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Manuscript Collections: 

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia State University 
William Russell Pullen Library, Special Collections Department, Stetson Kennedy Papers.  Georgia Government Documentation Project, Oral History Collection, Stetson Kennedy. [Box K-1, Folders 4-8]. 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

University of North Carolina Library
Stetson Kennedy Papers, 1936-1978. Manuscripts Department. #3709 
Federal Writers’ Project Papers. #4193, 

Coral Gables, Florida

University of Miami 
Otto G. Richter Library Archives and Special Collections Department, Florida WPA Records.  The University of Miami served as a sponsor for the Rare Books Project in the Spring of 1940.  As a sponsor, the University agreed to provide access to books, office space, and supplies to enable a group of W.P.A. workers to make copies, first in long-hand, and then type the complete text of rare Florida books.  In return for its cooperation, the University of Miami received six bound manuscripts of rare Florida books for its library collection. 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 

Broward County Library 
Works Progress Administration Collection, Bienes Center for the Literary Arts. 
 

Gainesville, Florida 

University of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries, Department of Special Collections, P.K. Younge Library of Florida History. 

Andrews, Charles O. 
Caldwell, Millard. 
Green, Alexis. 
Hendricks, Joseph. 
Hurston, Zora Neale.  Zora Neale Hurston Rare Books & Manuscripts, Manuscript Group 6.  Volume 3 of "Stories, Essays, Miscellaneous Mss." includes typescripts of some of Hurston's writings for the Florida Federal Writers' Project, including early manuscripts of The Florida Negro. http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/hurston/hurston.htm
Loftin, Scott M. 
Pepper, Claude. (Scrapbooks) 
Peterson, J. Hardin. 
Sholtz, David (Florida New Deal Governor) 
Trammell, Park. 
Yon, Thomas. 

University of Florida Oral History Program
Interviews with Fred White, CCC 1, Hillary Cowart, CCC 2, Talmadge W. Holmes, CCC 3, James C. Keene CCC 4, and Herschl Daniels, CCC 5. 
 

New York City, New York 

New York Public Library 
Stetson Kennedy Papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, [Sc Micro R-3548]. 
 

Tallahassee, Florida

Florida State University
Claude Pepper Library.  Manuscript Collection includes Official and personal papers, photographs, audiovisual recordings and memorabilia. 

Stetson Kennedy Papers.  Florida State Archives, Florida Department of State, Florida Folklife Collection.  Includes reproductions of WPA folklore field recordings. 

Tampa, Florida

University of South Florida 
Stetson Kennedy Papers. Tampa Campus Library, Special Collections Department, Stetson Kennedy Collection.  “Kennedy Guide to Florida Folklore from the WPA Collection.” [FHC #0587-1522-909] 

Zora Neal Hurston Manuscript Collection.  Works Projects Administration, Florida Negro Papers, Tampa Campus Library, Special Collections Department, [Boxes 4, 5 and 6].  Includes primary WPA documents.