Migrant workers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Agricultural Workers History Collection
Collection
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
Bob Barber Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001252
Abstract
Bob Barber worked as a journalist, writing for the United Farm Workers publication, El Malcriado, reporting for KSAN and KPFA radio stations in California’s Bay Area, and as a freelance writer. His papers center on his activities as a reporter covering California farm labor election issues during the years 1973 to 1977. The collection includes
over sixty hours of taped interviews with UFW organizers, union members, Teamsters, growers and others. In addition, the collection contains a unique...
Dates:
1973 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bob Barber Papers
David Burciaga Papers
Collection
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
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David Burciaga Papers
Dolores Huerta Papers
Collection
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
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Dolores Huerta Papers
Florida Christian Migrant Ministry Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000868
Abstract
Subjects include: Latino migrant workers; sugarcane industry; UFW; Florida agriculture; rural poverty; black migrant workers
Dates:
1949 - 1975
Ken Barger Papers
Collection
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
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Ken Barger Papers
Larry Itliong Papers
Collection
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
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Larry Itliong Papers
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
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Mark Sharwood Papers
Marshall Ganz Papers
Collection
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
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Marshall Ganz Papers
Monsignor Clement Kern Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001013
Abstract
Monsignor Clement Kern was a Roman Catholic Priest at Most Holy Trinity Church in Detroit, MI for 34 years. Under his leadership, Holy Trinity became a major center for Latino American residents of southwest Detroit. Kern became active in the migratory labor arena and helped with the Michigan Committee to Aid Farm Workers. Monsignor Kern's records document the struggle of Detroit area migrant workers and their fight for compensation for their work. The collection also explores his involvement...
Dates:
1945 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1950
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
National Farm Worker Ministry Records
Collection
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
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
Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid the Farm Workers Records
Collection
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
Reverend Victor P. Salandini Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000467
Abstract
An active advocate for migrant farm workers, Father Victor Salandini assisted in the organizing efforts of the United Farm Workers (UFW), American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and served as a legislative representative for California farm workers and as the UFW Research Director. Father Salandini’s papers reflect his work with the UFW, AFL-CIO, and its predecessors, as well as his dissertation research on California farm labor issues and Public Law 78, the...
Dates:
1954 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1972
Robert Lopez Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001482
Abstract
Robert Lopez served as a United Auto Workers (UAW) International Union Delegate. Mr. Lopez’s papers reflect his work with the UAW and his interest in international concerns, particularly concerning Cuba, Nicaragua and El Salvador, and issues of labor and radical politics.
Dates:
1971 - 1987
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Robert Lopez Papers
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
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Robert Thomas Papers
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
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
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
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UFW Boycott Central Records
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
UFW Canadian Boycott: Toronto Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002473
Abstract
The files of the Toronto Boycott office reflect the activities of the boycott coordinator, Bill Masterson, and others in carrying out a successful campaign against the sale and shipment of non-union grapes in Canada. Also contained in the collection are files relating to UFW/Teamster jurisdictional disputes involving farm workers, in addition to Cesar Chavez’s visits to various boycott cities. This collection is not Toronto specific and does contain information for other cities and provinces in...
Dates:
1965 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1977
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
UFW Information and Research Department Records
Collection
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
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