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Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series I. News Clippings
Series II. Correspondence and Miscellaneous UFWOC Records
Series III. Articles and Essays
Series IV. Photocopies of Clippings from Scrapbook, "Starr County's Current Events"
Series V. Scrapbook
Series VI. Newspapers and Miscellaneous Materials
Synopsis of Tapes
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Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection (1968-1972):
A Guide
The Independent Workers Association was organized by Eugene Nelson in the Rio Grande Valley in 1966. It affiliated that year with the National Farm Workers Association which then merged soon after with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Though represented heavily with Mexican-Americans the migrant farm workers movement also included white and black farm workers.
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Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, speeches, reports, map, ballots, booklets, leaflets, brochures, reprinted articles, tape recordings, photographs, and a scrapbook. Includes papers of Eugene Nelson, 1966-1967; newsletters and other materials from several groups that supported collective bargaining for farm workers; clippings and articles about the farm workers organizing movement, strikes, boycotts, living conditions, and the economic situation of farm workers in California and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, especially Starr County, 1966-1967.
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The collection is organized into six series. Series I is arranged chronologically. In Series II, folders are arranged alphabetically and their contents chronologically. Series III is arranged alphabetically. |
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Series I. News Clippings. |
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Series II. Correspondence and miscellaneous UFWOC records. |
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Series III. Articles and Essays. |
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Series IV. Photocopies of Clippings from Scrapbook, "Starr County's Current Events." |
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V. Scrapbook. |
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VI. Newspapers and Miscellaneous Materials. |
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Open for research.
Literary Rights Statement
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
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These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. |
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Nelson, Eugene, 1929- --Archives. |
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Organizations |
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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee--Records and correspondence. |
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Independent Workers Association--Records and correspondence. |
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National Farm Workers Association--Records and correspondence. |
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Migrant agricultural laborers--California. |
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Migrant agricultural laborers--Texas. |
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Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--California--Sources. |
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Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--Texas--Sources. |
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Strikes and lockouts--Agricultural laborers--Texas--Starr County. |
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Strikes and lockouts--Vineyard laborers--California. |
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Alternate Titles |
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Texas Labor Archives |
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Migrant farm workers organizing movement collection, 1951-1977. |
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- Jan Hart Cohen,""To See Christ in Our Brothers: The Role of the Texas Roman Catholic Church in the Rio Grande Valley Farm Workers' Movement, 1966-1967"," MA thesis, UTA, 1974
- Richard Ray Bailey, ""Farm Labor in Texas and the Starr County Strike"," MA thesis, TCU, 1969
- Marion Beth Morris, ""The History of the Mexican Contract Labor Program, 1942-1966"," MA thesis, NTSU, 1967
- John Delmar Privett,""Agricultural Unionism Among Chicanos in Texas"," MA thesis, UT Austin, 1971
- Donald James Staats, ""Travel Problems of Texas' Migrant Farm Workers"," MA thesis, UT Austin, 1962
- Charles Carr Winn, ""Mexican-Americans in the Texas Labor Movement"," Ph.D. thesis, TCU, 1972
- AR4: Tarrant County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Records, 1956-1971
- AR55: Pancho Medrano Papers, 1946-1971
- AR69: United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Fort Worth Boycott Committee Records
- AR93: Justice for Farah Strikers Committee Records, 1964-1974
- AR110, Series 7: Texas AFL-CIO, Mexican American Affairs Committee Records, 1951-1971
- AR110, Series 17: Texas AFL-CIO, Texas State Industrial Union Council Records, 1961-1967
- AR110, Series 20: Texas AFL-CIO, Other State AFL-CIO Organizations, 1944-1971
- AR110, Series 23: Texas AFL-CIO, Correspondence with Federal Agencies, 1937-1972
- AR110, Series 24: Texas AFL-CIO, Correspondence with State Agencies, 1934-1971
- AR110, Series 25: Texas AFL-CIO, Correspondence with Non-Union Associations and Organizations, 1935-1969
- AR135: AFL-CIO Records, Region No. 17, 1964-1974
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El Malcriado, Delano, California, 1968-1974
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Farm Labor Organizing, 1905-1967 (vertical file)
- Galarza, Ernesto, Merchants of Labor: The Mexican Bracero Story, 1964
- Oral History Program interviews with the following: Antonio Orendain; Archbishop Robert E. Lucey; Father Sherrill Smith, John McCarthy, and William Killian; F. F. "Pancho" Medrano; Henry Munoz, Jr.; H. S. "Hank" Brown.
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Gift of the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee; Bill and Mary Darby; Texas AFL-CIO, Austin, Texas; and Doug Adair, 1967-1969, 1979.
Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection, AR46, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
A box of newspapers and miscellaneous materials, 1972-1977, was added in July, 1979 (oversize box 8). News clippings in Box 7, Folder 6, were also added at that time.
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Series I. News Clippings |
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News Clippings, 1951-1953 |
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News Clippings, 1954 |
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News Clippings, 1955-1958 |
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News Clippings, 1959 |
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News Clippings, 1960-1961 |
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News Clippings, January, 1962 - May, 1963 |
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News Clippings, June, 1963 |
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News Clippings, July, 1963 |
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News Clippings, August 1 - August 10, 1963 |
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News Clippings, August 11 - August 31, 1963 |
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News Clippings, September, 1963 - January, 1964 |
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News Clippings, February, 1964 - May, 1964 |
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News Clippings, June, 1964 - August, 1964 |
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News Clippings, September, 1964 - July, 1965 |
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News Clippings, August, 1965 - September, 1965 |
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News Clippings, October, 1965 - April, 1966 |
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News Clippings, May, 1966 - June, 1966 |
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News Clippings, July 1 - July 14, 1966 |
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News Clippings, July 15, 1966 - August, 1966 |
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News Clippings, September 1 - September 5, 1966 |
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News Clippings, September 6 - September 30, 1966 |
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News Clippings, October, 1966 - November, 1966 |
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News Clippings, December, 1966 - February, 1967 |
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News Clippings, March - April 25, 1967 |
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News Clippings, April 26, 1967 - May 12, 1967 |
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News Clippings, May 13 - May 28, 1967 |
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News Clippings, May 28 - May 31, 1967 |
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News Clippings, June 1 - June 7, 1967 |
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News Clippings, June 7, 1967 |
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News Clippings, June 11 - June 17, 1967 |
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News Clippings, June 17 - June 28, 1967 |
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News Clippings, June 28 - June 30, 1967 |
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News Clippings, June 30 - July 5, 1967 |
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News Clippings, January, 1968 - May, 1968 |
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News Clippings, May, 1968 - Nov., 1968 |
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News Clippings, December, 1968 - March, 1969 |
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News Clippings, March 12, 1969 - April 30, 1969 |
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News Clippings, May, 1969 - April, 1970 |
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News Clippings, December, 1969 - May, 1974 |
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News Clippings, Undated |
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News Clippings, June 6 - July 19, 1967 |
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News Clippings, July 19 - July 31, 1967 |
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News Clippings, August 1 - August 30, 1967 |
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News Clippings, Sept. 1 - Sept. 23, 1967 |
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News Clippings, Oct. 1 - December 22, 1967 |
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News Clippings, May, 1975 - November, 1975 |
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Series II. Correspondence and Miscellaneous UFWOC Records |
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AFL-CIO, Resolutions and Statements, October 15, 1953 - 1968 |
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resolutions, statements, memos, press releases, labor legislation material |
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Agricultural Workers Freedom to Work Association, 1968-1969 |
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organizational material, financial records, clippings, records of activities |
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Arrests of Union Members Compiled by Law Firm: Hill, King McKeithan and Ellis, June 1, 1966 - June 1, 1967 |
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arrest records, bail records, photos, clippings |
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Caravans for La Huelga, Program to Gather Food for Valley Farm Workers, 1966-1967 |
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three pamphlets with schedules of food drives |
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Catholic Church, Involvement of in Valley Farm Workers Movement, 1966-1967 |
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material on, Statement of Purpose, Farm Workers Association, "Our Common Mission," speech and translation (Catholic Bishop's Statement), Report on Rio Grande Valley |
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Contracts Proposed by Farm Workers, 1966 |
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Farm and Farm Worker Income, 1954-1968 |
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pamphlet on farm worker income in 1953-1954; C.O.M.I.D.A., Committee on Minimum Income for Deprived Americans, pamphlet on minimum wage law - 1965; "They're Skilled Workers Now," by Judi Daniel, article - 1968; chart of Bracero wages - 1960 |
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"Farm Workers Newsletter,", 1966 - August, 1974 |
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Grape Boycott, 1966-1969 |
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handbills, general, miscellaneous material, "The Grape Boycott … Why it Has to be," pamphlet by Chávez; Chávez on Violence, 1969; song lyrics |
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Grape Boycott, 1967 |
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handbills, Austin, Texas; information on grape strike, Starr County |
