The Nebraska Federal Writers’ Project: Remembering Writers of the 1930s, Part 3A – Documents

Judge William Morning replies to a letter from 9th grade student Rudolph Umland.

A March, 1936 letter from Federal Writers Project field administrator Lawrence Morris to Rudolph Umland on personnel problems and political pressure.

Bank Failures

Shucks

Interview form

Farmers Alliance I

Farmers Alliance II

Cowboy Songs

Nebraska Cattle Brands

Clenched Fist (I)

Clenched Fist (II)

Umland-Welsch letter: Umland’s reply to a letter from Roger Welsch asking about how the Nebraska Writers’ Project collected folklore.

Umland-Vendel letter: An April, 1968 autobiographical letter from Rudolph Umland to student Lawrence Vendel.

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The Library of Congress’s online WPA American Lives collection is drawn from the folklore interviews of the Federal Writers’ Projects: Search or browse Nebraska’s contribution to the collection or get an overview of the entire online collection.