Roy Emerson Stryker papers [microfilm]
name: label: Creator
content: Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration. Division of Information
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section
label: Names
content: Delano, Jack
label: Names
content: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
label: Names
content: Lange, Dorothea
label: Names
content: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- United States
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming in 1963-1966 by Roy Stryker and the collection was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
setName: label: See more items in
content: Roy Emerson Stryker papers [microfilm]
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Roy Emerson Stryker date from 1932 to 1963. The collection documents Stryker's career as the head of the Resettlement Administration and later of the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Of note is correspondence with FSA photographers John Collier, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Edwin Locke, Arthur Rothstein, John Vachon, and Marion Post Wolcott. Also found are FSA produced publications, printed material, reports, and speeches.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roy Emerson Stryker (1893-1975) was a documentary photographer and worked throughout the United States. Notably, he served as Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section under the New Deal. Under Stryker, the photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stryroyp
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 Reels NDA04, NDA08-9, NDA24-26, NDA30-31 and was returned to Roy Stryker 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 onto reels NDA 4, NDA 8-9, NDA 24-26, and NDA 30-31. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Researchers may find duplicate images of the same items on multiple microfilm reels
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library, Special Collections Photographic Archives, Louisville, Ky.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Roy Emerson Stryker date from 1932 to 1963. The collection documents Stryker's career as the head of the Resettlement Administration and later of the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration. Of note is correspondence with FSA photographers John Collier, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Edwin Locke, Arthur Rothstein, John Vachon, and Marion Post Wolcott. Also found are Farm Security Administration produced publications, printed material, reports, and speeches.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Roy Emerson Stryker collection, 1932-1964.