Creator:

Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975  Search this

Names:

United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section  Search this

Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992  Search this

Delano, Jack  Search this

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this

Lange, Dorothea  Search this

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986  Search this

Locke, Edwin  Search this

Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985  Search this

Vachon, John, 1914-1975  Search this

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990  Search this

Extent:

9 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945

Date:

1932-1964

Scope and Contents:

Papers documenting Stryker's career as the head of the Farm Security Administration's photographic section, including correspondence with John Collier, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Edwin Locke, Arthur Rothstein, John Vachon, Marion Post Wolcott and others; reports; articles on Stryker and the FSA; publications; speeches; photographs and miscellaneous materials.

Biographical / Historical:

Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression.

Provenance:

Papers lent for microfilming 1963-1966 by Roy Stryker.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Documentary photography -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.stryroyp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e4dd9941-9e7d-4a9d-b65e-e4f4f5e840b9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-stryroyp