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What is the total number of first-person accounts of slavery in 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?
What is the total number of first-person accounts of slavery in 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?
When were the narratives collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project?
When were the narratives collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project?
How many black-and-white photographs of former slaves are included in 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?
How many black-and-white photographs of former slaves are included in 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?
When were the narratives digitized and the photographs scanned from the originals?
When were the narratives digitized and the photographs scanned from the originals?
What is the joint presentation of the online collection 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?
What is the joint presentation of the online collection 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?
How are the published volumes containing edited slave narratives arranged?
How are the published volumes containing edited slave narratives arranged?
What was assembled and microfilmed in 1941?
What was assembled and microfilmed in 1941?
What was renamed as Work Projects Administration (WPA)?
What was renamed as Work Projects Administration (WPA)?
Who provided major support for digitizing the narratives and scanning photographs?
Who provided major support for digitizing the narratives and scanning photographs?
Where are administrative files for the project bound?
Where are administrative files for the project bound?
Who was the National Advisor on Folklore and Folkways for the FWP?
Who was the National Advisor on Folklore and Folkways for the FWP?
In which years did the WPA Federal Writers' Project send out-of-work writers to interview ordinary people?
In which years did the WPA Federal Writers' Project send out-of-work writers to interview ordinary people?
Which state's FWP director was responsible for editing and transferring the narratives to Washington, D.C.?
Which state's FWP director was responsible for editing and transferring the narratives to Washington, D.C.?
Who organized the narratives by state and then alphabetically by name of informant within each state?
Who organized the narratives by state and then alphabetically by name of informant within each state?
When did the FWP lose its funding?
When did the FWP lose its funding?
Who undertook the remaining editing and indexing of the narratives after the FWP lost its funding?
Who undertook the remaining editing and indexing of the narratives after the FWP lost its funding?
Where are the multivolume set and other project files housed?
Where are the multivolume set and other project files housed?
Who was responsible for collecting ex-slave interviews housed in other archives in later volumes?
Who was responsible for collecting ex-slave interviews housed in other archives in later volumes?
Which anthology contains selections from the Library of Congress collection?
Which anthology contains selections from the Library of Congress collection?
Where are additional works using these narratives as well as other slave narratives listed?
Where are additional works using these narratives as well as other slave narratives listed?
