Dust Bowl migration archive, 1938-1981.

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Dust Bowl migration archive, 1938-1981.

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Correspondence, camp diaries, stories, music scores, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and photographs document the history and experiences of the "Okies" who migrated to California in the 1930's.

5 cubic feet.

Sonoma State University, Schulz Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7522874

Sonoma State University, Schulz Library

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Haslam, Gerald W.

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Biography To help preserve the history of the migration of 350,000 farm workers to California in the 1930’s and 1940’s, Sonoma State University professor emeritus Gerald W. Haslam established and donated the Dust Bowl Migration Archive. Born and raised in California, Professor Haslam has written extensively on California’s rural areas and underclass people. From the guide to the Dust Bowl Migration Archive, (Sonoma State Universit...