Inventory of the Raymond F. Roth Papers
D-234
Lola Aguilar
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2005
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Telephone: (530) 752-1621
Fax Number: (530) 754-5758
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Raymond F. Roth Papers
Creator:
Roth, Raymond F.
Identifier/Call Number: D-234
Identifier/Call Number: 69
Physical Description:
7.3 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1936-1977
Date (bulk): 1940-1966
Abstract: Raymond F. Roth (1915-1991) spent much of his career working for farm labor programs. After a brief stint from 1941 to 1942
working for the Farm Security Administration, Roth joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his return to civilian
life, Roth worked in different capacities for the California Department of Employment, Farm Labor Service. His work included
the administration of migrant labor and housing programs for U.S. citizens as well as Mexican Nationals in the Bracero Program.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored off site.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biography
After graduating, in 1939, from the Nebraska State College at Kearney (now part of the University of Nebraska system), Raymond
F. Roth (1915-1991) moved to Oakland, California where he worked from 1939 to 1941 as an Assistant Department Head at Montgomery
Ward and Co. In the spring of 1941, Roth began working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Resettlement Division
of the Farm Security Administration. He oversaw maintenance and operations of various Mobile Labor Projects for farm workers
until December 1942, when he resigned to join the U.S. Navy.
Roth served as Assistant Supply Officer at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for the U.S. Naval Supply Corp until May
1945. From May 1945 to March 1946, he worked as Assistant Supply Officer at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
By the end of his active military duty in March 1946, Roth attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He served until 1955
as an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserves at the Naval Reserve Training Center, Stockton, California.
Roth returned to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1946 as a Farm Labor Project Manager, managing farm labor
supply centers throughout California and Arizona for the Production and Marketing Administration. After the Department of
Agriculture ended the program in 1947, Roth took the position of General Manager for Westside Producers Cooperative, Inc.
Roth began his career with the California State Department of Employment, Farm Placement Service in July 1948 as a Farm Placement
Representative for San Joaquin County. Roth's work involved the migrant labor force, with an emphasis on the Bracero Program
for Mexican Nationals. In February 1952, he was assigned to a newly created Operations Review team, which assisted area managers
in determining if local offices were conforming to the Department's prescribed standards for operation. In October 1953, he
became the Farm Placement Supervisor for the northern half of the San Joaquin Valley. In August 1959, Roth began work as Field
Assistant for Farm Placement in the Department's Technical Section at the Central Office in Sacramento. Roth was named Acting
Chief, Farm Placement Technical Section, in March 1960. By 1961, he became Chief of the Farm Placement Technical Section and
responsible for administering the program throughout California.
In 1964, Farm Placement Service was renamed Farm Labor Service, and Roth's title changed to Chief, Farm Labor Service. In
1969, when the Department of Employment was renamed the Department of Human Resources Development, and Farm Labor Service
became Farm Labor Services Division, Roth was named Administrator, Farm Labor Services Branch. The objective of Farm Labor
Services was to expedite employment contacts between agricultural workers and employers to their mutual advantage and satisfaction.
Farm Labor Services had a joint obligation to serve the employer in need of workers and workers in need of jobs.
The Farm Labor Services Division was renamed the Rural Manpower Services Division in July 1971, and Roth became Administrator,
Rural Manpower Services Division. Needs had changed and advances in technology and mechanization in agriculture had caused
a decline in job opportunities. There were difficulties in serving rural areas due to remoteness of many residents from offices
providing complete services. Rural Manpower Services aimed to provide the agricultural community with equitable access to
manpower services, comparable to that available to residents of urban areas. Rural Manpower Services delivered manpower services
to both agricultural and nonagricultural workers and employers in rural communities.
In November 1972, the Department of Human Resources Development was renamed the Employment Development Department and responsibilities
for rural manpower services and urban employment services were combined in the Operations Branch, which took on responsibility
for both placement and insurance payment functions. The Operations Branch of the Employment Development Department was divided
into five regions, each headed by a Regional Administrator. Roth retired, circa 1977, as Regional Administrator, Region I,
the rural Northern California region.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes reference files, publications, and photographic material on the Department of Employment, Farm Labor
Service and the Bracero Program. The collection also contains annual reports, speeches, correspondence, memoranda, internal
reports and bulletins, financial records, and training manuals. The Military Service series contains both Roth's naval records
and his wife Marcella M. Lantz's army records and includes training orders, medical records, transfer and promotion records,
certificates, and release documents. Items span the years 1936 to 1977, but the bulk of the collection dates from 1940 to
1966.
