Guide to the James L. Vizzard Papers,
1942-1983
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Guide to the James L. Vizzard Papers,
1942-1983
Collection number: m0324
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
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Descriptive Summary
Title: James L. Vizzard Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1983
Collection number: Special Collections M0324
Creator: Vizzard, James L.
Extent:
16.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
None.
Publication Rights:
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance:
Gift of Father James L. Vizzard, November 4, 1980
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] James L. Vizzard Papers, M0324, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
ABSTRACT
Correspondence, reports, legislative testimony, speeches, articles, minutes, agendas, newsclippings, oral history tape and
transcript, and photographs, documenting Vizzard's career as a lobbyist and worker on behalf of rural poor, migrants and braceros.
BIOGRAPHY
Father James L. Vizzard was born in San Francisco on February 17, 1916, to James L. and Mary Flaherty Vizzard. He attended
Star of the Sea Grammar School and St. Ignatius High School in San Francisco. After graduating from high school, Vizzard joined
the Society of Jesus in Los Gatos, California, on August 14, 1933. He received a B.A. (1939) and M.A. (1940) in philosophy
from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. In the early 1940s, while continuing his studies for the priesthood at Alma
College in Los Gatos, Vizzard taught English and Latin at he University of Santa Clara and at Loyola High School in Los Angeles.
He was ordained on June 13, 1946, by Archbishop John J. Mitty at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. In 1947, Vizzard received
the degree Licentiate of Sacred Theology from Alma College. He taught at Santa Clara one more year before going east to pursue
doctoral studies. Vizzard's concern for the plight of migrant farm workers in Santa Clara orchards led him to study agricultural
economics. He spent three months in Europe examining farming conditions and methods. He studied at Georgetown University,
the United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, and the University of Chicago from 1949 to 1953, but frequent
bouts of ill health, including repeated hospitalization for a severe back injury, prevented him form completing his doctoral
studies. He returned to the University of Santa Clara, teaching there from 1953 to 1955. Seeking a way to utilize his training
in agricultural economics, Vizzard accepted a post as the first Washington, D.C. legislative representative of the National
Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC). The NCRLC, a coalition of bishops, priests and lay people founded in 1942, sought
to make the public aware of the value of rural life and to provide a forum for the discussion of farm problems. The NCRLC's
educational programs, publications, lobbying and policy-making efforts were directed towards improving the spiritual and material
quality of life in predominantly rural parishes. Vizzard spent most of the years between 1955 and 1968 as the sole NCRLC representative
in Washington. From June, 1958 to June, 1960 he was based in Des Moines, Iowa, helping the NCRLC battle a financial crisis.
In recognition of his efforts in the behalf of rural people, Pope Paul VI awarded Vizzard the Benemerenti medal in 1968, when
poor health forced him to resign his position with the NCRLC. Some of the legislative highlights of Vizzard's career as NCRLC
lobbyist include the passage of the Migrant Medical Help Law in 1962, the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act in 1963,
and the repeal of Public Law 78 (the bracero bill) in 1964. Vizzard testified more than one hundred times before congressional
committees. In 1964, he co-chaired the National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest with Walter P. Reuther of the AFL-CIO
and James Patton of the National Farmers Union. In addition to his numerous organizational affiliations, Fr. Vizzard maintained
a heavy speaking schedule and published many articles. After returning to California in 1968, Vizzard took up a new challenge:
the directorship of the then-dormant Social Apostolate of the California Province of the Society of Jesus. Vizzard felt that
his fellow Jesuits had become too complacent about the social and economic ills of modern society, and he urged them to become
fighters for social justice and civil rights. During this period, her lived for a year with two other priests in a low-income
section of San Jose. He also served on the national board of directors of Project Equality, a group made up of clergy dedicated
to eliminating discrimination within their own ranks and using the purchasing power of churches and religious organizations
to support socially responsible companies. In 1972, Vizzard accepted an invitation from Cesar Chavez to become the legislative
representative of the United Farm Workers union. Chavez asked that he concentrate immediately on strengthening the 1963 Farm
Labor Contractor Registration Act, which had proved
difficult to enforce. Vizzard's intensive months of lobbying came to fruition with the signing of the Farm Labor Contractor
Registration Act Amendments of 1974. Another notable success was the Child Labor Law Amendment of 1974, which prohibited children
under twelve from working in the fields. Other major issues of concern to the UFW included the proposed extension of the National
Labor Relations Act to cover farm workers, unemployment insurance for farm workers, efforts to curb the influx of undocumented
workers into the United States, and support for the 160-acre limitation for farms receiving water at federally-subsidized
rates. In 1974, Vizzard was appointed by Secretary of Labor Peter Brennan to the Standards Advisory Committee on Agriculture,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Fr. Vizzard resigned his post with the UFW in 1977 and retired to Santa Clara,
California.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The James L. Vizzard Papers document the activities of a Jesuit priest who spent more than thirty years lobbying, writing
and speaking on behalf of migrant laborers, braceros and the rural poor in the United States. As the Washington representative
for the National Catholic Rural Life Conference (and later for the United Farm Workers), Vizzard was instrumental in influencing
legislation aimed at improving the lot of the largely unorganized agricultural labor force. The collection, which spans 16.5
linear feet, is comprised of correspondence, reports, newsletters, articles, minutes, agendas, legislative testimony, press
releases, newsclippings, an oral history tape, and photographs. The records date from 1942 to 1983, the bulk having been generated
between 1955 and 1977. The collection is arranged into eight series, the contents and arrangement of which are described below.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
SERIES I: PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION,
1950-1983
Scope and Content Note
The first series includes thirteen appointment calendars, dating from 1955 to 1976, which give an indication of the breadth
of Vizzard's activities and travels, and the names of legislators, lobbyists, and activists with whom he conferred. Other
items include personal correspondence, a papal medal and scroll, resumes, tributes to Vizzard on the occasion of his farewell
to Washington, D.C. dinner (1968), newsclippings, and printed programs of events in which Vizzard took part.
SERIES II: WRITINGS OF JAMES L. VIZZARD, S.J.,
1949-1977
Scope and Content Note
Series II is comprised of Vizzard's writings: articles, statements and position papers in both draft and published form, transcripts
of speeches, and a substantial body of legislative testimony, dating from 1949 to 1977. Topics which figure prominently in
Vizzard's articles and testimony include: migrants and migrant health, the campaign to defeat Public Law 78 (the bracero bill),
federal water reclamation and irrigation laws, the Delano Grape Strike, and Cesar Chavez's struggle to organize farm laborers.
SERIES III: NATIONAL CATHOLIC RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE,
1942-1968
Scope and Content Note
The third series is lengthy, as it contains Vizzard's records pertaining to his thirteen-year stint as lobbyist for the National
Catholic Rural Life Conference. The NCRLC, founded in 1942 and based in Des Moines, Iowa, had several fundamental goals: the
preservation of the family-owned farm, the promotion of social justice and economic security for those who worked on the land,
and the fostering of increased appreciation of the value of agricultural life in general. Vizzard helped to create the position
of Washington representative for himself and proved to be a tenacious and highly-visible spokesman for change in agricultural
policy. The bulk of the NCRLC series consists of correspondence between Vizzard and fellow-members, staff and board members.
Outdoing letters are arranged chronologically; in-coming correspondence is alphabetical by the name of the correspondent.
There is a separate sub-series containing correspondence with NCRLC staff and officers, among them NCRLC founder, Monsignor
Luigi G. Ligutti. Additional NCRLC include annual reports, minutes, agendas, convention programs, and Vizzard's Washington
office activity and financial reports. (The subject files maintained by Vizzard during his NCRLC years may be found in Series
VI.) Vizzard's role as a lobbyist included participation in a multiplicity of activities aimed at serving the NCRLC membership
and influencing agricultural legislation. He was an indefatigable writer of letters and articles, including many for Catholic
Rural Life, the NCRLC monthly magazine, and for non-religious publications as well. He researched issues and made certain
that his friends in Congress, especially Senators Harrison Williams of New Jersey and George Aiken of Vermont, were made aware
of his findings. Their successful campaigns led to the passage of the Migrant Medical Help Law in 1962 (Williams called this
the first piece of pro-farm worker legislation since the Depression), the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act in 1963,
and the defeat of bracero legislation in 1964. Vizzard urged legislators, the NCRLC and the Catholic hierarchy alike to take
a progressive, pro-labor stand on the agricultural issues of the day.
