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UFW Peter Velasco Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002077

Abstract Peter Velasco has served in a number of positions in the UFW. He worked as the Stockton, California Field Office Director, as the director of the Strike Defense Fund, was a board member of the Farm Workers Credit Union, and was a member of the National Executive Board member since 1973. He and his wife Dolores Ann also worked on the US Senate campaign of Tom Hayden in 1976. Peter Velasco died in 1995. His records consists of office files, largely from the time when Velasco was...

Dates: 1942 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1995

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Public Relations: Jocelyn Sherman Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001774

Abstract After college, Jocelyn Sherman started at the United Farm Workers (UFW) as a public relations representative and has been with the UFW for over 20 years. Sherman served as a documentary photographer for the UFW and as manager of the UFW’s public relations department before becoming the UFW’s Internet Communications Director.Sherman’s records consist of the UFW public relations department’s files from 1988 to 2001 and reflect her work with UFW campaigns during that era, including...

Dates: 1979 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1988 - 2001

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Wisconsin Boycott: Milwaukee Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_WI

Abstract The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962. In 1966 it affiliated with the Agricultural Workers Committee to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). In 1973 the UFWOC became the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO. Cesar Chavez led the farm workers from 1962 until his death in 1993.The papers of the Wisconsin Boycott Office record the activities of the UFW primarily in Milwaukee during the mid 1970s, including several director's records. The office worked to...

Dates: 1972 - 1978

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Work Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_work

Abstract The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962. In 1966 it affiliated with the Agricultural Workers Committee to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). In 1973, the UFWOC became the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO. Cesar Chavez led the farm workers from 1962 until his death in 1993.

Dates: 1969 - 1975

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

William Taylor Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH001677

Abstract In 1976, William "Bill" Taylor, who had worked as an assistant to Cesar Chavez, interviewed labor activists affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW). Collection consists of audio recordings of 18 interviews, plus transcripts for 5 of the interviews (Marc Grossman, Nick Jones, Virginia Jones, Mack Lyons, and Mary Lou Watson). Interviewees affiliated with the UFW and its predecessor organizations AWOC and NFWA from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s discuss how they got involved with the UFW; their...

Dates: 1976-05-11 - 1977-08-23

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Winthrop Yinger Papers

Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: W-Z, Box 15, Folder: 15-18

Identifier: LP001020

Abstract Winthrop Yinger served as the Executive Director of the Fresno Area Council of Churches and the Fresno Area Migrant Workers and in the English Department of Fresno State College, where he established a repository of materials related to the farm worker movement. Mr. Yinger's papers relate to Cesar Chavez and the San Joaquin Valley Farm Workers Collection of Fresno State College.

Dates: 1959 - 1970

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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