urn:taro:utexas.blac.00115 María G. Flores Papers, 1966-1983 Finding aid written by the Benson Latin American Collection Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, April 2004Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Flores, María G. María G. Flores Papers 1966-1983 English 1989-05 23311481 9 inches Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Papers of María G. Flores include articles, bibliographies, clippings, press releases, photographs, etc., dealing with Texas farm workers. Biographical Sketch

María G. Flores is a photographer, writer, teacher, and social activist. She worked in support of Texas Farm Workers Union, 1975-1979.

Scope and Contents Note

Includes articles, bibliographies, broadsides, clippings, interviews, leaflets, magazines, newspapers, notes, press releases, and programs from María G. Flores. The collection is organized in four series: 1. Activities, 2. Subject files, 3. Photographs, and 4. Audiovisual. The bulk of the collection relates to Texas farm workers, including the Texas Farm Workers Union, Austin Friends of the Farmworkers, the Chicano movement, Mexican American art exhibits, and the organization Mujeres Artistas del Suroeste. Materials from the Austin Friends of the Farmworkers include articles, form letters, and press releases written by Maria Flores and Estevan Flores.

Photographs, some taken by Andy Snyder, show agricultural laborers in Texas and in Ojinaga, Mexico, strikes and marches, and Mexican American singer Lydia Mendoza. The audio cassette records speeches given at a farm workers' rally in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; the videotape concerns the struggle of the Texas Farm Workers Union.

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Unrestricted.

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Standard copyright restrictions apply.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: María G. Flores Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms

The María G. Flores Papers are classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries catalog:

Flores, Maria G. Orendain, Antonio, 1931- Austin Friends of the Farmworkers Mujeres Artistas del Suroeste (Organization : U.S.) Texas Farm Workers Union Agricultural laborers--Legal status, laws, etc.--Texas Mexican American agricultural laborers--Texas Mexican American art--Texas Migrant agricultural laborers--Texas Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--Texas Flores, Estevan T. Snyder, Andy Related Material

The Benson also holds a small Texas Farmworkers Union collection.

 Box and Folder Inventory I. Activities 11Austin Friends of the Farmworkers, 1976-1977 12United Farmworker Union Strike in Ojinaga, 1975 [typescript draft by María Flores] 13Texas Agricultural Labor Relations Project, N.d. [typescript draft grant proposal, incomplete] 14Texas Farmworker Documentary Project, 1976

Includes a "Statement of the Farmworker Documentary Project," a "First draft outline of Texas Farmworker Documentary," and a videotape separated to Series 4: Audiovisual.

 15Photograph Exhibits, 1978-1980

Includes announcements, invitations, program, review for art exhibitions incomporating Flores' photographs.

 16Publications with Flores' Photographs, 1976-1979

Includes: Hembra (Spring 1976); Moving On: Monthly Magazine of the New American Movement (May 1978); The Texas Observer (3 February 1978); and The Texas Observer (22 June 1979).

 1 II. Subject Files and Collected Materials 1Subject Files 17Antonio Orendain, 1974-1975 18Farm Workers: Selected BibliographyN.d. 19History of the Texas Farmworkers Union, N.d. 110News Clippings on Rio Grande Valley Strike, 1966 111News Clippings on Texas Farmworker Strikes, 1973-1975 112Texas Farmworker Handouts, 1975-1977 113Texas Farmworkers Human Rights March to D.C. News Clippings, 1977 114Texas Farmworkers News Clippings, 1975-1977 115Union Organizing, 1976 116United Farm Workers/Texas Farmworkers Union Press Releases, 1975-1977 1Other Collected Materials 117Davis, Rod. "The Onion Revolt," The Texas Observer (8 August 1980). [photocopy] 118"Living History: Emma Tenayuca Tells Her Story," The Texas Observer 28 October 1983). 119"Lloyd Bentsen's Fortune," reprinted from The Texas Observer (3 April and 17 April 1970). 120National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor. From "Farm Labor Organizing 1905-1967: A Brief History, 1967 [photocopy excerpt] 121Nelson, Eugene. "On Being a Labor Organizer," The Texas Observer (2 September 1966). 122Santos, Richard G. "From the Inside Looking Around: A Portrait the Mexican Americans of Texas" 1970 [reprint, photocopy] 123"Texas' Sleeping Giant — Really Awake This Time" [Del Rio march], The Texas Observer (11 April 1969). 124Weeks, O. Douglas. "The Texas-Mexican and the Politics of South Texas," American Political Science Review (N.d.). [photocopy] III. Photographs 21Melon harvest, 1975 [b/w, 5x7"] 22Melon harvest, 1975 [b/w, 5.25x8"] 23Onion harvest, 197_ [b/w, 6.75x9.4"] 24Texas harvest (photographer and date unknown) [b/w, 7x8.5"] 25Women at carrot conveyor [b/w, 8x10"] 26West Texas labor camp [b/w, 8x10"] 27Young boys working in West Texas field, July 1975 [b/w, 75x10"] 28Mexican strikers, 1975, Ojinaga, Chih., México [b/w, 8x10"] 29Women participants, ready to join farmworkers' march to Austin, 1977, from corpus Chirsti [b/w, 8x10"] 210Farmworkers' delegations at the Capitol in Austin in support of farm labor bill [b/w, 8x10"] 211Hearing on bill at the Capitol [b/w, 8x10"] 212Marchers on highway [b/w,7.25x8"] 213West Texas scene [b/w, 8x10"] 214Farmworkers' Human Rights March, Washington, D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial (Orendain at microphone) [b/w, 5x7"] 215Orendain with Mexican strikers, Ojinaga, 1975 [b/w, 5.75x8.25," mounted] 216Copy of #7 [b/w, 5.4x8," mounted] 217"Tina" eating watermelon, New Orleans, 1977, farm workers' march to Washington [b/w, 5.5x8," mounted] 218Man with child, doorstep of West Texas labor camp [b/w, 11x14"] 219copy of #18, on white matte [b/w, 7x9"] 220Man with boy at International Bridge, 197_ [b/w, 7x8.75"] 221José Rodriguez, campesino, spring, 1976 [b/w, 6x9.125"] 222María Salas, "organizadora de la Unión de Tejas 1976 (published in Hebra, Spring, 1976.) [b/w, 6x9"] 223-24Two contact sheets showing Lydia Mendoza in concert [33mm negatives (36 exposures)] 2Color Slides 225Farm workers' march to Austin [19 slides (#14 not received)] 226West Texas laborers / Ojinaga strikers [19 slides (#9 not received)] IV. Audiovisual Materials 31Hattiesburg, Miss., Farmworker Rally, 18 June 1977 [1 audio cassette] 32"TFW" N.d. [1 helical scan video tape]