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Event Type: Adult Program Age Group(s): Adult Date: 5/11/2016 Start Time: 6:00 PM End Time: 7:00 PM Description: Created in 1935 as part of the United States Work Progress Administration, the Federal Writers’ Project was created to provide employment for historians, teachers, writers, librarians and other white-collar workers. John Steinbeck, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Saul Bellow and John Cheever all participated in the program.
Library: Downtown Bend Public LibraryCommunity Librarian Nate Pedersen shares the impact and the importance of the Federal Writers’ Project. *cr* Location: Brooks Room Contact: Liz Goodrich Contact Number: 541-312-1032 Presenter: Nate Pedersen Link: Federal Writers' Project at DPL |