J. Frank Cook wrote: some years ago when a large number of Hmong moved to Wisconsin, the case management workers had to instruct their clients, most of whom were pre-literate, that while cans with a picture of peas contained peas, and corn, corn; cans with a picture of a dog did not contain a staple of their native diet.
I forwarded this account to my mother in Minnesota and she replied that she heard they also had to reassure them that baby food doesn't contain babies. -- Jennifer Hecker, MLIS Librarian/Archivist Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs Wayne State University 5401 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 phone: 313.577.8377 fax: 313.577.4300 jenniferhecker@wayne.edu http://www.reuther.wayne.edu A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>