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Title: Map of migrant camp missions in California.
Description: [Map showing locations of migrant camp missions in California.] Our road calls us, lures us, West, East, South and North. Most roads call men homewards; our road leads us forth. To add more miles to the tally of grey miles left behind, in quest of that one duty God has put us here to find.
Date Created: 1943
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--Housing--California--Maps., Labor camps--California.
Geographic subjects: California., North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2415
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6731

Title: Family breaking camps and preparing to hunt work elsewhere.
Description: Picture 14 shows a family breaking camps and preparing to hunt work elsewhere.
Creator Name(s): Earlewine, Eulalia. (photographer)
Date Created: 1932
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Labor camps--California--Niles., Migrant labor--Housing--California., Migrant laborers' families--California.
Geographic subjects: California., North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2412
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6781

Title: Harvesting peas.
Description: [Harvesting peas, San Francisco East Bay district.]
Date Created: 1932
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--California--East Bay (Calif.)
Geographic subjects: East Bay (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2420
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6849

Title: Carp caught in canals near migrant camp.
Description: [Carp caught in canals near migrant camp. Firebaugh, CA]
Date Created: 1937
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--Housing--California--Firebaugh., Labor camps--California--Firebaugh.
Geographic subjects: Firebaugh (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Firebaugh
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 11; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2419
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6732

Title: Children washing their hair.
Description: [Children washing their hair in camp for migrant cotton pickers near Niles, CA]
Date Created: 1932
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Labor camps--California--Niles., Migrant labor--Housing--California., Children of migrant laborers--California.
Geographic subjects: Niles (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Niles
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2405
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6402

Title: Shed used for living quarters.
Description: No 2. Shed used for living quarters.
Date Created: 1930, ca. 1930
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Labor camps--California., Migrant labor--Housing--California.
Geographic subjects: California., North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2423
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6551

Title: Migrant children playing in a car.
Description: [Migrant children playing in a car.]
Date Created: 1931
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--Housing--California., Labor camps--California., Children of migrant laborers--California.
Geographic subjects: California., North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2422
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6635

Title: Suggestions For Setting Up Grocery Store.
Description: Suggestions For Setting Up Grocery Store. Color all the canned goods on the shelves as well as the counter and the fruits and vegetables to be placed on it. Then cut out the counter and insert it in the walls of the store. Arrange the fruits and vegetables as nearly like a real store as you can. [From: Betty and Bob Visit the Migrants, by Marcella Estridge, p. 2.]
Date Created: ca. 1903-1951, 1903
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--Housing--United States., Labor camps--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2416
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6829

Title: Mexican Christmas carolers and band.
Description: [Mexican Christmas carolers and band travelling to various migrant camps, CA]
Date Created: 1937
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--Housing--California., Labor camps--California.
Geographic subjects: California., North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 11; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2408
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6795

Title: The camp musician.
Description: The camp musician, Imperial Valley near El Centro.
Date Created: 1929
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--Housing--California., Labor camps--California.
Geographic subjects: California., North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2421
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6557

Title: Children's first aid class.
Description: And here we are at work. [Children's first aid class at Vacation School of Hemet, California.]
Creator Name(s): Earlewine, Eulalia. (photographer)
Date Created: 1935
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Geographic subjects: Hemet (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Hemet
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2413
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6603

Title: Farmers rescue missionary's Chevy stuck in the mud.
Description: [Farmers rescue missionary's Chevy stuck in the mud. San Joaquin Valley, CA]
Date Created: 1932
Name Subject(s): Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Migrant labor--California--San Joaquin Valley., Missionaries--California--San Joaquin Valley.
Geographic subjects: San Joaquin Valley (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: NCC RG 26, Box 9, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Home Missions Council of North America Records, 1903-1951.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/ncc-rg-26
Identifier (local): ds2417
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6830

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