Migrant agricultural laborers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Carolyn Ashbaugh Papers
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: A - Bo, Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: LP001019
Abstract
Carolyn Ashbaugh worked with the Maricopa County Organizing Project and the Centro Adelante Campesino farm worker center in El Mirage, Arizona. Her papers include publications of the Centro Adelante Campesino and a letter to Cesar Chavez from G. L. Sanchez regarding the plight of undocumented workers.
Dates:
1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Carolyn Ashbaugh Papers
David S. Burgess Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001610
Abstract
Originally serving as a minister to migrant workers through the Congregational and Christian Churches (CCC) Board of Missions, David Burgess became a labor organizer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), where he was appointed labor attaché to India’s American Embassy in 1955. This appointment led to various senior positions with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Peace Corps program in Indonesia and with the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in...
Dates:
1936 - 1944
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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David S. Burgess 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
Elaine Graves Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000911
Abstract
Elaine Graves served on the staffs of both the United Farm Workers and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. Her papers, while gathered during her tenure with AFSCME, reflect her continued interest with the UFW boycott effort.
Dates:
1972 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1978
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Elaine Graves Papers
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001506
Abstract
Founded in Toledo, OH in 1967 by Baldemar Valasquez, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) represents migrant workers in the agricultural industry, and seeks to promote and protect the right of farm workers to actively participate in decisions that affect their conditions. FLOC centered their efforts not on growers, who the organization realized were relatively powerless, but on the large food processing companies who ran the agricultural business and ultimately controlled farm workers...
Dates:
1967 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1989
FBI File on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers
Collection
Identifier: LR000000_FBICC
Abstract
The work of Cesar Chavez, former President of the United Farm Workers, on behalf of farm migrants, resulted in his being closely examined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was seen as possibly subversive in the 1960s for several reasons, such as his empowerment of minorities against a powerful and Anglo-controlled agribusiness and association with Alinsky, a known radical. The FBI records are microfilm copies published in cooperation with the FBI, and released under the Freedom of...
Dates:
1960 - 1969
In the Fields: En los Campos Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002424
Abstract
Between 2001 and 2002, documentarians Freddi Jacobi-Stevens and Pam LeBlanc photographed teenaged migrant farm workers in Michigan and Indiana. Jacobi-Stevens' daughter, Emily Jacobi, recorded oral history interviews with them and related individuals, in which they discuss their lives, work, and hopes for the future. This project became "In the Fields: En los campos." A photographic exhibition of the same name was displayed at the Children's Museum of Indianopolis in 2004 and at the Walter P....
Dates:
2001 - 2006; Majority of material found within 2001 - 2002
Industrial Workers of the World Photographs and Audiovisual Materials
Collection
Identifier: LAV000130
Abstract
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in 1905 and is a member-run union for all workers. The IWW organizes all workers producing the same goods or services into one union instead of pooling them by skill or trade, and was notable for engaging women, immigrants, and people of color in both union leadership, membership, and throughout its support networks. Numbered among its members (known popularly as Wobblies) are lumberjacks, miners, farmhands (especially migrant workers), sailors,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1905 - 1997
Kings-Tulare Counties Migrant Ministry Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002469
Abstract
The Kings-Tulare Counties (California) Migrant Ministry was formed by the Christian Migrant Ministry in 1959. Its purpose was to administer the Christian gospel to seasonal farm workers with a direct focus upon religious education, child-care, teenage and adult vocational and literacy training. Religious and community organizers who worked with the K-TCMM hoped that organized farm workers could exert influence, challenge established injustices and improve conditions on and off the job.
Dates:
1959 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1966
Marion Moses, M. D. Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001173
Abstract
Marion Moses served as United Farm Workers (UFW) Health Program Administrator and as Medical Director and Administrator for the National Farm Health Group. Dr. Moses’ papers reflect her interest in farm labor health concerns and document her work with the UFW; included are materials related to the Grape Boycotts of the 1960’s.
Dates:
1960 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Marion Moses, M. D. 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
Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition Photographs and Audio-Visual and Other Materials
Collection
Identifier: LAV000895
Abstract
The Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition, active from 1978 through the 1990s, worked to assist farm workers’ organizing efforts and to improve their access to health care and education. This collection consists of photographs documenting their activities and the activities of related organizations, as well as audio recordings, posters, banners, and other ephemera.
