Memoir

By: Francis Donovan

Date: January 5, 1939

Source: Donovan, Francis. Connecticut Clockmaker. Living Lore in New England series, Works Progress Administration. Reproduced in American Life Histories: Manuscripts From the Federal Writers' Project, 1936–1940. American Memory digital primary source collection, Library of Congress. Available online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html; website home page: http://memory.loc.gov (accessed March 11, 2003).

About the Author: Little is known about Francis Donovan, other than his participation in the Federal Writer's Project. An outgrowth of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Federal Writer's Project was an attempt to shift government subsidy of private labor to utilize skilled professionals. The...