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Kings-Tulare Counties Migrant Ministry Records

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Identifier: LR002469

Abstract The Kings-Tulare Counties (California) Migrant Ministry was formed by the Christian Migrant Ministry in 1959. Its purpose was to administer the Christian gospel to seasonal farm workers with a direct focus upon religious education, child-care, teenage and adult vocational and literacy training. Religious and community organizers who worked with the K-TCMM hoped that organized farm workers could exert influence, challenge established injustices and improve conditions on and off the job.

Dates: 1959 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1966

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition Photographs and Audio-Visual and Other Materials

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Identifier: LAV000895

Abstract The Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition, active from 1978 through the 1990s, worked to assist farm workers’ organizing efforts and to improve their access to health care and education. This collection consists of photographs documenting their activities and the activities of related organizations, as well as audio recordings, posters, banners, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1953 - 1993

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

National Farm Worker Ministry 40th Anniversary Oral Histories

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Identifier: LOH002419

Abstract While an intern at the National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM), Ryan Nilsen conducted oral histories with ten individuals involved in NFWM (staff, board members, organizers, supporters) across the country in connection with the NFWM Documentary Project 2011, which documented the organization's 40 years of activity under its current name and mission of supporting farm workers' organizing efforts. Recordings and transcripts are included for each. Images of some of the interviewees are also included.

Dates: 2011 - 2012

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

National Farm Worker Ministry: Florida Office Records

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Identifier: LR002515

Abstract The National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM)—original name Migrant Ministry— has been administering to the nation’s farm workers since the 1920’s. It originally operated in southeastern United States and by the early 1940s expanded to aid migrant workers in fifteen states. It was during the strikes and boycotts of the 1960s and 1970s initiated by Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) that brought the California Migrant Ministry and other state migrant ministries to form a national...

Dates: 1970 - 1985

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

National Farm Worker Ministry Records

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Identifier: LR000338

Abstract The National Farm Worker Ministry (predecessor name California Migrant Ministry) is an agency of the Southern and Northern California Councils of Churches and is affiliated with the Migrant Ministry of the National Council of Churches. It carries on a direct and active ministry of service to farm workers and their families in the following areas: Education, health services, worship, recreation, literacy classes, voter registration, community development, and vocational counseling and training....

Dates: 1959 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid the Farm Workers Records

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Identifier: LR001546

Abstract The Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farm Workers was a branch of the National Farm Workers Ministry. NFWM began in 1920 as a ministry of charity and service, providing food, clothing and day care to the farm workers. When United Farm Workers founder César Chávez began organizing in the 1960's, he called on the religious community to change its emphasis from charity to justice. NFWM became the vehicle for people of faith to respond to that call.The collection consists of...

Dates: 1963 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1988

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Philip Vera Cruz Papers

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Identifier: LP001423

Abstract Philip Vera Cruz (Dec 25, 1904 – June 12, 1994) was born in Saoag, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. He worked on farms in the Philippines before traveling to the United States in 1926. Vera Cruz worked several odd jobs around the Midwest, but was not active in any union before moving to California in 1943 and becoming a farm worker. He joined the Agricultural Worker Organizing Committee (AWOC) and soon became a leader in farm workers rights. In 1965 he was an active force in the AWOC decision to...

Dates: 1966 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Sydney D. Smith Papers

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Identifier: LP001397

Abstract Sydney Smith was active in the California Migrant Ministry (later known as the National Farm Worker Ministry) and served as the founding director of Pasadena’s Community Housing Service. The papers of Mr. Smith document his research conducted for his book on the migrant ministries entitled Grapes of Conflict: The Faith Community and Farm Workers.

Dates: 1940 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1986

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Publications

Collection

Identifier: LR002479

Abstract UFW Publications is primarily comprised of serials and unique publications created by, or collected by the United Farm Workers of America, the National Farm Worker Ministry and support organizations, which assisted the UFW with its cause. Included in the collection are convention proceedings dating back to the official inception of the UFW, constitutions, bylaws and serials.

Dates: 1937 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1996

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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