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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_agency
New Deal program
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gptkbp:activity
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documenting American folklore
interviewing former slaves
producing state and city guidebooks
recording oral histories
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Henry_Alsberg
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1943
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gptkbp:employs
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over 6,000 writers at its peak
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gptkbp:founded
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1935
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:U.S._federal_government
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Federal Writers' Project
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:John_Cheever
gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Saul_Bellow
gptkb:Studs_Terkel
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Massachusetts:_A_Guide_to_Its_Places_and_People
gptkb:The_Negro_in_Virginia
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Alabama
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Alaska
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Arizona
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Arkansas
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_California
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Colorado
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Connecticut
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Delaware
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Florida
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Georgia
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Hawaii
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Idaho
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Illinois
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Indiana
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Iowa
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Kansas
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Kentucky
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Louisiana
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Maine
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Maryland
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Massachusetts
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Michigan
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Minnesota
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Missouri
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Montana
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Nebraska
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Nevada
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_New_Hampshire
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_New_Jersey
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_New_Mexico
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_New_Orleans
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_New_York
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_North_Carolina
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_North_Dakota
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Ohio
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Oklahoma
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Oregon
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Pennsylvania
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Puerto_Rico
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Rhode_Island
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_South_Carolina
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_South_Dakota
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Tennessee
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Texas
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Utah
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Vermont
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Virginia
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Washington
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_West_Virginia
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Wisconsin
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_Wyoming
gptkb:The_WPA_Guide_to_the_Virgin_Islands
New York City Guide
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:American_Guide_Series
gptkb:Slave_Narratives_Collection
State guidebooks
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:purpose
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provide employment for writers during the Great Depression
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Federal_Art_Project
gptkb:Federal_Music_Project
gptkb:Federal_Theatre_Project
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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