The series is arranged in four parts: Bureau of Community Health and Prevention project files, related migrant health project files, governors committee files, and conferences. The most complete documentation is on health projects operating in Waushara and Marquette Counties, the region with the largest number of seasonal laborers, from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s.
The BUREAU OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION PROJECT FILES document the local migrant health programs in which the BCHP contributed field staff and resources from its dental, nutrition, and public health nursing sections. The records are arranged by section and by the location of the project. In addition, there are folders containing federal grant applications; a file of correspondence between the BCHP and the U.S. Department of Housing, Education and Welfare; reports from the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations on conditions in migrant camps; and materials on the Migrant Health Referral project, 1965-1973, which attempted to provide better continuity in the health care of migrants while they were traveling.
The RELATED MIGRANT HEALTH PROJECT FILES are from various organizations and projects in which the BCHP was less active. The files are arranged alphabetically by organizational name. The records are fragmented, but offer insight into other grass-roots efforts to improve conditions for seasonal laborers.
The GOVERNORS COMMITTEE FILES include correspondence, budget reports, demographic data and BCHP testimony before the Governor's Committee on Migratory Labor, its Subcommittee on Migrant Health, and the Governor's Committee on Spanish-Speaking Communities.
The folders labeled CONFERENCES were collected by BCHP staff at state and federally sponsored workshops and conferences.
