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Call Number:

PH-00082

Collection Name:

Russell Lee Photography Collection

Creator:

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (1903 - 1986)

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):

Lee, R., Box 57 (2009:0020:0001-0010)
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Lee, R., Box 58 (2009:0020:0011-0020)
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Lee, R., Box 59 (2009:0020:0021-0030)
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Lee, R., Box 60 (2009:0020:0031-0040)
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Lee, R., Box 61 (2009:0020:0041-0050)
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Lee, R., Box 62 (2009:0020:0051-0059)
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L Box, Medium (979:0077:0001)
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Lee, R., Box 1 (961:0001:0005-0014, 0016-0020, 0024-0027, 0032)
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Lee, R., Box 2 (961:0001:0037-0044, 0046-0055, 0057, 0059-0068)
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Lee, R., Box 3 (961:0001:0069-0076)
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Lee, R., Box 4 (961:0001:0090-0099)
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Lee, R., Box 5 (961:0001:0100-0119, 0123-0130)
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Lee, R., Box 10 (961:0001:0152-0173)
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Lee, R., Box 6 (961:0001:0134-0149, 0151; 986:0058:0069)
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Lee, R., Box 7 (961:0001:0001-0004, 0015, 0021-0023, 0028-0031, 0033-0036)
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Lee, R., Box 8 (961:0001:0045, 0056, 0058, 0120-0122, 0131-0133)
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Lee, R., Box 9 (961:0001:0077-0089)
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Lee, R., Box 11 (961:0001:0174-0177)
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Lee, R., Box 12 (961:0001:0178)
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Lee, R., Box 13 (986:0056:0001-0004)
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Lee, R., Box 14 (986:0057:0001-0030)
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Lee, R., Box 15 (986:0057:0031-0060)
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Lee, R., Box 16 (986:0057:0061-0090)
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Lee, R., Box 17 (986:0057:0091-0120)
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Lee, R., Box 18 (986:0057:0121-0150)
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Lee, R., Box 19 (986:0057:0151-0175)
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Lee, R., Box 20 (986:0057:0176-0200)
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Lee, R., Box 21 (986:0057:0201-0223, 0292)
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Lee, R., Box 22 (986:0057:0224-0240)
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Lee, R., Box 23 (986:0057:0241-0255)
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Lee, R., Box 24 (986:0057:0256-0270)
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Lee, R., Box 25 (986:0057:0271-0291)
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Lee, R., Box 26 (986:0057:0293-0294; 2015:0005:0001-0002)
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Lee, R., Box 27 (986:0057:0295-0307)
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Lee, R., Box 28 (986:0057:0308-0322)
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Lee, R., Box 29 (986:0057:0323-0338)
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Lee, R., Box 30 (986:0057:0339-0342; 986:0059:0058; 2004:0042:0001-0003)
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Lee, R., Box 31 (986:0058:0001-0008, 0035-0045)
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Lee, R., Box 32 (986:0058:0055-0061, 0064-0071)
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Lee, R., Box 33 (986:0058:0009-0025)
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Lee, R., Box 34 (986:0058:0026-0034, 0046-0054)
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Lee, R., Box 35 (986:0058:0062-0063, 0072-0084)
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Lee, R., Box 36 (986:0058:0085-0100)
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Lee, R., Box 37 (986:0058:0101-0115)
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Lee, R., Box 38 (986:0058:0116-0127)
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Lee, R., Box 39 (986:0058:0128-0139)
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Lee, R., Box 40 (986:0058:0140-0152)
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Lee, R., Box 41 (986:0058:0153-0158)
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Lee, R., Box 42 (986:0059:0001-0020)
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Lee, R., Box 43 (986:0059:0021-0023, 0025-0037)
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Lee, R., Box 44 (986:0059:0038-0051)
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Lee, R., Box 45 (986:0059:0024, 0052-0057; 2009:0020:0001)
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Lee, R., Box 46 (986:0060:0001-0029)
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Lee, R., Box 47 (986:0060:0030-0045)
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Lee, R., Box 48 (986:0060:0046-0060)
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Lee, R., Box 49 (986:0060:0061-0076)
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Lee, R., Box 50 (986:0060:0077-0080; 2003:0026:0001-0011)
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Lee, R., Box 51 (986:0061:0001-0027)
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Lee, R., Box 52 (986:0061:0028-0035)
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Lee, R., Box 53 (986:0062:0001-0004)
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Lee, R., Box 54 (968:0062:0005, 0008)
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Lee, R., Box 55 (986:0062:0006-0007, 0009-0019)
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Lee, R., Box 56 (959:0008:0001-0005; 979:0077:0004)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 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 (1903 - 1986)
Title Hobbs, New Mexico
Date no date
Accession
Number		 5036527

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).