SERIES IV: SOCIAL APOSTOLATE, CALIFORNIA PROVINCE, SOCIETY OF JESUS,
1968-1972
Scope and Content Note
Series IV contains correspondence and administrative files maintained by Vizzard during his directorship of the Social Apostolate
for the California Jesuit province. Vizzard's attempts at reviving the moribund social action ministry of this province included
meeting and planning with many Catholic leaders from other parts of the country. Vizzard corresponded widely, published a
newsletter and wrote a report on conditions within the province, and made recommendations for Jesuit involvement. Vizzard
served on the national board of project Equality, a coalition of religious groups dedicated to using their purchasing and
investment power to patronize socially responsible corporations and financial institutions, and to promote equal employment
opportunities for minorities.
SERIES V: UNITED FARM WORKERS,
1972-1977
Scope and Content Note
The fifth series dated from 1972 to 1977, the years which Vizzard spent in Washington as lobbyist for the United Farm Workers.
The records in this series include correspondence, reports, and newsletters received from UFW headquarters in Delano, California,
subject files maintained by Vizzard in Washington, legislative files, and extensive newsclipping and press release files.
Of primary concern to Vizzard was the outcome of the UFW boycott and strike activities and the subsequent press response.
At the same time, he worked with Burton Fretz of the Migrant Legal Action Program, the Reverend Wayne C. Hartmire of the National
Farm Workers Ministry, and Monsignor George G. Higgins of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, to protect the civil rights
of migrants, children and undocumented workers. There is a small amount of correspondence to Vizzard from Cesar Chavez and
other UFW leaders, including Gilbert Padilla and Jerome Cohen. The papers in this series provide and overview of the concerns
of the UFW from 1972 to 1977, rather than an in-depth analysis of the union's inner workings.
SERIES VI: SUBJECT FILES,
1953-1977
Scope and Content Note
There are nearly thirteen boxes (6.5 linear feet) of topically-arranged correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, notes,
newsletters and newsclippings in the sixth series. Some of the well-known correspondents include Henry P. Anderson (Agricultural
Workers Organizing Committee), Fay Bennett (National Sharecroppers Fund), Shirley Greene (National Farmers Union), and George
Meany and Walter Reuther (AFL-CIO). Vizzard was a prominent, energetic member of the Catholic Association for International
Peace, 1955-1964, and the Citizens Crusade Against Poverty, 1964-1967. In 1966, Vizzard served as chairman of a coalition
of over forty organizations, the National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor. There are files on number of other agricultural,
Catholic, educational and economic organizations within this series. Important topics in the General Sub-series of the Subject
Files include five years of correspondence between Vizzard and Salinas grower William O. Garin concerning the bracero situation
in California. Vizzard received national press coverage for his role as co-chairman of the Poverty in the Southwest conference
held in Tucson in 1965. Also in this sub-series is his correspondence with Secretary of Labor James Mitchell and senators
and congressmen, including Senators George Aiken, Harrison Williams, Paul Douglas, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy and Wayne
Morse and Representative Leonor Sullivan. At the conclusion of the alphabetically-arranged General Sub-series, there are five
sub-series concerning topics which Vizzard studied in depth: the Delano Grape Strike, 1965-1967; Farm Labor Contractors Registration
Act, 1964-1976; Migrants, 1953-1967; Public Law 78 (Braceros)1957-1967 and Westlands Water District/160-Acre Limitation, 1956-1977.
Vizzard evinced his strong sympathy for the grape pickers in Delano and their leader, Cesar Chavez, by urging the Catholic
Church and other religious leaders to speak in favor of the strike and join the picketing in the fields. The widespread publicity
given to his stand angered Bishop Aloysius Willinger of the Monterey-Fresno Diocese, who wrote bitter newspaper attacks against
Vizzard. Fr. Vizzard visited Delano and joined with Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders to form the Committee of religious
Concern to support the strike. The Delano Strike papers include corresponding, newsletters, and press releases. The final
four sub-series pertain to key legislative issues, including the Farm Labor Contractors Registration Act of 1963, which was
designed to curb abuses by the crew leaders who supplied farm laborers to growers. When Vizzard returned to Washington in
1972, Chavez asked him to give highest priority to strengthening the act and its enforcement. Working closely with Burton
Fretz of the Migrant Legal Action Program, Vizzard helped to draft the legislation and ensure the passage of amendments to
the act, which were signed into law by President Gerald Ford on December 7, 1974. This sub-series contains notes, drafts and
legislative materials about the original act and amendments, dating from 1964 to 1976. The exploitation of migrant workers
and braceros was of great concern to Vizzard. He maintained files on each group, which include correspondence and newsclippings.
Other items of note are a television script entitled "Harvest of Shame," some migrant case histories, and information on the
farm worker struggle in Rio Grande City, Texas. The final sub-series is comprised of correspondence, statements, reports,
and newsclippings pertaining to the Westlands Water District in California, and the federal 160-acre limitation. There is
a considerable amount of correspondence with Dr. Paul S. Taylor, Vizzard's mentor and an emeritus professor of economics at
the University of California at Berkeley, who had been crusading in favor of the allocation of federally-subsidized water
to small farms since the 1930s. Vizzard and Taylor saw many violations of the so-called 160-acre limitation, a situation that
had allowed large corporate farms to thrive at the expense of their
family-owned counterparts.
SERIES VII: ORAL HISTORY,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Series VII is an oral history tape and partial transcript of an interview conducted by Anne Loftis, author of A Long Time
Coming, The Struggle to Unionize America's Farm Workers.
SERIES VIII: PHOTOGRAPHS
Scope and Content Note
The final series is comprised of photographs of Vizzard, migrant workers (ca. 1963), and Teamster strike breakers (ca. 1973).
CONTAINER LIST
SERIES I: PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION,
1950-1983
Subseries A. Appointment Calendars
Box 1
Appointment Calendars
1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976
Subseries B. Personal Correspondence, In-Coming And Out-Going
Box 1, Folder 1
Personal Correspondence, In-Coming And Out-Going
1950-1983
Subseries C. Biographical Information
Box 1, Folder 2
Benemerenti Medal, presented to Vizzard on
Apr. 2, 1968
Box 1, Folder 3
Benemerenti Scroll, and note, n.d.
Mar. 22, 1968,
Box 2, Folder 1
Biographical information,
1955-1975
Box 2, Folder 2
Farewell to Washington, DC dinner,
Apr. 2, 1968
Box 2, Folder 3
Legal documents,
1961; 1966; 1968; 1974
Box 2, Folder 4
Medical records,
1965-1977
Box 2, Folder 5
Newsclippings about Vizzard,
1966-1972
Box 2, Folder 6
Religious records,
1955-1962
Box 2, Folder 6
Printed programs and reports (Vizzard listed as a participant),
1956-1975
SERIES II: WRITINGS OF JAMES L. VIZZARD, S.J.,
1949-1977
Subseries A. Articles, Statements And Position Papers
Box 2, Folder 7
Catholic Rural Life, articles,
1956-1964
Box 2, Folder 8
Drafts of articles, statements, and position papers,
1951-1961
Box 2, Folder 9
Drafts of articles, statements, and position papers,
1962-1963
Box 2, Folder 10
Drafts of articles, statements, and position papers,
1964-1977
Box 2, Folder 11
Drafts of articles, statements, and position papers (1),
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 1
Drafts of articles, statements, and position papers (2),
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 2
Journal articles,
1956-1962
Box 3, Folder 3
Journal articles,
1963-1973
Box 3, Folder 4
"The Morality of Industrialized Agriculture,"
1949
Box 3, Folder 5
Newspaper articles,
1957-1974
Subseries B. Speeches And Invocations
Box 3, Folder 6
Speeches And Invocations
1952-1962
Box 3, Folder 7
Speeches And Invocations
1963-1967
Subseries C. Legislative Testimony
Box 3, Folder 8
Legislative Testimony
1952-1958
Box 3, Folder 9
Legislative Testimony
1961-1963
Box 3, Folder 10
Legislative Testimony
1964-1975
SERIES III: NATIONAL CATHOLIC RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE,
1942-1968
Subseries A. Out-Going Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 1
Out-Going Correspondence
Mar.-Dec., 1955
Box 4, Folder 2
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-June, 1956
Box 4, Folder 3
Out-Going Correspondence
July-Dec., 1956
Box 4, Folder 4
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-June, 1957
Box 4, Folder 5
Out-Going Correspondence
July-Dec., 1957
Box 4, Folder 6
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Mar., 1958
