Orocovis: Barrio Barros, along ravine slopes in abandoned dairy farm at Rt 155, km 35.1. Mature secondary forest., Orocovis, Puerto Rico, West Indies - Neotropics
Division of Agriculture and Extractive Industries Audiovisual Collection
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture and Extractive Industries Search this
Extent:
3.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 32 films)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Videocassettes
Home movies
Advertisements
8mm films
16mm films
Date:
1938-1994, undated
Summary:
The collection contains films (8mm and 16mm), videocassettes, and audio recordings on diverse subjects related to agriculture and extractive industries
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains films, videocassettes and audio recordings on diverse subjects related to agriculture and extractive industries. Films include amateur footage shot in and around Mississippi in the years between 1939-1951 depicting cotton picking, farm equipment, and rural life. Other subjects found in the collection include: beekeeping, milling, mining, events related to agriculture or extractive industries (World Dairy Expo, Helium Centennial), and advertisements or promotional films created by farming equipment companies (Caterpillar, Minneapolis-Moline).
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into three series.
Series 1: Motion Picture Film Motion Picture Film, 1938-1991
Series 2: Videocassettes Videocassettes, 1991-1994, undated
Series 3: Sound Recordings Sound Recordings, 1963-1978
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Viewing audiovisual portion of collection requires special appointment. See repository for details.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Photographs taken under a grant from the Graham Foundation to document disappearing family farms in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. This project shows the urbanization of this mostly rural county in central Wisconsin located between Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison. Welsh men and women came to Waukesha County in the 1840s and became part of America's dairy history. After five or six generations, many of these farms are still family owned. Today's farms are threatened by developers due to rising land prices.
Scope and Contents:
32 photographs made in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, May 1994, under a grant from the Graham Foundation to document disappearing family farms in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. They include images of farms, dairy barns, silos, cemetery, and roads.
Welsh men and women came to the County in the 1840s to launch another part of America's dairy history; after five or six generations, many farms are still family owned. Today's farms are threatened by developers due to rising land prices (up to $50,000/acre perked) and their central location between Milwaukee (east), Madison (west), and Chicago (south).
Arrangement:
Arranged into two series. Sequence arranged by artist.
Biographical / Historical:
Artist b. Port Chester, New York, 1945; childhood in several American cities and Switzerland; studied printmaking at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., graduated 1969; gave up printmaking for photography due to influence of Farm Security Administration photographs he had seen at the Library of Congress as a teenager. Self-employed photographer since 1970, working on grants and contracts to document workers, and rural poverty.; also landscape, still life, and portraiture. To Denmark 1979: commercial photography for about ten years before returning to the U.S. Work in many museum and private collections. Artist's residency, Yaddo, 1992-1993.
Artist's comment about the portfolio subjects: Welsh men and women came to Waukesha County in the 1840s to launch another part of America's dairy history; after five or six generations, many farms are still family owned. Today's farms are threatened by developers due to rising land prices (up to $50,000/acre perked) and their central location between Milwaukee (east), Madison (west), and Chicago (south).
Provenance:
Collection donated by Barbara Scheide and Jan Faul, December 30, 1994.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Use and copyright restrictions: rights retained by the artist. The Museum may exhibit and reproduce photographs in its publications, but cannot make copies or authorize reproduction by others.,Contact artist for reproduction arrangements.
Jan Faul "Farming the Welsh Hills" Portfolio, 1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist [or Barbara Scheide: consult finding aid for credits for specific photographs].
