"They had pads and pencils!" - GORDON MCLESTER, Native Historians Do Stand-up, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalPencilDay #GordonMclester
"The legacy of the WPA I think is a profound one." - MARYEMMA GRAHAM, Deep in Turpentine, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #MaryemmaGraham
"The goal of the committee was to make recommendations for emergency funding to protect important habitats for wildlife." - CHRIS HALEY, A Voice for the Land, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #WorldWildlifeDay #ChrisHaley
"Throughout US history, it seems California has always attracted outsiders." - CHRIS HALEY, Is This Land Your Land?, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalCaliforniaDay #ChrisHaley
"They gathered photographs of buildings designed by Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright." - CHRIS HALEY, A Voice for the Land, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalWisconsinDay #ChrisHaley
"He was well-known for his passion for trees." - CURT MEINE, A Voice for the Land, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #CurtMeine
"It's frustrating." - KIKI PETROSINO, A Lost Cause?, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #KikiPetrosino
"Conservatives who distrusted FDR labeled the New Deal as socialist." - CHRIS HALEY, Native Historians Do Stand-up, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #FranklinDelanoRoosevelt #HappyBirthdayFranklinDelanoRoosevelt #FDR #ChrisHaley
"That's classic Florida!" - TAMEKA HOBBS, Who's Recording Who?, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalFloridaDay #TamekaHobbs
"In cities like Chicago, half of all adults lost their jobs!" - CHRIS HALEY, A Giant Listening Project, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalIllinoisDay #ChrisHaley
"Tensions erupted." - CHRIS HALEY, A Creative Incubator, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #ChrisHaley
"The goal of the Writers Project was to create jobs for out-of-work journalists, authors and clerical workers." - CHRIS HALEY, Who's Recording Who?, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalAuthorsDay #ChrisHaley
"Franklin Roosevelt learned a lot from Theodore Roosevelt." - DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, A Voice for the Land, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #TheodoreRoosevelt #HappyBirthdayTheodoreRoosevelt #DouglasBrinkley
"When it ramped up, it had a staff of nearly 7,000 writers, from New York to California, and from Alaska to Puerto Rico." - CHRIS HALEY, A Giant Listening Project, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalAlaskaDay #ChrisHaley
"She was a teacher." - GREGG KIMBALL, A New Kind of History, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #WorldTeachersDay #GreggKimball
"It was published around the same time as the Federal Writers Project's other book about Virginia, the WPA Guide to Virginia." - CHRIS HALEY, A New Kind of History, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalVirginiaDay #ChrisHaley
"I remember carrying that little book around school and reading it and rereading it until it became a tattered paperback." - KIKI PETROSINO, A New Kind of History, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalReadaBookDay #KikiPetrosino
"Throughout his career, he had gained a wider view of forests and wildlife ecology than what he'd been taught in schools." - CHRIS HALEY, A Voice for the Land, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalWildlifeDay #ChrisHaley
"Without the Writers' Project, he would have hardly left any trace in print." - CHRIS HALEY, Is This Land Your Land?, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #ChrisHaley
"They were good friends." - BETTY MCLESTER, Native Historians Do Stand-up, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #NationalFriendshipDay #BettyMclester
"You can't deny the documentation, it's overwhelming." - CHRIS HALEY, A Lost Cause?, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #ChrisHaley