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Salon.com Audio: Ralph Ellison
Click on the link MP3 link to listen to an excerpt from Invisible Man,
read by Joe Morton.
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writer 1936-1940.
A collection of oral histories from the Folklore Project of the Federal
Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects)
Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. Several Southern states are
well-represented.
The Federal Writers provided government supported work writers during the Great Depression. In addition to the oral histories, writers compiled state guidebooks that provided glimpses of regional and local life. Three authors on the reading list for Folklore 560, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, worked on the Writers Project.
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Making Sense of Documentary Photography
Information about understanding documentary photography. Includes discussion of the work of Walker Evans.
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William Faulkner A to Z : the essential reference to his life and work : Fargnoli, A. Nicholas. Fargnoli, A. Nicholas. New York : Facts on File, c2002. Davis Library PS3511.A86 Z459 2002.
A William Faulkner encyclopedia / edited by Robert W. Hamblin and Charles A. Peek. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. Davis Library PS3511.A86 Z459 1999
Mississippi Writers Page
This guide from the English Department at the University of Mississippi, features biographies,
bibliographies, and links to additional resources about writers in, from, or otherwise associated
with the state of Mississippi.
Rowan Oak, Home of William Faulkner
Take a virtual tour of Rowan Oak, home of the Faulkners for over 40 years.
Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins: Mule Skinner Blues
William R. Ferris Collection
Manuscripts Department:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library
Contains primary sources related to the work of Dr. Ferris, including
work on various aspects of folklore as well as correspondence,
publications, and other materials that relate to several authors covered
in this class.
Folkstreams.net
Provides links to eight films related to Southern folklife by Dr. Ferris.
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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections
Part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) of the New Deal. Contains a document called
Proposed Recording Expedition into the Floridas/, written by Zora Neale
Hurston and 19 folk songs performed by Hurston. To find the songs,
choose the Browse list of Performers link and look for Hurston
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Black Writers Reading Series
Listen to Kenan read from his work as part of the Black Writers Reading
Series on the WGBH Forum Network.
Blassingame, John, ed. Slave testimony : two centuries of letters, speeches, interviews, and autobiographies. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1977.
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
This database, brought to you by the library, includes the life histories of former American slaves and the transcripts of actual slave interviews.
Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives
The Collection includes all the existing autobiographical narratives of fugitive and former slaves published as broadsides, pamphlets, or books in English up to 1920.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project,
1936-1938
A collection of transcribed oral history narratives collected in the
1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) of the New Deal.
The Federal Writers provided government supported work writers during the Great Depression. In addition to the oral histories, writers compiled state guidebooks that provided glimpses of regional and local life.
Voices from the Days of Slavery
Seven hours of recorded interviews with former slaves, recorded between
1932 and 1975.
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The Mark Twain encyclopedia / editors, J.R. LeMaster, James D. Wilson ; editorial and research assistant,
Christie Graves Hamric. New York : Garland Pub., 1993.
Davis Library PS1330 .M37 1993.
Mark Twain A to Z : the essential reference to his life and writings / R. Kent Rasmussen ;
foreword by Thomas A. Tenney. New York : Facts on File, c1995.
Davis Library PS1331 .R37 1995.
The Oxford companion to Mark Twain / [editor] Gregg Camfield ; advisory board, Lou Budd ... [et al.]. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Davis Library PS1331 .O97 2003
Mark Twain in his Times
An online archive of materials related to the works of Mark Twain.
Produced by the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia,
using resources from the Barrett Library of American Literature in the
Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.
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Alice Walker, an annotated bibliography 1968-1986 / Erma Davis Banks, Keith Byerman. New York : Garland Pub., 1989.
Davis Library Z8947.42 .B36 1989
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The Eudora Welty Foundation
Offers a virtual tour of Welty's home and garden, a complete bibliography of her work, and a timeline of her life.
Eudora Welty House
Take a virtual tour of Eudora Welty's house and garden.
Mississippi Writers Page
This guide from the English Department at the University of Mississippi, features biographies,
bibliographies, and links to additional resources about writers in, from, or otherwise associated
with the state of Mississippi.
William R. Ferris Collection: The Open Video Project
49 video clips of interviews with B.B. King and Eudora Welty.
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Mississippi Writers Page
This guide from the English Department at the University of Mississippi, features biographies, bibliographies, and links to additional resources about writers in, from, or otherwise associated
with the state of Mississippi.
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Richard Wright : an annotated bibliography of criticism and commentary, 1983-2003 / Keneth Kinnamon.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
Davis Library PS3545.R815 K566 2006
A Richard Wright bibliography : fifty years of criticism and commentary, 1933-1982 / compiled by Keneth Kinnamon with the help of Joseph Benson, Michel Fabre, and Craig Werner.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
Davis Library Z8986.323 .K56 1988
Mississippi Writers Page
This guide from the English Department at the University of Mississippi, features biographies,
bibliographies, and links to additional resources about writers in, from, or otherwise associated
with the state of Mississippi.
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writer1936-1940.
A collection of oral histories from the Folklore Project of the Federal
Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects)
Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. Several Southern states are
well-represented.
The Federal Writers Project provided government supported work for writers during the Great Depression. In addition to the oral histories, writers compiled state guidebooks that provided glimpses of regional and local life. Three authors on the reading list for Folklore 560, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, worked on the Writers Project.