Russell Lee papers, 1903-[ongoing] (bulk 1936-1965).

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Russell Lee papers, 1903-[ongoing] (bulk 1936-1965).

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Photographic prints, personal memorabilia, and publications. The bulk of the photographs are prints from Lee's years with the Farm Security Administration (FSA), from 1936 to 1952. Other photographs include those taken while Lee was serving with the Air Transport Command (ATC) from 1942 through 1945, documentary work undertaken for the Coal Mines Administration in 1946, and portraits of Texas authors J. Frank Dobie, Hart Stilwell, and Fred Gipson. Also included are photographs of Lee from childhood through adulthood along with awards, camera equipment, and personal memorabilia.

1 box (.5 linear ft.) plus 3 flat boxes.

Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library

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Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek 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 ...

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...

Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command

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Stilwell, Hart, 1902-1975

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American novelist, essayist and journalist. From the description of Hart Stilwell papers, 1945-1975. (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 32244583 ...

Gipson, Fred, 1908-1973

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Journalist and author of Western and children's literature. From the description of Papers, 1920-1973. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494214 Texas novelist and journalist Fred Gipson is best known for his novel, Old Yeller, which was pronounced a classic almost immediately after its publication in 1956. Old Yeller, Savage Sam, and Hound Dog Man (as "Return of the Texan") were all produced as films, worki...

United States. Coal Mines Administration

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