Monologue delivered by John Collier
name: label: Creator
content: Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration.Historical Section.Photographs
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Anthropologists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Roy Stryker with Collier's permission.
creator: label: Creator
content: Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Collier, Jr. (1913-1992) was a self-taught photographer working mainly in San Francisco, Calif. Collier was hard of hearing, and had learning and physical disabilities from a childhood car accident. In 1941 he started working for the Farm Security Administration. Also a prominent visual anthropologist, Collier was an educator at the San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art institute.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (sound reel, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 14 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.colljohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A monologue delivered in 1959 by John Collier produced for Roy Stryker. Collier speaks of his work on the Farm Security Administration, Photographic Section under Stryker, and his thoughts on the project and the FSA file.