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John Harvey Tolan photograph collection.
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John Harvey Tolan photograph collectionCreator/Contributor:
Tolan, John H. (John Harvey), 1877-1947, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Lange, Dorothea.Creator/Contributor:
Delano, Jack.Creator/Contributor:
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990Creator/Contributor:
Vachon, John, 1914-1975Creator/Contributor:
Glaha, Ben D., 1899-1970Creator/Contributor:
United States, Farm Security Administration.Creator/Contributor:
United States, Federal Works Agency.Creator/Contributor:
United States, Forest Service.Creator/Contributor:
United States, Congress., House., Select Committee to Investigate the Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens.Abstract:
Includes photographs documenting depression-era migrant workers camps and the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World
War II. Photographs were commissioned by the Farm Security Administration, Federal Works Agency, U.S. Forest Service, House
Select Committee to Investigate the Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens, Bureau of Reclamation of Department of the
Interior, and other groups.
Date:
ca. 1935-ca. 1942 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Migrant labor -- United States -- Photographs
Labor camps -- United States -- Photographs
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Photographs
Agricultural laborers -- United States -- Photographs
Migration, Internal -- United States -- Photographs
Migrant agricultural laborers -- United States -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- California -- Photographs
Travailleurs migrants -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Abris pour travailleurs -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Crises économiques -- 1929 -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Travailleurs agricoles -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Travailleurs agricoles migrants -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945 -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Photographies
Agricultural laborers
Depressions
Japanese Americans
Labor camps
Migrant agricultural laborers
Migrant labor
Migration, Internal
California
United States
Note:
Many photographs are labeled with captions, photographers' names, commissioning agency, code numbers and other descriptive
information.
Photographers include Dorothea Lange, Carl T. Curtis, Jack Delano, Ben D. Glaha, W. Lincoln Highton, Russell W. Lee, C.A.
MacDougall, R.A. Midthun, Frank C. Osmers, Claude V. Parsons, F.B. Pomeroy, Marion Post, H.C. Robinson, Arthur Rothstein,
J.F. Sikes, John J. Sparkman, John F. Vachon, and Wilson.
Includes Berkeley Public Library index cards describing individual photographs, subjects, and missing photographs (PIC box
3).
Title devised by cataloger.
Originally collected by U.S. Congressman John Harvey Tolan, who donated the collection to Berkeley Public Library in 1947
or 1948.
Gift ; Of Berkeley Public Library ; 2010.
Item list available in library.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
6 boxes and 1 oversize folder (ca. 320 photographic prints) : 48 x 58 cm or smaller.
Language:
English