Guide to the Holdings of the Still Picture Branch of the National Archives and Records Administration
Compiled by Barbara Lewis Burger
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Illustrations
- Organization of the Guide and Scope of the Entries
- Part I. Federal Records
- Part II. Donated Materials
- Index
Introduction
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is responsible for administering the permanently valuable noncurrent records of the Federal Government. These archival holdings include documents, maps, drawings, printed matter, photographs, motion picture films, video recordings, sound recordings, and electronic records. The records date from the time of the Continental Congress, 1774-89, and include most of the basic records of the Federal Government produced by Congress, the courts, the executive departments, and independent agencies.
The purpose of this guide is to describe pictorial materials among the holdings of the National Archives of the United States and to assist researchers in locating these documents. All of the records described in this guide are in the custody of the Still Picture Branch of the Special Archives Division. Not covered by this guide are photographs and illustrative materials that are integral parts of reports, studies, and other textual records housed in other branches in the National Archives; photographs in the Regional Archives, Federal Records Centers, and Presidential libraries; or aerial mapping photographs among the holdings of the Cartographic and Architectural Branch, Special Archives Division.
The National Archives began acquiring still pictures from Federal agencies shortly after its establishment in 1934. Today, the Still Picture Branch maintains approximately 6 million photographs and graphics from over 170 departments, agencies, and bureaus. The Branch also maintains a small collection of donated materials.
As with other units in the National Archives, the records in the Still Picture Branch are organized for administrative and physical control by record group. A record group most frequently consists of the records of a single agency (and its predecessors) at the bureau level of Government, such as the records of the Children's Bureau (RG 102). The records of the head of an executive department and units with department-wide responsibility may be assigned to a general record group, such as the General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (RG 207). Less frequently, records of a number of agencies may be brought together on the basis of similar function, such as the Records of Agencies for Voluntary Action Programs (RG 362).
Each record group is assigned a number. When the National Archives record group system was developed in 1944, record groups 1 through 190 were established and numbered consecutively in the order in which the first records in each group were accessioned. Subsequent record groups generally have been numbered in the order in which they were established.
Within each record group, the basic archival unit of control is the series, which is a body of records arranged in some serial order or logically grouped together for some other reason. NARA attempts to keep the records within series in the order in which they were maintained by the creating agency, but agency filing systems were designed for administrative purposes and do not always benefit researchers. In order to assist researchers, NARA has prepared subject guides and preliminary inventories for many record groups. These publications provide information regarding agency histories, series titles, series dates, the quantity of records, the types of records, and brief descriptions of the subject content of series.
In this guide the same information is provided, but the emphasis is pictorial records, with attention given to both the type of record (medium) and the content of the series. The diverse nature of the contents of most of the series prohibits the compilation of exhaustive series descriptions, but an effort has been made to identify subjects, events, and personages. Occasionally photographs of unusual interest are mentioned specifically. It is hoped that this guide will lead the reader to explore more detailed descriptions and relevant finding aids available in the Still Picture Branch.
This guide should also be used in conjunction with the Guide to the National Archives of the United States (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1974). The National Archives Guide provides descriptions of all the holdings that were in NARA's custody on June 30, 1970, as well as a detailed explanation of the record group concept, and general regulations for the use of NARA records. Most importantly, detailed administrative histories of agencies, and the titles of available finding aids for each record group are included. A new edition of the Guide is in progress.
Several National Archives publications contain information on still pictures and graphic arts. These publications include Select Audiovisual Records leaflets: Pictures of Indians in the United States, Photographs of the American West. 1861-1912, Pictures of the Civil War, Pictures of the Revolutionary War, United States Navy Ships. 1775-1941, Pictures from the Harmon Foundation: Artworks and Art Activities, Contemporary African Art from the Harmon Foundation, and Pictures of the American City. Also relevant are Broadsides and Posters from the National Archives (NARA 1986), The National Archives of the United States (Abrams, 1984), The American Image: Photographs from the National Archives, 1860-1960 (Pantheon Books, 1979), and War & Conflict: Selected Images from the National Archives, 1765-1970 (NARA, 1989). A list of other NARA publications is available from the National Archives upon request.
Most of the records described here are readily available to researchers. Some records, however, may be temporarily unavailable or may have restrictions on access. It is suggested, therefore, that researchers query the Still Picture Branch about the availability of records in advance of their visit. Researchers should inquire also about guidelines and the rules and regulations governing research in the Still Picture Branch.
Photographic reproductions of Still Picture Branch records are available for a fee. The majority of records in the branch are in the public domain, but because agencies often acquire photographs from private sources, some items may be under copyright or carry publication restrictions, the owners of the rights to these images may impose certain fees for their use. NARA knowledge of these restrictions though is often limited. For further information on ordering and using photographs furnished by the National Archives, contact the Still Picture Branch.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the many staff members of the National Archives who provided invaluable assistance. Special thanks go to Edward J. McCarter, Jonathan Heller, Paul White, James H. Trimble, and Patricia Richter whose advice, encouragement, and unqualified support helped me over many rough spots.
I am thankful for the technical support given by Marie Allen who devoted many hours to getting this publication off the ground. Many thanks also to Robert M. Kvasnicka and Virginia C. Purdy of the Archival Publications Staff who edited this guide and made many helpful suggestions.
I also wish to thank to the current and past Chiefs of the Still Picture Branch, Elizabeth L. Hill, Jack Saunders, Richard F. Myers, and Joe Doan Thomas who supported me throughout these many years. William H. Cunliffe, Director of the Special Archives Division, must also be thanked for allowing me the time to complete this guide. But it is to Sheila V. Mayo and Holly Reed of the Still Picture Branch to whom I extend my heartfelt gratitude. They worked indefatigably and were unflagging in their support. Without their help this guide could not have been completed.
About the Author
Barbara Lewis Burger is an archivist in the Still Picture Branch, Special Archives Division, National Archives and Records Administration. She has served as the Assistant Chief for Reference in the Still Picture Branch, and as the Assistant to the Director of Special Archives Division. Mrs. Burger has a master's degree from The Catholic University of America and an undergraduate degree from Howard University, and has worked with still pictures for over twelve years.
Illustrations
This section will include information on interpreting the captions of the photos included in the guide and general ordering instructions.
Organization of the Guide and Scope of the Entries
General Organization
This guide is organized into two parts. The first part, "Federal Records," describes the accessioned records of the Federal Government in the custody of the Still Picture Branch as of June 30, 1989, according to the record group to which the records have been allocated. The record groups are in order numerically. The Still Picture Branch does not hold records from some agencies for which record groups have been established. Thus there are gaps in the numerical sequence followed in this guide.
The second part of the guide contains descriptions of photographic and graphic materials donated to the Branch and the National Archives. Information on the donations is by collection. The collections are arranged roughly in chronological order according to the content dates of the materials described.
Scope of the Entries
The following key illustrates the important elements of the format of entry descriptions in both Part I and Part II of this guide.
(A) In Part I, this is the record group title. In Part II, it is the section heading. Collection titles for donated materials are indicated elsewhere (F).
(B) RG is the abbreviation for record group, followed by the record group number. This does not apply to Donated Materials.
(C) These are the informational content dates of the still pictures in this record group or collection. This date represents the time period for the subject pictured and is not necessarily the date the records were created, accumulated, or organized. Those organizational dates when known are indicated in the body of the description, if they differ from the informational content date. This departure from usual NARA practice was made because we believe that the readers of this guide are primarily interested in knowing the time frames of the subjects pictured, particularly since many of the agency files contain retrospective information.
(D) The number of items (discrete images) in a record group or of all of the Donated Materials under the custody of the Still Picture Branch. The count for individual series is not given.
(E) The type of record or medium if easily identifiable. Terms:
PHOTOGRAPHS - A general term that refers to both prints and negatives.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS - A more specific term. Printing types when known are indicated, such as cyanotypes.
Card Photographs - refers to photographic print on commercially produced cardboard mounts of standard sizes.
Stereographs - refers to photographic prints only.
Panoramas - refers to photographic prints only.
PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES - A more specific term that refers to film base items usually. Where entire series consist of glass negatives it is noted.
SLIDES - refers to positive transparencies in cardboard mounts - 2"x2" in size.
LANTERN SLIDES - refers to positive transparencies made or mounted on glass - usually 3 1/4"x4" in size.
ART, WORKS OF ART - General terms. When specific art techniques are known, they are indicated.
POSTER - Generally refers only to printed items, not the original art from which posters are printed.
PORTRAIT - Refers to photographs of an individual only, usually a bust-length image.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS - Primarily oblique angle images, usually not taken under mapping purposes to scale.
(F) Series descriptions. Descriptions are usually arranged chronologically. Series with similar content information are often described together. Collection titles for donated materials are indicated here.
(G) Informational content dates for a series.
(H) Names of photographers when known are noted.
(I) Series designators. Often several series are described together, and so several series designators may follow a description. When referring to series, please cite the record group number or collection title for donated materials and the series designation.
(J) This is the entry number for the descriptions in this guide. When referring to individual descriptions you may also cite this guide and the entry number.
Part I. Federal Records
RG (Record Group) No.