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Grape Boycott, 1969-1970 |
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handbills, Fort Worth, Texas; information on grape strike; International Boycott Day information, May 10, 1969 |
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La Huelga (The Strike), 1966-1967 |
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Handbills, UFWOC; strike material, clippings, Spanish handbills, AFL-CIO Secretary's Report, I.W.A. membership card |
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March on Austin, Valley Farmworkers, 1966 |
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memos, strike information, strike schedule, handwritten materials, speeches, reports, statement of Church Concern for Farm Labor Relations |
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El Malcriado, McAllen, Texas (in Spanish), 1967 |
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Miscellaneous Strike Material, 1967-1970 |
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cancelled checks, summaries of radio programs, 1969; miscellaneous material, newsletters, Region 5, UAW; affidavits, agenda, speech, correspondence |
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Missouri Pacific Railroad vs. UFWOC, Starr County, 1967 |
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summons, plaintiff's original petition |
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"El Mosquito del Rio", 1967 |
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Newsletters, UFWOC, Starr County, 2 newsletters |
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Mexican-American Population as Percentage of Southwestern Population, Map, 1960 |
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map, chart |
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National Farm Workers Association, Ballots for Temporary Officers, 1966 |
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Nelson, Eugene, Organizer, UFWOC, Correspondence, Notes, Speeches, 1966 |
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Orendain, Antonio, Organizer for UFWOC, 1968-1969 |
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Padilla, Gilbert, Vice-President, UFWOC, 1967 |
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Safeway Boycott Misc. Rec., circa 1973 |
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Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor Hearings, June, 1967 |
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Skoog, Larry - Corr. and Misc. Rec., re: UFWOC, 1966-1967 |
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Starr County, Bond Issue |
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Sugar Beet Hearings, Testimony of William Chandler, UFWOC, McAllen, 1967 |
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Texas Council on Migrant Labor Reports and Minutes |
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Texas Rangers, Affidavits on Brutality, 1967 |
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Transportation of Migrant Workers, Legislation Applicable to 1955 |
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Series III. Articles and Essays |
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Adair, Doug, "Texas Strike,"Liberation, 1967 |
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Allen, Ruth, Mexican Peon Women in Texas, 1931 |
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Ball, Charles, "Why All This Fuss about Braceros,"Farm Journal, 1959 |
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Beecher, John, "To The Rear, March!", 1965 |
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Brochaway, Allan R., 1967 |
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Eugene L. Boutilier, "Huelga" and "Legislation; An Answer,"Concern
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Brown, Newell, Assistant Secretary of Labor, "The Mexican Importation Program,", 1958 |
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Chávez, César and Bayard Rustin, "Right to Work" Laws: A Trap for America's Minorities,", 1967 |
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"The Civil Rights Status of Spanish-Speaking Americans in Kleberg, Nueces, and San Patricio Counties, Texas, U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1967 |
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Coles, Robert, The Migrant Farmer: A Psychiatric Study, 1965 |
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Coles, Robert and Harry Huge, "Peonage in Florida,"New Republic, 1969 |
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Down in the Valley Texas State Federation of Labor, 1956 |
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"Ferment in The Fields, Farm Workers Build a Union,"The American Federalist, 1967 |
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Tape Recordings Of Farm Worker's Radio Programs, 1969 |
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3 tapes. |
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Galarza Ernesto, Strangers in our Fields, 1956 |
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Gorman, Patrick E., "The Forgotten Farm Worker", 1959 |
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reprinted from IUD Digest, Winter |
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"The Grapes of Wrath"Time, 1969 |
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Graves, Ruth, Effects of the Bracero Program, 1961 |
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Griffin, Dan, and Justin Soleta, "The Migrant Story,"Ave Maria, 1966 |
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Hawley, Ellis, "The Politics of the Mexican Labor Issue, 1950-1965," Agricultural History, 1966 |
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Hill, Herbert, "No Harvest for the Reaper", undated |
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Jacobs, Paul, "The Forgotten People,"Reporter, 1959 |
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Kopkind, Andrew, "The Grape Pickers Strike,"New Republic, 1966 |
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Lucey, Bishop Robert E., "Migrant Labor: A Moral Problem,", 1959 |
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Martin, Francis, Spring and The Migrants, "Educational Leadership, 1951 |
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Maverick, Maury, Jr., "March for a Ghastly Recompence in Texas,"New Republic, 1966 |
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Miller, Paul B., and John Glasgow, "Job Crisis Along the Rio Grande,"Monthly Labor Review, 1968 |
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Nelson, Eastin and Frederic Meyers Labor Requirements and Labor Resources In the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, 1950 |
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Nordyke, Lewis, Excerpts from The Truth About Texas |
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Padilla, Gilbert, "Farm Workers Need Bargaining Rights,"Labor Today, 1967 |
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Proceedings of the State Conference on Domestic Migrant Farm Workers, 1961 |
