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: scrapbook with newspaper clippings with 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

Language: English.

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Arranged in original order.

In April 1943 the U.S. Congress turned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the State Extension Services to handle the problem of the emergency farm labor. Because of the labor shortage imposed by World War II, farm labor had been diminished and the government was concerned that enough farm labor be provided to keep agricultural production high. Arlie Mucks served as Wisconsin State Supervisor for the Emergency Program which was terminated on January 1, 1948.

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The Wisconsin Farm Labor Program records span between 1942-1948. The bulk of the content ranges between 1943-1945. The collection contains information on emergency farm labor, largely within the state of Wisconsin, and the recruitment and placement of migratory and foreign laborers on farms across the Midwest. Contents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, employment information, placement of workers, placement of German prisoners of war and their assigned encampments, booklets, posters, training manuals, as well as pamphlets, newsletters, bulletins, and manuals on farm procedures.

Former series 9/4/19

Migrant laborPrisoners of war -- GermanyPrisoners of war -- Wisconsin.Mucks, Arlie

Box [891382505530]   1   folder 1	The Wisconsin Farm Labor Program (1/2), 1948
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 2	The Wisconsin Farm Labor Program (2/2), 1948
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 3	Emergency Farm Labor - Plan of Work (1943-1946), 1943-1946
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 4	Farm Labor Project - Annual Statistical Report, 1943
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 5	Produce more with Less in 1944 - Arlie Mucks, 1944
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 6	Annual Narrative Report of the State Extension Farm Labor Program, 1945
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 7	Annual Narrative Report of the Wisconsin Farm Labor Program, 1946
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 8	Plan of Work for Extension Farm Labor Program, 1943
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 9	Emergency Farm Labor - PLan of Work, Suggested Outlline, and Reports 1945
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 10	Farm Labor Program - Fall and Winter Program and Research, 1945
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 11	Wisconsin Extension Farm Labor Program - Plan of Work, 1946
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 12	Emergency Farm Labor - Plan of Work, 1947
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 13	Farm Labor - Assistants and Reports, 1944
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 14	War Manpower Commission - Statistics and Correspondence, 1944
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 15	Annual Narrative Report of State Extension Farm Labor Program, 1943
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 16	Annual Narrative Report of Wisconsin Extension Farm Labor Program, 1944
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 17	Farm Labor Project Annual Statistical Report, Narrative Report, foreign labor, and unemployment information 1944
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 18	Monthly State farm labor reports, 1946-1947
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 19	Report on Extension Service and Office of Civilian Defense Operations, 1944-1947
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 20	Farm Labor Supplement, 1944-1947
Box [891382505530]   1   folder 21	Some Radio and other Public Addresses - Sorden, 1948
Box [891382505460]   2   folder 1	Farm Labor - Lessons from the Farm Labor Program, Extension Workers Conference, and Pamphlets 1946-1947
Box [891382505460]   2   folder 2	Summaries of Annual County Farm Labor Reports, 1944-1947
Box [891382505460]   2   folder 3	Annual Report of County Farm Labor Program (1/2), 1944-1947
Box [891382505460]   2   folder 4	Annual Report of County Farm Labor Program (2/2), 1944-1945
Box [891382505460]   2   folder 5	County Placement Records, 1944
Box [891382505460]   2   folder 6	Monthly Reports by County, 1944
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 1	Annual Report of County Farm Labor Program (1/2), 1946
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 2	Annual Report of County Farm Labor Program (2/2), 1945
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 3	Labor Statistics by congressional districts, 1944-1947
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 4	Economic information and farm labor, 1944
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 5	Annual Report of County Farm Labor Program, 1947
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 6	Farm Labor Needs, Reports, and Statistics 1943-1946
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 7	Farm Labor Placements by Country, 1944
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 8	Prospective Labor Needs for Special Crops, 1946
Box [891382505380]   3   folder 9	Vienna, Wisconsin Farm Production Characteristics 1944-1947
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 1	Farm Labor Report for August, 1946
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 2	Farm Labor Reports, 1945
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 3	Report on Farm Labor Studies, 1948
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 4	Piece and Task Work Schedule, 1945
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 5	Post War Marketing and distribution of Wisconsin agricultural products, 1944
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 6	Farm Labor - General, 1944-1948
