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In a message dated 3/1/2007 2:55:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Kevin and Anita make excellent points about these narratives--which
are, be it noted, on the *Library of Congress* Web site
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html), not that of the
National Archives!
Please don't confuse the digitized with the original. The original records
of the Works Progress Administration are at the National Archives (Record Group
69). Yes a number of these have been digitized and available through the
Internet, but not all of the information found on Library of Congress' website is
in original at the Library of Congress. It is simply the "host site" for
databases of information all over the country (the world?). Just because the
digitized versions are accessed through an LC hosted site doesn't mean that LC is
the location of the originals.
Additionally, many of these have been published and/or sample-collected by
many individuals and organizations doing research. It can be easy to confuse
someone's collection of notes, especially if extensive, with the originals.
Holly
Amherst
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