Kheel LatinX Labor Collections Guide: Migrant Labor Project

The bulk of this collection covers the period from 1940 through the 1950's, although there are earlier documents scattered throughout. The organization's primary efforts appeared directed to developing protective legislation for migrant workers and their children in the state, although there is evidence of substantial activity on child labor, New York State disability insurance, equal pay, industrial homework, minimum wage, and women workers.

#5307 Consumers' League of New York City Records

This collection includes correspondence, statements, agendas, releases from the Joint Legislative Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions, the Joint Legislative Committee on Migrant Labor (Waters Committee), and from Morton B. Lawrence. It also includes migrant surveys on child labor, migrant labor films and plays, foreign migrant publications, letters from the Migrant Children’s Fund, Migrant Farm Labor Sanitary Code, Social Security Publication, Federal Bills and Programs regarding Housing, and drafts of bills. Also included are government reports on migrant labor from several states including but not limited to New York, Michigan, Delaware, Florida, and New Jersey, as well as US Government reports. Additionally, this collection houses many migrant labor project publications and documentation. See boxes 19-29 for this and more.