Charlotte Aiken photographs of the Farm Security Administration

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Charlotte Aiken photographs of the Farm Security Administration

1944.0

Black and white photographs of Roy Stryker (7), of Stryker and Helen D. Wool (1), of Aiken (1), and of Rose Dalton (1), all stamped "Farm Security Administration, 1944" on the back; and an Office of War Information Christmas Card, 1944, with a group photograph of Office members, which included Stryker and Aiken, as well as many others.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6781414

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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...

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 ...

Dalton, Rosemary

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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...

Aiken, Charlotte, C.

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Administrator, Farm Security Administration, Washington, D.C. The Historical Section of the FSA directed by Stryker included the photography project that documented poverty stricken rural and urban America. From the description of Charlotte Aiken photographs of the Farm Security Administration, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594732 Aiken was an accountant and Wool was Roy Stryker's secretary in the Farm Security Administration; ...