Valley Migrant League photographs collection circa 1965-1968

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Valley Migrant League photographs collection circa 1965-1968

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This collection contains photographs relating to the Valley Migrant League, an organization based in Woodland, Or. that sponsored re-education programs for migrant farm workers who were being replaced by machinery. Subjects include League-sponsored activities, as well as photographs of field work and picketing by laborers.

1.5 cubic feet; 1,945 photographs and 1,180 safety film negatives in 3 boxes

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6368239

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The Valley Migrant League (VML), which was founded in 1964, was first funded in May 1965 by the Office of Economic Opportunity as part of Great Society anti-poverty programs to serve migrant farm workers in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It operated programs until the mid-1970s. The VML established its administrative headquarters in Woodburn, with Area Opportunity Centers in Aumsville, Dayton, Hillsboro, Independence, Salem, Sandy, and Woodburn. Other VML programs incl...