Raymond F. Roth papers, 1936-1977, bulk 1940-1966.

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Raymond F. Roth papers, 1936-1977, bulk 1940-1966.

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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.

7.3 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7283141

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Roth, Raymond F.

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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University of California, Davis. Library

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Lantz, Marcella M.

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Seasonal Farm Laborers Program

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California. Employment Development Department

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Online Archive of California

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