My Mother also had a beautiful penmanship.? I remember her talking about buying and selling of slaves which was recorded in these records along with land sales. Jan in S.E. TX -----Original Message----- From: Cat Donnow <ambicat@charter.net> To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Cc: romayor2@aol.com Sent: Fri, 16 May 2008 8:15 am Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, WPA COLLECTION My Grandmother (who had a gorgeous penmanship) transcribed weather records. I was able to get a copy of one record she had done and had it framed for my Dad a few years ago for Father's Day. -- Cat Donnow http://www.ambiancestudio.com ---- romayor2@aol.com wrote: > During the depression my Mother worked for the WPA as a quilter and later worked transcribing many of these records. > > Jan in S.E. TX > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Smileson@aol.com > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 15 May 2008 9:03 am > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] LAORLEAN Digest, WPA COLLECTION > > > > http://www.state.lib.la.us/whatsnew/whatsnew_details.cfm?doc_id=525 > > Louisiana Works Progress Administration (WPA) Collection > The State Library of Louisiana has begun to digitize and provide electronic > access to important Louisiana historical WPA material not previously available > online.? Louisiana WPA materials were placed in the custody of the State > Library when the national WPA was terminated in June of 1943. > The collection has since remained, more or less in storage, and in large > degree inaccessible. The materials include both text and photographs. The staff > of the Federal Writers Project transcribed newspapers, conducted oral > interviews and compiled histories. The text material includes traditional songs, > > beliefs, customs, sayings, stories, recipes, legends, jokes, and accounts of > local > history.?? WPA photographers documented a considerable amount of the agency's > varied activities throughout the state, such as urban and suburban lifestyles > and construction projects. > The Louisiana Gumbo Project was made possible by a $470,000 National > Leadership Grant for Libraries, awarded to the State Library along with the > State > Museum and the Historic New Orleans Collection. As part of the Louisiana Gumbo > Project, this WPA collection will eventually include 10,000 photographs and > 2,000 documents. > > DIGITAL LIBRARY COLLECTION > Plantation homes St Charles, St James Parishes, acadian bathroom, acadian > family crowley, LA > acadian home of Mrs Severin Primeaux near New Iberia ca1940, etc > > > > > > > > > > ************** > Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family > favorites at AOL Food. > > (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message