Autobiography of a Person who Insisted on Writing One, 1935

Creator

Gerardo Cortina Pinera
Manuel Marrero
Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida

Files

Publisher

Federal Writers' Project of Florida

Publication Date

1-1-1935

Abstract

Cortina Pinera's story of how he came to Tampa from Cuba as a teenager and worked in a cafe and as a reader in a cigar factory. During the Depression, he lost his cafe job, then became totally unemployed when cigar factory owners abolished the position of readers in the factories. Cortina Pinera laments the loss of the readers, and describes his life as an unemployed worker and recipient of government relief. The autobiography is followed by comments from Mrs. Jose Quintana, a supervisor at the Emergency Relief Council of Hillsborough County, and author Manuel Marrero.

Keywords

Working class, Unemployment

Extent

11 pages

Geographic Location

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Works Progress Administration Tampa office records, 1917-1943

Box

36

Folder

2

Language

English

Media Type

Autobiographies

Identifier

W27-00834

Recommended Citation

Cortina Pinera, Gerardo; Marrero, Manuel; and Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida, "Autobiography of a Person who Insisted on Writing One, 1935" (1935). Tampa WPA Office Papers. 28.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tampa_wpa/28