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Scrapbook by Dorothy Power, 1961

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Scrapbook contents

Power includes select national issues and columnists in her migrant worker record in addition to local news reports.

Articles include:

“Migrants Must Develop Own Leaders, Ministry Head Says,” 1961 January 17

“The Beam in the Negro’s Eye,” undated. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. The article contains excerpts from a letter by the Reverend W. T. Hudson, “a Negro minister (writing) to the Montgomery, Alabama Advertiser.”

Eleanor Roosevelt. “Migratory Workers Major Economic Problem in U.S.” accompanied by “Fairness for Migratory Workers.”

“Migrant School Lacks Captive Audience; Must Entice Pupils,” 1961 April.

“Migratory Labor Problems to Be Discussed Aug. 18,” 1961 July 26.

“57 Shelters Full at Labor Camp but Few Are Employed,” 1961 August 4.

“Peach Board Shies from Medical Plan,” 1961 April 11.

“Migrant Medicare Stirs up Fuss,” 1961 August 19.

“Labor Camp Closure Threatened;” “Families of 13 in Single Cabin,” 1961 August 21.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961

Creator

Access to the collection

Open for research in Tomlinson Library Special Collections and Archives. Please make an appointment at archives@coloradomesa.edu to ensure staff availability.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Tomlinson Library Special Collections & Archives Repository

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