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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 1 of [WPA Road] Revision No 79 B Approx 2500 words SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE WPA ROAD Date of First iiriting Jan311939 Name of Persons Interviewed Charles Seabrook Arthur WBailey FWJohnston white Fictitious...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 2 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD LIFE HISTORY The men who work on the Etiwan WPA road project reported for duty at eight oclock sharp Thirtynine Negro laborers answered the...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 3 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 2 For them walking was out of the question Those who rode lived on the other end of Etiwan Island at least twelve...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 4 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Ehalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 3 The water boy came by with a bucket from which projected the handle of a tin dipper He was a serious looking...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 5 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 4 I dont object to singing at times the superin tendent says but this thing of one loud song after another had to...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 6 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 5 Come on boyscome on boysl sings out the super intendent The shovels move at a faster tempo The foreman echoes the command...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 7 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 6 The men scramble out of the ditchbrushing the earth from their clothing They are joined by the laborers who have been leveling...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 8 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 7 They laugh and joke as they eat kidding the bachelor members of the crew about their scant lunches They talk about the...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 9 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 8 The youngest of the crew is around 21 He is of slight build but his arm muscles stand out like heavy cord...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 10 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 9 During the ten months the road project has been in progress only one man has found outside employment This was a young...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 11 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers S Murray Edisto IslandSO WPA ROAD Page 10 Jobs on the Etiwan plantations do not pay a living wage One has to work from sunrise to sunset to earn...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 12 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMUrray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 11 is instrUcted to rush the wounded one to the nearest physician The project will be completed by the end of February the...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 13 of [WPA Road] Project 1655 Chalmers SMurray Edisto IslandSC WPA ROAD Page 12 They march in line to the big wooden box which stands under a small oak and one by one put their shovels...
- Contributor: Johnston, F.W. - Bailey, Arthur W - Seabrook, Charles - Murray, Chalmers S.
- Date: 1939-01-31