02721cpcaa2200529 a 4500 mm 98084274 DLC 20260227111727.0 cr ||||||||||| 980826|||||||||||| eng mm 98084274 DLC DLC DLC dacs L lcmd Delano, Jack. Jack Delano papers, 1927-1995 (bulk 1941-1943). 700 items. 6 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.4 linear feet. Open to research. Chiefly correspondence, notebooks, and caption books relating to works by Delano as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information depicting the Great Depression, railroads in the West, Acadian farmers in Maine, and life in the South and in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Also includes transcript of an oral history interview conducted with Delano sponsored by the Archives of American Art and material relating to Elizabeth Kenny. Most photographs in the collection are housed in the Prints and Photographs Division. Photographer, filmmaker, classical music composer, and book illustrator. Born in 1914 as Jacob Ovcharov in Kiev, Ukraine. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1922. Died in 1997 in Puerto Rico where he had lived since 1946. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007117 Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952. United States. Farm Security Administration. United States. Office of War Information. Archives of American Art. Acadians Maine. Depressions 1929. Farmers Maine. Photography. Railroads West (U.S.) Maine Description and travel. Puerto Rico Description and travel. Southern States Description and travel. Virgin Islands Description and travel. West (U.S.) Description and travel. Composers. itoamc Illustrators. itoamc Motion picture producers. itoamc Photographers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007117 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007117.3 44491 44491