Box 4, Folder 7
Out-Going Correspondence
Apr.-May, 1958
Box 4, Folder 8
Out-Going Correspondence
June-July, 1958
Box 4, Folder 9
Out-Going Correspondence
Aug.-Dec., 1958
Box 4, Folder 10
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan., 1959-Dec., 1960
Box 5, Folder 1
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Apr., 1961
Box 5, Folder 2
Out-Going Correspondence
May-July, 1961
Box 5, Folder 3
Out-Going Correspondence
Sept.-Oct., 1961
Box 5, Folder 4
Out-Going Correspondence
Nov.-Dec., 1961
Box 5, Folder 5
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Feb., 1962
Box 5, Folder 6
Out-Going Correspondence
Mar.-Apr., 1962
Box 5, Folder 7
Out-Going Correspondence
May-Aug., 1962
Box 5, Folder 8
Out-Going Correspondence
Sept.-Dec., 1962
Box 5, Folder 9
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Apr., 1963
Box 6, Folder 1
Out-Going Correspondence
May-Aug., 1963
Box 6, Folder 2
Out-Going Correspondence
Sept.-Dec., 1963
Box 6, Folder 3
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Apr., 1964
Box 6, Folder 4
Out-Going Correspondence
May-Aug., 1964
Box 6, Folder 5
Out-Going Correspondence
Sept.-Dec., 1965
Box 6, Folder 6
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-June, 1965
Box 6, Folder 7
Out-Going Correspondence
July-Dec., 1965
Box 7, Folder 1
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Mar., 1966
Box 7, Folder 2
Out-Going Correspondence
Apr.-May, 1966
Box 7, Folder 3
Out-Going Correspondence
June-Dec., 1966
Box 7, Folder 4
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Apr., 1967
Box 7, Folder 5
Out-Going Correspondence
May-Dec., 1967
Subseries B. In-Coming Correspondence
Box 9, Folder 3
Quinn, Frances-Quinn, William
Subseries C. Correspondence With Ncrlc Staff And Officers
Box 10, Folder 1
Dineen, Fr. Michael P.,
1955-1956
Box 10, Folder 2
Dineen, Fr. Michael P,
1957
Box 10, Folder 3
Dineen, Fr. Michael P,
1958
Box 10, Folder 4
Freking, Bshp.. Frederick W.,
1964-1967
Box 10, Folder 5
Jennings, Dana,
1958-1965
Box 10, Folder 6
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1954-1955
Box 10, Folder 7
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1956
Box 10, Folder 8
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1957
Box 10, Folder 9
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1958
Box 10, Folder 10
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1959-1961
Box 10, Folder 11
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1962., 1964
Box 10, Folder 12
Ligutti, Msgr. Luigi G.,
1965-1967
Box 10, Folder 13
Marling, Bshp. Joseph M.,
1961-1962
Box 10, Folder 14
Meisner, Joseph,
1957-1968
Box 11, Folder 1
O'Rourke, Msgr. Edward W.,
1955-1960
Box 11, Folder 2
O'Rourke, Msgr. Edward W.,
1961
Box 11, Folder 3
O'Rourke, Msgr. Edward W.,
1962
Box 11, Folder 4
O'Rourke, Msgr. Edward W.,
1963
Box 11, Folder 5
O'Rourke, Msgr. Edward W.,
1964
Box 11, Folder 6
O'Rourke, Msgr. Edward W.,
1965-1967
Box 11, Folder 7
Pursley, Bshp. Leo A.,
1958-1963; 1967
Box 11, Folder 8
Ramacher, Fr. Edward T.,
1958
Box 11, Folder 9
Weber, Msgr. John George,
1961
Box 11, Folder 10
Weber, Msgr. John George,
1962
Box 11, Folder 11
Weber, Msgr. John George,
1963-1968
Box 11, Folder 12
Woznicki, Bshp. Steven S.,
1957-1964
Box 11, Folder 13
Inter-office Memoranda,
1957-1961
Subseries D. Administrative Files
Box 12, Folder 1
Annual Convention,
Oct. 22-26, 1955
Box 12, Folder 2
Annual Convention ,
Oct. 16-22, 1958
Box 12, Folder 3
Annual Convention ,
Oct. 7-11, 1960
Box 12, Folder 4
Annual Convention ,
Sept. 26-29, 1961
Box 12, Folder 5
Annual Convention ,
Sept. 13-16, 1962
Box 12, Folder 6
Annual Convention ,
Oct. 8-10. 1963
Box 12, Folder 7
Annual Convention ,
Aug. 27-30, 1964
Box 12, Folder 8
Annual Convention ,
Aug. 17-19 1965
Box 12, Folder 9
Annual Convention ,
Oct. 13-16, 1966
Box 12, Folder 10
Annual Reports,
1954-1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1064. 1965, 1973
Box 12, Folder 11
