Abstract This collection consists of the personal papers of researcher Henry P. Anderson. The materials cover agricultural labor conditions; corporate agriculture and farm economy; pesticide use and effect on workers; agriculture-related legislation; farmer associations; and labor, religious and political organizing efforts to improve agricultural working conditions. Includes extensive correspondence and news clippings, and Anderson’s research into the Bracero Program during his graduate program at...

Abstract Minutes, correspondence, resolutions, reports, and newsletters, demonstrating the role of the United Church of Christ, Northern California Conference and affiliated religious organizations in the farm labor movement, California farming communities, and the Conference's strong support for farm workers and small growers, from 1964 to 1986. The collection contains minutes from the California Migrant Ministry (CMM), which co-sponsored programs with the Conference, such as the Tulare County...