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Call Number:

PH-00082

Collection Name:

Russell Lee Photography Collection

Creator:

Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986

Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command

United States. Department of the Interior

United States. Farm Security Administration

United States. Work Projects Administration

No. of Items:

955 photographs

Span Dates:

1930s-1966

Description:

The collection consists of 955 photographs by Russell Lee (American, 1903-1986) of various subjects including work done in Italy and Texas, also work done for the Farm Service Administration, Air Transport Command, Standard Oil (New Jersey), and Jones & Laughlin Steel (Pittsburgh, PA), and a medical survey. For a complete list of works, please consult the finding aid for the collection.

Accession No(s):

959:0008:0001-0005; 961:0001:0001-0178; 979:0077:0004; 986:0056:0001-0004; 986:0057:0001-0342; 986:0058:0001-0158; 986:0059:0001-0058; 986:0060:0001-0080; 986:0061:0001-0035; 986:0062:0001-0019; 2003:0026:0001-0011; 2004:0042:0001-0003; 2009:0020:0001-0059; 2015:0005:0001-0002

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01197

Location(s):

6 osb (Boxes 57-62)
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L Box, Medium (979:0077:0001)
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56 osb, Boxes 1-56
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Tank Cars at the Loading Rack with the Storage Tanks of the Baytown Refinery in the Background. Baytown, Texas
Date	1947 December, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0001

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	[Baytown Refinery, Baytown, Texas]
Date	1947 December, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	33 x 25.5 cm; 13 x 10 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0002

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	[Baytown Refinery, Baytown, Texas]
Date	1947 December, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	33 x 25.5 cm; 13 x 10 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0003

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	[Baytown Refinery, Baytown, Texas]
Date	1947 December, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	33 x 25.5 cm; 13 x 10 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0004

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Trailers Parked in Grove of Palm Trees. McAllen, Texas
Date	1948 January, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0005

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Trucks Loaded with Grapefruit Lined Up Before the World's Largest Citrus Juice Canning Plant at Weslaco, Texas
Date	1948, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0006

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Harvesting Carrots at Panchita Ranch. F. H. Vahlsing, Inc. near Edcouch, Texas. Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Date	1948, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0007

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Drifting Sand is Controlled at Edge of Highway 80
Date	1947 September, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0008

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Home of Fruit Rancher a Few Miles North of Weslaco, Texas
Date	1948, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0009

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Packing House Worker Hand Trucking Oranges to Loading Platform of Valley Fruit Co., Pharr, Texas. Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Date	1948 January, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0010

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	The Corner Drug Store on Main Street. West Texas
Date	1947 September, printed later
Medium	Dye transfer print
Dimensions	25.5 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line	Gift of Tom Livesay
Accession Number	2003:0026:0011

Artist/Maker	Lee, Russell, 1903 - 1986, active 1931 - 1986
Title	Hobbs, New Mexico
Date	no date
Accession Number	5036527

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See Also:

Russell Lee Collection

Ann Elizabeth Mundy Collection of Russell Lee Documentary Materials

Standard Oil Company Photography Collection: An additional photograph (983:0045:0010) by Lee is located in the Standard Oil Company Photography Collection (PH-00109).