urn:taro:utexas.blac.00174 Alan Pogue Photographs, c.1970 Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, May 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Pogue, Alan Alan Pogue Photographs 1970 English BENSON-MS POGUE, ALAN 23665588 1 b/w photographic contact sheet Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin 29 photographic images on one contact sheet documenting the Economy Furniture Company Strike and Austin Chicano Huelga. Biographical Sketch

Photographer Alan Pogue grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. He worked as photojournalist in Austin, Texas. He is known for his photographs of migrant agricultural workers, strikers, protesters, artists, and performers. Pogue's work has been published in books, magazines, and newspapers, and has been shown in several one-man exhibits.

 Scope and Contents Note

Consists of 29 images (on one contact sheet) of strikers and protesters in Austin, Texas, during the Economy Furniture Company Strike, also known as the Austin Chicano Huelga, 1970. Most images show pickets at the Economy Furniture plant, or marchers in a demonstration. One image shows protesters carrying a banner reading "Austin Chicano Huelga." Another image shows a banner for the Vietnam War Moratorium.

 Access Restrictions

Unrestricted.

 Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply. All requests for duplication or publication must be made to the photographer.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Alan Pogue Photographs, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

 Related Material

The Benson Collection holds an archival collection documenting the Economy Furniture Company Strike and Austin Chicano Huelga.

The Benson Collection and the University of Texas Libraries also hold published works by Pogue including his Agricultural workers of the Rio Grande and Rio Bravo valleys : a portfolio (Austin, Tex., 1984) available in the Benson Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room at call number -Q- F 392 R5 P638 1984 LAC-Z.

 Index Terms

The Alan Pogue Photographs are classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries catalog:

Economy Furniture Company Strike, Austin, Texas, 1978-1971--Photographs Demonstrations--Texas--Austin--Photographs Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Photographs Strikes and lockouts--Furniture industry--Texas--Austin--Photographs Box and Folder Inventory Photographs

No item description of the photographs is currently available. The collection is open for consultion in the Benson Latin American Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room.