Works Progress Administration W P A (97 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1188 2012 J-WPA1058 (1938), 2007, 2012 Taken from the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) transcriptions of 1938. The collection of Smith County records provides the genealogist some of the most basic of information when researching their family history. Tombstone inscriptions provide names, dates of birth and dates of deaths. This information is arranged by cemetery, and the location of the cemetery is provided. The bible records are arranged by family, and provide marriages, including the names of bride and groom, dates of birth and death, and, occasionally, other miscellaneous information. Some Church Minutes are also included, and provide dates of meetings, membership, and various activities and actions taken. Dates of information contained in this work are as early as the year 1778 and as recent as 1920. Paperback, (1938), repr. 2007, 2012, Index, 119 pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1190 2012 J-WPA1062 (1936), 2007, 2012 During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed all of Coffee County, Tennessee Will Books for the years 1833 to 1860. This book contains these original transcriptions. Information in this work include the Name of the Deceased, date of death, dates on court filings and actions, sales of personal property of the deceased, Recorded Wills, Lists of Personal Property and Inventories of estates, the names of Witnesses, Executors, Creditors, Judges, Lawyers, etc., and Notes executed by debtors (including names of individuals). In many instances, the net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. This volume is an excellent genealogical source. Paperback, (1936), repr. 2007, 2012, Index, 118 pp.…

50th anniversary edition reprint of the original May 1938 edition published by The Viking Press. xxxiv, 545 pages. Paperback: H 21.25cm x L 13.75cm. Glossy paper covers rubbed with slight scuffing at edges; bumping/creasing at spine heel and at front cover's adjacent lower left; spine sunned. Slight soiling and a few stains to text block edges with a few leaves affected at margins; three leaves creased at their top fore-edge corners from past fold-ins; interior leaves overall remain quite clean. Binding retains some crispness. ISBN 0878053697.…

New revised edition (as stated upon copyright page). xxxiv, 717 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with light soiling and small stains; chips, tears, scuffing, and creasing at edges; front flaps' top corner is price-clipped. Light brown cloth. Some soiling and light toning to text block edges all three of which have past owner's ink name stamp; several small stains to top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Updated and revised from the original 1940 edition. ISBN 0803870558.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1191 2012 J-WPA1139 (1937), 2007, 2012 With New Index by Samuel Sistler. Taken from the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) transcriptions of 1937. The collection of Madison County Tombstone Inscriptions provides the genealogist with some of the most basic of information when researching their family history. Tombstone inscriptions provide names, dates of birth and dates of deaths, and, often times, family members and relationships. This information is arranged by cemetery, and the location of the cemetery is provided. Dates contained in this work are as early as the year 1800 and as recent as 1930. Paperback, (1938), repr. 2007, 2012, Index, 146 pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1181 2014 J-WPA1029 (1936), 2006, 2014 Works Progress Administration (WPA) Transcription of the Sequatchie County, Tennessee County Court Minutes from 1858 to 1874. Includes names of individuals whose business or appointments came before the court, and also contains information on real estate, roads, court orders, petitions, etc. Includes name index.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1189 2011 J-WPA1059 (1936), 2007, 2011 Taken from the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) transcriptions of 1936. This volume contains a well-balanced mixture of Sumner County, Tennessee, records, including family information, bible records, as well as tombstone records and inscriptions. The result is this collection, which provides the dates of birth and death, as well as family relationships, of approximately 2,500 persons listed in the index. The final section includes numerous colorful letters from the Civil War. Paperback, (1936), repr. 2012, Index, xii + 187 pp.…