3 Records of the United States Housing Corporation
4 Records of the United States Food Administration
5 Records of the United States Grain Corporation
7 Records of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant
8 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
9 Records of the National Recovery Administration
12 Records of the Office of Education
15 Records of the Veterans Administration
16 Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture
17 Records of the Bureau of Animal Industry
18 Records of the Army Air Forces
19 Records of the Bureau of Ships
21 Records of the District Courts of the United States
22 Records of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
23 Records of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
24 Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel
26 Records of the United States Coast Guard
27 Records of the Weather Bureau
28 Records of the United States Postal Service
29 Records of the Bureau of the Census
30 Records of the Bureau of Public Roads
32 Records of the United States Shipping Board
33 Records of the Federal Extension Service
35 Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps
36 Records of the United States Customs Service
37 Records of the Hydrographic Office
38 Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
40 General Records of the Department of Commerce
41 Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
42 Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital
43 Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions
44 Records of the Office of Government Reports
45 Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library
47 Records of the Social Security Administration
48 Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior
49 Records of the Bureau of Land Management
51 Records of the Office of Management and Budget
52 Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
53 Records of the Bureau of Public Debt
54 Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering
55 Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands
56 General Records of the Department of the Treasury
57 Records of the Geological Survey
59 General Records of the Department of State
63 Records of the Committee on Public Information
64 Records of the National Archives and Records Administration
65 Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
66 Records of the Commission of Fine Arts
67 Records of the United States Fuel Administration
69 Records of the Work Projects Administration
70 Records of the Bureau of Mines
71 Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks
72 Records of the Bureau of Aeronautics
74 Records of the Bureau of Ordnance
75 Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
76 Records of the Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations
77 Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
78 Records of the U.S. Naval Observatory
79 Records of the National Park Service
80 General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1789-1947
83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
84 Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State
86 Records of the Women's Bureau
88 Records of the Food and Drug Administration
90 Records of the Public Health Service
92 Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917
95 Records of the Forest Service
96 Records of the Farmers Home Administration
97 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry
102 Records of the Children's Bureau
106 Records of the Smithsonian Institution
107 Records of the Office of the Secretary of War
109 War Department Collection of Confederate Records
111 Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
112 Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army)
114 Records of the Soil Conservation Service
115 Records of the Bureau of Reclamation
117 Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission
119 Records of the National Youth Administration
120 Records of the American Expeditionary Forces (World War I), 1917-23
121 Records of the Public Buildings Service
126 Records of the Office of Territories
127 Records of the United States Marine Corps
129 Records of the Bureau of Prisons
131 Records of the Office of Alien Property
135 Records of the Public Works Administration
136 Records of the Agricultural Marketing Services
142 Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority
145 Records of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
148 Records of Exposition, Anniversary, and Memorial Commissions
151 Records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
and Successor Agencies153 Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army)
155 Records of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions
156 Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance
162 General Records of the Federal Works Agency
165 Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs
166 Records of the Foreign Agricultural Service
167 Records of the National Bureau of Standards
168 Records of the National Guard Bureau
169 Records of the Foreign Economic Administration
170 Records of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
171 Records of the Office of Civilian Defense
174 General Records of the Department of Labor
176 Records of the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
178 Records of the United States Maritime Commission
179 Records of the War Production Board
181 Records of the Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
185 Records of the Panama Canal
187 Records of the National Resources Planning Board
188 Records of the Office of Price Administration
189 Records of the National Academy of Sciences
196 Records of the Public Housing Administration
207 General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
208 Records of the Office of War Information
210 Records of the War Relocation Authority
215 Records of the Office of Community War Services
216 Records of the Office of Censorship
220 Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards
221 Records of the Rural Electrification Administration
226 Records of the Office of Strategic Services
227 Records of the Office of Scientific Research and Development
229 Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs
233 Records of the United States House of Representatives
234 Records of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
237 Records of the Federal Aviation Administration
238 National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records
242 National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, 1941-
243 Records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey
245 Records of the Solid Fuels Administration for War
255 Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
258 Records of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
260 Records of the United States Occupation Headquarters, World War II
268 Records of the Philippine War Damage Commission
270 Records of the War Assets Administration
277 Records of the National Production Authority
280 Records of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
286 Records of the Agency for International Development
287 Publications of the US Government
306 Records of the United States Information Agency
310 Records of the Agricultural Research Service
318 Records of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
326 Records of the Atomic Energy Commission
328 Records of the National Capital Planning Commission
331 Records of the Allied Operational and Occupational Headquarters, World War II
332 Records of the United States Theaters of War, World War II
336 Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation
337 Records of Headquarters, Army Ground Forces
341 Records of Headquarters United States Air Force
342 Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations
350 Records of the Bureau of Insular Affairs
362 Records for Agencies for Voluntary Action Programs
364 Records of the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
370 Records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
374 Records of the Defense Nuclear Agency
378 Records of the Economic Development Administration
381 Records of Agencies for Economic Opportunity and Legal Services
391 Records of the United States Regular Army Mobile Units, 1821-1942
393 Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920
394 Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1920-42
395 Records of United States Army Overseas Operations and Commands, 1898-1942
397 Records of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
407 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-
408 Records of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration
412 Records of the Environmental Protection Agency
416 Records of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
428 General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1947-
429 Records of Organizations in the Executive Office of the President
432 Records of the Economic Stabilization Programs, 1971-74
433 Records of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
452 Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Part II . Donated Materials
Museum For German History, Berlin Collection
Library of Congress Collection
Minnesota Historical Society Collection
Ulysses S. Grant III Collection
University of South Alabama Collection
Organization of American States Collection
Jefferson Patterson Collection
John and Kate Evans Collection
Dwight D. Eisenhower Collection
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania Collection
George S. Stewart, Jr. Collection
Part I. Federal Records
Records of the United States Housing Corporation RG 3 / 1918-21 / 2,000 items
3.1 Photographic negatives of blueprints, architectural drawings, and maps used to design housing and community structures for World War I workers, 1918 (BGP).
3.2 Photographs and lantern slides recording various stages in the construction of Government housing projects and planned communities, 1918-21 (HC) (LS).
3.3 Photographic prints of slum housing in Chester, PA, 1918 (MCS). An album of photographic prints of trolley car track construction, inter-urban trains and street scenes, 1918-19 (MTF). Sketches for posters advertising war workers' housing in Washington, DC, 1918 (MPW). Photographic prints of dining and sleeping facilities at a factory cooperative in France, 1918-19 (MSF). Portfolios of architectural drawings of rural dwellings in France, ca. 1919 (MFB). Glass negatives of unidentified fields and houses, ca. 1919 (MFH).
3.4 Glass negatives from the Town Planning Division of a meeting of the American Association of Landscape Architects, 1918 (TP).
Records of the United States Food Administration RG 4 / 1917-20 / 5,812 items
4.1 Photographs taken or collected by the Administration and used to document its activities and programs during World War I, including wartime conservation efforts. Subjects include agency buildings; billboards and posters used in campaigns in the United States and other countries; exhibits; sugar production in the United States, Cuba, and Puerto Rico; the activities of women's groups during the war; US aid to Europe during and after the war; destruction in Europe from the war; prisoners of war; refugees; agency personnel; and several well known individuals, such as, Herbert Hoover. 1917-20 (G).
4.2 Posters used in US and French Liberty Loan drives, Red Cross drives, war work and enlistment campaigns, and campaigns to promote food conservation and encourage production, 1917-19 (P).
4.3 Lantern slides used by the United States Food Administration's Division of Education to illustrate lectures on the conservation, preservation and preparation of food, 1917-19 (LS).
Records of the United States Grain Corporation RG 5 / 1919 / 20 items
5.1 Photographs showing the unloading of grain and cotton from US merchant ships; the interior of warehouses in Hamburg, Germany fully stocked with food; and Corporation staff and offices in Hamburg and Berlin. 1919 (BH)
Records of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine RG 7 / 1700-1954 / 13,961 items
7.1 From Leland O. Howard, chief of the Bureau from 1894 to 1927, a collection of portraits of American and foreign scientists, with particular emphasis on Department of Agriculture entomologists. 1700-1936 (H)
7.2 Photographs of cotton insects and of a variety of cotton crop dusting practices, 1904-26 (CI).
7.3 Photographs of insects, insect infested plants, efforts to control and eradicate insects, and entomological experiments. Also included are portraits of Bureau personnel. 1919-54 (EPQ)
7.4 Photographs, some of maps, graphs, and drawings, relating to pest control experiments at the Bureau's Moorestown, NJ research station, with particular emphasis on methods of controlling the Japanese beetle, 1920-54 (B).
7.5 Photographs of the cultivation and marketing of cotton, corn, blueberries, oranges and tobacco, n.d. (T).
Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering RG 8 / 1913-47 / 3,679 items
8.1 Photographs relating to drainage, irrigation and erosion control projects, 1913-47 (D) (N) (M). Photographs showing the terrain of El Rito, Rio Arriba County, NM, 1937, (NM).
Records of the National Recovery Administration RG 9 / ca. 1933 / 1 item
9.1 A photographic negative of Charles Toucey Coximer's drawing, ca. 1933, of the National Recovery Administration Blue Eagle. The original item is filed with the textual records of the Administration. (X).
Records of the Office of Education RG 12 / 1913-65 / 1,737 items
12.1 Photographs, a few by Lewis Hine, collected for use as illustrations in the Bureau of Education's publications. The photographs show Bureau offices, classroom scenes in schools, illustrations used in bulletins and exhibits, and participants in agricultural extension programs and the School Garden Army, 1913-23 (ED).
12.2 Photographs collected by the Home Economics Section of the Service Division showing home economics instruction in elementary and junior high schools, 1925-30 (HE).
12.3 A collection of photographic prints from public and private school systems in the United States documenting vocational and academic training, and therapy and recreational activities for handicapped children, 1938-65 (HC).
12.4 Photographic prints of adult and youth forums organized under the Federal Forum Project, a program to provide employment and to encourage civic education, 1939-41 (PF).
12.5 Photographs showing enrollees at work and in training under the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Education program, 1940 (CCC). Ink drawings by Marshall Davis that were printed in Camp Life, a series of elementary readers and workbooks utilized by the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1939-40 (CLR) (CLA) (CLM).
Records of the Veterans Administration
RG 15 / 1833-1968 / 7,582 items
15.1 Photographs of oil paintings of the Commissioners of the Pension Office, 1833-1925 (PC).
15.2 Photographic prints recording the construction of the US Pension Bureau Building and showing pension examiners in 1909 and a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the Civil War. Also, a photographic print by Mathew Brady of General Winfield Scott and his staff, a US Army recruiting poster featuring George Washington, a color lithograph of the 1862 Philadelphia Volunteer Refreshment Salon, and a drawing of the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. 1862-1909 (M)
15.3 Photographs showing veterans in rehabilitation programs instituted under the Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1918-28 (VR). Photographs, some in color, of Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals, regional offices, agency personnel, veterans undergoing therapy and rehabilitation, and VA beneficiaries receiving assistance, 1944-62 (MFS).
