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Agricultural Workers History Collection

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Identifier: LR002183

Abstract The United Farm Workers of America (predecessor name, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee) is a 20th Century union, created when the National Farm Workers Association and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee merged to form UFWOC, to further the rights of farm workers. As the union developed, it led strikes and organizing campaigns to advance their efforts. Parts 1 and 2 of the Agricultural Workers History Collection are comprised of articles, publications, crop and migrant...

Dates: 1949 - 1977

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

David Burciaga Papers

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Identifier: LP000724

Abstract David Burciaga worked with many farm worker movement leaders, including Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla in various capacities, from the 1950s to the 1980s. He served as the United Farm Workers’ top contract negotiator, working with both farm workers and growers. Prior to his involvement with the UFW, Burciaga worked with the American Friends Service Committee as the El Porvenir community development advisor from 1964 to 1970 and for the Community Service Organization (CSO)....

Dates: 57 - 1970

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Dolores Huerta Papers

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Identifier: LP001861

Abstract Dolores Huerta champions the rights of farm workers and Latinos. As a young teacher her experiences in classrooms filled with hungry children of migrant farm workers led her to believe that an even greater need was organizing farm workers. Dolores first met Cesar Chavez in the late 1950s while organizing farm workers under the name of the Agricultural Workers Association. In 1962 they founded the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, California. Today, Dolores Huerta continues to place...

Dates: 1970 - 1995

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Ken Barger Papers

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Identifier: LP002400

Abstract Ken Barger (1941-), who was raised in east Tennessee, became active in social change after his experiences serving in the Vietnam War. He was a professor of Anthropology for thirty years at Indiana University Indianapolis focusing professionally on social change. Through these professional interests, he got involved with the farm labor movement and the immigrant rights movement. Barger has been an active member of the FLOC movement since 1979. He participated in many activities, such as...

Dates: 1980 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1982 - 2009

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Larry Itliong Papers

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Identifier: LP001325

Abstract In 1956 Larry Itliong founded the Filipino Farm Labor Union in California. With the formation in 1967 of UFWOC (United Farm Workers Organizing Committee) Larry Itliong became Assistant Director to Cesar Chavez in the union that would eventually become the UFW. In January, 1970 he was appointed National Boycott Coordinator of the UFWOC. Itliong resigned from the Union on October 15, 1971. He devoted the rest of his life to improving the lives of retired Filipino farm workers, and to a wide...

Dates: 1942 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1974

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Mark Sharwood Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001220

Abstract Mark Sharwood was as a full time volunteer for the United Farm Workers from 1976 until 1982. He worked towards passing Proposition 14, for which he traveled through California, Texas, Mid-west states and New York, assisting with various boycotts and campaigns. Beginning in 1978, Sharwood handled the propaganda for the Imperial Valley election. He created graphic fliers in order to communicate ideas that did not translate into words. Sharwood's records consist of leaflets, pamphlets and flyers...

Dates: 1974 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1978

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Marshall Ganz Papers

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Identifier: LP001528

Abstract Subjects include: United Farm Workers; Cesar Chavez; organizing farm workers; agricultural labor relations cases; boycott in Canada; UFW National Executive Board; Jessica Govea; medical programs

Dates: 1968 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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

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

National Sharecroppers Fund Photographs

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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

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

Robert Thomas Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001563

Abstract Robert J. Thomas is a professor at Brandeis University and Executive Director at the Accenture Institute for High Performance. He was formerly a professor of Organizational Studies at MIT. Thomas' area of interest lies in leadership and transformational change. He has written books, such as Citizenship, Gender, and Work: Social Organization of Industrial Agriculture, with the UFW as subject matter. The Robert Thomas collection reflects his previous research for his book in organizational...

Dates: 1948 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Administration Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_admin

Abstract United Farm Workers grew out of several farm workers organizations of the 1960s and was led by Cesar Chavez for over thirty years. The Administration Department records reflect the wide range of people and groups with whom the UFW corresponded. The work of the union itself is well represented, including U.S., Canada, and Europe boycott files, El Malcriado files, and negotiations with southern California grape growers. Part 3 of the records represent the second decade of the union’s progress...