Collection Arrangement
The Raymond F. Roth Papers are arranged in five series organized by place of employment: 1. Montgomery Ward, 2. Military Service,
3. Westside Producers Cooperative, Inc., 4. United States, Farm Security Administration, and 5. California State Dept. of
Employment, Farm Labor Service.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
In 1991, Marcella M. Roth donated this collection to the Library.
Processing Information
In 2004, Lola Aguilar, Special Collections Intern, processed this collection and created its finding aid, under the direction
of University Archivist, John Skarstad and Manuscript Curator, Melissa Tyler. In 2005, Tyler added a detailed list of photographs
and encoded Aguilar's finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Raymond F. Roth Papers, D-234, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of
California, Davis.
Publication Rights
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Migrant Agricultural Laborers -- California
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- California
Agricultural laborers -- California
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- California
Agricultural laborers -- Housing -- California
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program.
United States. Farm Security Administration.
United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
California. Employment Development Dept.
California. Rural Manpower Services Division.
Lantz, Marcella M.
Roth, Raymond F. -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1
Montgomery Ward Series 1.16989
circa 1940
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Contains a supervisor's training manual.
Box 1, Folder 2-5
Military Service Series 2.16988
1943-1955,
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes Roth's naval records and his wife Marcella M. Lantz's army service records.
Box 1, Folder 6
Westside Producers Cooperative Inc. Series 3.16987
1949
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Contents note
Contains the company's year-end financial statements.
Box 1, Folder 7-21
United States. Farm Security Administration Series 4.16986
1936-1942,
Physical Description:
36 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles, bibliographies, charts, clippings, conference proceedings, correspondence, forms, memoranda, minutes, pamphlets,
press releases, reports, and serials. Most were generated by the Farm Security Administration and relate to the work of that
agency and its programs for migrant farm laborers.
California State Dept. of Employment, Farm Labor Service Series 5.16845
1942-1977,
Physical Description:
347 folders
Scope and Contents note
Divided into five subseries: Speeches, Personnel Records, Subject Files, Publications, and Photographic Materials. Contains
materials created, collected, or used by Roth during his career with the California State Dept. of Employment, Farm Labor
Service. As evidenced by these materials, the state agency for which Roth worked underwent several name changes including:
Dept. of Employment, Farm Placement Service (circa 1945-1964); Dept. of Employment, Farm Labor Service (1964-1969); Dept.
of Human Resources Development, Farm Labor Services Division (1969-1971); Dept. of Human Resources Development, Rural Manpower
Services Division (1971-1972); and Employment Development Dept., Operations Branch (1972-circa 1977).
Box 3, Folder 1-16
Speeches Subseries 5.1.16985
1951-1967,
Physical Description:
16 folders
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically. Includes transcripts of speeches, presentations, and statements, as well as related notes and correspondence.
These materials have to do with farm labor, and most are the work of Roth and other Department of Employment officials.
Box 4, Folder 1-2
Personnel Records Subseries 5.2.16984
1957-1974,
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically. Includes travel expense records, job descriptions, a small amount of correspondence, and other items
associated with Roth's career with the Dept. of Employment, Farm Labor Service.
Box 4, Folder 3-9, box-folder 10:1-5
Subject Files Subseries 5.3.16983
1942-1973,
Physical Description:
69 folders
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically. Contains Roth's subject files. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, forms, handbooks, legal
documents, lists and charts, notes, pamphlets, programs, reports, and serials. Materials relate to farm labor and especially
the Farm Labor Service and Mexican Nationals, including the Bracero Program, unionization and labor disputes, housing, and
placement. The California State Dept. of Employment, Farm Labor Service, the U.S. Dept. of Labor, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
and the University of California, College of Agriculture generated most of these materials.
Box 10, Folder 6-20, box-folder 16:1-9
Publications Subseries 5.4.16982
1945-1974,
Physical Description:
96 folders
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically by year and within each year by title. Contains Roth's collected reference materials on agricultural
laborers, Mexican farm labor immigration, farm labor problems, and labor disputes. Includes articles, books, clippings, pamphlets,
reports, reprints, and serials. See Subject Files for additional publications.
Photographic Materials Subseries 5.5.16846
1949-1977,
Physical Description:
164 folders
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically. Contains photographic prints and a small number of negatives. Photographs document the Farm Labor
Service's processing of the Braceros. Also included are images of Farm Labor Service staff members and offices as well as
farm laborers. The majority of the Farm Labor Service staff photographs are formal group portraits taken at annual meetings,
but informal snapshots are also included. Roth appears in most of the staff photographs.
Box 17, Folder 1
Cherry pickers, Linden 16981
May 1949
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 neg.
Box 17, Folder 2
Picking cherries, Linden 16980
May 1949
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 neg.
Box 17, Folder 3
Picking cherries, Waterloo 16979
May 1949
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 neg.
Box 17, Folder 4-5
Picking strawberries, Escalon, 16978
May 1949,
Physical Description:
2 prints, 2 neg.
Box 17, Folder 6
Pulling and topping onions, Stockton 16977
May 1949
Pulling and topping onions, Stockton
Physical Description:
1 print
Physical Description:
1 negative
Scope and Contents
Margot Lenhart
Farm Placement Service
1025 P Street Sacramento
Caption to picture of Bale Mill, Napa County:
Built in 1846 from parts brought around the horn in sailing ships, the 40 foot water wheel of the Bale Mill, two miles north
of St. Helena, Napa County, ground the country's grain crops for many years. In the 100 years since this mill was built Napa
County's farmers have turned to growing prunes, wine grapes and other specialty crops which use almost 4,000 seasonal workers
at the harvest peak. The Farm Labor Information Truck in the foreground is one of the latest pieces of modern equipment acquired
by the C.S.E.S. to help Napa County farmers recruit seasonal workers when they are needed.
Box 17, Folder 7
Cutting asparagus, Staten Island, 16976
June 1949,
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 neg.
Box 17, Folder 8-9
Hoeing tomatoes, Brentwood, 16975
June 1949,
Hoeing tomatoes, Brentwood
Hoeing tomatoes, Brentwood
Physical Description:
2 prints, 2 neg.
Box 17, Folder 10
Picking cherries, Waterloo, 16974
June 1949,
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 neg.
Box 17, Folder 11-12
[Farm Labor Service panel trucks] 16973
1949,
Physical Description:
4 prints
Box 17, Folder 13-14
Looking north on Center Street, 16972
1949,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 17, Folder 15
[Unidentified women and children], 16971
circa 1949,
Physical Description:
1 negative
Box 17, Folder 16
Bale Mill, Napa County, 16970
Jan. 1950,
Bale Mill, Napa County
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 17
San Juan Bautista Mission, Jim Allen and Jack Rocca, 16969
Jan. 1950,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 18
Mexican workers are assigned to pick oranges and lemons near Anaheim, Orange County 16968
1950
Mexican workers are assigned to pick oranges and lemons near Anaheim, Orange County
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 19
Panel truck on employer visit 16967
1950,
Panel truck on employer visit
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 20
Ward, Jack; Riverside, 16966
1950,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 21
Dept. of Employment, Farm Placement Service meeting, 16965
May 1951,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 22
Mexican Nationals arrive to help harvest celery 16964
Sept. 1951
Mexican Nationals arrive to help harvest celery
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by: Bayard Rucker
Where: Oceano, San Luis Obispo County
What: Groups of Mexican Nationals
When: 9/13/51
Feature Statement: This group of Nationals had just arrived from Mexico and were given knives for cutting celery.
