Francine Carraro / Eric Weller “Retracing Russell Lee” Project Collection 1991-1993

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Francine Carraro / Eric Weller “Retracing Russell Lee” Project Collection 1991-1993

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This collection includes oral histories recorded on audio cassette tapes, transcriptions, videotapes, photographs, notes, and exhibit text panels which document this project, retracing FSA photographer Russell Lee’s Depression era work in Pie Town, NM and San Augustine, TX. Dates range from 1991-1993.

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Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos

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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

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Russell Lee was born in Ottawa, Illinois on 21 July 1903. His childhood, although of comfortable middle-class rural American heritage, was marred by tragedy. His parents were divorced in 1908, when Lee was five, and his mother was killed in an accident in 1913. Lee was then passed between various relatives and guardians until he returned to Ottawa to be raised by family friends. He became interested in photography in 1931 while married to his first wife, artist Doris Emmrick. She introduced him ...

Carraro, Francine

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In July, 1991, a team of photographers and oral historians from Southwest Texas State University set out to retrace the steps of Farm Security Administration photographer, Russell Lee (1903-1986). Fifty years after Lee visited and photo-documented the living and working conditions of the Depression era communities of San Augustine, Texas, and Pie Town, New Mexico, this group was inspired by Lee’s FSA images held at SWT’s Southwestern Writers Collection. The group visited these same ...

Garcia, Homero.

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...

Smyth, Russell.

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Weller, Eric

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In July, 1991, a team of photographers and oral historians from Southwest Texas State University set out to retrace the steps of Farm Security Administration photographer, Russell Lee (1903-1986). Fifty years after Lee visited and photo-documented the living and working conditions of the Depression era communities of San Augustine, Texas, and Pie Town, New Mexico, this group was inspired by Lee’s FSA images held at SWT’s Southwestern Writers Collection. The group visited these same ...

Dolan, Kathleen.

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Shaddock, Stephanie.

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Meyer, Darryl.

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Talbert, Sondra.

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Anderson, Tom.

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Madden, Kerri.

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Sorenson, Karen.

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Smith, Mark Edward

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