New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with a slight scuffing/nicks and short tears at edges; some soiling to white rear panel; a few foxing spots evident to panels but much stronger upon dj's blank verso; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Dark blue cloth spine lightly bumped at ends; gray boards. Foxing to text block edges and endpapers; interior pages remain clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#9} ISBN 0803803915.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Original orange cloth with black titles and photo endpapers. Compiled by writers and photographers in the Montana Federal Writers' Project. A fine, clean and unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third printing (first published by Viking Press in May 1938). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Black cloth mildly mottled; spine slightly cocked with slight fraying at ends; slender wear to board corners; spine's gilt stamping quite dulled but front board's gilt stamping remains comparatively bright. Light foxing to text block's top edge; light stray ink mark on bottom edge. Some foxing/toning to endpapers; peeling and glue residue from removed bookplate on front pastedown with paper abraded at top margin obscuring an ink inscription; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Rear pastedown pocket lacks its foldout state map. Fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #22|CMS-02848 }. …

New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed; a few nicks at edge with small chip at spine heel; 2cm tear at rear panel's bottom left; both flaps strongly creased/curled at their terminal edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped too. Dark blue cloth spine; gray boards. A few leaves towards book's rear have shallow bumping at their top fore-edge corners; pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#10} ISBN 0803803915.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1182 2012 J-WPA1031 (1938), 2006, 2012 With New Index by Samuel Sistler. A wonderful collection of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Cemetery Readings & miscellaneous Diaries, Civil War Records etc., are contained in these records. Numerous family genealogies are documented from bible records and and family histories found by WPA personnel in Miscellaneous County papers. Dates of information contained in this work are as early as the year 1748 and as recent as 1934. Following is a list of those surnames listed 4 or more times in the index: ABBOT, ALEXANDER, ANDREWS, ARNOLD, BAIRD, BAKER, BANKS, BASS, BATEY, BATTLE, BEASLEY, BELL, BETHEL, BINFORD, BLACK, BLACKMAN, BLAKE, BLANCHE, BOCK, BRADLEY, BRICKELL, BROCK, BROWN, BUCHANN, BUTLER, CAFFEY, CALLAWAY, CAMPBELL, CANNON, CARLTON, CAWTHON, CIMMONS, CLARK, COLEMAN, COOK CORBELL, COVINGTON, CRYER, DANIEL, DAVIS, DEMENT, DICKINSON, DROMBOOLE, EAGLETON, EATON, EAVES, EDWARDS, ELAM, ELLIOTT, FARRIS, FATHERA, FERGUSSON, FLETCHER, FRAZIER, FULLER, GALLAWAY, GARDINER, GODWIN/GOODWIN, HALE, HALL, HARE, HARTMAN, HAYES, HAYNES, HENDERSON, HIGHT, HILL, HILLIARD, HIX, HOLMES, HORTON, HOUSE, HUGHES, HUNT, HYDE, JACKSON, HAMISON, JETTON, JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, KEYSER, KING, KNIGHT, LANNIER, LAURANCE, LAWRENCE, LEACH, LEDBETTER, LEWIS, LOCKE, LOWE, MANEY, MARTIN, MCADOO, MCCLANAHAN, MCDONALD, MCFADDEN, MCGOWAN, MILES, MITCHELL, MOLLOY, MOORE, MORGAN, MORTON, MURFREE, NEWMAN, NEWSOM, NUGENT, OLIPHANT, OSBORNE, PALMER, PATRICK, PATTERSON, PHILIPS, PHILLIPS, QUALE, RANSOM, READY, REEVES, REID, RIDLEY, ROBERTS, RUCKER, SACKWELL, SEARCY, SHAW, SHORT, SIMS, SMITH, SMOTHERMAN, SNELL, SPAIN, STOCKIRD, TATUM, TAYLOR, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TODD, TRAVERS, TROUSDALE, TUNER, WAIR, WALLACE, WALTON, WARD, WARREN, WENDEL, WHITE, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILSON, WOOD, WOODFIN, YEARGAN, YOUREE. Paperback, (1938), repr. 2006, 2012, Index, 220 pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. PUBLISHER: Allegheny City Society DATE/EDITION: 1994, reprint edition, copyright originally 1941 BINDING: Softbound in blue paper wraps with gold lettering on the front cover and spine, 8 1/2" x 11", 236 pages DUST JACKET: No jacket, as issued BOOK CONDITION: The book is near fine with flat covers, no creases in covers or spine, sharp corners, tight binding and very clean inside and out. DESCRIPTION: Compiled by workers of the writer's program of the WPA in Pennsylvania. Photo illustrated.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1186 2006 J-WPA1048 (1936), 2006 During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed all of Dickson County, Tennessee, Will Book "A" for the years 1804 to 1856. This book contains these original transcriptions. Information in this work include the Name of the Deceased, date of death, dates on court filings and actions, sales of personal property of the deceased, Recorded Wills, Lists of Personal Property and Inventories of estates, the names of Witnesses, Executors, Creditors, Judges, Lawyers, etc., and Notes executed by debtors (including names of individuals). In many instances, the net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. This work is an excellent genealogical source. Paperback, (1936), 2012, 8.5 in. x 11 in., Index, 178 pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1183 2006 J-WPA1038 (1936), 2006 Full Transcriptions of wills, and miscellaneous family diaries, letters, indentures, etc. Because of the nature of the documents, there are numerous names provided in the form of deceased, wives, witnesses, others named in the wills, witnesses, school employees, students, family, friends, etc. Fully indexed. …

