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National Farm Worker Ministry: Florida Office Records

Collection

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

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 Publications

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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

UFW Virginia Boycott Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002470

Abstract The Virginia Boycott office was set up by the United Farm Workers to handle the organization of boycotted products and/or establishments in the State of Virginia and its surrounding region. The office dealt mainly with the boycotting of stores, which sold non-union products or were involved in anti-union activities. As well, the office involved itself with other UFW interests including migrant workers, illegal aliens, pesticide control, and the lobbying for or against specific legislation being...

Dates: 1966 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Washington, D. C. Boycott Records

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Identifier: LR000221_DC

Abstract The Washington, D.C. office focused primarily on the grape and lettuce boycotts coordinated by the United Farm Workers during this span of time. It also dealt with all types of legislation and Washington area organizations concerned with the lives of farm workers.

Dates: 1966 - 1976

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Washington State Boycott Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_WA

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 Washington State Boycott Office of the United Farm Workers primarily record the 1970s activities of the UFW's Seattle support groups. These activities included the...

Dates: 1968 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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