Welcome to the SOP Memory Book!

A major accomplishment of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was the collection of life histories and slave narratives. These autobiographical accounts give us a first-hand account of life during the Great Depression. Now you can help continue the work of the FWP and share your family stories of the Great Depression in our "Soul of a People" Memory Book. Your memories may help others recall their own stories and encourage them to contribute. This is a chance to share history created by the people who lived it!

Submit memories via email or bring the print version to the library; you may also submit a photograph. Be sure to submit only your own content and be sensitive to copyright law. Memories will be posted online and printed out and displayed at our first and third events. (Please note: The memories will be reviewed prior to being posted; we reserve the right to make edits or reject posts.)

Feel free to contact us with any questions or for more information. Also be sure to visit our "Soul of a People" website for information about upcoming events!


Governor Rell talks about her father in the 1930s in an article in the Hartford Courant

"Earlier this year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell attempted to revive the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps when she designated $7.5 million in her budget proposal for a project called the Connecticut Conservation Corps.
Like its 1930s ancestor, the CCC would hire unemployed people to work in Connecticut's state parks, cleaning beaches and clearing hiking trails, Rell said.
"My father used to say that he went into the CCC a boy and came out a man," said Rell in March. Her father joined the CCC in the 1930s.
"What I really want to do is create an opportunity for young people to work and support their families the way my father did, by spending their days performing good, honest labor that will benefit the state," she said. "

JULIE STAGIS, SOME 'GOOD, HONEST LABOR' :GOVERNOR LOOKS TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO LEARN WORK SKILLS; CONNECTICUT CONSERVATION CORPS. Hartford Courant August 14, 2009
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