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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 674 Collections and/or Records:

Private Percival Whipple letters, December 1918

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112222283163], Folder: 8
Content Description From the Collection:

Collection consists of nine folders of letters written by Private Percival Whipple, who served in the Aviation Section Signal Corps in Texas during World War I. One finding aid and an article featured in Texas Heritage Magazine both written by six Texas State University graduate students in the Public History program. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: December 1918

Private Percival Whipple letters, January 1919

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0112222283163], Folder: 9
Content Description From the Collection:

Collection consists of nine folders of letters written by Private Percival Whipple, who served in the Aviation Section Signal Corps in Texas during World War I. One finding aid and an article featured in Texas Heritage Magazine both written by six Texas State University graduate students in the Public History program. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: January 1919

Privy erection - fitting vent stack and lid on sanitary base. Southeast Missouri Farms, New Madrid County, Missouri, 1938

 Item — Box 13, item: WG105
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

Promotion, 1962, 1981, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

The largest series, Chili, documents the chili cook-off in Terlingua, the Chili Appreciation Society International, and Wick Fowler’s 2-Alarm Chili product, and contains articles and clippings, a scrapbook, promotional materials, photographic materials, and artifacts. Note that the while the scrapbook largely contains Chili-related clippings, awards, posters, advertisements, and a draft by Fowler, it also contains articles by Fowler on World War II, the Vietnam War, crime, and boating.

Dates: 1962, 1981, undated

Publications

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

Contains obituaries, newspaper articles on Fowler, and photographic materials.

Dates: Publication: 1972

Publications, 1969 - 1979

 File — Box 1, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series:

Contains obituaries, newspaper articles on Fowler, and photographic materials.

Dates: 1969 - 1979

Railroad station and business section of Kilgore, Texas, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG175
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

Ralph Yarborough in Washington, D.C., [at the] Senate Commerce Committee, circa 1950-1960

 Item — Box 21, item: WG364
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: circa 1950-1960

Re-picker or cleaner who works at a stationary-type mechanical hop picker. Yakima County, Washington. Fifteen persons do the work of 100 hand pickers, 1941

 Item — Box 16, item: WG275
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

Re-pickers who pick over the hops after original picking by portable-type mechanical picker, Yakima Chief Hop Ranch, Yakima County, Washington, 1941

 Item — Box 16, item: WG261
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

Receipt from The University Co-Op in Austin; Purchase orders from the U.S. Department of Labor to Russell Lee covering consultant/speaker fee and expenses (2), May 1, 1979, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, financial documents, and guidelines and working papers comprise this series which relates not to Russell Lee’s work with the Coal Mine Administration, but to his role as consultant to the President’s Commission on Coal in the late 1970s.

Dates: May 1, 1979, undated

Refreshments at close of meeting of home demonstration club, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1940

 Item — Box 15, item: WG226
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: 1940

Reid, Robert

 File — Box 1, Folder: 13
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

Resolution from Coal Mines Administration to Russell Lee, June 30, 1947

 Item — Box 4
Series Description From the Series: This seriesincludes some of the awards given to Russell Lee throughout his career, arranged in chronological order, beginning with one from his high school, Culver Military Academy, dating from 1919-1920. Lee’s World War II Air Medal and other WWII decorations, as well a Resolution commemorating Lee’s efforts on behalf of the Coal Mine Administration (1947) are also included in this series. A Texas State Senate Resolution presented to Jean Lee in 1986 in memory of Russell Lee is also...
Dates: June 30, 1947

Resting in the shade on Fiesta Day, Taos, New Mexico, 1940

 Item — Box 15, item: WG223
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: 1940

Rice paddies, between Kunming and Chengtu, China, 1944

 Item — Box 17, item: WG294
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

Rice paddies, between Kunming and Chengtu, China, 1944

 Item — Box 17, item: WG295
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

Rockdale, Texas, circa 1950

 Item — Box 19, item: WG345
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: circa 1950

Rockdale, Texas, circa 1950

 Item — Box 19, item: WG346
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: circa 1950

Roustabout in the ditch digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole Oil Field, Oklahoma, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG134
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