Dates:
1953 - 1993
National Farm Worker Ministry 40th Anniversary Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002419
Abstract
While an intern at the National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM), Ryan Nilsen conducted oral histories with ten individuals involved in NFWM (staff, board members, organizers, supporters) across the country in connection with the NFWM Documentary Project 2011, which documented the organization's 40 years of activity under its current name and mission of supporting farm workers' organizing efforts. Recordings and transcripts are included for each. Images of some of the interviewees are also included.
Dates:
2011 - 2012
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
Philip Vera Cruz Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001423
Abstract
Philip Vera Cruz (Dec 25, 1904 – June 12, 1994) was born in Saoag, Ilocos Sur,
Philippines. He worked on farms in the Philippines before traveling to the United States
in 1926. Vera Cruz worked several odd jobs around the Midwest, but was not active in
any union before moving to California in 1943 and becoming a farm worker. He joined
the Agricultural Worker Organizing Committee (AWOC) and soon became a leader in
farm workers rights. In 1965 he was an active force in the AWOC decision to...
Dates:
1966 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Philip Vera Cruz Papers
Ronald B. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000942
Abstract
Ronald B. Taylor’s career as a journalist and photographer spans over forty years. Many of his articles and books focused on the farm labor movement. During Taylor’s working life he had been in the employ of the "Fresno Bee" and "The Los Angeles Times." His free-lance articles have appeared in, "Time," "Nation," "Argosy," "Farm Journal," and other noted publications.In addition, over the course of his writing career, Mr. Taylor published award-winning fiction and other works. His...
Dates:
1950 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1974
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ronald B. Taylor Papers
Samuel Rabinovitz Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001055
Abstract
Samuel Rabinovitz served as director of the Michigan Youth Commission, on the Board of Directors of the National Child Labor Committee, and on a number of committees addressing issues of delinquency and crime prevention, migrant labor, and student attrition. Mr. Rabinovitz’s papers primarily reflect his work on the National Child Labor Committee, and include materials related to the J.P. Stevens Boycott and National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children.
Dates:
1966 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Samuel Rabinovitz Papers
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
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Sydney D. Smith Papers
UFW Canadian Boycott: Toronto Office Audio-Visual Collection
Collection
Identifier: LAV002473
Abstract
One of the largest boycott offices in Canada was located in Toronto. Coordinated by Bill Masterson, Jessica Govea, Marshall Ganz and others, the Toronto boycott staff and volunteers, including church and student groups, led a successful campaign against the sale and shipment of non-union grapes in Canada.
Dates:
1973 - 1978
UFW Canadian Boycott: Winnipeg Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001776
Abstract
The UFW Canadian Boycott documents the operations and activities of the Winnipeg branch of the United Farm Workers boycott operations between the years of 1970 and 1974. The two major boycotts of that era were, grapes and grape-products produced by employers of non-union labor, and another concerning non-union lettuce, as well as other smaller campaigns. Fred Schumacher headed the Winnipeg office.
Dates:
1961 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1973
UFW Central Administration Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000221_CADMIN
Abstract
Subjects include: California boycotts; migrant laborers; immigration and farm labor legislation; farm worker health; Prop 22; Dolores Huerta; California agribusiness
Dates:
1952 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1974
UFW Florida Boycott: Miami Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002472
Abstract
The Florida Boycott office was created by the UFW to handle the boycott of designated products in the state of Florida. It also served as a base for the UFW’s lobbying at the Democratic National Convention in Miami in 1972.
Dates:
1961 - 1983
UFW Florida Division Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002777
Abstract
The Florida Boycott office was created by the UFW to handle the boycott of designated products in the state of Florida. Files consist of boycott correspondence, reports, newsletters, research materials and UFW negotiations with the Coca-Cola Company and to a larger degree, the citrus industry.
Dates:
1962 - 1992
UFW Hawaii Boycott Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000221_HI
Abstract
The Hawaii Boycott Committee of the United Farm Workers was formed in the latter part of 1968 under the auspices, and with the support, of the Hawaii AFL-CIO. The collection documents its function to promote the boycott of California table grapes throughout the state of Hawaii.
Dates:
1968 - 1970