Materials related to migrants working Albert Farms and complaints about conditions at the site

Identifier

2025-082

Title

Subject

Farms

Description

Ten plus articles about local efforts to address conditions for migrants at the Albert Farm. (1) "Migrant Labor Committee Schedules Public Meeting" Mentioned are: Mildred Chick, Representative Edward McColgan, Bernard E. (Ben) Albert, John Dern (crew leader), Howard Joslyn, (2) 3-page typed fact sheet prepared by town residents outlining poor conditions and problems faced by the migrant workers for presentation at the meeting, signed by Mildred Chick (the hearing was 2/13/69) (3) one article (1965) 9/16/1968, one about a worker having pneumonia; (4) several about a fire that destroying housing at the migrant camp (1968) the later one about a fire at the migrant camp, mentioned is Mrs. Albert (Pat) Nugent, Rev. Jerome H. Wood and his wife, C. Kenneth Osgood. Includes photo of Willie Lee Brown, son of one of the workers at the fire site. A second article about the fire shows John Dern . A third describes temporary housing (5) article about lifting of restraining order on the camp