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 7	Wisconsin Farm Labor Program - Letters and distribution list, 1943-1948
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 8	Little Rock Arkansas - Night letters and telegrams, 1947
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 9	Wisconsin Farm Program - Letters of request and invoices, 1948
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 10	Correspondence WFA - Meredith Wilson, 1947
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 11	Correspondence - Miscellaneous - Wisconsin, 1943-1948
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 12	Foreign Workers, 1944
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 13	Foreign labor - rosters, wages, and placement 1944
Box [891382505200]   4   folder 14	Foreign workers - utilization of workers, gross income, and man hours 1944-1945
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 1	Foreign labor - correspondnece, termination dates, and reports 1946
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 2	Foreign labor schedules, 1947
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 3	Bahamian workers - correspondence and area of assignment, 1945-1947
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 4	Foreign labor in the cherry orchards, 1944
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 5	Foreign workers in apple orchards, 1944
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 6	Migrant workers - reports, summaries, booklets, and poster 1943-1947
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 7	Interstate domestic workers, 1946
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 8	Migratory agricultural workers in Wisconsin, 1948
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 9	Migrant agricultural workers - crops, states, and areas 1948
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 10	Migrant labor reports and guides, 1947
Box [891382505120]   5   folder 11	Texas mexican worker study- Employer's schedule, 1945
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 1	Agreement Forms: Out-of-state labor, 1943-1947
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 2	Certifications- Prisoners of War, 1945
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 3	Certifications - Prisoners of war, 1946
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 4	Prisoner of war correspondence, 1945-1946
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 5	Prisoner of war contracts, 1945-1946
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 6	Prisoner of war camps, requests for labor, and correspondence 1944-1946
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 7	1944 Prevailing wage rates, 1944
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 8	1945 Prevailing wage rates, 1945
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 9	1946 Prevailing wage rages, 1946
Box [891382505040]   6   folder 10	Reports and summaries of payrolls, 1943-1944
Box [891382504960]   7   folder 1	Payroll Records, 1947
Box [891382504960]   7   folder 2	1944 Payroll records foreign workers, 1944
Box [891382504960]   7   folder 3	1947 Wage board hearings to establish going wage rages, 1947
Box [891382504960]   7   folder 4	Wages by type of farm, 1945
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 1	Piece work in the weeding and harvesting of special crops, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 2	Statistical Department - Industrial commission of Wisconsin, 1944-1945
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 3	Wages of agricultural labor in the United States, 1945
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 4	Farm labor man hours log, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 5	War units per farm, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 6	War units per farm - ten states, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 7	Man-equivalence of various members of household, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 8	Number of operators, age, number of sons 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 9	Man-equivalence relationships on farms, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 10	Wisconsin County man equivalence, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 11	Report on Farm Labor Study, 1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 12	Papers - Using labor study, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 13	Estimated Farm Labor Needs 1945 Questionnaires, 1945
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 14	Family type identification by Wisconsin county, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 15	Data and papers on family types, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 16	Farm labor - Master tables, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 17	Notes for year-round hired man study, 1943-1947
Box [891382504880]   8   folder 18	Farm labor in Wisconsin: An outline statement of the problem for research, 1948
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 1	Data on area five, 1944-1948
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 2	Area two, 1944-1947
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 3	Area three: three years by months, 1944-1947
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 4	Eastern area: Area one, 1944-1948
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 5	Area five: Northern area, 1944-1947
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 6	Area three: Central area, 1944-1947
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 7	Area two: Western area, 1944-1947
