Full DescriptionAmerica from the Great Depression to World War II: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945 |
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| Title: | America from the Great Depression to World War II: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945 |
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HTML source title: Color Photographs from the FSA and OWI Home Page ListSets title: Records for Farm Security Administration Color Phootgraphs, digitized by the Library of Congress ListSets setName: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945 |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsachtml/fsowhome.html 
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| Description: |
The photographs of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This U.S. government photography project was headed for most of its existence by Roy E. Stryker, formerly an economics instructor at Columbia University, and employed such photographers as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Jack Delano, Marion Post Wolcott, Gordon Parks, John Vachon, and Carl Mydans. The project initially documented cash loans made to individual farmers by the Resettlement Administration and the construction of planned suburban communities. The second stage focused on the lives of sharecroppers in the South and migratory agricultural workers in the midwestern and western states. As the scope of the project expanded, the photographers turned to recording both rural and urban conditions throughout the United States as well as mobilization efforts for World War II. The collection encompasses the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937), the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942), and the Office of War Information (1942-1944). The collection also includes photographs acquired from other governmental and non-governmental sources, including the News Bureau at the Offices of Emergency Management (OEM), various branches of the military, and industrial corporations. In total, the collection consists of about 164,000 black-and-white film negatives and transparencies, 1,610 color transparencies, and around 107,000 black-and-white photographic prints, most of which were made from the negatives and transparencies. The collection was transferred to the Library of Congress in 1944. |
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World War II Government Arts Social Studies Tennessee Valley Authority--1930-1940. Aeronautics--United States--1930-1950. African Americans--1930-1950. Agriculture--United States--1930-1950. Assembly-line methods--United States--1930-1950. Children--United States--1930-1950. Civil engineering--United States--1930-1950. Civil service--United States--1930-1950. Country life--United States--1930-1950. Depressions--United States--1930-1950. Dwellings--United States--1930-1950. Fairs--United States--1930-1950. Farm relief--United States--1930-1950. Farms--United States--1930-1950. Forestry--United States--1930-1950. Historic sites--United States--1930-1950. Industrial facilities--United States--1930-1950. Mining--United States--1930-1950. Mountains--United States--1930-1950. National security--United States--1930-1950. Railroads--United States--1930-1950. Shipping--United States--1930-1950. Transportation--United States--1930-1950. Women--Employment--United States--1930-1950. World War, 1939-1945. Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939. |
| DLF-specific Subjects: | American Culture |
| Geographic Coverage: | North America (continent) |
| Time Period: |
Middle 20th Century (1934-1967) Modern (1701-present) |
| Objects Represented: | Photographs / slides / negatives |
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image/jpeg image/tiff |
| Language: | eng |
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| Copyright & IP rights: | Photographs in this collection were taken by photographers working for the U.S. Government. Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. However, they may be under copyright in some foreign countries and privacy and publicity rights may apply. |
| Size: | 1615 |
| Frequency of additions: | Irregularly |
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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0?verb=ListRecords&set=fsac&metadataPrefix=oai_dc http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0?verb=ListRecords&set=fsac&metadataPrefix=mods
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Dublin Core (simple or qualified) MARC MODS |
| Notes: |
[Washington, DC] : Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, 1998- Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. Database searchable by keywords, subjects, geographic locator and creator index (artist). About the FSA/OWI Collection -- FSA color shooting assignments -- OWI color shooting assignments -- Bibliography and related websites -- Collection connections -- Portrait sampler of FSA-OWI photographers Includes bibliographical references. |
| This Record Last Updated By: | khage@umich.edu |
| This Record Last Updated On: | 4/23/2008 12:50:20 PM |
| Hosting Institution: | Library of Congress |
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| Notes: | Photographs in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection of the Library of Congress |
| Projects Associated with Digital Collection | |
| Title of Project: | Aquifer American Social History Online |
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http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/
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| Administrative Notes About this Collection in the Aquifer American Social History Online Project | |
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