Articles of Incorporation,
1942
Box 12, Folder 12
Conclusiones de Panama; correspondence of Msgr. Ligutti concerning Rural Life Congress, Panama,
Apr. 17-24, 1955
Box 12, Folder 13
Constitution and By-laws,
1951, 1959
Box 12, Folder 14
Diocesan Directors Meeting,
Nov. 6, 1957
Box 12, Folder 15
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 14-15, 1957
Box 12, Folder 16
Executive Committee Meeting,
June 25-26, 1957
Box 12, Folder 17
Executive Committee Meeting,
Oct. 8-9, 1957
Box 12, Folder 18
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 14-15, 1958
Box 12, Folder 19
Executive Committee Meeting,
June 17-18, 1958
Box 12, Folder 20
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 16-17, 1961
Box 12, Folder 21
Executive Committee Meeting,
June 20-21, 1961
Box 12, Folder 22
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 23-24, 1962
Box 12, Folder 23
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 21-23, 1963
Box 13, Folder 1
Executive Committee Meeting,
June 18-20, 1963
Box 13, Folder 2
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 29-30, 1964
Box 13, Folder 3
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 19-20, 1965
Box 13, Folder 4
Executive Committee Meeting,
June. 23, 1965
Box 13, Folder 5
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 25-26, 1966
Box 13, Folder 6
Executive Committee Meeting,
June 21-22, 1966
Box 13, Folder 7
Executive Committee Meeting,
Jan. 18-19, 1967
Box 13, Folder 8
International Catholic Conference on Problems of Rural Life, Rome,
June 25-July 2, 1951
Box 13, Folder 9
"Meeting the Challenge of Communism in Latin America," Chile,
Dec. 2-9, 1956
Box 13, Folder 10
Merrill Trust Fund Project,
1960-1965
Box 13, Folder 14
Rural Life Workshop,
Aug. 15-18, 1956
Box 13, Folder 15
Seminar for Dominican Sisters,
July 13-14, 1956
Box 13, Folder 16
Steering Committee Report,
1958
Box 13, Folder 17
Washington Office activity reports,
1956-1966
Box 13, Folder 18
Washington Office financial reports,
1955-1966
SERIES IV: SOCIAL APOSTOLATE, CALIFORNIA PROVINCE, SOCIETY OF JESUS,
1968-1972
Subseries A. Out-Going Correspondence
Box 13, Folder 19
Out-Going Correspondence
Feb.-June, 1968
Box 13, Folder 20
Out-Going Correspondence
July-Nov., 1968
Box 14, Folder 1
Out-Going Correspondence
Mar.-June, 1971
Box 14, Folder 2
Out-Going Correspondence
July-Aug., 1971
Box 14, Folder 3
Out-Going Correspondence
Sept.-Oct., 1971
Box 14, Folder 4
Out-Going Correspondence
Nov.-Dec., 1971
Box 14, Folder 5
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Feb., 1972
Box 14, Folder 6
Out-Going Correspondence
Mar.-Apr., 1972
Box 14, Folder 7
Out-Going Correspondence
May-June, 1972
Subseries B. In-Coming Correspondence
Subseries C. Administrative Files
Box 15, Folder 5
Advisory Committee Minutes, Director's Reports,
1972
Box 15, Folder 6
Chicago, News Orleans, New york Jesuit Provinces,
1971
Box 15, Folder 7
La Posada eviction,
1971-1972
Box 15, Folder 8
Oregon Jesuit Province,
1971
Box 15, Folder 10
Province Directors of the Social Apostolate,
1971-1972
Box 15, Folder 11
San Francisco Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, roster,
1971
Box 15, Folder 12
Social Apostolate Newsletter,
1971-1972
Box 15, Folder 13
Theology of social ministry, source materials,
1967-1975
SERIES V: UNITED FARM WORKERS,
1972-1977
Subseries A. Out-Going Correspondence
Box 15, Folder 14
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Oct., 1973
Box 15, Folder 15
Out-Going Correspondence
May-July, 1974
Box 15, Folder 16
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Dec., 1976
Box 15, Folder 17
Out-Going Correspondence
Jan.-Feb., 1977
Subseries B. In-Coming Correspondence
Subseries C. UFW Headquarters Working Papers
Box 16, Folder 5
Affidavits concerning arrests of strikers,
1973-1974
Box 16, Folder 6
Boycott endorsements, 1972-1974; "Boycott: A Background Perspective," 1975; "Setting Up a Boycott,' n.d.