MEXICAN NATIONALS ARRIVE TO HELP HARVEST CELERY— This group of Mexican nations came to Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, where
a labor shortage existed in the celery harvest. They were deluged with the big celery knives which had just been issued them
and were eager to start to work. At left is Joe Quaresma, Farm Placement Representative, who speaks Spanish and who gave working
instructions to the men. The bus in the background was used to haul the workers from the camp to the field and back. An increasing
number of farmers are replacing trucks with buses to haul their workers in greater comfort and safety.
Box 17, Folder 23
Section toilets, 16963
March 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 24
Mexican Nationals being assigned to a grower 16962
July 1952
Mexican Nationals being assigned to a grower
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: Hollister, San Benito County Co.
What: Mexican Nationals being assigned to a grower for days work.
Who: To extreme left, manager of camp
When: July 23, 1952
Feature Statement: Picture taken at 6 a.m. Men in San Benito Co. grower assn. Camp being picked up by grover and hauled to
his ranch for days work in apricot picking. Men will be returned in late afternoon.
Note that men carry their lunches with them.
Manager of camp checks off each worker by his name from the daily work sheet.
Box 17, Folder 25
[Farm Labor Service panel truck in ditch], 16961
Aug. 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 letter
Box 17, Folder 26
Immigration inspector checking personal belongings of newly arrived Mexican Nationals, 16960
Sept. 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 27
Individual workers being interviewed by employer, 16959
Sept. 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 28
Inspector fumigates personal belongings of Mexican Nationals 16958
Sept. 1952
Inspector fumigates personal belongings of Mexican Nationals
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, California
What: Inspector fumigating personal belongings of Mexican Nationals
When: September 1952.
Feature Statement: This act takes place about 20 ft. north of the Border.
Box 17, Folder 29
Mexican National workers being loaded on bus for repatriation 16957
Sept. 1952
Mexican National workers being loaded on bus for repatriation
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, California
What: Mexican National workers being loaded on bus for Repatriation.
When: September 1952.
Feature Statement: Upon completion of the individual workers contract is he is brought back to the Center at the growers expense
and then sent on to his home by the U.S. Dept. of Labor
REPATRIATION—Upon completion of his individual work contract, the Mexican National is returned to the Reception Center at
his American employer's expense and proceeds home to Mexico. This bus load of Mexicans have completed their contracts and
are ready for repatriation at the Reception Center. It is common for them to be wearing newly purchased American clothing
and carrying luggage filled with American purchases, even including small radios.
Box 17, Folder 30
Mexican Nationals being fumigated 16956
Sept. 1952
Mexican Nationals being fumigated
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, Calif.
What: Mexican Nationals being fumigated.
When: Sept., 1952
Feature Statement: One of the first steps of processing the new workers at the Reception Center is the fumigation of each
man.
Box 17, Folder 31
Mexican Nationals being loaded onto bus 16955
Sept. 1952
Mexican Nationals being loaded onto bus
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, Calif
What: Mexcian Nationals being loaded into bus en route to place of employment.
When: Sept., 1952
Feature Statement: After Braceros have been processed and contracted to employers the employers then charters a bus to convey
the workers to their place of employment. It is possible to have the man on the employers bus within 4 or 5 hours after their
arrival in this country. Lunches and other meals are furnished by the employer to the men while en route.
Box 17, Folder 32
Mexican Nationals being X-rayed 16954
Sept. 1952
Mexican Nationals being X-rayed
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, Calif
What: Mexican Nationals being X-Rayed
When: Sept., 1952
Feature statement: During the processing of each worker they are X-Rayed for T.B.
Box 17, Folder 33
Mexican Nationals fingerprinted 16953
Sept. 1952
Mexican Nationals fingerprinted
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, Calif
What: Mexican Nationals finger printed
When: Sept., 1952
Box 17, Folder 34
Mexican Nationals processed at Immigration Section of U.S. Dept. of Labor 16952
Sept. 1952
Mexican Nationals processed at Immigration Section of U.S. Dept. of Labor
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, Calif
What: Mexican Nationals processed at Immigration Section of U.S. Dept. of Labor.
When: Sept. 1952
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: El Centro, Calif
What: Group of Nationals lined up at Center awaiting start of the processing of their individual contract.
When: September 1952.