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1193 2009 J-WPA1160 (1939), 1999, 2009 Originally prepared by The Historical Records Survey, Works Progress Administration (WPA), in 1939, this work documents of the Estate Settlements for Washington County, between the years of 1790 and 1841. The information provided in these records include the names of deceased, Witnesses, creditors, debtors, property, amounts collected and paid, and much more. In many instances, the approximate net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. Approximately 2,500 individuals listed in the indexes. Paperback, (1939), 2012, Index, 234 pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1180 2014 J-WPA1027 (1938), 2006, 2014 During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed the Will and Record Book of Weakley County, Tennessee, for the years 1828 to 1842. Though this volume contains these original transcriptions of the Wills, the bulk of the book contains the names of individuals, tax information detailing acres of land, number of slaves, taxable property and tax amounts etc. Includes a new full-name index.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition in original green cloth-backed prited wraps (some rubbing; lacks about a quarter of rear cover).

1st EX LIB. 8vo. 675pp. EX LIB, with small Library label down end paper, stamped 'discard'; '974.4' rear, date due remnant. No letters spine. VG- Pretty clean EX LIB with map (see notes).

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1179 2013 J-WPA1026 (1938), 2006, 2013 During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed all of Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Will Books for the years 1858 to 1895. This book contains these originial transcriptions. Information in this work include the Name of the Deceased, date of death, dates on court filings and actions, sales of personal property of the deceased, Recorded Wills, Lists of Personal Property and Inventories of estates, the names of Witnesses, Executors, Creditors, Judges, Lawyers, etc., and Notes executed by debtors (including names of individuals). In many instances, the net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. An excellent genealogical source. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 83 pp., Orig Grn Paperback, Oblong Folio (11.5 X 15.5 iInches), 3-ring binder holes else VG, 1st ed.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1185 2012 J-WPA1045 (1939), 2007, 2012 During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, prepared an index for all of Clairborne County, Tennessee Deeds, for the years 1801 to 1865. This book contains the original index. Information in this work includes the names of Grantor and Grantee, Date, Deed Book Number, Page, and Consideration for the transaction. The listings are not in strict alphabetical order, but instead all entries for each letter are listed together. The first section of the book is an alphabetical listing by Grantor; the second section contains the alphabetical listing by Grantee. There are more than 14,000 individuals listed in this index. Paperback, (1939), repr. 2007, 2012, Index, 333 pp.…

First Edition. 16pp. Quarto [27 cm] Side-stapled printed wrappers. Near fine. "This list of churches and educational institutions maintained by religious organizations in Utah is issued primarily for the use of research workers of the Historical Records Survey as a check list against which they should check to ascertain that the records have been listed on a 20 HR form for each organization in their county. The Historical Records Survey intends to issue inventories of the church archives of all religious organizations which have ever existed in this state." - from the Preface.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1184 2006 J-WPA1042 (1936), 2006 Works Progress Administration (WPA) Transcription of the Anderson County, Tennessee, County Court Minutes from 1801 to 1814. Includes names of individuals whose business or appointments came before the court, information on real estate, roads, court orders, petitions, appointments, land transfers, juries, civil actions, criminal actions, etc. Numerous lists of names are also included. Full-name Index. …

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1187 2013 J-WPA1057 (1938, 1998), 2006, 2013 During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Transcriptions Unit, transcribed all of Dyer County, Tennessee, Will Book "A" for the years 1858 to 1895. This book contains these original transcriptions. Information in this work include the Name of the Deceased, date of death, dates on court filings and actions, sales of personal property of the deceased, Recorded Wills, Lists of Personal Property and Inventories of estates, the names of Witnesses, Executors, Creditors, Judges, Lawyers, etc., and Notes executed by debtors (including names of individuals). In many instances, the net worth of an individual's estates can be determined by the inventories and court records and notations. This work is an excellent genealogical source. …

Hardcover. None.

Condition: VG- EX LIB (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 675pp. EX LIB, with call letters on spine, library pocket, a little wear head. and heel of spine. With the fold-out map in rear.

Brown cloth boards attached by rusted metal clasp; boards rubbed and soiled; indentation to rear board; paper label with pencil title "Insects Pests" on front board. Front board pastedown has two ink stamps: "Varnado High School | Varnado, LA." at top and at bottom right "Repaired by | W.P.A. | Bookbinding Project | Women's and Professional Division" with handwritten ink notations "12-20-40" and "Bogalusa, La." Varied toning, foxing, soiling, staining, and edge-wear to fifteen bound-in United States Department of Agriculture booklets - the first being "Rabies or Hydrophobia" (dated 1927) but others regarding insects pests and their control including houseflies (1939), elm leaf beetle (1939), bedbugs (1937), chinch bug (1937), silverfish (1939), nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes (1937), harlequin bug (1939), Mexican bean beetle (1943, i.e. a post-1940 booklet which evidently means a past owner added to the binder), common white grubs (1938), some facts about malaria (1932), fleas (1937), house ants (1938), cockroaches (1937), and mosquito remedies (1935).…

108 pages plus covers. Paperback; H 23.25cm x L 17.25cm. Dark orange paper covers rubbed and lightly soiled, small paper loss at spine heel with 1cm tear at heel of front joint. Text block edges toned. First several leaves have minor chipping at fore-edges; several patches of surface peeling to page 1 slightly affecting text which features short biographical essay and b/w photo of Richard Wright; toning to pages 9 and 104. Binding is firm. A good+ copy. Front cover verso announces Story Magazine's awards in their Federal Writers' Project Contest in which Richard Wright won first prize for his collection "Uncle Tom's Children" along with second prize and honorable mention winners as well as thanks to Federal Writers' Project Director Henry Alsberg and various state and city supervisors whose cooperation made the contest a success. Features contributions: "Fire and Cloud" by Richard Wright, "At the Jonah and Whale" by L.M. Angus-Butterworth, "Four Woodcuts of Delia" by Philip Harley Culkin, "The Blue Sash" by Warren Beck, "Lady on the Prowl" by Charlotte Moody, "The Admiral" by Louis L'Amour, "Cabin Fever" by Ted Olson, etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, Second State, with Rademaekers stated as Distributor on copyright page. Lacking dj. Yellow cloth binding with map in blue ink on front and spine. Spine toned and rubbed at corners with small cloth frays. Toning to endpapers and firm binding. Unmarked copy. xiii, 422pp. Photos. 2 maps in text. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.…