Collection of Photographs from the U.S. Farm Security Administration and the U.S. Office of War Information, 1930-1945

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Summary

Extent:
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of a selection from the U.S. Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography project of the depression years representing the work of many well-known photographers, and from the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) reflecting efforts on the home front. The prints, 20 × 25.5 cm., were made from the original negatives in the Library of Congress. FSA photographers include Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Carl Mydans, and Arthur Rothstein. OWI subjects include: airplanes, baseball players, Winston Churchill, Fort Benning, Japanese Americans, Liberia, Marine Corps women, Negro workers, Eddie Rickenbacker, shipbuilding, steel industry, tin, War Production Board, and women in essential services.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Horace K. Rubinfier, 1948.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Farm Security Administration photographs arranged alphabetically by photographer (Boxes 19-21).
  2. Office of War Information photographs arranged alphabetically by subject (Boxes 1-18).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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