Farm Security Administration collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-990-036
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 188 exhibition quality prints taken in New Mexico by Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information photographers during the Great Depression and World War II. These prints were made by master printer Eddie Dyba from the original negatives housed in the Library of Congress and were reproduced in Nancy Wood's book Heartland New Mexico (U.N.M. Press, 1990). They include scenes of agricultural devastation in the Dust Bowl and relocated farm families, Hispanic village life in Northern New Mexico, pioneering settlers and their activities in Pie Town, N.M., miners, mining towns, and ranch families. Photographs depict work and subsistence activities, social and religious life, education, health care, and family life. Prints are 8 x 10 in.
Dates
- 1935-1943
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. Photographs are in public domain. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
188 items (1 box) : 188 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 in
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of exhibition quality prints taken in New Mexico by Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information photographers during the Great Depression and World War II.
Location of Originals
This collection contains copies of photographs from the Library of Congress FSA/OWI collection. Digital images of the photos are available at the Library of Congress website
Microfilm and Digital Formats Available
The photographs are available on microfilm: ZIM CSWR E161 D62 1945.
Digital images of the photos are available at the Library of Congress website
Digital images of the photos are available at the Library of Congress website
- Adams, John -- 1940
- Adobe buildings -- New Mexico -- 1935-1943
- Agricultural laborers -- 1935-1943
- Altars -- New Mexico -- Las Trampas -- 1943
- Amalia (N.M.) -- 1940
- Bosque Farms (N.M.) -- 1935
- Capulin (N.M.) -- 1939
- Catron County (N.M.) -- 1940
- Chamisal (N.M.) -- 1940
- Children -- Health and welfare -- 1935-1943
- Churches -- New Mexico -- Las Trampas -- 1943
- Churches -- New Mexico -- Peñasco -- 1943
- Cimarron (N.M.) -- 1939
- Clovis (N.M.) -- 1943
- Collier, John, Jr
- Commercial buildings -- New Mexico -- Pietown -- 1943
- Doña Ana County (N.M.) -- 1936
- Erosion -- New Mexico -- 1935
- Frontier and pioneer life -- 1940
- Grants (N.M.) -- 1943
- Health care facilities -- New Mexico -- Peñasco -- 1943
- Hispanic Americans -- Domestic life -- 1943
- Hispanic Americans -- Education -- 1943
- Hispanic Americans -- Health and welfare -- 1943
- Hispanic Americans -- Spiritual life -- 1943
- Hispanic Americans -- Subsistence activities -- 1943
- Hispanic Americans -- Women -- 1943
- Hobbs (N.M.) -- 1940
- Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
- Llano Quemado (N.M.) -- 1943
- Mills (N.M.) -- 1935
- Miners -- 1940
- Mining -- New Mexico -- 1940
- Mogollon (N.M.) -- 1940
- Mora (N.M.) -- 1939-1943
- Moreno Valley (N.M.) -- 1943
- Mutz family, George -- 1943
- Ojo Sarco (N.M.) -- 1943
- Peñasco (N.M.) -- 1940-1943
- Pie Town (N.M.) -- 1940
- Pie Town (N.M.) -- 1940
- Post offices -- New Mexico -- Amalia -- 1943
- Priests -- 1943
- Questa (N.M.) -- 1939-1943
- Ranches -- New Mexico -- 1943
- Ranchos de Taos (N.M.) -- 1942
- Rodarte (N.M.) -- 1940
- Silver City (N.M.) -- 1940
- Singing -- 1940
- Smith, Pat (father) -- 1943
- Soil conservation -- 1935-1943
- Taos (N.M.) -- 1939-1943
- Tewa Basin (N.M.) -- 1930
- Trampas (N.M.) -- 1943
- Women -- Health and welfare -- 1935-1943
- Women -- Work -- 1935-1943
- Wood, Nancy C.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Farm Security Administration collection, 1935-1943
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu