I'm currently in a good place in terms of research. I have selected a lot of secondary sources to read through, and I have figured out several search terms for primary sources that return a lot of valuable information. I would say that I'm having a harder time with primary sources because government documents are just more challenging and time-consuming to sift through. Currently, my dream source would be county health department surveys of the migrant camps, which were referenced a few times in my selected primary source for this week. I'm also still very interested in camp newspapers because that is where many camp updates and rules were posted.
I think I'm narrowing in on a more specific topic as I continue to do more research. Public health in the 1930s primarily focused on the domains of social and physical uplift. The FSA sought to improve living conditions through amenities like places to live and running water, but they also hoped to ‘civilize’ migrants through measures like permanent dwellings that pushed the nuclear family and domesticity courses. The FSA used public health as a tool to 'improve' the culture of migrants, but it was also used to significantly improve their quality of life. Many of the secondary sources I've looked through have a disdainful view of the purpose of the camps, but I think using public health as the lens makes them much more nuanced. I will continue to explore the scope of government in the camps, what public health meant during this period, and how life looked in the camps because of these factors.