15.4 Photographs of VA facilities and construction projects, and microfilm of plans and architectural and landscape drawings for some hospitals, 1922-65 (HDC) (HDM). Two albums of photographic prints showing the construction of VA facilities under the Federal Emergency Relief program, 1938 (WPA). 15.5 An album of photographic prints taken in 1931 of the staff of the VA center, Hines, IL; and a scrapbook documenting the Patient Evacuation and Fire Control Institute sponsored by the VA and held in 1959 in Minneapolis, MN. Photographs of Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington Cemetery, VA, from 1961-68, including pictures of President John F. Kennedy at the 1961 and 1963 ceremonies. Photographs of members of the Veterans Advisory Council, Council meetings, and the Council's 1967 election observers trip to South Vietnam. Also photographs of dedication ceremonies for VA hospitals. 1931-68 (CVC)
Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture RG 16 / 1794-1975 / 83,325 items
16.1 Photographic prints of oil paintings of officials of the Department and other individuals important in the history of US agriculture. The images were made by the Office of Information. 1794-1933 (P)
16.2 The Erwin F. Smith collection of photographic prints of American and foreign scientists, Department personnel, Department buildings, and experimental farms; also includes a picture of the members of the National Academy of Sciences with President Warren G. Harding and Albert Einstein. Smith was head of the Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Bureau of Plant Industry. 1886-1937 (ES)
16.3 Joseph Abel, a scientist with the Bureau of Animal Industry, collected photographs of Washington, DC, its buildings, memorials, monuments and street scenes; and pictures of Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge. 1899-1932 (AD). Lantern slides, hand-colored, collected by Abel and showing the Department's exhibits at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, CA, as well as, views of the exteriors of some exhibition halls and outdoor sculpture at the exposition site, 1915 (SFX).
16.4 Photographic prints documenting rural life and agricultural activities from the Office of Information's "historical file" of images selected from the files of the Extension Service, Forest Service, Rural Electrification Administration, Biological Survey, Bureau of Entomology, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and other units of the Department. Subjects include farmers and their families; soil conservation measures; planting and harvesting of crops, and marketing procedures; care and raising of livestock; farm equipment and farm buildings; pests and their control; research activities; and food preparation and preservation. Also included are pictures of Department officials and other personnel; agency buildings and experimental farms. 1900-75 (G) (GA)
16.5 Photographs collected by Frank Lamson-Scribner, a special agent in charge of exhibits for the Department for many national and international expositions. Shown are exhibits at several expositions, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Brazilian International Exposition, and the Panama-Pacific International expositions; cities where the expositions were held; botanical gardens; landscapes; plant varieties; buildings in Washington, DC; and the Lamson-Scribner family. 1901-34 (FLS)
16.6 Photographs taken primarily by E. C. Purdy and F. S. Knoblack for use in agency publications on a variety of subjects, including views of various expositions; scenic views in and around Washington, DC; markets; and the activities of Secretary H. A. Wallace. 1901-43 (PSA) (PSB) (PSC) (PSD)
16.7 Photographic negatives from the Photography Division of the Department's Office of Information of agency officials and personnel, conferences, 4-H clubs, experiments and tests, agricultural practices, and animal husbandry. Also included are photographs of German prisoners of war working on farms in Georgia, and President Harry Truman signing the School Lunch Bill. 1939-64 (N)
16.8 Lantern slides documenting the activities of the War Hemp Industries, Inc., and showing the cultivation, harvesting and processing of hemp, 1942-46 (WH).
Records of the Bureau of Animal Industry RG 17 / 1864-1949 / 7,419 items
17.1 Photographic prints and some negatives of various breeds of horses, zebras, and mules and other equine cross breeds; and of breeds of dogs. Also included are views of the Beltsville Agriculture Center, MD, the US Morgan Horse Farm, Middlebury, VT, and horse pens in Montana and Wyoming; and portraits of Bureau officials and other personnel. 1864-1943 (N) (HD) (HDA) (HM)
17.2 Photographic prints of sheep and sheep pelts taken to illustrate the results of breeding Karakul rams with other breeds of sheep, 1928-49 (S).
17.3 Photographic prints of breeds of poultry and other birds, exhibits, and Bureau facilities in Beltsville, MD and Glendale, AZ, 1905-30
(P).Records of the Army Air Forces RG 18 / 1903-64 / ca. 118,700 items
18.1 Photographs of foreign and domestic aircraft taken or collected by the Engineering Division of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH and the Wright Air Development Center, OH, 1903-59 (WP).
18.2 Lantern slides documenting events, subjects, and individuals important in the history of military aviation, 1903-27 (AH).
18.3 Photographic prints of US Army balloon and airship facilities and schools, 1908-20 (MA).
18.4 Photographs of early aircraft, activities and personnel at the Army-Navy aviation school at Rockwell Field, CA, and of several individuals important to aviation history. The photographs were taken by H. A. Erickson and Harold R. Taylor and were purchased in 1941 by the Army Air Corps. 1914-18 (HE).
18.5 Photographs, including aerial views, of aviation activities, facilities, and personnel in Germany and France during World War I taken by the Signal Corps Photographic Section under the direction of Major Edward Steichen, 1918-19 (E).
18.6 Photographs documenting the activities of the Spruce Production Corporation, including views of timber stands, sawmills, camps, logging operations, and workers, 1918-20 (SPCA) (SPCB) (SPCC) (SPCD).
18.7 Portraits of people important in the history of aviation, ca. 1918-45 (HP). Flight personnel identification photographs, 1911-41 (P) (PU).
18.8 Aerial photographs of cities and communities, landmarks and historic sites, national parks, geographical features, the aftermath of natural disasters, ports, and airfields, 1917-64 (AA) (AN).
18.9 Photographs shot by Photo Squadrons stationed at Scott Field, IL of facilities, equipment and personnel at the field; and of cities and towns, airports, military bases and airfields, floods, and landscapes in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. 1923-39 (SF)
18.10 Transparencies of buildings and various facilities at March Field, CA, including several views of construction activities, 1928-34 (MRR) (MFC). Transparencies documenting a variety of aircraft accidents that occurred at or near March Field, 1928-34 (MFA). Transparencies of the Aircraft Supply Depot at Rockwell Field, CA, ca. 1930 (RFF).
18.11 Photographic negatives showing in-flight refueling operations, ca. 1923 (HER).
18.12 Photographs taken by Observation Squadrons stationed at three airfields, and showing municipal and military airfields, aircraft, cities, landmarks and scenic views of the United States. Includes a 1929 photograph of the airship Graf Zeppelin over Oakland, CA and views of earthquake damage to Santa Barbara, CA in 1925 and to Long Beach, CA in 1933. 1925-47 (LMU)
18.13 A filmstrip entitled "Round the World Flight" about aviators Harold Gatty and Wiley Post and their monoplane, the Winnie Mae, 1931 (FS).
18.14 Aerial and ground photographs taken by the Overseas Technical Unit of the Air Transport Command along air flight routes in the United States and other countries. Shown are command facilities, bases, military and civilian personnel; route maps and navigational beacons; people, scenery, and landmarks; and topographical features. 1943-43 (AG) (AM) (AO) (MO) ATC) (ZC)
18.15 Portraits of African American flight training graduates of the Tuskegee Army Air Field, AL, 1943 (T).
Records of the Bureau of Ships RG 19 / 1776-1966 / ca. 450,000 items
19.1 The general photographic file of the Bureau documenting the history of the US Navy including identification views of US Navy vessels; pictures of the construction and launching of ships; and pictures of shipyards, drydocks, and equipment. Also included are photographs of sailors and officers, Navy Department officials, noted individuals, and works of art. Ca. 1776-1941 (N).
19.2 Mounted photographic prints of ships selected from the general file, 1860-1922 (N[C]). Also from the general file, a selection of photographic prints primarily showing small boats and auxiliary vessels, ca. 1865-1941 (NS).
19.3 Photographs accumulated by the Bureau of Steam Engineering showing Bureau buildings at the New York Navy Yard, steam turbines, coaling operations, coal mining, diving bells, radio installations, the Honda Point disaster, and other subjects; also, photographic prints used to illustrate a report by Lt. W. H. Chambers on the "Corrodibility of Boiler Tubes." 1863-1929 (SEA) (SEB) (SEC) (SEE) (SEM).
19.4 Albums of photographic prints compiled or collected by the Bureau of Construction and Repair showing US Navy vessels, including pictures of ships under construction; damage to and the repair of ships; ship fittings and interior furnishings; figureheads and ornaments; silver service gifts; crew and officers quarters; workshops and storerooms; deck scenes; radio installations; coaling operations; shops and facilities at New York and other navy yards; merchant vessels; and Navy schools and classes. Also included are pictures of ships of the French and German navies; views of the ports of Brest and Cherbourg, France; and scenes in Samoa. 1883-1914 (A). An album of photographic prints showing damage to ships, and the salvage of the battleship Maine and other ships, 1898-1917 (AWD).
19.5 Photographic prints of the following: Ship fittings, equipment, and interiors; models of ships; tests and experiments; damage to ships; views of the navy yards in Boston, MA, and New York; the Department of the Navy exhibit at the 1926 Sesquicentennial International Exposition in Philadelphia; and other subjects. 1902-39 (E).
19.6 Photographic prints of the construction, launching, refitting, and sea trials of US Navy vessels, 1902-65 (LC) (LCA) (LCM).
19.7 Oversize photographic prints of Navy radio and communication installations and equipment, 1907-24 (RS).
19.8 Photographs of US Navy ships at Veracruz, Mexico in 1914, Mexican refugees, and Mexican and American dignitaries. Also photographs of ships on sea trials, in drydocks and fitting out wharves, and US Navy midshipmen. 1914-20 (VC)
19.9 Photographs of a naval review of the Atlantic Fleet at Boston, MA during a 1915 Governors conference, (BNR). Several undated photographic prints and diagrams of a motor buzzer transmitter, (MBT). Photographic prints of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Bureau chiefs, ca. 1917 (NBC). Photographs of ships of the British Royal Navy, 1941-45 (SB). Albums of photographic prints of models and mock-ups of Navy ships, 1941-46 (MM). Photographic negatives showing alterations to the carrier U.S.S Lexington, CV-2, 1942 (X). Photographic prints of the launching and commissioning of post-World War II ships, including nuclear submarines, ca. 1946-66 (NV).
