Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Archives of American Art
Roy Emerson Stryker papers [microfilm]
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.stryroyp
- Creators:
-
Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
- Dates:
-
1932-1964
- Languages:
-
English.
- Physical Description:
-
9 Microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Papers documenting Stryker's career as the head of the Farm Security Administration's photographic section, including correspondence with John Collier, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Edwin Locke, Arthur Rothstein, John Vachon, Marion Post Wolcott and others; reports; articles on Stryker and the FSA; publications; speeches; photographs and miscellaneous materials.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels NDA 4, NDA 8-9, NDA 24-26, and NDA 30-31 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library, Special Collections Photographic Archives, Louisville, Ky.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers lent for microfilming 1963-1966 by Roy Stryker.
More Information
Other Finding Aids
Other Finding Aids
Microfilm inventory available at Archives of American Art offices.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-7950
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions