urn:taro:utexas.blac.00172 Paul Freier Photographs, 1941 Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, May 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Freier, Paul H. (Paul Henry), 1915-1983 Paul Freier Photographs 1941 English BENSON-MS FREIER, PAUL 23249472 59 prints and negatives Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin 59 photographs of Mexican American communities in South Texas, 1941. Biographical Sketch

Amateur historian and Port Lavaca resident Paul Henry Freier was born March 28, 1915, in Austin, Texas. Freier wrote a series of articles on the history of Calhoun County and Matagorda Bay for the Port Lavaca Wave newspaper. He died December 26, 1983.

Scope and Contents Note

Consists of 59 original photonegatives and corresponding prints showing Mexican American communities in South Texas. The photographs were taken in June, 1941. Images show housing, schools, water supplies, sanitation, and construction techniques in several South Texas counties. Includes pictures of winter housing of migrant agricultural workers, and the small communities of Concepcion, El Sauz, La Grulla, Las Cuevitas, Los Ojuelos, San Ygnacio, and others.

The photographs are said to have been taken with a borrowed Kodak as part of a report on conditions in South Texas for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

 Access Restrictions

Unrestricted.

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Standard copyright restrictions apply.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Paul Freier Photographs, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms

The Paul Freier Photographs are classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries catalog:

Concepcion (Tex.)--Photographs El Sauz (Tex.)--Photographs La Grulla (Tex.)--Photographs Los Ojuelos (Tex.)--Photographs Architecture, Domestic--Texas--Photographs Mexican Americans--Texas--Photographs Mexican American agricultural laborers--Texas--Housing--Photographs Box and Folder Inventory Photographs

No item description of the photographs is available. The collection is open for consultion in the Benson Latin American Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room.