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General Information
Source Title
Federal Writers Project (Wis.). Writings and Research Notes, 1935-1942.
Source Description
The Biographies in the Writings and Research Notes of the Federal Writers Project in Wisconsin, consist of three sets of records: complete biographies, rough drafts or "field notes" of biographies, and notes for biographies that were never written. Contents range from a single page to 100 or more. For more information about these records see the online finding aid for Wis Mss MM at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000mm.
Source Notes
Field notes for biographical sketch.
Portrait
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Collection
Wisconsin Names Index
Wisconsin Name Index
The Wisconsin Name Index (WNI) is a searchable index of names found in various collections in the Library. These include:
- About 150 county and local histories
- Dozens of professional directories and biographical encyclopedias
- More than 60 scrapbooks containing 30,000 obituaries from the “Wisconsin Necrology” scrapbooks
- Selected articles from Wisconsin magazines and newspapers
Most items were published from 1870-1970.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing the Wisconsin Name Index
The WNI is searchable on the Society's website. The materials found in the index are not comprehensive of all materials on our shelves.
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