Jack Delano papers
name: label: Creator
content: Delano, Jack
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section
label: Names
content: Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Jack Delano lent his papers for microfilming 1965 and the collection was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Delano, Jack
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jack Delano papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of photographer Jack Delano date from 1939 to 1943. The collection consists of correspondence, mostly with Roy Stryker, Chief of the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration regarding assignments, philosophy, and equipment needs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jack Delano (1914-1997) was an illustrator and photographer in New York City, New York. Delano was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration photography project which documented urban and rural America during the Depression.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1943
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.delajack
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel NDA21 and was returned to Jack Delano after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA21. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Jack Delano, after microfilming. Some of the papers were subsequently donated to the Library of Congress; some are on deposit at the Luis Munoz Marin Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of photographer Jack Delano date from 1939 to 1943. The collection consists of correspondence, mostly with Roy Stryker, Chief of the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration regarding assignments, philosophy, and equipment needs.