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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 674 Collections and/or Records:

Blaine Sergent, coal loader, on his way home after work. PV&K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky, 1946

 Item — Box 18, item: WG316
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: 1946

Blaine Sergent, with pulled-up leg, talks with his miner friends on the front porch of the company store on a Saturday pay-day morning. PV&K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky, 1946

 Item — Box 18, item: WG320
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: 1946

Boating article by Fowler, 1963

 File — Box 5, Folder: 3
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: 1963

Booklet entitled “The Coal Miner and His Family: A Supplement to A Medical Survey of the Bituminous-Coal Industry” published by Department of the Interior, Washington, Contains many photographs by Russell Lee when employed by the Coal Mines Administration, 1947

 File — Box 3, Folder: 2
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: 1947

Booth in hamburger stand, Alpine, Texas, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG178a
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

Bootmaker lining up a pair of boots. Cowboy boot shop, Alpine, Texas, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG179a
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

Brazil, Adjacento Field, Making up Flight Plan, 1944, 1981

 Item — Box 19, item: WG382
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, 1981

Breaking virgin soil by means of tractor-drawn plow. El Indio, Texas, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG151
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

Bumper stickers (2), 1975, undated

 File — Box 5, Folder: 12
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: 1975, undated

Burma Road, on flight between Assam Valley and Kunming, 1944

 Item — Box 17, item: WG296
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

Burma Road, on flight between Assam Valley and Kunming, 1944

 Item — Box 17, item: WG297
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

Cabin of Negroes living near Jefferson, Texas. This family owned about thirty acres buy were not farming it, doing day labor for a living, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG171a
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

Cable tool driller in Seminole Oil Field, Oklahoma, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG126
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

Cable tool equipment with operator. Oil well near Saint Louis, Oklahoma. This is equipment used in drilling, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG123
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

Cable tool equipment with operator. Oil well near Saint Louis, Oklahoma. This is equipment used in drilling, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG124
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

Cable tool equipment with operator. Oil well near Saint Louis, Oklahoma. This is equipment used in drilling, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG125
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

Calcutta, [India], 1944

 Item — Box 17, item: WG293
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

Calf leaving corral in calf-roping contest, rodeo, Quemado, New Mexico, 1940

 Item — Box 15, item: WG216
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

Camera case used while in Air Transport Command, includes five notecards, three lightbulbs in boxes, and one empty lens box

 Item
Series Description From the Series:

The bulk of this series is comprised of three of Russell Lee’s cameras and their accessories, such as his hand-held flash and various viewfinders. Also included is Lee’s Leitz 35mm enlarger, and his cap from his tenure with the Air Transport Command.

Dates: undated

Camp cook at work with chuck wagon in background, cattle ranch near Marfa, Texas, 1939

 Item — Box 14, item: WG181
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