Browse Collections (23 total)

Handbills, Flyers, Advertisements, Billboards, Newspaper Articles, Photography. Print Media that might influence an Okie to head West.

The songs that the Okies perform and listen in the work camp when they came to California

As the Ornate Box turtle in some ways is the symbolic catalyst for the narrative events to follow in Grapes of Wrath, understanding the historical,…

Items in this collection reflect the roles of children in Okie families in California during the Dust Bowl Migration.

Songs, travel, and people during the Dust Bowl.

Hopefully these items will demonstrate the shift in culture, technology, and social structure that is explored by the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath.