Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection, 1918-2006
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection
- Dates
- 1918-2006 (inclusive)19182006
1980-2000 (bulk)19802006 - Quantity
- 2 linear feet, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 145
- Summary
- Oral histories and research materials relating to local, seasonal, and migrant farmworkers in Idaho. Collection is the result of coursework in Boise State University's Anthropology department in 1994 and 2000 under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical Note
Anthropology 430, Applied Anthropology: Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project, Local, Seasonal, and Migrant Farmworkers was taught in the Spring of 1994 at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl and studied the controversy surrounding providing workers' compensation to seasonal workers. A similar course concerning migrant/temporary/seasonal workers was taught in 2000.
Content Description
The Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection is the result of coursework in Boise State University's Anthropology Department in 1994 and 2000. The students recorded and transcribed oral histories of migrant workers. A large amount of related research material was also collected, some of which relates to a controversy regarding the farmworkers exemption in Idaho workers' compensation law and the controversy surrounding minimum wage for seasonal workers.
Forms part of the Ethnographic Archive of the Intermountain West.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[item description], Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to Boise State University Special Collections and Archives by BSU professor Dr. Robert McCarl in May of 1995, June of 2007, and July of 2007.
Separated Materials
A new manuscript group, MSS 305 Applied Anthropology Video Collection, was created to house items in the Idaho Farmworkers collection that did not relate to Idaho farmworkers. Some newspaper articles were photocopied. Three books were separated and put into the library's circulating collection: The Effects of Migration on Children: An Ethnographic Study by Diaz, Trotter, and Rivera (Centro de Estudios Sobre La Migracion: 1990); Chapter 1 ECIA: Migrant Education : Harvest of Hope: [Idaho] State Plan 1994; and One-Third Of A Nation: A Report of the Commission on Minority Participation in Education and American Life (American Council of Education: 1988).
Related Materials
See also: Patricia K. ourada Collection on Migrant Workers in Idaho
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Data and Publications
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Description: 1990 Census Data, Hispanic population of Idaho by countyDates: 1990Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Agriculture in IdahoDates: 1972-1997Container: Box 1, Folder 2-3
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Description: Workers' compensation claimsDates: 1980-1991Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Idaho Industrial Commission employers' compliance (workers' compensation)Dates: 1993 December 8Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Crop input cost summaryDates: 1998Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Farmworker survey (Idaho Legal Aid)Dates: 1999Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Idaho's largest employersDates: 2000 JanuaryContainer: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Legislative committee: farmworkers workers' compensation exemption, State of Idaho House Bill 610.Dates: 1994Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: "Maps of Pride" student project: county-by-county data and color-coded maps regarding Idaho's distributions of population, farm employees, number of farms, and crops.Dates: 1987-2000Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: PublicationsDates: 1918-1993Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: State crop rankingsDates: 1992, 1997, 1998Container: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Statistical profile of a model farm, indigent medical expenses by countyDates: 1993Container: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Total farm employment by county (Idaho Department of Commerce)Dates: 1980-1996Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: "Idaho State Department of Education Evaluation of Programs for Limited English Proficient Students"Dates: 1992-1993Container: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: "Migrant Workers In Idaho" by Patricia OuradaDates: 1980Container: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: "Preliminary Data on Public School Education for Children of Seasonal Farmworkers: Farmworker Resource Committee"Dates: 1993Container: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: "Report of the Task Force on Hispanic Education"Dates: 1993Container: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: "A Roof Over Our Heads: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Housing in Idaho" by Idaho Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil RightsDates: 1980 SeptemberContainer: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Affordable housing articles: Caldwell, Idaho Labor Camp; Idaho Housing Coalition; Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers Survey; Homeless In Idaho; Hispanic demographicsDates: 1992-1994Container: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: "Fair Housing Alert" to mayors and chief building councils (Idaho Fair Housing Council)Dates: 1997 September 1Container: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: Idaho Housing Coalition factsheetDates: circa 1992Container: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: Newspaper articlesDates: 1993, 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 23
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Description: PamphletsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 24
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Description: "Tenants' Rights" (Idaho Legal Aid Services)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 25
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Description: PublicationsDates: 1990-2000Container: Box 1, Folder 26
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Description: Student research about the minimum wage debate, release forms and accompanying interviews, and a student paper.Dates: 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 27
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Description: Idaho farmworker minimum wage debateDates: 1999-2000Container: Box 1, Folder 28
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Description: "America's Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and their Quality of Life"Dates: 1992Container: Box 2, Folder 10
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Description: Catalog of Applied Anthropology Projects for Dr. McCarl's Summer 2000 Idaho Farmworkers Minimum Wage courseDates: 2000Container: Box 2, Folder 11
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Description: "Executive Order 93-07: Designation of the Farmworker Resource Committee As An Advisory Committee to the Governor"Dates: 1993Container: Box 2, Folder 12
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Description: "Hispanics in Idaho: A Resource Guide" by Juan C. ChavarriaDates: 1991Container: Box 2, Folder 13
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Description: House Bill 610, Workers' Compensation, Agricultural law and legislation, aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture, and pesticidesDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Local, Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers syllabus (Anthropology 430, Applied Anthropology)Dates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 15
