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Wind Erosion: Dust Bowl
Album Description
Invite students to discover weathering and erosion with the use of primary sources.
3 - 5 Social Studies/History DustBowl ElementaryEducation bestof
[Dust storm, Elkhart, Kan.]
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017768822/
Reference note
Created / Published: [1937 May]
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
- Annotation on original negative jacket.
- Caption and date from file print.
- There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch2
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b31255 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b31255
Dust storm. Colorado
Teaching Notes
The Dust Bowl covered the Plains and eventually the country with dust storms. 'Black Blizzards' as they were called were clouds of dust that reduced visibility turning day into night. Dust loomed in the sky for days, leaving residents with respiratory illnesses.
Observe the effects of erosion and construct an explanation based on evidence for how availability of natural resources changed the environment and influenced human activity. Encourage students to write their reasonings using justification from photographs displayed.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017759523/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Ward, J. H., photographer
Created / Published: 1936?
Subject Headings: - United States--Colorado
- Miscellaneous--Copy negatives
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
- Additional information on caption card: Do not reproduce without permission of J.H. Ward, Lamar, Co.
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Negative has no corresponding print in a lot.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch1
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b26996 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b26996
Sand piled up in front of outhouse on farm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Teaching Notes
Observe the effects of erosion and construct an explanation based on evidence for how availability of natural resources changed the environment and influenced human activity. Encourage students to write their reasonings using justification from photographs displayed.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017760329/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
Created / Published: 1936 Apr.
Subject Headings: - United States--Oklahoma--Cimarron County
- Dust storms--Oklahoma
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch1
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b38341 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b38341
Dust storm. Baca County, Colorado
Teaching Notes
During the 1930s, severe water shortages and harsh farming techniques sparked an environmental disaster turning soil into dust and leaving unmanaged farmlands susceptible to wind erosion.
Prompt students with the following questions:
-What do you notice?
-What you think is happening in the photograph?
-Location/Time period?
- What are examples of erosion in the image?
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017759525/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Kernodle, D. L., photographer
Created / Published: 1936?
Subject Headings: - United States--Colorado--Baca County
- Miscellaneous--Copy negatives
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
- Additional information on caption card: Do not reproduce without permission of D.L. Kernodle.
- File print misnumbered LC-USF343-001615-ZE; corrected 1998.
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch1
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b26998 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b26998
Discovered farm machinery half-buried in drifting dust. Williams County, North Dakota
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017780455/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published: 1937 Sept.
Subject Headings: - United States--North Dakota--Williams County
- Drought areas, buildings, crops, etc.--North Dakota
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: - Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch3
- Film copy on SIS roll 21, frame 2152.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b19861 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b19861
Fighting the drought and dust with irrigation. Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017760368/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
Created / Published: 1936 Apr.
Subject Headings: - United States--Oklahoma--Cimarron County
- Dust storms--Oklahoma
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch1
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8b27567 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b27567
Furrowing against the wind to check the drift of sand. Dust Bowl, north of Dalhart, Texas
Teaching Notes
Observe the effects of erosion and construct an explanation based on evidence for how availability of natural resources changed the environment and influenced human activity. Encourage students to write their reasonings using justification from photographs displayed.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017770617/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Created / Published: 1938 June.
Subject Headings: - United States--Texas--Dallam County--Dalhart
- Farms, buildings, operations--Texas
Genre: Nitrate negatives
Notes: - Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch2
- Film copy on SIS roll 27, frame 1589.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cph 3c30633 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c30633
fsa 8b32393 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b32393
Billboard advertising fertilizer dusted over the cotton fields by aeroplanes. Mississippi Delta
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017801648/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Created / Published: 1939 Oct.
Subject Headings: - United States--Mississippi
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: - Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch6
- Film copy on SIS roll 5, frame 2414.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8c10837 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c10837
Dust storm headline montage
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017760086/
Reference note
Created / Published: [between 1935 and 1942]
Subject Headings: - United States
- Miscellaneous--Copy negatives
Genre: Safety film negatives
Notes: - Title and other information from caption card.
- Negative has no corresponding print in a lot.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch1
- Deterioration level 5, ca. 1992.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: fsa 8e03296 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8e03296
[Woody Guthrie, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding guitar] / World Telegram photo by Al Aumuller.
Teaching Notes
Woodrow 'Woody' Wilson Guthrie- American singer/songwriter
Invite students to analyze the lyrics and listen to his songs about the Dust Bowl.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/95503348/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Aumuller, Al, photographer
Created / Published: 1943.
Subject Headings: - Guthrie, Woody,--1912-1967
- Musicians--1940-1950
Notes: - NYWT&S staff photo.
- New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3c13276 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c13276
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. January 1941
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/afcwwgbib000005/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 (Author)
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Addressee)
Created / Published: ca. January 1941
Subject Headings: - California--Columbia
- Correspondence--1940-1950
- Folk music--History and criticism
- Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-
- Downes, Olin, 1886-
- Musicians--Correspondence, reminiscences, etc
- Radio broadcasting--1940-1950
- Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts
Genre: Correspondence
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Notes: - Written from Columbia, California, an old gold mining town; has decided he wants to "put the works to the man for printing the Tom Joad song." (Downes and Siegmeister, A Treasury of American Song, published November 1940, not mentioned by name.)
- External display permitted by Guthrie family
Repository: American Folklife Center
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcwwg.005