Through interviews with survivors of the Depression, the use of photographs taken by Federally supported photographers (many reproduced here) and research into the history of the period, the work provides an accurate and even uplifting portrait of the people of the Mountains, Piedmont and Coastal areas of North Carolina in the 1930s. The chapters include examinations of the industries and natural resources of North Carolina during the Depression, as well as information on the education, health, population, labor, governorships, housing and entertainment of the time. The effects of the New...

This pictorial album relies on picture postcards, personal pictures and memorabilia, written records, and interviews to record and reconstruct a tale of the states resources, people, education, health, housing, labor and entertainment.

This volume provides the only one-volume record of all of the North Carolina towns and structures that received federal artwork under the New Deal programme, as well as in-depth accounts of the works themselves and the artists who created them.

Presents a record of federally-funded art projects in Virginia during the Great Depression. This book provides an historical overview of each city or town that is home to the artwork, information on federal structures housing the artwork, a photograph and description of the artwork itself, and a biographical sketch of the artist.