The Photographers: Roy E. Stryker (1893-1975) Roy Stryker was born November 5, 1893 in Great Bend, Kansas. He grew up on a farm in Montrose, Colorado where his populist father instilled in him a great respect for the land and the people who worked it. After serving in the infantry in World War I, Stryker went on to study economics at Columbia University. After graduating in 1924, he remained to ...

ROY E. STRYKER COLLECTIONS University of Louisville Special Collections The Roy Stryker Papers Best known as the man who directed the taking of over 150, 000 photographs for the Farm Security Administration during the New Deal era, Roy Stryker (1893-1975) is one of the most prominent figures in the development of American documentary photography. In addition to the Farm Security Administration ...