Hagelandse seizoenarbeiders
Evrard Mattheus en Willy van Calster
Rillaar, 1988
In en uit het Hageland – Arbeidsmigratie 1850-2010
Greet Draye
CAG
Evrard Mattheus interviewed 52 seasonal workers and those involved for his book Hageland seasonal workers in 1988. In his book, he quotes liberally from them. He saves the complete interviews on cassette tapes. Transferring them to a digital medium seems highly desirable, but negotiation attempts came to nothing for the time being.
The Hageland lies in the east of Flemish Brabant and a part in the west of Limburg (Belgium). It is the area between the towns of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Aarschot, Leuven, Tienen and Diest, and the rivers Dijle, Demer, and (Grote) Gete.