Florida Christian Migrant Ministry Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000868
Scope and Content
The records of the Florida Christian Migrant Ministry consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, publications, research studies and other material documenting migrant agricultural labor in Florida and the United States.
Important subjects in the collection: Afro-American agricultural laborers Migrant agricultural laborers--Medical care Agricultural laws and legislation National Farm Worker Ministry Boycotts Religious and Community Leaders Concerned Church work with migrant labor Republican Party--Political conventions, 1972 Citrus fruit industry--Florida Sugarcane industry--Florida Farm Workers Organizing Council Trade-unions--Agricultural laborers Florida--Agriculture--Statistics United Church Women of Florida Florida Council of Churches United Farm Workers Migrant agricultural laborers--Florida
Important correspondents in the collection: Reverend Paul M. Cassen Reverend Benjamin Fraticelli Reverend August H. Vandenbosche
Important subjects in the collection: Afro-American agricultural laborers Migrant agricultural laborers--Medical care Agricultural laws and legislation National Farm Worker Ministry Boycotts Religious and Community Leaders Concerned Church work with migrant labor Republican Party--Political conventions, 1972 Citrus fruit industry--Florida Sugarcane industry--Florida Farm Workers Organizing Council Trade-unions--Agricultural laborers Florida--Agriculture--Statistics United Church Women of Florida Florida Council of Churches United Farm Workers Migrant agricultural laborers--Florida
Important correspondents in the collection: Reverend Paul M. Cassen Reverend Benjamin Fraticelli Reverend August H. Vandenbosche
Dates
- 1949 - 1975
Creator
- Florida Christian Migrant Ministry (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
History
The Florida Missionary Assemblies created the Florida Christian Migrant Ministry (first called the Florida Ministry to Migrants) in 1939 to assist impoverished migrant agricultural laborers in the state of Florida. During the forties and fifties, the ministry was sponsored by shifting alliances of the Interdenominational Migrant Committee of the Florida Council of Church Women , the Florida Chain of Missionary Assemblies, the Florida Council of Churches, the Home Mission Council of North America, and the Division of Home Missions of the National Council of Churches. Since 1968, it has been an affiliated body of the Florida Council of Churches.
Extent
7 Linear Feet (7 MB)
Abstract
Subjects include: Latino migrant workers; sugarcane industry; UFW; Florida agriculture; rural poverty; black migrant workers
Arrangement
PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading.
Transfers
Several photographs have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library.
Creator
- Florida Christian Migrant Ministry (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Florida Christian Migrant Ministry Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA