most well-known of FWP's publications, consisted of guides to the then 48 states, the Alaska Territory, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. The books were written and compiled by writers from individual states and territories, and edited by Alsberg and his staff in Washington, D.C.
Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Lowell", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, hdl:2027/mdp.39015014440781 {}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default
Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Boston: the Hub of the Universe", Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, American Guide Series, Cambridge: Riverside Press Donlyn Lyndon (1982), The City Observed, Boston: a Guide to the Architecture of the Hub , New York: Vintage Books, OL 23256413M
Alsberg felt the American Guide Series needed to be supplemented with books about the people of the country. With this in mind, the project published ethnic studies such as The Italians of New York (in both English and Italian), Jewish Landsmanschaften of New York (in Yiddish), The Armenians of Massachusetts, and The Swedes and Finns of New Jersey.
Tourist's Guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Boston: John F. Murphy, 1902, OL 24158445M; J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (1904), Letters from an American Farmer, New York: Fox, Duffield & Company, OL 7093278M Reprint of 1782 London ed. Letters 4-5, 7-8: Description of Nantucket, etc.