Great Depression Migrant Worker Research
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Farm Life and Hardships in the 1930s
A neat site about the 1930s and how the Depression affected farmers from a farm museum in Nebraska.
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from Library of Congress page
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Mexican-American Migrant Workers, CA, 1930s
Background info and photos from the Oakland Museum of CA
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Music of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl Migrants
Good background info and links to music from Library of Congress
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Music of the Great Depression: Manufacturing Memory
Set up like an old-fashioned jukebox, this U. of Virginia site has a good collection of 1930s music.
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From a farm museum in Nebraska.
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Interviews with people who left their homes as teenagers in the Great Depression to "ride the rails," crossing the country by hitchhiking on trains.
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PBS: Mass Exodus from the Plains
This article gives background on the reception that the Dust Bowl migrants received when they got to California. No primary sources (except a few quotations) but good background info.
