Wisconsin Farm Labor Program records
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Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin Farm Labor Program records
Inclusive Dates: 1942-1948

Creator:
  • University of Wisconsin--Madison. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Unique Identifier: uac26

Quantity: Collection materials consist of: scrapbook with newspaper clippings contaning information about migrant workers in Door County.
  • 6.30 cubic feet
  • 17 letter document boxes

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management


Abstract:
The Wisconsin Farm Labor Program records (1942-1948) contain reports, correspondence, research project materials, and information on laborers from the West Indies, migrant Texas-Mexicans, and German prisoners of war. Information includes where certain groups and individuals were assigned to work within Wisconsin and other Midwestern states, types of crops grown and in what region, information on family-run farms, and crop yields. The collection also includes newspaper clippings on backlash towards migrant cherry-pickers in Door county, Wisconsin.

Language: English.

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac26
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