Farm Security Administration photographs

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 ...

United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section

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A New Deal agency which operated 1937-1942, formerly the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The Historical Section within the FSA documented agriculture, industry, and social life through photographs. From the guide to the Farm Security Administration Migrant Worker Photographs BENSON-MS FSA MIGRANTS. 23249548., 1937, 1941, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) Established 1935 in the Resettlement Administration Historical S...

Delano, Jack

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Photographer, film maker, classical music composer, and book illustrator. Born in 1914 as Jacob Ovcharov in Kiev, Ukraine. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1922. Died in 1997 in Puerto Rico where he had lived since 1946. From the description of Jack Delano papers, 1927-1995 (bulk 1941-1943). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984202 Jack Delano (1914-1997) was a photographer from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack and Irene ...

Vachon, John, 1914-1975

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John Felix Vachon (1914-1975), American photographer, worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, and then in the early 1970s for the Environmental Protection Agency's Project DOCUMERICA. From the description of Vachon, John, 1914-1975 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575638 Photographer. From the description of John Vachon papers, 1913-1995 (bulk 1935-1959). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132921 ...

Collier, John, 1913-1992

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John Collier took these photographs during the period Bernard J. Siegal was doing fieldwork in the Picuris Pueblo, ca. 1950-1965. From the description of Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico : photographs and sound recordings, ca. 1950-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863679 Photographer, California; Died 1992. From the description of John Collier monologue, 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515812 John Collier (1913- ) was a photographer. ...

Locke, Edwin.

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Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975

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Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression. From the description of Oral history interview with Roy Emerson Stryker, 1963-1965 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79221042 Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washingt...

Wool, Helen D.

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Secretary, Farm Security Administration; Washington, D.C. From the description of Farm Security Administration photographs, [ca. 1943]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404390 ...

Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985

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Edwin (1903-1985) and Louis Rosskam (1910-2003) were photographers from Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Oral history interview with Edwin and Louise Rosskam, 1965 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80222689 ...