Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1973 - 8/31/1973

Funding Totals

$2,000.00 (approved)
$2,000.00 (awarded)


A Study of the Farmer-Laborer Trouble in the Fruit Orchards of the Yakima Valley (Washington State, July-December, 1933

FAIN: FT-11774-73

James G. Newbill
Yakima Valley Community College (Yakima, WA 98902)

To study the conflicts between the transient fruit pickers and the Yakima Valley orchardists in 1933. The study would consist of an examination of the written material and personal interviews. Economic problems facing workers and farmers during the depression will be the focus of the study.