Category:Arvin Federal Government Camp

**Arvin Federal Government Camp**
	historic buildings for southern California migrant workers during the Great Depression
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Instance of	fixed construction;
Location	California, Pacific States Region
Architect	Works Progress Administration;
Main building contractor	Farm Security Administration;
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, NRHP building, Weedpatch Camp, 1996–);
Inception	1936;
	35° 18′ 22″ N, 118° 54′ 21″ W
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	Q7979360; NRHP reference number: 95001554
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Arvin Federal Government Camp is the formal name for Weedpatch Camp, made famous by The Grapes of Wrath. The US National Archives material blue-linked on this page is a series of documents prepared by Tom Collins, director of Weedpatch Camp, which become key source material used by John Steinbeck for his novel.

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US National Archives series: Coded Administrative Camp Files (214 F)

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The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total.

2009-0820-WeedpatchCamp-CommunityHall.jpg 3,087 × 1,788; 3.48 MB
2009-0820-WeedpatchCamp-housing.jpg 1,674 × 1,200; 1.41 MB
2009-0820-WeedpatchCamp-LibPO.jpg 2,526 × 1,764; 3.02 MB
A migrant's shack (repainted and vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631378.tif 7,360 × 4,912; 206.9 MB
An original cabin (compare this photo with those of cabins vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631386.tif 7,360 × 4,912; 206.9 MB
An original cabin (compare this photo with those of cabins vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631387.tif 4,912 × 7,360; 206.9 MB
An outbuilding of the former Weedpatch camp south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631374.tif 7,360 × 4,912; 206.9 MB
Arvin Kern County, California. Photograph made from the entrance of the Arvin Farm Labor Camp (F.S.A . . . - NARA - 521768.jpg 3,000 × 2,359; 1.29 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Co-op store and gas station established December 1939 in the Arvin F . . . - NARA - 521769.jpg 3,000 × 2,531; 1.27 MB
Between Weedpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California. Children living in camp... Rent $2.75 plus el . . . - NARA - 521700.jpg 3,000 × 2,385; 1.7 MB
Children Living in a Camp Between Weedpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California (3679502846).jpg 3,000 × 2,385; 935 KB
Okie camp shack, Weedpatch, California LCCN2011630906.tif 3,415 × 4,350; 85.03 MB
Photo of Tom Collins with migrant mother.jpg 1,024 × 819; 323 KB
Photographs of Arvin Camp parents with children, who are having height and weight measured. - NARA - 296527 (page 1).gif 600 × 424; 81 KB
Photographs of Arvin Camp parents with children, who are having height and weight measured. - NARA - 296527 (page 2).gif 600 × 431; 83 KB
Report for Week Ending May 23, 1936 - NARA - 296520 (page 1).gif 585 × 756; 100 KB
The former recreation hall (repainted and vastly renovated in the early 2000s) in the former Weedpatch camp, south of Bakersfield, California LCCN2013631384.tif 7,185 × 3,523; 144.87 MB
Weedpatch, Kern County, California. Families from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas are rapidly settling . . . - NARA - 521671.jpg 3,000 × 2,595; 1.06 MB

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