Documentary photography
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 656 Collections and/or Records:
Mrs. Rafaela Cortez and grandchild, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1949
Item — Box 19, item: WG358
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1949
Museum of New Mexico
File — Box 1, Folder: 12
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged into subseries for correspondence to Russell Lee and to Jean Lee, this material is filed in alphabetical order by the name of the correspondent. The bulk of the correspondence to Russell Lee is comprised of letters from Jack Hurley regarding their collaboration on the book, Russell Lee: Photographer.
Dates:
1989-1990
Music lesson in grade school, San Augustine, Texas, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG165
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
Music lesson in grade school, San Augustine, Texas, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG165a
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
Musica para la Virgin, Semana Santa, Seville, Spain, April 1993
Item
Identifier: SWMP-005-Herrera-062
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wittliff Collections house 87 photographs by Herrera, arranged in seven series by location. The Herrera Collection consists of a mix of silver gelatin, RC, and digital prints, all of which were digitized and made available per the creator’s request in 2024.
Puebla, Mexico. 49 photographs document the Celebration of San Francisco de Cuetzlan and the Festival of San Miguel Tzinacapan, 1987-1990, 1992, 1994, 2004. Seville, Spain. 16 photographs document Semana...
Dates:
April 1993
Musicos en Campo Santo, Cuetzalan, Puebla, México, December 1987
Item
Identifier: SWMP-005-Herrera-011
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wittliff Collections house 87 photographs by Herrera, arranged in seven series by location. The Herrera Collection consists of a mix of silver gelatin, RC, and digital prints, all of which were digitized and made available per the creator’s request in 2024.
Puebla, Mexico. 49 photographs document the Celebration of San Francisco de Cuetzlan and the Festival of San Miguel Tzinacapan, 1987-1990, 1992, 1994, 2004. Seville, Spain. 16 photographs document Semana...
Dates:
December 1987
Natives pushing river barges apart, King Georges Dock area, Calcutta, India, 1944
Item — Box 17, item: WG292
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1944
Neapolitan holiday-makers on Easter Monday, Caserta, 1960
Item — Box 19, item: WG336
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1960
Negro child playing phonograph in cabin home, Transylvania Project, Louisiana, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG138
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
Negro child residing in old trepagnier house near Norco, Louisiana, 1938
Item — Box 13, item: WG113
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1938
Negro crossing himself and praying over grave of relative in cemetery, All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana, 1938
Item — Box 13, item: WG113b
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1938
Negro family living in crowded quarters, Chicago, Illinois, 1941
Item — Box 16, item: WG265
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1941
Negro migratory berry picker living in a corn crib near Hammond, Louisiana, 1938
Item — Box 13, item: WG115
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1938
Negro mother teaching children numbers and alphabet in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG138a
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
Negro sitting on bench at side of barbecue stand made of galvanized metal, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG145a
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
Negro worker at cotton compress taking a drink of water from bucket, Houston, Texas, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG136b
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
New York City, 1936
Item — Box 13, item: WG079
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1936
Newspaper editor, San Augustine, Texas, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG162
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939
Niña de Cuetzalan, Cuetzalan, Puebla, México, December 1987
Item
Identifier: SWMP-005-Herrera-077
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wittliff Collections house 87 photographs by Herrera, arranged in seven series by location. The Herrera Collection consists of a mix of silver gelatin, RC, and digital prints, all of which were digitized and made available per the creator’s request in 2024.
Puebla, Mexico. 49 photographs document the Celebration of San Francisco de Cuetzlan and the Festival of San Miguel Tzinacapan, 1987-1990, 1992, 1994, 2004. Seville, Spain. 16 photographs document Semana...
Dates:
December 1987
Oil derricks, Kilgore, Texas, 1939
Item — Box 14, item: WG176
Series Description
From the Series:
Arranged in chronological order by following Lee’s career, this series consists of 352 photographs. Two-hundred forty-eight of these photographs by Russell Lee were taken for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) between 1936 and 1942. The gems of this part of the collection are the 130 vintage prints; most are complete with captions typed on the back by FSA staff. Making up the balance of the FSA group are 94 modern prints, 6 panels from the 1965 retrospective at the University of Texas,...
Dates:
1939