United States. Farm Security Administration.Historical Section.Photographs Search this
Extent:
1 Item (sound reel, 7 in.)
14 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Date:
1959
Scope and Contents:
A monologue delivered in 1959 by John Collier produced for Roy Stryker. Collier speaks of his work on the Farm Security Administration, Photographic Section under Stryker, and his thoughts on the project and the FSA file.
Biographical / Historical:
John Collier, Jr. (1913-1992) was a self-taught photographer working mainly in San Francisco, Calif. Collier was hard of hearing, and had learning and physical disabilities from a childhood car accident. In 1941 he started working for the Farm Security Administration. Also a prominent visual anthropologist, Collier was an educator at the San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art institute.
