Job's Just Around The Corner, The
Dublin Core
Title
Job's Just Around The Corner, The
Subject
- Arvin FSA Camp
- Migrant agricultural laborers--California
- Field recordings
- Spoken word
- Poems
- California -- Arvin
- Migrant agricultural laborers--California
- Field recordings
- Spoken word
- Poems
- California -- Arvin
Description
A poem about a family wandering for work across the American West and how they get beaten to each job they find by dust storms and other forms of weather and happenstance.
Creator
Arvin FSA Camp
Source
Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Workers Collection (AFC 1985/001)
Publisher
Arvin FSA Camp
Date
August 1, 1940
Contributor
Todd, Charles L., 1911-2004 (Collector)
Sonkin, Robert, 1910-1980 (Collector)
Chapin, Imogene (Performer)
Chapin, Imogene (Composer)
Sonkin, Robert, 1910-1980 (Collector)
Chapin, Imogene (Performer)
Chapin, Imogene (Composer)
Rights
Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin migrant workers collection (AFC 1985/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Format
Audio Recording
Language
English
Type
Field recordings
Spoken word
Poems
Spoken word
Poems
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/item/toddbib000035/
Sound Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sound disc : analog ; 12 in.
Duration
4 minutes, 12 seconds (00:04:12)
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Citation
Arvin FSA Camp, “Job's Just Around The Corner, The,” HIST 390 The Digital Past: A Cultural New Deal, accessed September 17, 2026, https://jessicadoeshistory.com/cnd/items/show/52.