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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 674 Collections and/or Records:

Threading cotton ropes into thread making machine, Laurel Cotton Mill, Laurel, Mississippi, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG139
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

[Three cowboys in chaps sitting under a tarp at the Fat Stock Show, Austin], circa 1956

 Item — Box 19, item: WG362
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 1956

Three members of ladies' quintette at community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

 Item — Box 15, item: WG222a
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

“Towering Texan” column, February 1947 - April 1947

 File — Box 2, Folder: 18
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Writings, documents Fowler’s career as a journalist. Subseries are World War II, Vietnam War, Humor, John Connally Assassination Attempt, Crime and Safety, and Boating. Each subseries contains clippings and columns by Fowler, including his “Vietnam Diary,” a special insert for the Dallas Morning News on February 27, 1966. Other items of note include articles on journalist Ernie Pyle, clippings documenting Fowler’s trip to Vietnam with Texas businessman H. Ross Perot,...
Dates: February 1947 - April 1947

Transient putting timetable into coat pocket. Note that label of coat reads New York. Sikeston, Missouri, 1938

 Item — Box 13, item: WG106
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

Traveling block and derrick against the sky, Seminole, Oklahoma, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG129
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

“Tribute to Ernie Pyle” audio reel, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Writings, documents Fowler’s career as a journalist. Subseries are World War II, Vietnam War, Humor, John Connally Assassination Attempt, Crime and Safety, and Boating. Each subseries contains clippings and columns by Fowler, including his “Vietnam Diary,” a special insert for the Dallas Morning News on February 27, 1966. Other items of note include articles on journalist Ernie Pyle, clippings documenting Fowler’s trip to Vietnam with Texas businessman H. Ross Perot,...
Dates: undated

Truck driver [with cowboy boots sticking out of truck window], Vernon, Texas, 1949

 Item — Box 19, item: WG355
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

Two 16-page illustrated catalogs for the Retrospective Exhibition held at the University of Texas Art Museum [Note: A piece of typing paper with an update of Lee’s career written in the mid-1970s has been taped to page 3 of one of the catalogs], February 28 - March 29, 1965

 File — Box 3, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

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

Dates: February 28 - March 29, 1965

Two of the Bodray children in their home. Tipler, Wisconsin (vicinity), May 1937

 Item — Box 13, item: WG094a
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: May 1937

Two young couples with their children these are migratory berry pickers near Ponchatoula, Louisiana, April 1939

 Item — Box 19, item: WG376
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: April 1939

[Two young girls at] Yarborough Senate Campaign HQ, Austin, Texas, 1957

 Item — Box 21, item: WG365
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: 1957

Unemployed, New York City, Winter 1935-1936

 Item — Box 13, item: WG078
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: Winter 1935-1936

Unemployed, New York City, Winter 1935-1936

 Item — Box 13, item: WG078a
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: Winter 1935-1936

Unemployed, New York City, Winter 1935-1936

 Item — Box 13, item: WG081
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: Winter 1935-1936

Unidentified

 File — Box 1, Folder: 15
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

[Unidentified man tying civilian tie on Major Russell W. Lee in the Air Transport Command], circa 1942-1945

 Item — Box 11, item: WG025
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.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

[Unidentified Sergeant First Class receiving Air Medal as Major Russell Lee looks on.], circa 1942-1945

 Item — Box 11, item: WG030
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.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

[Unidentified tintype of two children. (Included with Russell Lee family photographs donated by Jean Lee.)], undated

 Item — Box 11, item: WG012
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.

Dates: undated

Unlabeled, undated

 File — Box 6, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series:

¼ inch reel-to-reel tapes

Dates: undated