Subj :	Ex-slave Narratives
xxvi
May 3, 1937
L~r. Edwin Bjorkinan, State Director
Federal Writers‘ Project, WPA
City Hall, Fifth Floor
Asheville, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Bjorkinan:

	I am quoting a memorandum of ~r. Lomax, folklore editor, regarding the ex-slave stories:

	“of the five States which have already sent in rexniniscences of ex—slaves, Tennessee is the only one in which the workers are asking ex-slaves about their belief in signs, cures, hoodoo, etc. Also, the workers are requesting the ex—slaves to tell the stories that were current among the Negroes when they were growing up. Some of the best copy that has come in to the office is found in these stories.“

	This suggestion, I believe, will add greatly to the value of the collection now being made.

Very truly yours,
George Cronyn
associate Director
Director Federal Writers‘ Project
CC — lir. W. T. Couch, Asso. University Press
Chapel Hill, No. Car.



G~Cronyn/a
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