Collection Summary
| Title | Written records in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Collection |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1935-1946 |
| Call No. | LOT 12024 (M) (F) (H) |
| Creator | United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Section. |
| Extent | 12,750 items |
| Extent | 45 boxes |
| Extent | 14.7 linear feet |
| Extent | 23 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp020002 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004667188 |
| Summary | Records relate to the FSA-OWI photo files that came into the custody of the Library of Congress in 1944. Includes office files (correspondence, budgets, etc.), captions for negatives produced by Resettlement Administration, Farm Security Administration, and Office of War Information photographers, supplementary reference files, and scrapbooks of magazine and newspaper clippings reproducing RA, FSA, or OWI photographs or pertaining to activities of the agencies. Four of the 45 boxes are not microfilmed: LC reference correspondence, 1944-1946, and duplicates (boxes 31-33, oversize box 12) |
| Online Content | In 2017, the Library of Congress arranged for digitization of the microfilmed portion of LOT 12024. Digitized copies of the microfilmed portion of this collection are available through links in this finding aid. Digital or microfilm versions of the documents are served in order to preserve the fragile originals. |