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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