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Raskin, A. H., "For 500,000--Still Tobacco Road,"New York Times Magazine, 1960 |
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Sanchez, George, and Lyle Saunders, "Wetbacks,", 1949 |
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"Sons of Zapata: A Brief Photographic History of The Farm Workers Strike in Texas," UFWOC, 1967 |
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"The Struggle of the Texas Farm Workers' Union" |
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"Texas Migrant Labor: The 1964 Migration," The Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, 1964 |
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"Texas Migrant Labor: The 1966 Migration," The Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, 1966 |
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Texas Observer, Articles and Essays on Mexican-Americans, 1962-1967 |
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Turner, William, "No Dice for Braceros,"Ramparts, 1965 |
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Valdez, Luiz, et al., "La Esperanza del Campesino por Justicia," UFWOC, 1966 |
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"Viva La Causa! The Rising Expectations of the Mexican-American, "I.U.D. Agenda, 1966 |
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"What is Paso?" Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organization (PASO), 1963 |
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"What Price Wetbacks," American G I Forum of Texas and Texas State Federation of Labor, 1953 |
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Photos from book in AR110-7-5-8 and AR110-7-5-9 |
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Wieck, Paul, "Whose Texas?"New Republic, 1968 |
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Zermano, Andy, and El Malcriado, Don Sotaco, Cartoons from the Delano Strike, 1966 |
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Farm Workers - Miscellaneous Articles |
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Series IV. Photocopies of Clippings from Scrapbook, "Starr County's Current Events" |
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Starr County's Current Events of 1966, Book 1 |
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Starr County's Current Events of 1966, Book 2 |
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Starr County's Current Events of 1967, Book 3, part 1 |
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Starr County's Current Events of 1967, Book 3, part 2 |
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Starr County's Current Events of 1967, Book 3, part 3 |
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Series V. Scrapbook |
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Scrapbook of Valley Farm Workers, 1966-1967 |
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Series VI. Newspapers and Miscellaneous Materials |
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Unitarian Universalist Migrant Ministry - Newsletters, mailings, supplement, December, 1975-February, 1977, undated. |
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Miscellaneous - Pamphlet, "What Are the Facts Behind the Lettuce Boycott?" Mailing; UFWA, AFL-CIO, Election Statistical Tally; Handout; Photographs (3), 1974-1977, undated. |
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Article Reprint - "Is Chavez Beaten?" from The New York Times Magazine, September 15, 1974 |
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El Grito del Norte, Vol. v., No. 2, April 10, 1972 |
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RWDSU Record, Vol. 23, No. 2, February, 1976. |
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RWDSU Record, Vol. 23, No. 12, December, 1976 |
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La Voz del Cuhamil, San Juan, Texas, June, 1975-August, 1975 |
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El Cuhamil, San Juan, Texas, August, 1975-October, 1976 |
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Duplicates of La Voz del Cuhamil, El Cuhamil, ""The Huelga"," and ""Delano Grapevine"," 1975-1976, undated. |
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Scrapbook of Valley Farm Workers, 1966-1967 |
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Date: 8-26-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The Mexican Nationals that come to work on farms in the U.S. and the economic problems they create for Mexican-Americans. |
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Date: 8-27-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Cesar Chavez speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee. Re: The strikes and labor problems in Texas and California. |
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Date: 8-28-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Cesar Chavez speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The low wages paid to Mexican-American farm workers. |
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Date: 8-29-69 |
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Synopsis: A store owner comments on complaints from her customers (the store serves a Mexican-American community). |
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Date: 9-1-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: Fund-raising campaign in Texas; the farm workers' strike in Los Angeles. |
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Date: 9-2-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Phillip Veracruz speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The strike in California; the problems that Mexican National farm workers (who enter the U.S. illegally) create for the Mexican-American farm workers. |
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Date: 9-3-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Phillip Veracruz speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The labor problems Mexican-American farm workers are facing in California and Texas. |
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Date: 9-4-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The low wages paid to Mexican-American farm workers due to the competition of the Mexican National farm laborers. |
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Date: 9-5-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Phillip Veracruz speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The Texas Rangers' violent attacks on Mexican-American farm workers; the need to organize. |
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Date: 9-6-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Mr. Hernadey speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: Active Mexican-American organizations in the Southwest. |
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Date: 9-8-69 |
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Synopsis: Antonio Orendain and Phillip Veracruz speaking for the United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee, Re: The Mexican Nationals and green carders; the strike in California. |
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