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 8	Harmony - Rock County Wisconsin, 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 9	Columbia county, Town of Scott: Farmers without sons, still operating own farms 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 10	Columbia County - Scott: Father son, 1943 and present 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 11	Hayward-Sawyer County - Original AAA Tabulations, 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 12	Research schedules: Rock county, 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 13	Research schedules: Sawyer county, 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 14	Eastern area report: Labor production goals study, 1943
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 15	Record of all cheese sales, store 1600 W. Roosevelt Road 1943-1945
Box [891382504700]   9   folder 16	Wisconsin county farmland data, 1943-1947
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 1	Crop acres, 1943-1947
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 2	Total farm land vs crop land- secondary tabulation, 1943-1947
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 3	Wisconsin crop and livestock reporters, 1940
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 4	Graph paper/economic aspects of growing canning peas in Wisc, 1947
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 5	Charts and data on farms and labor, 1943-1945
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 6	Reports, data, and farm information 1943-1945
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 7	Size and composition of land - holdings of tenant farmers, 1943-1945
Box [891382504620]   10   folder 8	Economics - College of Agriculture - FL problems, maps, place, EMTS, recruitements, stats and other reports, tables, etc. 1944-1947
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 1	County report summaries; Jan. - Aug., 1945 1945
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 2	Thesis - Statistical significant calculations, 1946
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 3	Acreages of special crops - AAA goals - 1943, 1943
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 4	Relative farm prices received by producers, 1943-1945
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 5	Agricultural papers, reports, and pamphlets (1/3) 1948
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 6	Agricultural papers, reports, and pamphlets (2/3) 1943-1948
Box [891382504540]   11   folder 7	Agricultural papers, reports, and pamphlets (3/3) 1945-1947
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 1	Farm labor program (FL) 1-72, 1943
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 2	Farm labor program (FL) 1-72, 1944-1945
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 3	Farm labor program (FL) 1-72, 1945-1946
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 4	Farm labor program (FL) 1-72, 1946-1947
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 5	Farm labor housing plans, 1947
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 6	Housing and equipment, 1944-1947
Box [891382504470]   12   folder 7	Homes for seasonal farm workers, 1947
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 1	United States Department of Agriculture reports and papers, 1947
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 2	United States Department of Agriculture correspondence and reports, 1944
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 3	Reports to Washington, 1945
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 4	Reports to Washington including blanks, 1946-1947
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 5	Reports to Washington United States Department of Agriculture, 1947
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 6	Selective service - correspondence, letters, and records 1943-1946
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 7	Workmen's compensation statistics reports and workmen's compensation act of Wisconsin, 1947
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 8	Functions of state agricultural extension services, 1945
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 9	Laws affecting farm labor, 1943-1947
Box [891382504390]   13   folder 10	Personnel files, 1946-1947
Box [891382504210]   14   folder 1	Labor procedure manual, 1944-1945
Box [891382504210]   14   folder 2	Farm labor manual (1/2), 1944-1947
Box [891382504210]   14   folder 3	Farm labor manual (2/2), 1944-1947
Box [891382504130]   15   folder 1	"Migrant pickers pose cherryland problem" Milwaukee Journal, 1948
	Newspaper clippings, 1945-1948
Box [891382504130]   15   folder 3	Monopoly - economic power, 1949
Box [891382504130]   15   folder 4	Migratory cherry pickers in Dane county - Milwaukee Journal, 1948
Box [891382504130]   15   folder 5	Editorino hired laborer status - New York Times, 1945
Box [891382504130]   15   folder 6	Farm labor and farming scrapbook, 1943
Box [891382504050]   16   folder 1	Farm Labor News, 1945-1947
Box [891382504050]   16   folder 2	Wisconsin Farm Radio News, Programs, and Scripts 1944-1947
Box [891382504050]   16   folder 3	Farm Labor News Letter, 1945-1946
Box [891382504050]   16   folder 4	Farm Labor Bulletin 0 Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1947
Box [891382504050]   16   folder 5	Farm Labor Bulletins, 1946-1948
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 1	Job Instruction Training, 1943-1945
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 2	Farmer demographic charts and manpower inventory forms, 1943
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 3	Erven Long Travel Expense Form, 1948
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 4	Work schedule, farm labor needs and supply 1945
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 5	Report of the post-war planning committee, West Virginia Univerity College of Agriculture 1944
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 6	Postwar agricultural problems, 1943-1944
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 7	Farm labor - Organization and administration, 1946
Box [891382503970]   17   folder 8	Extension service - College of Agriculture, 1944-1947