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Oral history interview with Russell and Jean Lee

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Russell and Jean Lee, 1964 June 2, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.lee64
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97f57852d-099f-4a40-878f-c72b56598ea8
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 44 min.
Interviewee
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Interviewer
Doud, Richard Keith
Interviewee
Lee, Jean
Names
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
United States. Farm Security Administration.Historical Section.Photographs
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985
Vachon, John, 1914-1975
Vanderbilt, Paul
Occupation
Arts administrators -- Texas -- Austin -- Interviews
Topic
Photography, Artistic
Documentary photography
Photographers -- Texas -- Austin -- Interviews
Provenance
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Interviewee
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Interviewer
Doud, Richard Keith
Interviewee
Lee, Jean
Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biographical / Historical
Russell Lee (1903-1986) was a photographer with the Farm Security Administration. Jean Russell was an administrator under Paul Vanderbilt with the Farm Security Administration of Austin, Tex.
Extent
36 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1964 June 2
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.lee64
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3697 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Russell and Jean Lee conducted 1964 June 2, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art.
Russell speaks of his background and education; his early interest in photography; meeting Roy Stryker and Ben Shahn; early assignments with FSA covering floods and droughts in the Midwest; overcoming technical problems while traveling around; cameras he experimented with; working in small towns and rural areas; working under Roy Stryker. He recalls John Vachon, Arthur Rothstein, and Walker Evans. Jean speaks of her first association with the FSA and working under Paul Vanderbilt. Both give personal opinions of the value of the work produced by the FSA, and speak of feelings toward the rural people who were the focus of the FSA project.
AAA.lee64
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97f57852d-099f-4a40-878f-c72b56598ea8
AAA.lee64
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Record ID
ebl-1596367893396-1596367893398-0
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