Wood County Cooperative Extension Service Emergency Farm Labor records
Collection
Identifier: MS-1183
Collection Organization
The documents within this collection provide excellent material for a comprehensive study of the Emergency Farm Labor activities of the Cooperative Extension Service in Ohio, but may be lacking for a narrower regional study. The correspondences (1943-1947) are mainly between C.B. Stewart and a select number of other parties, including Guy Dowdy, the state supervisor of the extension service; Colonel McCormick, the man in charge of the prisoner of war camp; and regional businesses seeking manual labor. The land leases and contracts (1944-1945) regarding the prisoner of war camp are included in the collection. Furthermore, medical bills (1944-1948) highlight the types of illnesses and injuries sustained by migrant workers and various certificates of employment (1944-1945) demonstrate where these laborers were needed the most.
Correspondence – Cooperative Extension Agents, July – Oct. 1944
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: July – Oct. 1944
Correspondence – Cooperative Extension Agents, Oct.- Nov. 1944
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: Oct.- Nov. 1944
List of Mexican Workers – Wood County, 1944
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
List of Mexican Workers – Fremont Sugar Beet Co., 1944-1947
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1947
List of Mexican Workers – Fremont Sugar Beet Co., 1944-1947
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1947
List of Mexican Workers – Hirzel Canning Co., 1944
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Correspondence regarding P.O.W. camp – Wood County, 1944-1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1945
Correspondence regarding P.O.W. camp – location, lease, and rent, 1944-1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, 1944
File – Box 1, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, Mar. 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: Mar. 1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, May 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: May 1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, June 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: June 1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, July 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: July 1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 14
- Dates
- Creation: Aug. 1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, Sept. 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 15
- Dates
- Creation: Sept. 1945
Certification of Need for Employment of Prisoners of War, Oct. 1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: Oct. 1945
Correspondence – Regional Businesses, 1944-1946
File – Box 1, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1946
Correspondence – Jamaican labor, 1944
File – Box 1, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Census of Jamaican Laborers, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Correspondence – Quaker Maid Co. on behalf of tomato growers, 1944-1945
File – Box 1, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1945
Farm Labor Handbook, 1945
File – Box 2, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1945
Farm Labor Handbook, 1946
File – Box 2, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1946
Farm Labor Handbook, 1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
Ohio Extension Farm Labor Bulletin, undated
File – Box 2, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Annual reports, monthly reports – farm labor, 1944-1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1947
Certification for Non-Agricultural Employment, 1944-1945
File – Box 2, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1945
Correspondence to officers regarding servicemen released for agricultural work, 1943-1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1943-1947
Correspondence to officers regarding servicemen released for agricultural work, 1943-1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1943-1947
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1944-1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1947
Correspondence- county agent, 1944
File – Box 2, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Medical care information, 1944-1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1947
Medical care information, 1944-1948
File – Box 2, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1948
Certificates of Agricultural Employment when Illness Began, 1944
File – Box 3, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Certificates of Agricultural Employment when Illness Began, 1945
File – Box 3, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1945
Certificates of Agricultural Employment when Illness Began, 1946
File – Box 3, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1946
Certificates of Agricultural Employment when Illness Began, 1947
File – Box 3, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
Certificates of Agricultural Employment when Illness Began, 1948
File – Box 3, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
Invoices – medical care and bills, 1944-1948
File – Box 3, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1948
Leases for Land Used – P.O.W. camp, 1944-1945
File – Box 3, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1945
Publications regarding laws, 1944-1946
File – Box 3, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1946
Registration for Part Time Agricultural Labor, Apr. 1945
File – Box 4, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: Apr. 1945
Registration for Part Time Agricultural Labor, May- Nov. 1945
File – Box 4, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: May- Nov. 1945
Registration for Part Time Agricultural Labor, Apr.- May 1946
File – Box 4, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: Apr.- May 1946
Registration for Part Time Agricultural Labor, May- Oct. 1946
File – Box 4, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: May- Oct. 1946
Registration for Part Time Agricultural Labor, Apr. – May 1947
File – Box 4, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: Apr. – May 1947
Registration for Part Time Agricultural Labor, May- Nov. 1947
File – Box 4, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: May- Nov. 1947