Tampa WPA Office Papers

The bulk of this collection consists of manuscripts and revised typescripts of the Florida edition of the American Guide Series; drafts and revisions pertain to Hillsborough County, particularly the city of Tampa, with a substantial number of essays on Ybor City and its immigration history. Correspondence and research by Stetson Kennedy, one of the project's chief editors, is included. Also included are the correspondence and records of daily activities of Carita Doggett Corse, who served as the director of the Florida Writer's Project in 1935.

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Study of the Centro Español, circa 1930s

Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida

Discusses Spanish immigration to Tampa and a club established for immigrants in Ybor City, Centro Español de Tampa.
Study of the Circulo Cubano, circa 1930s

Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida

Tells the history of Circulo Cubano de Tampa, a club for Cuban immigrants formed in Ybor City in 1899. The club took the name Circulo Cubano in 1902.
Ybor City Conversation, circa 1930s

Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida

A discussion of the speech habits of Spanish-speaking and Italian-speaking immigrants to Tampa.
Manual of Instructions for Teachers of the Florida W.P.A. Music Project, circa 1930s

Federal Works Agency. Works Progress Administration. Federal Music Project. Florida

Manual detailing regulations on scheduling classes, working hours, public performances, advertising, handling money, school supplies, and paperwork.
Voodooism or Superstition, circa 1930s

A. L. Lopez

Discusses voodoo beliefs and practices in Ybor City.
Article, Manuel Marrero, Witchcraft in Cuba, circa 1930s

Manuel Marrero

A brief look at occult practices in Cuba.
Family or Domestic Remedies, circa 1930s

Manuel Marrero

Discusses the use of folk medicine among residents of Ybor City.
Diary, R.P. Daniel, Medical Journal, 1928

R. P. Daniel and Florida Historical Records Survey

“A Medical Journal" is a diary kept by R. P. Daniel, Assistant Surgeon. U. S. N., of the voyage of the Jacinto to Japan, 1855-1858. The transcriber corrected the orthography of the original diary - at the request of the owner, Dr. R. P. Daniel, of Jacksonville, Florida, a nephew of the writer. This copy was prepared by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration in 1928.