The series documents the activities of public health nurses working among migrant laborers, mostly of Texas-Mexican descent. The series is arranged chronologically, except for a single folder labeled Migrant Referral Project. Materials in the chronological files include nurses seasonal reports and evaluations; data on population, diseases and other common health problems of seasonal workers; and correspondence between nurses and the section supervisor. Documentation for the period 1951-1961 is fragmented. Records related to two health projects established in the early 1970s are more complete; La Clinica de los Campesions Inc., a non-profit corporation that established a year-round health clinic in Wild Rose; and the Migrant Health Referral Project, an interstate referral system created to provide continuity in health services and family planning to Wisconsin-Texas migrants and their families during their migration and return home.
