Reid, Robert L. (author) and Viskochil, Larry A. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, and Chicago Historical Society.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26617
Notes:
194 pages., "The book illustrates the way in which this programme of documentation not only informed and motivated the public and the government but also contributed to the acceptance of photography as art form."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00713
Notes:
PowerPoint presentation at"New perspectives on rural extension," U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington,D.C., March 29, 2011. Parts 1 (4 pages), 2 (3 pages) and 3 (2 pages).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29245
Notes:
Via KCET and "Documenting the Face of America" web site. 3 pages., Announcement and summary of a documentary about "the legendary group of New Deal-sponsored photographers who traversed the country in the 1930s and early 1940s to capture some of the most iconic images in history."
Discusses the career and contributions of Dorothea Lange in documenting, through her photography, the plight of impoverished agricultural workers in the West during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