Records of the District Courts of the United States RG 21 / ca. 1840-1930 / 12 items
21.1 Photographs of paintings of jurists, the Justices of the 1894 Supreme Court, and of a bust of Justice Louis Brandeis. Ca. 1840-1930 (PJ)
21.2 A photographic negative of an 1865 Mathew Brady portrait of President Andrew Johnson. The original image is filed with the textual records of the District Courts. (X)
Records of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service RG 22 / 1870-1962 / ca. 42,900 items
22.1 Photographic prints, primarily cyanotypes, mounted in albums and documenting the hydrographic surveys conducted by the staff of the US Fish Commission during voyages on the steamer Albatross. The steamer traveled to the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean islands, South America, and various places in North America. Shown are scenery, communities, the seal and fish industries, fish hatcheries, fishing vessels, seal rookeries, and marine life. 1879-1922 (FA) (FFA) (FFB) (FFC). An album of photographic prints by F. M. Chamberlain, an assistant on the scientific staff of the Albatross, of views of seacoasts and shorelines of the Hawaiian Islands, 1902 (FH). Two albums of prints photographed by Harry Clifford Fassett, captain's clerk on the Albatross, showing scenery, communities and the populace of several islands of the South Pacific Ocean, including Tonga, Fiji, Guam, the Cook Islands, the Society Islands, the Ellice (Tuvalu) Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Gilbert (Kiribati) Islands. 1899-1900 (SS)
22.2 Photographic prints of paintings created in 1872 and 1890 by Henry Wood Elliott showing seals, seal rookeries, seal hunts, and the topography of St. George and St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, AK, (HE). Panoramas of seal and sea otter rookeries in the Pribilof Islands photographed by C. H. Townsend and N. B. Miller with the steamer Albatross, 1892-97 (SR).
22.3 Cyanotypes from the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Bureau of Fisheries showing wharves, fishing vessels and fishing communities in California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia and the Great Lakes area. 1882-92 (CA) (CB) (CC) (CD) (CE) (CF) (CG) (CH) (CJ) (CK) (CL).
22.4 Photographs collected by the Division of Statistics and Methods showing activities of commercial fish, oyster and shrimp industries in the Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, Roanoke River-Albermarle Sound and Great Lakes areas; and along the Pacific and Gulf coasts. Ca. 1891 (FCB) (FCC) (FCD) (FCE) (FCF). Cyanotypes photographed by Bureau employees, W. T. Bowers, H. D. Chichester, G. D. Hanna, and C. H. Townsend, showing commercial fishing and fur seal industries in Alaska, as well as, lobster hatcheries in Florida, communities in Alaska, the mother-of-pearl button industry in Iowa, and marine specimens. 1904-18 (BF)
22.5 Photographs showing coastal and inland areas adjacent to Kiska Harbor, AK, 1904; sturgeon, ca. 1902; sponges, ca. 1908; interior views of a fish hatchery, the steamer Albatross, and Bureau of Fisheries railway cars, ca. 1910; foreign and domestic fishing vessels, 1894-1911; seal hunting in Alaska, 1882-89; and the mother of pearl button industry in Iowa, n.d., (MDF) (MFK) (MFM) (MFP) (MPB) (MSF) (MSP). Hand-colored stereographs of game birds and animals, 1870 (MSW).
22.6 Glass plate negatives taken by C. G. Atkins, superintendent of the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, of the buildings, and equipment, personnel, hatcheries, fish eggs and fish at the Craig Brook, Green Lake and Bangor, ME facilities, 1890-1900 (H).
22.7 Photographs created or acquired by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and the earlier Biological Survey showing birds, mammals, reptiles, botanical specimens, wildlife, refuges, topographical features, natives of Alaska, scientists, and agency personnel and facilities, ca. 1899-1962 (WB) (WB-M) (WB-T) (WM-X) (WB-Z).
22.8 Photographs of wildlife collected for publicity purposes, ca. 1899-1922 (WBP).
22.9 Photographs from the Alaska Game Commission showing wildlife, communities, methods of transportation, and warden districts, 1927-40 (WA).
Records of the Coast and Geodetic Survey RG 23 / 1859-1965 / 29,500 items
23.1 Photographic prints, graphic and original art from the papers of Henry L. Whiting, a former assistant in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, showing areas along the Hudson River, dredging operations, and machinery, 1859 (HW).
23.2 Photographs, including color slides, relating to the topographic, hydrographic, and physical observations undertaken by the Survey, including photographs of personnel, equipment, Survey activities, navigational aids, underwater views, Alaskan terrain, and disasters, 1860-1965 (G) (GS).
23.3 Photographs taken to illustrate activities associated with investigating terrestrial magnetism and electricity, 1901-54 (Q).
Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel RG 24 / ca. 1777-1944 / ca. 11,400 items
24.1 Photographs of Navy and Marine Corps personnel, including commissioned, non-commissioned, and reserve officers; enlisted men; the families of some servicemen; men who were commended or died in World War I; and civilian employees. 1904-38 (P) (PA) (PB) (PC) (CD) (RP). Photographic prints of officers of the U.S.S. Arethusa, 1915 (RPA). Portraits of Navy officers, ca 1917-37 (PP).
24.2 Photographs, some of paintings and engravings, of Navy chaplains who served from 1790 to 1941, (PNC) (NCP). Photographs of Navy chapels, ca. 1940 (NRF).
24.3 An album of half-tone prints from the office of Naval Intelligence showing ships of the Spanish Navy and damages to Spanish ships during the Spanish-American War, 1895-98 (FS).
24.4 Photographic prints, some panoramas, of Navy training camps, schools, and stations, ca. 1916-20 (TC) (PAN).
24.5 Photographic prints of Lt. Comdr. Albert Read, his crew, and their NC-4 aircraft during their historic transatlantic flight, 1919 (GC).
24.6 Photographs of various subjects, including Navy ships and crews, members of the 1917 Aeronautic Expedition; recruiting posters; a bronze relief, ca. 1930, of George Washington at Valley Forge; a painting and a statue of Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones; and of a 1933 painting of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ca. 1777-1935 (PNS-P) (PM) (PNA)
24.7 Lantern slides which were used by the New York City Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1925 (RS). Recruitment posters, some encouraging women to enlist in the WAVES or men to join the Navy's construction battalions, 1943-44 (DP) (PO).
24.8 An oversize photographic print of President Herbert Hoover with the crews of the U.S.S. Saratoga and the U.S.S. Mississippi, 1930 (H).
Records of the United States Coast Guard RG 26 / 1855-1974 / ca. 52,627 items
26.1 A general photographic file documenting the history of the US Coast Guard (U.S.C.G.) and relating to agency activities in the enforcement of customs and navigational laws, protection of life and property at sea, and the maintenance of aids to navigation. Included are photographs of USCG personnel, crews, ships and boats, and aircraft; ice patrols and icebreaking activities; training programs; the Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT; the Coast Guard in action in Europe and the Pacific in World War II and during the Vietnam War; USCG activities during the 1946-47 Antarctic expedition led by Adm. Richard Byrd; disasters; rescue operations; and Coast Guard support during National Aeronautics and Space Administration's space programs. 1886-1967. There are also a few pictures of the Guard aiding refugees fleeing Cuba in the 1960's. (G)
26.2 Photographs, lantern slides, drawings, and engravings showing lighthouses, light stations, and other aids to navigation, 1855-1933 (LG) (LGA) (LGL). Photographs of lightships and lighthouse tenders, 1891-1935 (LS) (LSH) (LSON). Photographs of lifeboat stations and lighthouses, 1893-1974 (MLN) (CGS). Photographic prints showing discontinued lifeboat and light stations, 1945-61 (LB). Photographs taken as part of a survey and consisting primarily of aerial views of lighthouses, but also including pictures of auxiliary structures and equipment, 1945 (S).
26.3 Three albums of photographic prints documenting the work of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, 1938 (MA). Photographs of Coast Guard and merchant ships, ca. 1930-45 (MLS) (MS).
26.4 Albums containing portraits of Commissioned officers of the US Revenue Cutter Service and the Coast Guard, 1860-1945 (PC) (PR). Photographs of enrollees in training at US Maritime Service and USCG stations, 1938-41 (A). Photographs of recruits training aboard the USCG Unimak, 1962 (U).
26.5 Photographic prints showing the US Revenue Cutter Nunivak and its crew in Alaska; also shown are scenes of Alaska, 1899-1900 (RSN). Photographs of the USCG Kukui during visits to loran stations in Alaska, the Philippine Islands, and a few Pacific Ocean islands. Shown are station buildings, transmission equipment and personnel at work. Also included are photographs of a 1952 inspection tour of several stations by the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. 1948-53 (T). Photographic prints of Greenland taken or acquired by the USCG Duane during a survey of the country and its ports, 1940 (H).
26.6 Photographic prints from the Office of Naval Intelligence showing pre-World War II Japanese merchant vessels and merchant vessels of neutral and Allied countries in San Francisco Bay, CA, 1937-43 (SAN) (SJ).
26.7 Photographs documenting the effects of the 1927 Mississippi River flood and Coast Guard relief efforts, (MF).
26.8 Photographs of Amelia Earhart taken during the 1930's, (XC).
26.9 Filmstrips documenting the work of the Steamboat Inspection Service and showing vessels used by the Service, 1938 (MSB). Filmstrips on commercial whaling, ca. 1939 (FS).
Records of the Weather Bureau RG 27 / ca. 1880-1968 / ca. 19,000 items
27.1 Photographs and lantern slides of charts, maps, and graphs; meteorological instruments and apparatus; natural disasters and the resulting damage; cloud formations; atmospheric occurrences; expeditions; observatories, and weather stations; exhibits at expositions; and scientists and Weather Bureau personnel. Ca. 1880-1954 (G) (GO) (MP) (ND) (GS). Photographs of atmospheric conditions and natural disasters, 1916-68 (C).
27.2 An oversize photographic print showing delegates to the Weather Bureau Convention in Omaha, NE, 1898 (OP).
27.3 An album of photographic prints taken by J. Cecil Alter of cooperative weather stations in Utah, meteorological equipment, and Weather Bureau employees in Salt Lake City, UT and Washington, DC, 1914 (A).
27.4 A volume of prints of cloud formations photographed at the Charleston, SC municipal airport and assembled by R. C. Aldredge, 1939 (SC).
27.5 Photographic prints, some in albums, of the rehabilitation of weather stations in the Philippine Islands, 1947-50 (PH).
