Documentary photography

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Series Description From the Series:

The collection contains 77 photographs of Russell Lee, the largest group known to exist. This group of photographs range from portraits by unknown studio photographers, to well known photographers such as Ave Bonar. Russell Lee is portrayed both in snapshots by anonymous photographers and candid photographs by military photographers in the Air Transport Command.

Series Description

This series includes catalogs, a booklet, and a poster related to exhibits of Russell Lee’s works (one exhibit by the Coal Mine Administration in 1947, one by the University of Texas at Austin in 1965, and one by Texas A&M in 1986). Articles related Lee’s work in general complete this series

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...

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,...

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,...

Series Description From the Series: This series contains three of Russell Lee’s FSA field notebooks (late 1930s-early 1940s), with his notes which were later used to write captions for his FSA photographs. After a certain point in time, Jean Lee took over the duty of gathering this information and maintaining notebooks for this purpose. The notebooks maintained by Jean Lee are presumed to have been discarded by Ms. Lee after Russell Lee’s death. Other materials in this series include family documents such as Russell Lee’s...