Box 17, Folder 35
U.S. Border Patrol inspector 16951
Sept. 1952
U.S. Border Patrol inspector
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: Near El Centro, Imperial Co.
Who: U.S. Border Patrol Inspector, Curran, checking a worker for his papers.
When: Sept., 1952
Feature statement: LEGAL STATUS—This contract Mexican National cotton picker in the Imperial Valley proudly displays his identification
showing that he legally contracted for work in the United States. Border Patrol Inspector Curran, and many other inspectors
of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, visit farms throughout California to apprehend and deport workers
who may have entered the United States illegally.
Box 17, Folder 36
U.S. Dept. of Labor reception center, 16950
Sept. 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 37
Acacia Rd. Camp, recreation hall 16949
Oct. 1952
Acacia Rd. Camp, recreation hall
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Briggs Lemon Ass'n.
Santa Paula, Calif.
Acacia Rd. camp
Recreation Hall
Oct. 16 1952
VENTURA COUNTY
CITRUS GROWERS COMMITTEE, INC.
P.O. Box 191
SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA
Box 17, Folder 38
Kitchen in labor camp at Fillmore 16948
Oct. 1952
Kitchen in labor camp at Fillmore
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
[unclear] Lemon Ass'n.
[unclear], Calif.
Kitchen
Oct. [unclear], 1952
VENTURA COUNTY
CITRUS GROWERS COMMITTEE, INC.
P.O. BOX 191
SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA
Box 17, Folder 39
Lemon grove, Santa Paula 16947
Oct. 1952
Lemon grove, Santa Paula
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Lemon grove
Santa Paula, Calif.
[unclear]. 16, 1952
Box 17, Folder 40
Lemon grove, Santa Paula
Oct. 1952
Lemon grove, Santa Paula
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Lemon grove
Santa Paula, Calif.
Workers to start picking
Oct. 16, 1952
Mexican Nationals
Box 17, Folder 41
Mess hall in Fillmore Camp 16946
Oct. 1952
Mess hall in Fillmore Camp
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Fillmore Lemon Ass'n.
Fillmore, Calif.
Dining room
Oct. 16, 1952
VENTURA COUNTY
CITRUS GROWERS COMMITTEE, INC.
P.O. Box 191
SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA
Box 17, Folder 42
Cristo Ray church, Salinas 16945
Nov. 1952
Cristo Ray church, Salinas
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: Salinas, California
What: Cristo Ray Church
When: Nov., 2, 1952
Feature statement: Mexican Nationals attending Sunday mass. Between 400-500 local Mexican Nationals go to this Church plus
other local Mexican Americans from the district
Box 17, Folder 43
Father Hermosa, 16944
Nov. 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 44
Machine for making tortillas, 16943
Dec. 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 45
[Buses], 16942
circa 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 46
[Mexican Nationals in truck] 16941
circa 1952
[Mexican Nationals in truck]
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 47
[Mexican Nationals waiting in line], 16940
circa 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 48
[U.S. Border Patrol inspectors and Mexican Nationals], 16939
circa 1952,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 49
Mission Santa Inez, 16938
Aug. 1953,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 50
Mexican Nationals returning home 16937
Nov. 1953
Mexican Nationals returning home
Physical Description:
1 print
Scope and Contents
Mexican Nationals being repatriated at end of contract— note clothing + baggage
Dept. of Emp.
Farm Placement Service
State of California
Department of Employment
Taken by Bayard Rucker
Where: San Jose
What: Mexican Nationals returning home to Mexico
When: November 24, 1953
Box 4
Annual Farm Placement meeting, San Jose, 16936
April 1955,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 17, Folder 51
Los Angeles Farm Labor Office, 16935
1955,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 4
Annual preseason Farm Placement training meeting, 16934
March 1956,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 4
State of Calif., Dept. of Employment, Div. of Public Employment Offices and Benefit Payments, Field Management staff, Sacramento, 16933
April 1956,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 4
State of Calif., Dept. of Employment, H.W. Stewart, Director, and staff, Sacramento, 16932
April 1956,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 52-53
California Annual Farm Placement conference, [banquet], 16931
March 1957,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 17, Folder 54-56
[Preseason Farm Placement meeting] 16930
March 1957
[Preseason Farm Placement meeting]
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 17, Folder 57
Linden, 16929
1957,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 58
Linnell Farm Labor Center 16928
circa 1957
Linnell Farm Labor Center
Physical Description:
3 prints
Scope and Contents
LINNEL FARM LABOR CENTER apartments (right) and shelters (below) have a capacity of about 1,300 in families. Peak occupancy
in 1957 was 745 in July. The low point was 460 in April. Author of article (right) chats with mother of an Arkansas family
which has lived in the camp since arrival 12 years ago. Husband does all types of work on nearby farms, mostly thinning, picking
and pruning tree fruits and grapes. "He had a steady job for 10 years but quit because it was hourly work. We like piece work
now, so we can rest a little. You shouldn't rest much when they pay by the hour. I don't work much now. I baby-sit for my
daughter. Two work in the packing shed. Another married a mechanic and moved away." Jim Stein (below) has managed this outstanding
camp since 1943.
Box 17, Folder 59
Mess hall, lunch 16927
1957
Mess hall, lunch
Mess hall, lunch
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 17, Folder 60
Patterson Farm Labor Supply Center 16926
circa 1957
Patterson Farm Labor Supply Center
Physical Description:
5 prints
Box 17, Folder 61
Typical hauler 16925
1957
Typical hauler
Typical hauler
Physical Description:
5 prints
Box 17, Folder 62
[Eldorado Street, Stockton], 16924
March 1959,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 63-77
Farm Labor Office, 5:15 to 6:35 a.m., 16923
March 1959,
Physical Description:
15 prints
Box 17, Folder 78-81
Peach orchard damage 16922
Aug. 1959
Peach orchard damage
Peach orchard damage
Physical Description:
8 prints, 1 letter
Box 17, Folder 82
Tomato plant damage, 16921
Aug. 1959,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 17, Folder 83
Hendrix, George, 16920
Oct. 1959,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 4
State of Calif., Dept. of Employment, Irving H. Perluss, Director, and staff, 16919
April 1960,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 1
Lewis, Jack; Warren Kistner; G. Odenbaugh; and Lester Downing, 16918
May 1961,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 2
A gift, 16917
June 1961,
A gift
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 clipping
Box 18, Folder 3-4
Housing, Fred Herringer Ranch, Butte County, 16916
Aug. 1962,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 5
Apartments, Ceres Farm Labor Supply Center, 16915
Sept. 1962,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 6
Farm Labor housing, Ceres Farm Labor Supply Center, 16914
Sept. 1962,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 7
Mount Shasta Farm Labor Information Center, 16913
1962,
Physical Description:
6 prints
Box 18, Folder 8
Annual Farm Placement conference, Kenneth Farrell and Ray Roth, 16912
April 1963,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 9
Annual Farm Placement conference, Ray Roth, Clarence F. Kelly, and Don Larin, 16911
April 1963,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 10
Mexican Nationals picking strawberries 16910
June 1963
Mexican Nationals picking strawberries
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 11
[Rodrigues, Ron; and Marc W. Johnson], 16909
1964,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 12
[Roth, Ray; looking at IBM 1460 Data Processing System], 16908
Jan. 1965,
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 18, Folder 13
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Glenn E. Brockway, 16907
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 14
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Glenn E. Brockway, Robert C. Goodwin, and Tod Potter, 16906
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 15
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Robert C. Goodwin, 16905
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 16
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Don Larin, 16904
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 17-18
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Paul W. Little, 16903
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 19
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Jim McComb, Jack Rocca, and Bob Chapman, 16902
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 20
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Tod Potter, 16901
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 21
[Annual Farm Labor Service conference, Ray Roth and other speakers], 16900
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 22
[Annual Farm Labor Service conference, unidentified man at podium], 16899
Feb. 1966,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 23-24
Central Office staff, 16898
March 1967,
Physical Description:
1 print, 1 neg.
