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TitleI remember bean-picking at Seabrook
AuthorNoguchi, Paul H.
Date Created1963-08-25
DescriptionIn this 'I remember" memoir, Paul Noguchi recalls his work experiences in the bean fields at Seabrook Farms. He worked alongside other Japanese Americans, Estonians, Germans, and Latvians, as well as...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), 1945, 1963
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TitleBureau of Migrant Labor Report
Date Created1961
DescriptionReport prepared by the Bureau of Migrant Labor, a division of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, in 1961.
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TitleCosts and facilities provided Puerto Rican farm workers in New Jersey (A.E. 233)
AuthorAines, Ronald O.
Date Created1959
Description'During the late summer and fall of 1958, a research study of the total cost of Puerto Rican farm workers to New Jersey farmers was carried out by the Department of Agricultural Economics. A large...
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TitleHome of Monmouth County farm worker circa 1961
Date Created1961
Description"Dwelling which appeared in news photo of Oct. 23, 1961 in N.Y. World Telegram and Sun, Article by Mr. Dale Wright. Located on farm of Mr. Gilbert Magee, Route 520, Marlboro Twp., Monmouth County, N....
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TitleHome of migrant workers circa 1961
Date Created1961
Description"This is home to a migrant worker and his family - on Route 33 between Hightstown and Freehold, N. J. - where staff writer Dale Wright found conditions no better now than they were eight years ago...
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TitleGod's Harvest in New Jersey
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionPamphlet prepared and distributed by the New Jersey Council of Churches dealing with efforts to aid migrant farm workers in the state.
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TitleStatement of support from the Consumers League of New Jersey for Senate Bill 1945 regarding restrictions on migrant labor
Date Created1961
DescriptionMrs. Arthur Hawkins, president of the Consumers League of New Jersey, submits a statement to The Honorable B. Everett Jordan, Chairman of the Subcommittee on General Legislation and Agricultural...
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TitleSenate Bill 1945 relating to migrant labor, with cover letter from Senator Clifford P. Case to the Consumers' League of New Jersey
Date Created1961
DescriptionSenate Bill 1945 was an effort to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to enforce restrictions on migrant workers from Mexico in order to better protect American employment and economics. ...
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TitleA Bittersweet Story from the Farm Front from WDL News
Date Created1959
DescriptionThis article from the Workers Defense League newsletter describes organizing among Puerto Rican farm workers over wages and working conditions. The Workers Defense League, founded in 1936 by Norman...
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TitleLetter, Fay Bennett, Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, Workers Defense League, to Marion C. (Grace) Reed, President, Consumers League of New Jersey.
Date Created1959
DescriptionThis letter concerns the illegal employment of British West Indian contract workers at Seabrook Farms, as a way to avoid complying with Puerto Rico Migration Division regulations. The Workers Defense...