Farm Security Administration photographs.

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Farm Security Administration photographs.

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This collection of photographs was produced from the Farm Security Administration files held by the Library of Congress. A copy of all photographs identified to Oklahoma during the 1930s and early 1940s were ordered. While the subject matter of the photographs varies, there is extensive documentation of the effects of the Depression on Oklahoma residents, as well as oil wells and refineries, railroads and farm activities. Nearly all of the photographs were taken by Russell Lee, although the collection does include smaller numbers taken by Jack Delano, Dorothea Lange, John Vachon and Arthur Rothstein. All photographs are captioned in pencil on their versos.

1350 8 x 10, black and white glossy prints.

The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library

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The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library

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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 ...

Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965

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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist, was born Dorothea Margarette Nutzhorn in Hoboken, New Jersey. She worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression. From the description of Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582293 In the spring of 1942, Dorothea Lange was hired by the War Relocation Authority to document the movement of Japanese-Americans during relo...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985

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Photographer. Died 1985. From the description of Arthur Rothstein papers, 1936-2000 (bulk 1952-1985). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984757 Photographer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1985. From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Rothstein, 1964 May 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81173081 Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer who worked for the federal government during the Great Depression for the Farm Security Ad...