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Valley Migrant League photographs

  • Org. Lot 74
  • Collection
  • 1965 - 1968

Collection consists of photographs used by the Valley Migrant League (VML) for its program newspaper, "Opportunity News." Most of the photographs were taken by VML staff. Many of the individuals and places depicted in the prints and negatives in this collection were identified by Oregon Historical Society archivists from the corresponding articles in "Opportunity News."
Subjects depicted in the photographs include VML-sponsored adult education and vocational training programs, including photographs of classrooms, workshops, and businesses hosting work-training programs as well as portraits of program graduates and teachers. Also depicted are VML’s children’s daycare programs including photographs of children in the daycare centers and on educational field trips as well as community events, sports, and cultural celebrations including the Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana, May Day, and Christmas. Photographs in this collection also document living and working conditions for Migrant laborers including depictions of laborers in fields, operating agricultural equipment, and in labor camps, as well as rural healthcare and mobile medical clinics. Also represented in the collections is VML involvement in labor and community organizing, including meeting with political leaders and local picket lines in support of the Delano Grape Strike. The photographs in the collection also include portraits of many individuals associated with VML and the agricultural labor movement of the 1960s.

Valley Migrant League

Juan Fernandez teaches Spanish class run by the Valley Migrant League in Marion County, Oregon

Juan Fernandez holds open a book and talks to a student as he teaches a Spanish class. This Spanish language class is offered by the Valley Migrant League's West Stayton Opportunity Center. The class takes place at the Marion School in Marion County, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on January 14, 1966.

Dayton rally squad cheerleaders pose

Cheerleaders Hilda and Rosemary Galaviz each wave a pompom in the air as members of the Dayton rally squad, based in Dayton, Oregon. They cheer at a basketball game between teams from Dayton and Independence, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on January 21, 1966.

George and Florentino Aleman on leave from U.S. Armed Forces in McMinnville, Oregon

Brothers George and Florentino Aleman sit on a picnic table in McMinnville, Oregon. They are the sons of migrant farm workers, and both are on leave from the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. George Aleman serves in the U.S. Marines and Florentino Aleman serves in the Air Force. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on July 22, 1966.

Waiter sings song at the River Queen restaurant in Portland, Oregon

Waiter Genaro Lopez stands at a microphone and sings while working at the River Queen restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Lopez is a former agricultural laborer who got his job as a waiter through the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity Center in West Stayton. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on October 10, 1965.

Simon, Rick

Henry Woods and Genaro Lopez shake hands

Henry Woods (left) and Genaro Lopez (right) shake hands on the deck of the River Queen restaurant, overlooking the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Woods, the Area Director of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity Center in West Stayton, helped Lopez, a former agricultural laborer, attain a job as a waiter at the River Queen restaurant. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on October 10, 1965.

Simon, Rick

Delegates of the Latin American Federation of Oregon

The delegates of the Latin American Federation of Oregon sit in a meeting. Pictured right to left in the foreground are Jose Rios, Ramon Mendez, Jose Gonzales and Reynaldo Cantu. Pictured left to right in the background are Norman Kirkam, Bernard Reyes, Carlos Perales, George Ortega, Eustacio Reyes and Esperanza Ramirez. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on December 8, 1967.

Chris Bernard and Fay Galaviz onstage at the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in Dayton, Oregon

Chris Bernard (right), holds a crown and speaks onstage during the Valley Migrant League's Maypole Dance in the Dayton American Legion Hall in Dayton, Oregon. Bernard is the Valley Migrant League Supervisor of the Independence area in Oregon. He is about to crown Fay Galaviz as queen of the Maypole Dance. Pictured left to right on stage are Francisco Montelongo, Ricardo Galaviz, Fay Galaviz and Chris Bernard. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.

Contreras, Ruben, 1921-2010

Officers of the Latin American Federation of Oregon

Officers of the Latin American Federation of Oregon sit in a meeting. Pictured left to right, they are Ventura Rios (Executive President), David Aguilar (Chairman of the Assembly), Leon Saldana (Secretary of the Assembly) and Jose Rios (Executive Treasurer). This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on December 8, 1967.

Irma Alvarez poses with flower

Irma Alvarez smiles at the camera as she holds a flower growing on a bush outside a building in Independence, Oregon. She has just been named a princess of the upcoming May Day celebration, put on by the Valley Migrant League. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on April 22, 1966.

Eduardo Barrera

Eduardo Barrera is pictured in front of leafy tree branches, looking up and past the camera. He is a lifelong farm worker who has just enrolled in a job training program to become a barber. The program is run by the Valley Migrant League. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on December 8, 1967.

Welder holding tools

Welder Manuel Ruiz holds a welding tool at a construction site. Ruiz is a former agricultural laborer who earned a certificate in welding. This photograph was likely taken at the Albina Ship Metal Works in Portland, Oregon, where Ruiz was employed. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on September 17, 1965.

Boy on Seal Beach near Newport, Oregon

A teenage boy smiles as he stands on Seal Beach near Newport, Oregon. He is on a trip organized by the Knights Club, a club for teens based in Jefferson, Oregon. The club raises money for field trips. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 12, 1967.

Cheerleaders stand and cheer

Two cheerleaders stand while wearing matching white blouses and plaid skirts. They are members of the Woodburn rally squad, cheering their team at a basketball game. The squad is led by Trini Rodriguez. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on February 4, 1966.

Isabel Perez works at the Flying A gas station in Beaverton, Oregon

Isabel Perez smiles and looks to the left as he works at the Flying A gas station on the corner of Watson and Allen Boulevard in Beaverton, Oregon. Perez works at this gas station, owned by Juan Mares, a former migrant laborer who became a mechanic and now leases and operates this gas station. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on December 31, 1965. The article mistakenly identifies this photograph of Isabel Perez as Juan Mares and the paper published a correction in the following issue on January 7, 1966.

Reich, Peter

Juan Mares smiles as he stands in front of the Flying A gas station in Beaverton, Oregon

Juan Mares smiles as he stands in front of the Flying A gas station on the corner of Watson and Allen Boulevard in Beaverton, Oregon. Mares is a former migrant laborer who became a mechanic and now leases and operates this gas station. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on January 7, 1966.

Reich, Peter

Isabel Martinez holds his son in his lap in Beaverton, Oregon

Isabel Martinez holds his son in his lap while reflecting on the passage of House Bill 1521 at his home in Beaverton, Oregon. He is a former migrant farm worker who believes that Oregon needs stronger laws to protect farm workers. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 23, 1967.

Maria Cavasos and her family at a migrant labor camp

Photograph of 2 women and 5 children standing in front of a cabin in a migrant labor camp. The woman on the right is Maria Cavasos, who is a migrant laborer and has 9 children. Five of her children and 1 grandchild appear in this photograph. Every year, the Cavasos family travels from Texas to Oregon for seasonal farm work. From left to right clockwise, they are Caytano, Lupe (who holds her own daughter, Rosa), Eddy, Maria Cavasos, Alicia and Norberto Jr. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on May 20, 1966.

Carrasco, Priscilla

People pay tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Hillsboro, Oregon

A woman holds a baby and a candle as she stands in front of a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Hillsboro, Oregon. On the left, musicians play music and others wait their turn to pay tribute. This marks the first time that Hillsboro held a celebration for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on December 16, 1966.

Wedding photograph of Mary Garcia and Ray Ruiz

Groom Ray Ruiz and bride Mary Garcia sit in a car, having just gotten married at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Woodburn, Oregon. Stamp on the back of the print for Housen Photography in Woodburn, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on September 17, 1965.

Housen Photography (Woodburn, Or.)

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