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Kings-Tulare Counties Migrant Ministry Records
Collection
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
National Sharecroppers Fund Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LAV000393
Abstract
The National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF) was incorporated in 1943 and grew out of “National Sharecroppers Week,” an annual event intended to rally support for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. NSF was founded to provide financial assistance and information on government aid programs to organizations dedicated to improving living conditions for the rural poor. The photograph collection consists of images documenting NSF activities and the lives of sharecroppers and their families from the 1940s...
Dates:
1946 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Philip Vera Cruz Papers
Collection
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
UFW Central Administration Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000221_CADMIN
Abstract
Subjects include: California boycotts; migrant laborers; immigration and farm labor legislation; farm worker health; Prop 22; Dolores Huerta; California agribusiness
Dates:
1952 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1974
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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