Records of the United States Postal Service RG 28 / 1877-1960 / ca. 11,700 items
28.1 Photographs and drawings of post office buildings; photographic prints of agency personnel; and two posters advertising mail service. 1877-1959 (M)
28.2 Photographs showing the development of airmail service. Subjects include the first transcontinental flight, airplanes, and airports; post offices and equipment; airmail pilots, notably, Charles Lindbergh; post office officials; ceremonies; and the operation of the Pan American (Airlines) Mail Service, 1916-60 (MS).
28.3 Photographs of post office facilities showing the interiors and exteriors of buildings, as well as, unsafe and hazardous working areas, 1931-59 (F).
28.4 A filmstrip about processing mail for transport by sea, ca. 1920 (FS).
Records of the Bureau of the Census RG 29 / 1890-1959 / 155 items
29.1 Photographs and lantern slides of tabulating machinery, 1890-1950 (CM). Photographs relating to the Navajo Indian enumeration, 1930 (NR). Photographs of Bureau activities during the 1940 census, 1940-41 (C).
29.2 Filmstrips used to train enumerators, 1959 (F).
Records of the Bureau of Public Roads RG 30 / B.C.-1963 / ca. 43,100 items
30.1 Photographs, some of graphics, illustrating the evolution of transportation from ancient history to 1963. Also shown are cities and communities throughout the United States; trails, roads, highways, highway construction, roadside facilities, and traffic in the United States and other parts of the world; and of the construction of the Mount Vernon Memorial and Alaskan Highways. (N)
30.2 An album of photographic prints showing San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, (HH).
30.3 Color transparencies of a diorama exhibit illustrating the history and importance of trails, roads, and highways in the expansion and development of North America from 1539-1939, (HOH).
30.4 Lantern slides of road construction; equipment and techniques used in repairing roads; scenic views of the United States and a few foreign countries; railroads; convict labor camps; immigrants; and the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA, 1900-42 (R).
Records of the US Shipping Board RG 32 / 1914-30 / 43,189 items
32.1 Photographic prints of shipyards and equipment, shipbuilders, progress views of the construction of ships, ship launchings, concrete barges, concrete tests, employee housing, and transportation facilities, 1917-29 (CV). Photographic prints of the construction of a plant in Bristol, PA, and the construction of housing and public utilities at a townsite in Harriman, PA, 1917-19 (PC). Photographic prints of housing projects submitted by the Passenger and Transportation and Housing Division, 1918-20 (H).
32.2 A photographic print of the members of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1917 (CV-P). Photographs showing storage conditions in the Gulf District for Board records, 1920 (GD).
32.3 Photographic prints of fuel oil installations in Honolulu, HI, 1920 (HH). Glass negatives of the James River Bridge, n.d. (JRB). Photographic prints showing workers at the Fore River, MA, shipyard, n.d. (FRS). Photographs and blueprints of shipyard construction and facilities in the Delaware River area near Philadelphia, PA, 1917-19 (SCF).
32.4 Photographs of merchant marine training and apprenticing programs, ca. 1918 (RS). Photographic prints of ships, cargo, ice patrols, icebergs, seal hunting, port facilities, Board personnel, political personalities, and other subjects used as illustrations in the Merchant Marine Bulletin, 1920-30 (MMB).
32.5 Photographic prints taken by news bureaus to publicize events and people on board United States Lines ships, including pictures of aviators Amelia Earhart and Clarence Chamberlain, the 1928 US Olympic team, and other notables, 1925-28 (PUS). Photographic prints showing the interior of the S.S. America, 1919 (PIA). Photographs of the SS Republic, SS President Roosevelt, SS Manhattan, and SS President Hoover, ca. 1919-30 (SS). Five posters advertising the ships and promoting travel on the vessels of the United States Lines: the SS Leviathan, the SS President Harding, the SS President Roosevelt, the SS America, and the SS George Washington, 1928-29 (P).
32.6 Albums of photographic prints of the Hamburg American Line showing company vessels, harbor buildings, warehouses, offices and other properties; also photographs of emigration facilities in Hamburg and Emden, Germany, 1914-18 (SB).
Records of the Federal Extension Service RG 33 / 1910-54 / ca. 29,600 items
33.1 Photographic negatives primarily of posters used in agency publications, ca. 1910-36 (B).
33.2 Photographs of agency personnel and program activities, 1913-35 (C).
33.3 Photographic negatives, many taken by G. W. Ackerman and E. C. Hunter, showing rural life, farming, and the raising of livestock, with emphasis on the programs of the Federal Extension Service, 1920-54 (S)(SC).
33.4 Photographic negatives relating to the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, DC, 1950 (CC).
Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps RG 35 / 1933-42 / 10,850 items
35.1 The general photographic file of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and its predecessor agency consisting of photographs by Wilfred J. Mead and others that record all aspects of the agency's programs, including those programs operated in conjunction with the Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Soil Conservation Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Army Air Corps. Other activities of enrollees are also pictured. 1933-40 (GE) (G)
35.2 Photographs acquired from the Army Signal Corps, newspapers, and news agencies showing the recruitment and early activities of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's reforestation army, 1933 (EC). Photographs made by the Army to show enrollee activities in Army Air Corps area programs, 1936-38 (GC). Photographic negatives taken by Bluford W. Muir of the Forest Service and documenting civilian defense training, 1942 (CD).
35.3 Aerial oblique photographs made by the Connecticut National Guard of CCC camps in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, 1933 (CA). Panoramas of camps and personnel in Arkansas, Colorado, Ohio, and Wyoming, 1934-40 (MOPB). Photographs of the interiors of buildings at Camp Ludington-Pere, MI, ca. 1938 (MOPA). Photographs of CCC companies, 1939-42 (SU). Composite photographic prints of CCC sites and personnel, 1939-40 (MOPD).
35.4 Camp superintendent reports containing photographic prints illustrating the work accomplished by the CCC at twelve camps supervised by the National Park Service, 1933-35 (MP). Color slides by Wilfred J. Mead of CCC enrollees working on soil conservation and road construction projects in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, 1941 (K) (KI) (KO) (KW).
35.5 Three albums of photographic prints collected by Chaplain N. L. Linebaugh showing religious services in camps and nearby communities in Kentucky, 1935-42 (GK).
35.6 Photographic prints showing African American enrollees in vocational, academic and job training programs; performing conservation, reclamation and reforestation duties; aiding in the restoration of historic buildings and sites, and pursuing recreational activities, 1936-39 (N).
35.7 Lantern slides obtained from the National Youth Administration (NYA) to show the need for and the results of NYA and CCC emergency conservation work, ca. 1938 (LS).
35.8 Photographic prints made by the Forest Service of Thlinget enrollees and others restoring Haida and Thlinget totem poles in the Tongass National Forest, AK, 1938-39 (TA).
35.9 Photographic negatives showing enrollees visiting memorials in Washington, DC, 1941 (WM). Photographic prints documenting the construction of a CCC camp at Bolling Field, Washington, DC, ca. 1940 (CCC).
Records of the United States Customs Service RG 36 / ca. 1875-1910 / 77 items
36.1 Portraits of special agents and other employees of the Bureau of Customs, ca. 1875-1910 (SA).
Records of the Hydrographic Office RG 37 / 1889-1920 / 168 items
37.1 Glass negatives taken by Lt. Charles Pond of the U.S.S. Ranger during a survey of Lower California and Mexico, 1889-90 (CSA) (CSB) (CSC).
37.2 Photographic prints and drawings of harbors and coastal areas in Uruguay, Cuba, Samoa, and California, the Great Lakes, and other areas in the United States, 1903; and photographic prints of a time-ball in Japan, 1902, the U.S.S. Paducah and U.S.S. Mahana, 1920, and of delegates to the 1919 International Hydrographic Conference, (M).
Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations RG 38 / 1891-1946 / ca. 8,660 items
38.1 Photographs of military defenses at Valparaiso, Chile, 1897 (VAL). Aerial photographs of coastal defenses in the United States and its territories, 1914-23 (FCD). Aerial oblique photographic prints of Italian ports and landmarks, and aerial bombing tests that were acquired by the US naval attache in Rome from the Italian naval aviation photographic section, 1920 (IS). An aerial mosaic of Nanking, China, 1929 (NAN). Halftone photographic prints assembled by the Office of Naval Intelligence showing the defenses of Japanese mandated Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana islands, ca. 1935 (SS).
38.2 Photographs submitted to the Department of the Navy by manufacturers detailing the design and construction of domestic, foreign, and experimental aircraft, 1914-43 (AC).
38.3 An album of photographic prints of armor tests at the naval facility in Indian Head, MD, 1891-92. Photographic prints of sailors at the Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1918; Veracruz and Tampico, Mexico, 1914; buildings in Haiti ca. 1930; the construction of the German vessel Kaiser Wilhelm II; maps of the U.S.S.R., ca. 1919; medals and service ribbons, ca. 1900-20; and civilian and military personnel at the Navy Department during World War II, (HS).
38.4 Portraits of Allied military and political leaders photographed by Comdr. Maurice Constant, 1942-46 (MCN) (MCP).
38.5 Operational Readiness Section photographs of anti-mine and torpedo devices, and mine warfare tests, 1941-45 (MW).
38.6 An album of photographic prints relating to storage facilities at the Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, CA., ca. 1943. An album of photographic prints prepared by Comdr. C. S. McDowell, U.S.N., as a report on exterior and interior views of German U-boats, 1918 (NS).
38.7 An album of photostats recording the training program for advance base naval units staging in and near Hawaii, ca. 1944 (SNT). Photographic histories of Lion 2 and Lion 4, advance base naval units, ca. 1944 (LT).
General Records of the Department of Commerce RG 40 / 1903-64 / 742 items
40.1 Photographs of buildings and office spaces occupied by the Department, and of the seals of the Department's bureaus and services, 1903-37 (B).
40.2 Photographs of exhibits at the Sesquicentennial International Exposition in Philadelphia, PA, 1926 (EXA); at the International Exposition in Seville, Spain, 1929-30 (EXB); and at the Safety First Exhibit in Washington, DC in 1916 (EXC).
40.3 Photographs of the Secretaries of Commerce and other officials including a portrait of President John F. Kennedy; and photographs of meetings, conferences, receptions and exhibits, 1959-64 (G).
Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation RG 41 / 1886-1938 / 485 items
41.1 Photographic prints and an engraving of commissioners of the Bureau of Navigation, 1886-1927; photographic prints showing the American delegation to the 1929 International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea and a 1938 Bureau banquet, (C).
41.2 A photographic print of the SS Tarragon, ca. 1917 (T).
41.3 Photographs of merchant marine instructors, officers, and sailors; merchant marine training vessels and classes; trainees involved in recreation and social activities; ceremonies; and members of the United States Shipping Board, 1918-19 (M).
Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital RG 42 / ca. 1776-1937 / ca. 2,150 items
42.1 Photographs and lantern slides of Washington, DC showing aerial views; pictures of monuments and memorials, statues, parks, gardens, bridges and street scenes; and portraits of George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant. Ca. 1776-1930 (MS) (SPB)
42.2 Photographic prints showing views of public buildings and military facilities in Washington, DC; the placement of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial; the construction of the Washington Monument; White House rooms and china; officers of the Washington Monument Society; the US Capitol Police in 1932; President Woodrow Wilson with Generals Leonard Wood and John Pershing; views of Paris, France; and various non-governmental ceremonies. 1875-1932 (M)
42.3 Photographs of the White House buildings, gardens and lawns; a 1903 Easter egg roll on the White House grounds; the State, War, and Navy Building; and views of Washington, DC, 1900-03 (WH). Also, photographs recording repairs made to the White House in 1927 (WHA).
42.4 Photographs of the following: models for statues and finished statues; landscaping of the George Washington Memorial Highway; members of the Grant Memorial Commission and the dedication ceremony for a memorial to Ulysses S. Grant; and various dignitaries, including President William Howard Taft and his wife, 1921-37 (PR).
42.5 Photographs documenting the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, VA, 1926-33 (AMB).
Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions RG 43 / 1888-1934 / 1,596 items
43.1 Photographs of US exhibits at the following expositions: the Centennial International Exposition, Melbourne, Australia, 1888-90; the Universal Exposition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1894; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MO, 1904; the Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, PA., 1926; and the International Colonial and Overseas Exposition, Paris, France, 1931-32. Also included are photographs of Government exhibits at the Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, Chicago, IL, 1933-34 (EX).
43.2 Photographs taken during Intercontinental Railway Commission surveys of Central and South America, 1890-99 (IRC). Photographic negatives of triangulation stations on the upper Niagara River, ca. 1910 (NR).
43.3 A photographic print showing the Honorable Henry White, chairman of the US delegation to the Fourth International Conference of American States with President Augusto Bernardino Leguia of Peru and other dignitaries, and a photographic print of Mr. German Cisneros, Chief of Protocol, Peruvian Foreign Office, ca. 1910 (M).
Records of the Office of Government Reports RG 44 / 1939-45 / 4,000 items
44.1 Posters produced by foreign information offices and war relief associations located in the United States, ca. 1942-45 (PF).
44.2 Posters from various Federal agencies, assembled by the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, and used to promote the war effort in World War II, ca. 1942-45 (PA). Black and white photographic prints of some of the posters in series PA, ca. 1942-45 (PAA).
44.3 "Newsmaps" portraying in chronological order US military actions in World War II, 1942-45 (NM).
44.4 Production stills from the documentary film "Fight for Life" produced by Pare Lorentz for the United States Film Service, and from "The City", a documentary film produced by the American Institute of Planners, 1939-40 (LF). Photographic prints apparently used in Office for Emergency Management (OEM) films; also pictures of Carl Sandburg at work on an OEM film, ca. 1940-41 (F).
Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library RG 45 / 1914-18 / 783 items
45.1 Posters, some from foreign countries, used by the US Navy during World War I in recruitment and as a means of involving civilian and Navy personnel in the war effort, 1914-18 (WP).
Records of the Social Security Administration RG 47 / 1936-70 / 74,000 items
47.1 Photographs, some by famous photographers, from the Office of Information Service of the Social Security Administration (SSA). The photographs were used to publicize and to encourage participation in SSA public assistance and annuity programs. Featured are pictures of public service notices, posters, and exhibits; beneficiaries and annuitants; workers and the unemployed; and SSA personnel and offices. Also included is a photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act. 1936-48 (N) (G) (GA)
47.2 Photographs showing the program activities of the Children's Bureau, the Office of Education, and the Public Health Service, 1936-48 (M).
47.3 Filmstrips used by the Social Security Board to illustrate lectures on benefits, and to recruit war workers, 1936-42 (FS).
47.4 Photographs, some in color, of agency personnel and offices, Social Security beneficiaries, wage earners, social service program activities, conferences and conventions, and views of rural and urban areas. Also included are photographs of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Harry S. Truman, and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing in 1965 the Medicare amendment to the Social Security Act. 1953-70 (SSA) (SSB). Color slides documenting a 1958 trip by Social Security personnel to the USSR, Sweden, Finland, Scotland, West Germany, and Berlin, (SSC).
47.5 A set of color slides about Afro-American children, 1968 (SSD).
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior RG 48 / 1858-1978 / 1,200 items
48.1 Engravings used to illustrate a report by the Pacific Railway Expedition and Survey on its exploration in 1858 of areas along the 41st parallel, (PR).
48.2 Photographic prints and crayon photographic prints of Secretaries, assistant secretaries, assistant attorneys general, and solicitors of the Department of the Interior, 1862-1953 (PO) (PLS).
48.3 Photographic prints of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Gallaudet College), Washington, DC, in 1878 (RSD); and the Hospital for the Insane (St. Elizabeths), Washington, D.C., 1898 (RSI). Photographs showing the construction of a US House of Representatives office building, n.d., (RSH); construction of Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, DC, 1906 (RSF); and a construction project at Howard University, Washington, DC, 1924 (RSP). Photographic prints used to illustrate an 1899 report to the Architect of the Capitol on damage to the US Capitol, (RSC).
48.4 Photographs submitted with reports from the territorial Governors and showing national parks, industries, agriculture, and towns in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Hawaii; scenes of California's Imperial Valley and the Wind and Crystal Caves in South Dakota; American Indians and their schools; the Oklahoma land rush; logging operations in Tennessee; views of Hot Springs, AR; and exhibits at the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Ca. 1880-1907, and 1930 (RST).
48.5 Photographic prints on a variety of subjects, including John Wesley Powell and Zachariah Chandler; Department of the Interior officials and other personnel; American Indians; Yosemite; the battleship U.S.S. Maine; oil wells in the Los Angeles, CA area, 1927; the Alaska exhibit building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MO, 1904; and a chart showing the original boundary stones for the District of Columbia. 1892-1954 (M)
48.6 Photographic prints of the Department's exhibits at the International Exposition, Seville, Spain, 1928-29 (EXS).
48.7 Color slides of earthquake and flood damage to the Alaska Railroad, 1964 (ARR).
48.8 Color transparencies of works of art commissioned by the Visual Arts Program of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior for the exhibit "America '76," the Department's Bicentennial Arts Program, 1974-78 (BA).
Records of the Bureau of Land Management RG 49 / 1814-1946 / 721 items
49.1 Photographs, some of paintings and engravings, of Commissioners of the General Land Office, 1814-1933 (CP).
49.2 Albums containing prints, some of which were photographed by Frank C. Ashton. The albums were used in a General Land Office investigation, and show oil fields, oil derricks, equipment, people, and communities in several districts in California. 1898-1900 (KRA)
49.3 Panel card photographs showing settlers at the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Strip in the Oklahoma Territory. The photographs were taken by W. A. Flowers of Guthrie, OK and collected by Anthony Rice, Chief of the Homestead Division. (AR)
49.4 Photographs taken as part of a survey of the ecology of Ferry Lake, LA, 1914 (FL). Photographs of geological formations and conditions in California that were used in a US District Court civil case, 1916 (DC). Photographs of War Relocation Authority Centers in Manzanar and Tule Lake, CA, 1946 (RC).
Records of the Office of Management and Budget RG 51 / 1921-77 / 331 items
51.1 Portraits of Directors, assistant directors, and staff members of the Bureau of the Budget and its successor, the Office of Management and Budget; photographs of Presidents Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Jimmy Carter, and of Ronald Reagan before he became President. Also photographs of ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of the Executive Office of the President. 1921-77 (P)
Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery RG 52 / 1900-70 / 1,434 items
52.1 Photographic prints of the old Navy Corps Hospitals at Norfolk, VA and Washington, DC; and of graduates of Navy Hospital Corps schools. 1900-10 (C). Photographic prints documenting the construction of the US Navy Hospital, Portsmouth, VA, 1918-19 (H).
52.2 Photographs, some in color, of Navy Nurse Corps uniforms, 1908-70 (NNU). Lantern slides showing gas warfare equipment, first aid treatment for gas contamination, and other related subjects, 1918-19 (S).
52.3 Photographs of Navy hospitals and dispensaries in Normandy, France and southern England, and showing medical treatment for World War II casualties, 1944 (G).
52.4 Black and white and color photographs showing Navy dispensaries, hospitals, hospital ships, medical equipment and instruments, and research activities. Also included are photographs showing evacuation of the wounded and battlefield surgical techniques, postoperative care, and medical personnel and patients during the Korean Conflict. 1952-56 (KST) (NMB) (NMF)
Records of the Bureau of the Public Debt RG 53 / 1917-18 / 524 items
53.1 Drawings and paintings collected for use in war bond drives during World War I, 1917-18 (DP). Photographic prints of motion picture stars and other prominent persons participating in bond campaigns, and lantern slides of Liberty Loan posters, 1917-18 (LL).
