Farm Security Administration and Migrant Housing

The Environmental Design Archives (EDA) is a non-profit research facility within the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley committed to raising awareness of the architectural, landscape, and design heritage of Northern California and beyond, through collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary records of the built and designed environment.

The work of many San Francisco Bay region's historically significant architects, landscape architects, planners, and designers are represented in collections of more than 200 individuals and firms. These collections contain drawings, plans, specifications, photographs, audio-tapes, personal papers, business records, furniture, art, models, and artifacts.

In keeping with the theme of Im(migration) and Indigenous Voice of California we will be bringing resources from several of our collections, which include Defense and Migrant Worker Housing (FSA), Angel Island Immigration housing, and National Housing Authority records for resettlement and migrant camps. We are excited to share with you some of the amazing materials that we have within our collections!

We look forward to participating in this year’s Archives Crawl SF!