Wpa Works Progress Administration (139 results)

gd. many steel point black white illustrations.

PF. Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Smith County, Tennessee, Bible and Tombstone Records. with Some Church Minutes. 0.46. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories 1858-1895 1.65. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket. 1937 Hard Cover. xi, 54 pp. A WPA publication of works by and about Horace Mann. "Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 - August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848 - 1853). From September 1852 to his death, he served as President of Antioch College. Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn unruly American children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers, especially in the Whig Party, for building public schools. Most U.S. states adopted a version of the system Mann established in Massachusetts, especially the program for normal schools to train professional teachers. Educational historians credit Horace Mann, along with Henry Barnard and Catherine Beecher as one of the major advocates of the Common School Movement.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Dyer County, Tennessee, Wills, Volume a: 1853-1893 1.81. Book.

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.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 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.

Second edition. -- Includes Official State Road Map [not a standard WPA map] in rear pocket, folded, bright fine condition. Tours key map on endsheets. Photographs. -- Hardcover, blue cloth, 458 pages. Condition: very good (corner bump; light wear to spine tips; hinge repaired; no jacket). -- Pages and photos are bright, and binding is tight.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Second Edition. 8vo, xiv + 300pp. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates and maps on front endpapers. Hardcover, bound in original cloth with pictorial dustjacket. Book is in very good overall condition. Firm binding and crisp, clean, interior. Previous owner's ink signature inside front cover, otherwise no markings or signs of prior ownership. Light tanning/ foxing to endpapers. The d/j is unclipped and in good plus condition with some wear to edges and a little spotting/ soiling to rear panel. Still presents nicely, now protected in a new clear Mylar wrapper.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Possible First Edition or early reprint of the 1939 First Edition. American Guide Series, compiled by the Workers of the Federal Writers' Projects of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California. Sponsored by the Bret Harte Association. DJ intact, but no initial sale price data; DJ chipped. Cover sun-faded along the top edge. Illustrated with photographs and a fold-out map. Unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good in a Good+ DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First Edition. American Guide series. Written and Compiled by Members of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the New England States. Sponsored by the New England Council, Boston. DJ and initial sale price intact ($3.00). Illustrated with photographs and maps. Rear endpaper has a water or coffee stain, and a small bookseller's label; otherwise, unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. This classic work has been reprinted in several formats, but nothing compares with owning a book in the original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First Edition, possibly an early reprint of the 1939 First Edition. American Guide Series, compiled by the Workers of the Federal Writers' Projects of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California. Sponsored by the Bret Harte Association. DJ intact, but no initial sale price data. Small white blemish at base of front cover. Illustrated with photographs and a fold-out map. Unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ DJ.