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Scrapbook by Dorothy Power, 1966

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Contents of scrapbook

On the inside over is a photograph of Dorothy Power, a young Navajo girl, a beet field, and the mountains in the background.

Articles include:

“Labor Problems Cut Deep into Agriculture Income,” 1966 January 13.

“Remain Conspicuously Apart, Navajo “One of Most Interesting People” in the World,” 1966 May 9. Denver Post.

“Fruita Farmer Honored as Top Beet Producer,” 1966 February. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

“Unskilled Migrants Called Urban Worry,” 1966 December 8. Denver Post.

“350 Seasonal Farm Workers Are Ordered,” 1966 February 1.

“Strange Weapons for Navajos, Law Firms’ War Dance Backdrops,” 1966 February 28.

“Change in Mesa Peach Production, Diversification Result of Freeze,” 1966 March 27.

“Tough Bargaining Sessions Likely Between Holly, Growers and Union,” 1966 April 3.

“Hail Damaged Sugar Beets Replanted in Mesa County,” 1966 May 29.

“S. & H. Stamp Company Provides Cars for Migrant Ministry,” 1966 June 1.

“Farm Workers Being Organized,” 1966 June 5.

“Peach Estimate At 27-Year Low,” and “Migrant Workers Get Better Housing,” 1966 June.

“Who Are the Migrants?” which includes “What Is the Council’s Migrant Ministry,” 1966 July.

“Public Health Nurse Hired for Migrants,” 1966 August 12.

“Peach Shipper Switching to Pre-Cooling,” 1966 August 28.

“Aid Given Migrant Workers,” 1966 September 10.

“Youths Aid in Harvest; More Help Still Needed,” 1966 September 19.

“(Job) Corpsmen Picking Tomatoes with Washington Approval,” 1966 September 21.

“Farm Labor Problem Social, Foreign Workers Still Needed,” 1966 November 27.

“Beet Growers Praised for Unity,” 1966 December 11.

“Now They’re Thinning Beets Electronically,” undated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966

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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