Information about the Database American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography Between 1936 and 1938, the WPA Federal Writers' Project hired field workers to collect the life histories of former slaves. Transcripts for 2,000 interviews, from seventeen states, were then compiled by the Library of Congress. The collection and the index are now searchable online. Coverage: 1936-1938 Locations: UM, UMA-BCL, UMF, UMFK, UMM, UMPI, USM, LAW Format: Internet Remote Access: Available Contact: Electronic & Information Resources Librarian