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TitleLetter from Mary Dyckman to NJ Dept of Health, August 11, 1944
Date Created1944-08-11
DescriptionA letter from Mary Dyckman, President of the New Jersey Consumers League, to Dr. Julius Levy, a state health official, details sanitary conditions at the camps and notes racial discrimination in the...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleAerial view of Seabrook Farms
Date Created1950
DescriptionAerial view of Seabrook Farms.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleGelston Village after tornado
Date Created1954
DescriptionGelston Village behind Chiari's store after a tornado flattened several prefab houses. The village consisted of hip-roofed 16'x16' pre-fabricated huts for migrant laborers.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitlePicker and farmhand who lives by himself in the corner of an old barn by himself on a farm.
Date Created1942-07
DescriptionIn 1943, 516 Jamaican men employed by Seabrook lived in the Big Oaks Farm Security Administration camp. Guestworkers entered the US under government contracts that prohibited them from changing jobs.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleJohn Nykun posing with 'Little Tokio' sign, Great Meadows, New Jersey, April 13, 1944.
Date Created1944-04-13
DescriptionParoled internees had to contend with hostile receptions in many places. White residents of Great Meadows, NJ, including the soldier shown here, protested farmer George Kowalick's decision to hire...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleTrial Leave with Train Fare Advanced
Date Created1950
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleWho built New Brunswick : the history of the International Hod Carriers Union Local 156.
Date Issued2002
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TitleDeputized guards in field
Date Created1934
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TitleMigrant labor brochure from the Office of Migrant Education
Date Created1960-1975
DescriptionUndated brochure from the Office of Migrant Education in Trenton, New Jersey, entitled: 'We won't let them down just because they're down on the farm.' Discusses the needs of children of migrant...
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TitleI remember my Estonian family at Seabrook
AuthorReinvald, Ilmar
Date Created1949-1994
DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, Estonian Ilmar Reinvald recalls moving from Estonia to Seabrook Farms in 1949 at the age of 12. His best memories come from making friends in the diverse community. When...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)