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Description: "Migrant Farmworkers In The United States: Briefings of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Implementation of the Helsinki Accords)"Dates: 1993Container: Box 2, Folder 16
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Description: Migrant seasonal farm worker surveyDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 17
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Description: "Notes on Archiving and Media Documentation: A Guide for Project Field Workers"Dates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 18
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Description: "Snapshots in a Farm Labor Tradition" by University of California, Agreicultural Personnel Management ProgramDates: 1993Container: Box 2, Folder 19
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Description: WebsitesDates: 1998-2000Container: Box 2, Folder 20
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Description: "Where Work Is Hazardous To Your Health: A Survey of Occupational Injuries and Field Sanitation Among North Carolina Farmworkers"Dates: 1990Container: Box 2, Folder 21
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Description: "Workers' Compensation Project Proposal" (South Carolina Brown Lung study)Dates: 1993Container: Box 2, Folder 22
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Description: "Workers' Compensation: Time for Change? An Examination of [Idaho's] Agricultural Pursuits Exemption"Dates: 1993Container: Box 2, Folder 23
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Description: "A Profile of Older Workers in Idaho"Dates: 2004 NovemberContainer: Box 2, Folder 24
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Description: County Profiles of IdahoDates: 1970--1997Container: Box 2, Folder 25
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 26
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Description: "Fabricante de Coronas" script accompanying an audio-visual presentation by Eva Castellanos, in SpanishDates: 1987 JuneContainer: Box 2, Folder 27
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Description: Farmworker Resource CommitteeDates: 1992-1994Container: Box 2, Folder 28-30
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Description: Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe), St. Mary's Parish Center, BoiseDates: 1998Container: Box 2, Folder 31
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Description: "Fiesta Idaho," Lakeview Park, Nampa, IdahoDates: 2000Container: Box 2, Folder 32
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Description: Hispanic Folk Arts Survey Project (Idaho Commission on the Arts)Dates: 1989Container: Box 2, Folder 33
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Description: Hispanic Heritage ReportDates: 1990Container: Box 2, Folder 34
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Description: Hispanic Population in Idaho, Miscellaneous PublicationsDates: 1990-2006Container: Box 2, Folder 35
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Description: Idaho Commission on Hispanic AffairsDates: 1996Container: Box 2, Folder 36
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Description: "La Raza." Camilo Lopez and Terry Lopez of Caldwell, Idaho. "Culture vs. Culture, Hispanic and North American (Anglo) Cultures Contrasted."Container: Box 2, Folder 37
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Description: Media file, miscellaneous newspaper clippings and publications regarding farmworker workers' compensation exemptionContainer: Box 2, Folder 38
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Description: Newspaper clippings (continued)Dates: 1992-2001Container: Box 2, Folder 39
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Description: Save the Farmworker / Salve el Campesino campaign buttonContainer: Box 2, Folder 40
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Description: "Special Occupational Review for DDT"Dates: 1978Container: Box 2, Folder 41
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Description: "Workers' Compensation: Rights for All Workers : Benefits for All Farmers" brochureDates: 1995Container: Box 2, Folder 42
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Description: Worker's Compensation March, on S-VHSDates: 1994Container: Box 2
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Description: "Worker's Compensation: A Time for Change," raw footage, Dr. McCarl, on S-VHSDates: 1995 January 17Container: Box 2
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Oral History Interviews
Recordings and transcripts of interviews organized and recorded by students in Anthropology 430. Field interviews were conducted with farm workers and farm owners and topics included occupational injuries, health care, education, public services, housing, sanitation, daycare, ethnicity (in this case many workers were Hispanic), and government intervention.
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Minimum Wage of Farmworkers, 2000
Subseries includes four interviews regarding the migrant worker minimum wage controversy from the point of view of the small farm or family farm owner. Interviews also discuss other challenges facing the small farmer and the encroaching influence of corporations and large farms.
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Description: T. Davies, small farm ownerDates: 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 29
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Description: T. Davies, small farm ownerDates: 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 30
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Description: L. Gray, small farm ownerDates: 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 31
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Description: T. Hughes, small farm ownerDates: 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 32
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Description: T. Hughes, small farm ownerDates: 2000Container: Box 1, Folder 33
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Description: K. Teramura, small farm ownerDates: 2000Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: K. Teramura, small farm ownerDates: 2000 May 10Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Farm Resource Committee, 1994
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Description: "Tape 2," O. Baen, M. Sepeta, A. Contreras, F. Moreno, and J. Magallon, migrant workersDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: "Tape 2," O. Baen, M. Sepeta, A. Contreras, F. Moreno, and J. MagallonDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: "Tape 3," G. Florez, R. Elizando, A. Florez, migrant workersDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: "Tape 3," G. Florez, R. Elizando, A. FlorezDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: "Tape 4," M. Gloria, migrant workerDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: "Tape 3," M. GloriaDates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: Administrative fileDates: 1993-1994Container: Box 2, Folder 9
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Education, Bilingual
- Labor Camps
- Latinos (United States)
- Mexican Americans
- Migrant Labor
- Migrant agricultural laborers
- Minimum wage
- Seasonal Labor
- Workers' Compensation
Corporate Names
- Idaho Fair Housing Council
Form or Genre Terms
- Oral histories
