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Sydney D. Smith Papers
Collection
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
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