53.2 Posters promoting war bonds, War Savings Stamps and US Savings Bonds, 1917-46 (WP).
Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering RG 54 / 1883-1955 / ca. 60,000 items
54.1 Photographic prints mounted in albums showing the cultivation, harvesting, and processing of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Includes also pictures of types of plants; orchards, groves, and gardens; diseased plants; farm and factory workers; equipment; and fairs, exhibits, memorials, and ceremonies. 1883-1941 (F). Mounted photographic prints relating to the growing and marketing of fruits. Shown are fruit trees and orchards, home gardens, canneries, packing houses and storage facilities, and markets. 1903-24 (FM)
54.2 Lantern slides used in culture studies of fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants and trees that grow in the United States, India, China, Italy, France, the Philippine Islands, and several countries in South America. Included are pictures of charts; maps; types of equipment; farms; markets; storage facilities; processing plants; bureau exhibits; exhibits at expositions; various fruits, flowers, trees, and vegetables; and farm workers. 1902-41 (LS) (LSF)
54.3 Photographic prints documenting research on varieties of vegetables; also photographs of the cultivation of vegetables, agricultural equipment, farm workers; views of rural areas in Brazil, the Philippine Islands, and Denmark; and Covent Garden, London, England. 1897-1953 (VV). Photographic prints and a few drawings documenting research on the effects of vegetable diseases; also included are pictures of cultivated fields, irrigation methods, markets, and farm workers. 1901-34 (VD)
54.4 Mounted photographic prints showing landscape gardening in the United States and some foreign countries, 1892-1933 (L). Mounted photographic prints showing the use of ornamental plants and trees in landscape gardening in the United States; also pictures of children and teachers involved in school gardening projects, and some of the exhibit halls at the 1900 Paris International Exposition. 1892-1940 (HP). Mounted photographic prints taken by the Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations and its successors to illustrate landscape design projects, 1902-41 (PD). Mounted photographic prints showing the buildings and grounds at the Bureau's Arlington Experimental Farm, VA, the results of landscape gardening in rural and urban areas, and types of farmsteads, 1902-29 (FT).
54.5 Photographic prints in albums, from the Office of Corn Investigations, documenting various aspects of corn culture, 1892-1941 (CI). Albums of photographic prints apparently assembled under the direction of Dr. Frederick D. Richey at the University of Tennessee Experiment Station to show the cultivation and processing of corn. The photographs relate primarily to the cultivation of corn in the United States, but also in Mexico and other locations in Latin America, 1920-42 (CC).
54.6 Photographic prints taken by J. E. McMurtrey and others and mounted in albums to record various stages in the cultivation of tobacco, and to document light and nutrition experiments on various plants, including tobacco. The photographs are from the Bureau's Division of Tobacco and Plant Nutrition Investigations. 1908-36 (TI) (TIA).
54.7 Photographic negatives recording sights at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA; parks in California, Pennsylvania, New York and Washington, DC; and various trees and flowers, 1913-16 (SN).
54.8 Photographs either taken or acquired by Peter A. Yoder, a sugar cane technologist, while investigating the cultivation, harvesting, and processing of sugar cane in the southeastern United States. Included also are a few photographs concerning the sugar cane industry in Philippine Islands, and pictures of other crops and animals, 1913-28 (Y). Photographs documenting the work of sugar plant field laboratories, including pictures relating to experimental and research projects and sugar cane cultivation programs, 1920-50 (B).
54.9 Photographs of types of machinery used in harvesting sweet potatoes and sugar beets, 1931-55 (DA). Lantern slides, color slides, and black and white prints and negatives showing sugar beet machinery and sugar beet farming operations in Davis, CA and Fort Collins, CO, 1931-55 (LSB) (LSDa) (Kd) (Kf) (SB).
54.10 Photographs of Bureau facilities and personnel, 1928-41 (C). Photographs taken by Wilfred J. Mead, a Bureau photographer, to record various types of plants and to document the work of the Bureau, 1941-53 (M).
54.11 Photographs showing machinery, some experimental, used in the cultivation of kok-saghyz rubber plant, 1942-44 (RR) (RRK). Photographs and color slides, relating to the Guayule Emergency Rubber Plant Project, Salinas, CA, 1942-43 (SA) (SK). An album of photographic prints documenting a guayule rubber production project in Texas, 1951 (TX).
Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands RG 55 / 1931-43 / ca. 1,000 items
55.1 Photographs of projects sponsored by the Civil Works Administration, the Public Works Administration, the Work Projects Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corps concerning improvements to housing, public buildings, parks, and roads in the US Virgin Islands. Also included are scenic views of the islands; photographs of schools, jails, and a leper colony; and a picture taken of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes during a visit to the islands. 1931-43 (FRP)
General Records of the Department of the Treasury RG 56 / 1804-1917 and 1941-77 / 900 items
56.1 Lantern slides illustrating the history and activities of various branches of the Department of the Treasury, including photographs of officials, other personnel, and buildings, 1804-1917 (AT) (AE).
56.2 Lantern slides documenting the work of the Lifesaving Service and the Revenue-Cutter Service, ca. 1915 (AL) (AR).
56.3 Photographs of American Indian delegates to an 1875 conference in Washington, DC, (ID).
56.4 Photographs of Civil War generals, ca. 1875 (PR).
56.5 Portraits of officials of the Treasury Department taken by W. H. Slater, ca. 1895 (P).
56.6 Filmstrips promoting the sale of World War II war bonds, 1941-45 (FS). Posters used in War Bond and US Savings Bond campaigns, 1942-77 (SP).
Records of the Geological Survey RG 57 / 1869-1941 / 3,140 items
57.1 Photographs taken by William H. Jackson during the US Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The survey, under the direction of Ferdinand V. Hayden, explored areas in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming. Recorded are images of the physical features of the land in those areas, particularly in the Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Bad Lands areas. Also included are pictures of survey members and equipment, American Indians, military posts, communities, mining operations, and railroads. 1869-78 (HS). Sepia tinted photographic prints by Jackson of areas of Colorado, including Indian ruins, 1874 (HSA). Mounted photographic prints of Lake Tahoe, CA and vicinity published by Jackson's photo company, ca. 1885 (HSB). Drawings created by Henry Wood Elliott and William Henry Homes during the Hayden Survey illustrating land features in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, 1869-72 (HAA) (HAB) (HAC).
57.2 Photographs taken by E. O. Beaman, J. Fennemore, and John K. Hillers of areas in Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming adjacent to the Colorado River and its tributaries. The photographs were taken during the US Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region led by John Wesley Powell, 1871-78, and show land features, survey members, surveying equipment, American Indians, and Indian ruins. Also included are photographs unrelated to the Powell Survey taken by John K. Hillers and others showing earthquake damage to Charleston, SC, 1886, and geological formations in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, New York, Florida, California, and the Chesapeake Bay area circa 1886-1900 (PS).
57.3 Albums assembled by Maj. Joseph Wheat, an agency topographer. The albums contain stereographs by Beaman, Hillers, and Fennemore showing areas along the Colorado and Green Rivers, and various American Indian groups who lived along the Colorado River, including Utes and Paiutes, 1871-75 (PR) (PL) (PM) (PE). An album of photographic prints showing landscapes, towns, farms, mines, and railroads, ca. 1880-1900 (MA).
57.4 Paper and glass negatives and albumen prints taken by F. A. Nims and others to document areas explored during a 1889-90 survey of the Colorado River and its tributaries by Robert B. Stanton, chief engineer of the Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad, (RS) (RSA) (RSB).
57.5 Photographs of geological formations and landscapes assembled apparently for use in agency publications, 1881-1941 (ISA) (ISB) (ISC).
General Records of the Department of State RG 59 / ca. 1774-1956 / ca. 13,100 items
59.1 Portraits of colonial legislators; members of conventions, the Continental Congress, and the Confederation Congress; signers of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution; and other statesmen. Many of the portraits are engravings. Ca. 1774-1876 (LP) (SP)
59.2 Daguerreotypes, photographic prints, drawings, and lithographs relating to diplomacy and international relations. Included are pictures of Department officials, early American statesmen, foreign dignitaries, treaty ceremonies, international conferences, US consulates, and US exhibits at several expositions. Ca. 1783-1955 (DA) (M)
59.3 Portraits of presiding officers of the US Senate from 1789-1901, and US Presidents from George Washington to Herbert Hoover, (PS) (PP). Photographic prints of Federal buildings in Washington, DC. Also included are pictures of Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, PA; a suspension bridge and a hospital in Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL after the 1871 fire; scenes of Quebec, Canada; a statue of Andrew Jackson; and the interior of an Ohio Railroad car. 1870-80 (HB)
59.4 Photographic prints that were submitted to the Department by U. S. diplomats or presented by foreign officials. Included are pictures of US consulates in several cities; in businesses in Ecuador, Panama, and Rumania; and the visit of the German battleship Graf Spee to Montevideo, Uruguay. 1915-48 (BF). Photographic prints relating to the Balkans obtained from US consulates abroad by the Office of the Counselor. The pictures were apparently used for propaganda purposes by the Germans. Ca. 1916 (GP). Photographs, drawings, posters, and newspaper clippings concerning economic and social conditions abroad that were submitted with consular trade reports, 1943-48 (CTR).
59.5 World War I posters displayed during the Second and Third Liberty Loan drives, 1918 (WP).
59.6 Photographs of U. S. and foreign officials, including President Harry S. Truman, Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Dean Acheson, Dean Rusk, George Kennan, John Foster Dulles, John Kenneth Galbraith, Sam Rayburn, Ellsworth Bunker, Alger Hiss, Konrad Adenauer, and Marshal Tito, 1943-56 (JB).
59.7 Photographic prints of President Warren G. Harding, his wife, and members of his cabinet and their wives, ca. 1921 (PC).
59.8 Photographs of World War II war surplus and Lend-Lease materials, and of the activities of the Department's Office of Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, 1945-49 (TLC).
59.9 Photographs of officials, guests, and representatives at seminars, conferences, and committee meetings of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1945-51 (UNP).
59.10 Photographs from the Special War Problems Division documenting the care given to German, Japanese, American, and Canadian repatriates while on the S. S. Gripsholm, a Swedish-American ship; also photographs of Japanese internees at Camp Kenedy, Texas, a reception and holding area for enemy aliens. 1943-44 (RAG)
59.11 Posters produced by the Office of International Information for distribution to foreign information centers. The posters were used to publicize the US standard of living and relate to a variety of subjects, including agriculture and industry, education, health, and politics. 1946-51 (FNL)
59.12 Photographs of US housing projects used in the "Study Collection on Housing Planning and Construction Techniques" prepared under the direction of Harold Sandbank, Housing Consultant for the Department, for distribution to foreign information centers, 1949 (HP).
59.13 Photographs, some in color, taken during Vice-President Richard M. Nixon's goodwill tour to Korea, Iran, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Taiwan, Libya, and Australia, 1953 (VPT).
