Farm Security Administration Migrant Worker Photographs
Scope and Contents Note
Includes 19 8x10 in. photoprints and 18 4x5 in. photo negatives.
Images show Mexican or Mexican American agricultural workers and their families in the American Midwest. Russell Lee's photographs were taken in Minnesota during September and October of 1937; John Vachon's photographs were taken in Saginaw County, Michigan, in August, 1941. The photographs show migrant agricultural laborers who worked in the sugar beet industry and their families.
Organized in two series: 1. Russell Lee photographs, and 2. John Vachon photographs. Arranged numerically according to LC-assigned numbers.
Available on microfiche as part of America 1935-1946: The FSA/OWI Photographs. Cambridge, Eng.: Chadwick-Healey, Ltd. Reproduction photoprints from Washington, D.C.: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Dates
- Creation: 1937
- Creation: 1941
- Creation: 1943
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Miscellaneous Photographs #026 in Box 3 are stored remotely. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Historical Note
A New Deal agency which operated 1937-1942, formerly the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The Historical Section within the FSA documented agriculture, industry, and social life through photographs.
Full Extent
1 folder
Abstract
Photographs of Mexican or Mexican American agricultural workers in their families in the American Midwest taken by the New Deal agency Farm Security Administration. FSA Migrant Worker Photographs are part of the Miscellaneous Photographs at the Benson and can be retrieved under call number Miscellaneous Photographs #026.
Acquisition Information
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Processing Information
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Topical
- Mexican American agricultural laborers--Michigan--Photographs
- Mexican American agricultural laborers--Minnesota--Photographs
- Migrant agricultural laborers--Michigan--Photographs
- Migrant agricultural laborers--Minnesota--Photographs
- Sugar beet industry--Michigan--Photographs
- Sugar beet industry--Minnesota--Photographs
- Title
- Farm Security Administration Migrant Worker Photographs
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu