Guide to the Florence Richardson Wyckoff papers, 1938-1984
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Social Sciences--Sociology--Rural Sociology
Guide to the Florence Richardson Wyckoff papers, 1938-1984
Collection number: MS 96
The University Library
Special Collections
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
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- University of California, Santa Cruz
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Florence Richardson Wyckoff papers,
Date (inclusive): 1938-1984
Collection number: MS 96
Creator:
Wyckoff, Florence Richardson
Extent:
16.2 linear ft.
40 document boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.Special Collections, McHenry Library
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection includes books, periodicals, files, correspondence, research materials, government publications, and miscellaneous
materials related to Florence Wyckoff's activism in the fields of health, housing, social work, cultural affairs, education,
and the welfare
of migrant farmworkers.
Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
theirs heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Special Collections Librarian.
Preferred Citation
Florence Richardson Wyckoff papers, MS 96, Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Florence Richardson Wyckoff.
Biography
Social activist who worked at national, state and local levels on behalf of migrant families and community growth among dispossessed
groups.
Scope and content of the collection
This collection includes books, periodicals, files, correspondence, research materials, government publications, and miscellaneous
materials related to Florence Wyckoff's activism in the fields of health, housing, social work, cultural affairs, education,
and the welfare of migrant farmworkers.
Arrangement
Donor arrangement has been followed.
Related Material
Florence Richardson Wyckoff, Fifty Years of Grassroots Social Activism, published by Regional History Project, University of California, Santa Cruz, c1987-1990, CT275.W93A3 1987
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Health planning--California
Public housing--United States
Visiting nurses--California--Santa Cruz County
Health services administration--California
Rural health services--California
Health education--California
Public health personnel--Education--California
Migrant agricultural laborers--California
Community development, Urban--California--Santa Cruz County
Social work with youth--California
Economic assistance, Domestic--California--Santa Cruz County
Olson, Culbert Levy, 1876-
Wyckoff, Hubert C. (Hubert Coke), 1901-
Cranston, Alan MacGregor
California. Governor's Advisory Committee on Children and Youth. Subcommittee on the Migrant Child
Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--Cultural policy
California--Politics and government--1850-1950
Series 1
Health papers, 1952-1983
Physical Description:
Box 1-15
Scope and Content Note
This series includes correspondence, organizational documents (agendas, minutes, and reports), articles and clippings, and
miscellaneous documents related to health issues, especially regarding health in California and among migrant agricultural
laborers. Contains materials of the state of California, including the Advisory Committee on Health of Seasonal Agricultural
Workers, 1961-1968 (which contain documents of the Farm Workers Health Service), the State Board of Health, and the Task Force
for the Development of the State Plan for Health; the Foundation for Comprehensive Health Services, 1977-1983; the Fresno
Rural Health and Education Committee; the Health Services Education Council, 1974-1977; the Mid-Coast Comprehensive Health
Planning Association, 1972-1978 (later the Mid-Coast Health Systems Agency); the Migrant Health Project Review Committee;
and the Visiting Nurse Association of Santa Cruz County, 1966-1983. Also includes miscellaneous material related to a variety
of health organizations, conferences, and topics.
Arrangement
The material is arranged in chronological order by subject.
Box 1
Advisory Committee on Health of Seasonal Agricultural Workers, 1971
Box 2
California. Advisory Committee on Heath of Seasonal Agricultural Workers, 1972-1978
Box 3
California. Crippled Children Services Advisory Committee
Box 3
California. State Health Planning Council
Box 4-5
California. State Plan for Health
Box 6
California Association for Maternal and Child Health
Box 6-7
Foundation for Comprehensive Health Services
Box 9
Santa Cruz County Miscellany
Box 9
Health Services Education Council
Box 11
Mid-Coast Comprehensive Health Planning Association
Box 11-12
Mid-Coast Health Systems Agency
Box 14-15
Visiting Nurse Association
Series 2
Rural and housing papers,
1957-1970
Physical Description:
Box 16-28
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, organizational documents (agendas, minutes, and reports), articles and clippings, and miscellaneous documents
related to rural and housing issues, especially regarding conditions in California and among migrant agricultural laborers.
Includes materials of the Conferences on Families Who Follow the Crops, 1957-1967 (sponsored by the California Governor's
Advisory Committee on Children and Youth, Subcommittee on the Migrant Child); Farmer-Consumer Associates; Rural America, Board
of Directors, 1975-1978; Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz, 1969-1979; and Self- Help Enterprises. Also contains
various serial publications, including the California farmer-consumer reporter and the RHA reporter. Also contains miscellaneous
material related to a variety of rural and housing organizations, conferences, and topics.
Box 16-17
Conferences on Families Who Follow the Crops
Box 17
Housing Assistance Council News
Box 18-23
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz
Box 19
December 1971-August 1973
Box 20
September 1973-October 1974
Box 23
Migrant Workers miscellany
Box 24
Migratory Farm Labor Centers
Box 27
Santa Cruz Migrant Education Coordinating Committee
Series 3
General papers,
1938-1984
Physical Description:
Box 29-40
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, organizational documents (agendas, minutes, and reports), articles and clippings, and miscellaneous documents
related to a variety of cultural, consumer, political, economic, and personal topics. Includes material of the California
Governor's Advisory Committee on Children and Youth; the California research committees advisory to California gubernatorial
candidate Culbert L. Olson, 1938-1940; the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, 1979-1984; the Economic Opportunity Commission
of Santa Cruz County, 1964-1968; and correspondence with Alan Cranston, United States senator from California. Also contains
miscellaneous personal material of Hubert and Florence Wyckoff, as well as a file of collected writings by Florence Wyckoff.
Box 30
California Research Committee
Box 30
Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty
Box 31
Conference on Women in the War on Poverty
Box 31-33
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
Box 36:1
Miscellany - assorted topics
Box 36:2
Organizational Correspondence
Box 36:3
Serials - misc. single issues
Box 36:4
National Assembly for Social Policy and Development
Box 36:5
National Consumers Committee for Research and Education (NCCRE)
Box 36:6
National Consumers League, 1945-54, 1968-78
Box 36:7
National Consumers League Bulletin - scattered issues, 1947-1986
Box 36:8
Office of Migrant Education
Box 36:9
National Manpower Council
Box 36:10
New Careers for the Poor conference
Box 36:12
Pajaro Valley Historical Association
Box 37
Politics and economics miscellany
Box 37
Santa Cruz. Citizens Advisory...
Box 38
Santa Cruz Bicentennial Commission
Box 39:3
Town meeting - White House conference, 1963
Box 39:4
Citizen's Council Study Outline, March 1968
Box 39:4
Report to the City Council & Planning Commission, Oct.21,1968
Box 39:5
City Bond History, 1900-1968
Box 39:6
Prostitution article -
Battle Cry, v,1:22, Feb. 1956, "Off Limits", pg.12
Box 39:7
Town meeting for White House conference of 1960, May, June 1959
Box 39:8
White House Conference on Children & Youth, 1960
Box 39:9
Awards, Certificates & Appointments
Box 39:10
Corresondence with Alan Cranston
Box 39:11
Letters of Recommendation
Box 40:4
5x7 Photograph - portrait of Florence R. Wyckoff, 1948
Box 40:1
Misc. clippings - mostly migrants, poverty, and migrant housing
Box 40:2
List of items removed from archive
Box 40:4
8x10 Photograph - portrait of Hubert C. Wyckoff, 1948
Box 40:5
Maritime Labor Relations material
Box 40:6
Correspondence, 1943-47, 1960
Box 40:7
Youth - miscellanous articles