Records of the Committee on Public Information RG 63 / 1917-18 / 87 items
63.1 Photographic prints taken by the US Signal Corps showing US aviators in France during World War I. Also included are photographic prints apparently used for propaganda purposes by the Germans and obtained by the US naval attache at The Hague, Netherlands. These images show agricultural production, sports events, dignitaries, ceremonies, and views of Russia. Ca. 1917-18 (CPI)
Records of the National Archivesand Records Administration RG 64 / 1861-1969 / ca. 6000 items
64.1 Photographic prints copied from the United States Military Railroad Photographic Album by Andrew J. Russell in the custody of the Virginia Historical Society. The photographs show a variety of Civil War subjects, including railroads, bridges, fortifications, battle sites, artillery, and ruins in Virginia; and buildings in Washington, DC. Ca. 1861-65 (CV). Photographic prints of Washington, DC copied by the National Archives from issues of Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, The Illustrated London News, and Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion in the custody of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, DC. 1861-65 (CC)
64.2 Photographs copied by the National Archives from material in other institutions, private collections, or from publications on a variety of subjects. Featured are pictures of Presidents of the United States and other persons, Civil War views, public buildings, and historical events, ca. 1860-1960 (M). Photographs of buildings and monuments in Washington, DC reproduced by the National Archives from images held by the Architect of the Capitol. Ca. 1900-63 (AC)
64.3 Photographs of Abraham Lincoln copied by the National Archives from the 1933 publication, Engraved and Lithographed Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1860-65 (CT). Photographs showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family reproduced by the Administration from materials at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, NY, ca. 1882-1945 (FDRL).
64.4 Copies of photographs taken by contractors recording the construction of the National Archives building, 1932-42 (NAC). Publicity photographs created by the agency to document administrative activities in the National Archives building, including visits by prominent individuals, special exhibits, and commemorative ceremonies; and to show interior and exterior views of the National Archives building and pictures of other agency buildings. 1935-69 (NA). Photographs taken by agency photographer Harry J. Baudu to document storage conditions for Federal records held in buildings in the Washington, DC area, and to show some State and foreign archives, ca. 1936-45 (NAD).
64.5 Photographs of Administration microfilming activities, 1936-47 (NAX). Photographs from a 1959 ceremony in honor of the inventor of the Dagron microfilm camera, Rene Prudent Patrice Dagron. The photographs were copied from items borrowed from the Musee de l'Histoire de France, Paris, France. (RD)
64.6 Photographic prints showing types of data processing machines. The images were collected by the Administration's Information Technology Division. 1879-1959 (K)
64.7 An album of photographic prints recording the records management operations of the Departmental Records Branch, the Adjutant General's Office, Department of the Army, 1957 (D).
Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation RG 65 / ca. 1900-72 / ca. 8,200 items
65.1 Photographs, drawings, cartoons, and posters collected by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The collections document Hoover's life and career and feature pictures on a wide range of subjects. There are pictures showing Hoover at various ages, his family, his friends, and at work and relaxing. Photographs of notorious criminals and relating to famous crimes are also included. The majority of the pictures, however, relate to Hoover receiving gifts, awards, and honoraria; meeting with Presidents from Herbert Hoover to Richard Nixon, various members of Congress, attorneys general, and FBI staff; and greeting foreign police officials and numerous celebrities. Ca. 1900-72 (H) (HM)
65.2 Cartoons, many autographed by the artists, apparently given to and collected by J. Edgar Hoover because they relate to the Bureau, crime, and political events. Among the artists represented are by Herbert Block (Herblock), Rube Goldberg, Charles Schulz, Ding Darling, and Hy Rosen. 1934-72 (HC) (HCA). A presentation album commemorating Hoover's 25th anniversary as the FBI director. The album contains original cartoons autographed by the artists. 1949 (HA)
Records of the Commission of Fine Arts RG 66 / ca. B.C.-1950 / ca. 7,500 items
66.1 Lantern slides, glass negatives, photographic prints, and graphic materials collected by the Commission. The images are quite varied, reflecting the agency's interest and involvement in art, architecture, and design. There are pictures documenting projects undertaken by the Commission, and illustrating such subjects as ancient ruins; Roman, Greek, and European architecture; colonial homes; public buildings; parks and arboretums; memorials and monuments; and National cemeteries. Also included are several panoramas showing construction of the Panama Canal. Ca. B.C.-1950 (G) (M)
66.2 Photographic prints, original art, and maps assembled circa 1948 for use in a pictorial history of Washington, DC that the Commission planned to publish in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Nation's Capitol. Included are pictures of early meeting halls and State capitols. Ca. 1774-1948 (HW). Photographic prints of the capitols of all of the States, except Hawaii and Alaska, 1950 (USC).
66.3 Folios containing photographic prints of sculptures submitted to the Commission by artists as examples of their work, 1920-40 (SS).
Records of the United States Fuel Administration RG 67 / 1917-19 / 55 items
67.1 Photographs of Administration buildings, offices, and personnel, 1917-19 (A).
67.2 Panoramas showing the West Virginia Coal & Coke Company and the Hitcham Coal & Coke Company installations in West Virginia, and an unidentified community, 1917-19 (FAP).
Records of the Work Projects Administration RG 69 / 1922-44 / ca. 94,300 items
69.1 Publicity photographs documenting the programs, activities, and personnel of the agency; its predecessors, the Civil Works Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration; and its successor, the Federal Works Agency. Included are pictures taken during "area studies" of Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; photographs showing exhibits, construction projects, conservation activities, and health and sanitation efforts; pictures of the employed and unemployed; Work Projects Administration (WPA) art, music, theater and writing programs; WPA officials, including Florence Kerr; and posters advertising American Guide publications. 1934-42 (MP)
69.2 Photographic prints of Federal Emergency Relief Administration projects in various States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Included are pictures from the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration. 1934-35 (FERA) (FERANC)
69.3 Photographs used by the WPA Information Division to inform the public and to publicize agency concerns, programs, and accomplishments in all the States, Washington, DC, New York City, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Also included are pictures of WPA and New Deal officials, as well as, a number of celebrities, 1934-42 (N) (NN) (NS).
69.4 Photographs documenting Civil Works Administration projects in Wisconsin, primarily showing the construction and/or repair of public facilities, 1933-34 (CWA) (CM). Photographic prints showing WPA defense and defense related projects, such as the construction of airports, bridges, roads, armories, military training camps, and navy yards, ca. 1935-42 (DC).
69.5 Photographs collected for use in State guide books prepared for the American Guide series of the Federal Writers' Project. Illustrated are the scenic, historical, cultural and economic aspects of each State, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Included also is a photo of Simon Bolivar, the Venezuelan statesman. 1936-42 (GU)
69.6 Photographic prints taken or acquired by the National Research Project to illustrate its reports. Shown are workers engaged in agricultural, manufacturing, mining, and transportation occupations. 1936-40 (RH). Photo studies taken by Lewis Hine, the chief photographer for the National Research Project, to document workers, working conditions, and housing in 14 industrial communities, 1936-37 (RP) (RPA) (RPM) (RPR).
69.7 Vertical and oblique aerial photographs of airports and airport sites collected by the Airport and Airways Section of WPA to document its work, and to serve as a historical survey of airport systems in the United States, 1922-40 (AAA) (AAB) (AAC) (AAN).
69.8 Photographs from the Federal Theater Project showing production scenes, sets, theaters, audiences, performers, playwrights, WPA officials, and politicians, 1935-39 (TC) (TS) (TMP). Photographs and original drawings and paintings of costume and set designs for the Federal Theater Project, 1935-39 (TSR). Posters and broadsheets advertising Federal Theater Project productions, 1935-39 (TP).
69.9 The general photographic file and the State file of the Federal Art Project (FAP), documenting its programs in the fine arts, practical arts, and art education, including photographs of artists and their work; exhibits; art centers; and FAP officials and other notable persons, such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Holger Cahill, FAP director, 1936-43 (AG) (AS).
69.10 Photographs of the activities of the New York City FAP, including pictures of project artists and their works, 1935-43 (AN) (ANM) (ANS).
69.11 Photographs depicting life in New York City taken as part of creative assignments by photographers working for the New York City FAP Photographic Division. Among the photographers represented are Sol Liebsohn, David Robbins, and Helen Levitt. Ca. 1935-39 (ANP)
69.12 Photographic prints showing professionals in New York City working on WPA library and museum service projects, and in other white-collar positions, 1935-39 (NY).
69.13 Photographs documenting projects funded by the Public Works Administration, such as the construction of highways, public buildings, bridges, dams, schools, sewer systems, and power plants, 1936-42 (PWA). Photographic negatives of the program activities of the Public Building Administration, the US Housing Authority, the Public Roads Administration, and the Federal Works Agency, 1939-44 (B) (H) (R) (F). Color transparencies showing various activities and projects of the Federal Works Agency, the Work Projects Administration, the Public Roads Administration, the US Housing Authority, the Office of Civil Defense, and the Office of Price Administration; such as, a housing project in Key West, FL, a nursery school in Middle River, MD, and a school in San Diego, CA, ca. 1940-42 (C).
69.14 Photographic prints used in the periodic issuance, Report on Progress of the Works Program, 1935-41 (PS). Photographic prints collected from State WPA administrators for use in a planned pictorial report highlighting accomplishments in 46 States, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, ca. 1935-43 (PR). Photographic prints of WPA projects and activities in Texas, and other States, ca. 1937-41 (PT). Reports and accompanying photographs relating to the Survey of Federal Archives co-sponsored by the National Archives, ca. 1936-41 (SFA).
69.15 Photographic prints of hurricane and flood damage in the New England States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, 1938 (MPH).
Records of the Bureau of Mines RG 70 / ca. 1910-78 / ca. 90,000 items
70.1 The general photographic file showing Bureau equipment, buildings, research and experimental projects, and personnel. Also included are pictures of mines, mining operations, types of mining equipment, types of minerals, safety techniques, mine communities, and miners. Ca. 1910-78 (G).
70.2 An album of photographic prints documenting research during World War I by the Chemical Warfare Service, American University Experiment Station, Washington, DC. The research involved gases, gas masks and other equipment, methods to combat gas contamination, and the production of gas, 1917-18 (CW).
70.3 Albums of photographic prints showing helium plants in Texas, including pictures of plant operations, buildings, equipment, and machinery; and employee housing, 1919-53 (H).
Records of the Bureau of Yards and