Box 18, Folder 25
Coastal Area staff, 16897
March 1967,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 26
Farm Labor Service conference, banquet, 16896
March 1967,
Physical Description:
4 prints
Box 18, Folder 27
[Interior Area staff], 16895
March 1967,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 28
Southern Area staff, 16894
March 1967,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 29
[Tolbert, Bill; Jack Rocca; and unidentified men at banquet], 16893
March 1967,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 30
[Coastal Area staff], 16892
circa 1967,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 31
[California Farm Labor Service, 20 year commemoration certificate], 16891
Jan.-July 1968,
Physical Description:
2 prints, 1 letter
Box 18, Folder 32
[Coastal Area staff], 16890
March 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 33
[Interior Area staff], 16889
March 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 34
[Southern Area staff], 16888
March 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 35
Roth, Ray; San Jose; Mayor's Youth Committee meeting, 16887
Sept. 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 36
[Roth, Ray; unidentified woman; Jack Ward; and Bill Tolbert], 16886
Sept. 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 37
[Tolbert, Bill; Warren Kistner; unidentified woman; and Ray Roth], 16885
Sept. 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 38
[Tolbert, Bill; and Jack Ward], 16884
Nov. 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 39
[Roth, Ray; receiving National Alliance of Businessmen award], 16883
circa 1968,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 40
[Roth, Ray; and others at unidentified events], 16882
1968-1972, undated,
General Physical Description note:
6 prints, 7 slides, 1 plastic envelope
Box 18, Folder 41
Annual California Farm Labor Service conference, Santa Rosa, 16881
March 1969,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 4
State of Calif., Dept. of Employment, Peter Weinberger, Director, and staff, 16880
March 1969,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 42
Farm foreman training, 16879
June 1969,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 43
[Roth, Ray], 16878
July 1969,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 44
[Central Office staff], 16877
March 1970,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 45
[Farm Placement meeting, San Diego, Central Office staff], 16876
March 1971,
Physical Description:
2 prints, 1 neg.
Box 18, Folder 46
[Farm Placement meeting, San Diego, Coastal Area staff], 16875
March 1971,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 47
Farm Placement meeting, San Diego, Interior Area staff, 16874
March 1971,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 48
[Farm Placement meeting, San Diego, Southern Area staff], 16873
March 1971,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 49
Central Office staff, 16872
March 1972,
General Physical Description note:
3 prints, 1 letter, 2 notes
Box 18, Folder 50
[Meeting at] Santa Inez Inn, 16871
Feb. 1973,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 51
Annual Farm Labor Service conference, 16870
undated,
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 18, Folder 52-53
[Central Office staff], 16869
undated,
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 18, Folder 54-57
[Farm Labor Office], 16868
undated,
Physical Description:
4 prints
Box 18, Folder 58
[Laborers gather around man, who is speaking], 16867
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 59
Machine harvest of cucumbers 16866
undated
Machine harvest of cucumbers
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 60
[Mess hall], 16865
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 61
[Onion harvest], 16864
undated,
Physical Description:
5 prints
Box 18, Folder 62
[Reception center and camp], 16863
undated,
Physical Description:
10 prints
Box 18, Folder 63
[Roth, Ray; Albert B. Tieburg; Irving Perluss; and unidentified men], 16862
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 64
[Roth, Ray; and unidentified man], 16861
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 65
[Roth, Ray; and unidentified men; Villa Hotel], 16860
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 66
[Roth, Ray; at desk], 16859
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 67
[Roth, Ray; at desk with unidentified men], 16858
undated,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 68-69
[Roth, Ray; at podium], 16857
undated,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 70-71
[Roth, Ray; at unidentified meetings], 16856
undated,
Physical Description:
5 prints
Box 18, Folder 72
Sheep raising, 16855
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 73
Stoop labor 16854
undated
Stoop labor
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 74
Strawberry pickers wanted 16853
undated
Strawberry pickers wanted
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 75
[Tieburg, Albert B.; with unidentified man and women], 16852
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 76
[Tolbert, Bill; at podium], 16851
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 18, Folder 77
[Ward, Jack], 16850
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 4
[Unidentified group portraits], 16849
undated,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 78-79
[Unidentified meetings], 16848
undated,
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 18, Folder 80
[Unidentified women and child], 16847
undated,
Physical Description:
1 print