UFW Hawaii Boycott Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000221_HI
Scope and Content
Important subjects:
Defense Department purchases of grapes
Pesticides
Correspondents: Hiram Fong, Daniel Inouye, William Kircher, Spark Matsunaga, Patsy Mink
Series Description: Series I: Correspondence, clippings, support resolutions, press releases, newsletters, leaflets, and financial papers pertaining to the boycott of California table grapes in Hawaii.
Correspondents: Hiram Fong, Daniel Inouye, William Kircher, Spark Matsunaga, Patsy Mink
Series Description: Series I: Correspondence, clippings, support resolutions, press releases, newsletters, leaflets, and financial papers pertaining to the boycott of California table grapes in Hawaii.
Dates
- 1968 - 1970
Creator
- United Farm Workers (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
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History
The Hawaii Boycott Committee was formed in the latter part of 1968 under the auspices, and with the support of the Hawaii AFL-CIO. Its function, well-documented in teh collection, was to promote the boycott of California table grapes throughout the state of Hawaii.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 MB)
Abstract
The Hawaii Boycott Committee of the United Farm Workers was formed in the latter part of 1968 under the auspices, and with the support, of the Hawaii AFL-CIO. The collection documents its function to promote the boycott of California table grapes throughout the state of Hawaii.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition
The papers of the Hawaii Boycott Committee of the United Farm Workers were placed in the Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs in December 1970 by the Hawaii Boycott Committee.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library.
Creator
- United Farm Workers (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the UFW Hawaii Boycott Committee Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
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