Dates: 1955 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1978

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Arizona State Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_ASO

Abstract Subjects include: strikes - grapes, lettuce, sugar

Dates: 1965 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1972

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Boycott Central Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002340

Abstract The UFW grape and lettuce boycotts of the late 1960s and early 1970s were the outgrowth of The Delano Grape Strike, which occurred in September 1965 in California. In 1967 the idea of boycotting a product was fostered by Cesar Chavez, head of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). Chavez’s intent was to alert the nation that farm workers were looking for civil rights, as well as fairer wages and thus used the tactic of boycotting as a non-violent means of furthering his goal....

Dates: 1943 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1976

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Canadian Boycott: Montreal Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002220

Abstract The UFW Montreal Boycott Office Records contains materials specific to the activities surrounding the grape and lettuce boycotts in Montreal and other cities in Canada during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Much of the material is from the tenure of Jessica Govea,a close associate of Cesar Chavez. Her work directing boycotts in Canada helped theunion win one of its first contracts with a California grape grower and ultimately settlewith the entire industry.

Dates: 1967 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1971

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Illinois Boycott: Chicago Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002480

Abstract The UFW Illinois Boycott was a part of the nationwide boycotts that the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) spearheaded during the mid 1960s and 1970s. These boycotts aimed to end the sale of non-union grapes and lettuce. The main duty of the Chicago office, which was led by Eliseo Medina, was to enlist support for the striking farm workers by soliciting donations, spreading information, and directing the boycott of specific stores within Illinois. This collection contains flyers,...

Dates: 1962 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1974

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Information and Research Department Records

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Identifier: LR002435

Abstract The UFW grew out of several farm workers organizations in the 1960s and was led for over thirty years by Cesar Chavez. The Information and Research Department serves as the research center for the union, collecting materials of interest in many areas importantin to the organization. Their records reflect the range of services which the union provided for its members, including legal and immigration assistance, workman's compensation claims, healthcare, and grievance mediation. Other subjects...

Dates: 1939 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1977

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Louisiana Boycott: New Orleans Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002710

Abstract The records of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Boycott New Orleans Office (successor name United Farm Workers) highlight their efforts to gain support from area affiliates, such as religious groups and New Orleans labor union leaders, for the boycott.

Dates: 1969

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Michigan Boycott Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_MI

Abstract The UFW Michigan Boycott collection contains materials specific to the state, and the activities of the UFW within the state. The largest boycott in Michigan was of California grapes, and this is reflected in the numerous store surveys which the UFW conducted in an attempt to ascertain the amount of non-UFW wine available. In addition, the collection contains a small amount of material about the lettuce boycott. It must also be noted that there are a large quantity of materials...

Dates: 1964 - 1981

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Missouri Boycott Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002431

Abstract The records of the UFW Missouri Boycott Office relate to the various strikes and boycotts that occurred nationally during the period of the 1970s. The Missouri Boycott Offices were located in two locations, Kansas City and St. Louis. The people directing these boycott offices worked on petitions, boycotts of grocery store chains and agricultural products, and raising awareness about the UFW’s dispute with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.The majority of material in this...

Dates: 1968 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Office of the President: Cesar Chavez Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221

Abstract Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association, later known as the United Farm Workers, in 1962 at a convention he called. Growing up a migrant farm worker he honed his skills as an organizer with the Community Services Organization in California before splitting with them to form the NFWA. He would serve as president of the UFW until his death in 1993. These records reflect Chavez's beginnings with the CSO and the formative years of the NFWA, United Farm Workers Organizing...

Dates: 1947 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1998

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Organizing Committee (UFWOC) Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_OC

Abstract The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) was formed in 1966 with the merger of the National Farm Workers Association and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, and was the precursor to the United Farm Workers. Their records center mainly on their activities on behalf of California farm workers.

Dates: 1959 - 1970

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Pennsylvania Boycott: Pittsburgh Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002543

Abstract The Pittsburgh boycott office was set up and coordinated by the United Farm Workers Union to handle the organization of boycotted products and establishments in the state of Pennsylvania and its surrounding region. The office, headed by Frank Ortiz, Sr. Carol Dougherty, Barbara Macri and a number of others, 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...

Dates: 1968 - 1978

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

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