Editing Works Progress Administration (section)

====Federal Writers' Project====
{{main|Federal Writers' Project}}
This project was directed by [[Henry Alsberg]] and employed 6,686 writers at its peak in 1936.<ref name="Adams 1995"/> The FWP created the [[American Guide Series]] which, when completed, consisted of 378 books and pamphlets providing a thorough analysis of the history, social life and culture for every state, city and village in the United States including descriptions of towns, waterways, historic sites, oral histories, photographs, and artwork.<ref name="Adams 1995"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Mosse |first=George |date=2024 |title=Confronting the Nation |location= |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |pages=36-37 |isbn=978-0-299-34644-7}}</ref> An association or group that put up the cost of publication sponsored each book, the cost was anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000. In almost all cases, the book sales were able to reimburse their sponsors.<ref name="Larson, Cedric 1939"/>{{Rp|494}} Additionally, another important part of this project was to record oral histories to create archives such as the [[Slave Narrative]]s and collections of folklore. These writers also participated in research and editorial services to other government agencies.<ref name="Adams 1995"/>