1972-1975
Box 16, Folder 7
Coachella Strike Newsletter,
1973
Box 16, Folder 8
Gallo Wines Boycott,
1973-1974
Box 16, Folder 10
Memoranda,
Jan.-June, 1974
Box 16, Folder 11
Memoranda ,
July-Aug., 1974
Box 16, Folder 12
Memoranda ,
Sept.-Nov., 1974
Box 16, Folder 14
Newsletters from Delano,
1973-1975
Box 16, Folder 15
Newsletters printed by UFW support groups,
1973-1975
Box 16, Folder 16
"Report on Illegal Farm Labor Activity in California and Arizona," Sept., 1974; Summary of Documentation of Illegals,"
July, 1974
Box 16, Folder 17
Safeway Stores Boycott,
1973
Subseries D. Subject files
Box 17, Folder 1
AFL-CIO, 1973-1975 17
2 Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Farm Labor, 1972-1974
Box 17, Folder 3
Center of Concern,
1972-1975
Box 17, Folder 4
"A Day Without Sunshine" (television script),
n.d.
Box 17, Folder 5
Farmworker health and sanitation,
1972-1973
Box 17, Folder 6
Free Marketing Council,
1973-1974
Box 17, Folder 8
Migrant Legal Action Programs,
1974-1975
Box 17, Folder 9
National Conference of Catholic Bishops,
1972-1975
Box 17, Folder 10
National Conference on Land Reform, 1973; National Land for People,
1975-1976
Box 17, Folder 11
National Council of Churches,
1973-1974
Box 17, Folder 12
National Farm Worker Ministry;
1971-1973
Box 17, Folder 13
National Farm Work Ministry,
1974-1977
Box 17, Folder 14
National Farm Workers Health Group,
1971-1974
Box 17, Folder 15
National Sharecroppers Fund,
1973-1975
Box 17, Folder 16
Newsletters and statements on UFW Strike,
1971-1974
Box 17, Folder 17
Office of Economic Opportunity Migrant Programs,
1973
Box 17, Folder 19
Rural America/Rural Housing Alliance,
1974-1976
Box 18, Folder 1
United States Catholic Conference,
1973-1975
Box 18, Folder 2
U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Standards Advisory Committee on Agriculture,
1974-1975
Subseries E. Legislative files
Box 18, Folder 3
California legislative materials and court cases,
1972-1977
Box 18, Folder 4
California Proposition 22 (Farm Labor Initiative),
1972
Box 18, Folder 5
Federal legislative materials, miscellaneous,
1972-1977
Box 18, Folder 6
H.R. 632 (child labor),
1975
Box 18, Folder 7
H.R. 982 (illegal aliens),
1973
Box 18, Folder 8
House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor, Hearings on Migrants, Miami,
Apr., 1973
Box 18, Folder 9
Other state legislative materials and court cases,
1972-1977
Box 18, Folder 10
P.L. 93-355 (Legal Services Corporation Act),
1975
Subseries F. Publicity files
Box 19, Folder 1
Msgr. George G. Higgins, ed., "The Yardstick,"
Feb.-Nov., 1973
Box 19, Folder 2
Msgr. George G. Higgins ,
Mar., 1974,-June, 1976
Box 19, Folder 3
Newsclippings and press releases,
1972
Box 19, Folder 4
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Jan., 1973
Box 19, Folder 5
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Feb., 1973
Box 19, Folder 6
Newsclippings and press releases ,
March., 1973
Box 19, Folder 7
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Apr., 1973
Box 19, Folder 8
Newsclippings and press releases ,
May, 1973
Box 19, Folder 9
Newsclippings and press releases ,
June, 1973
Box 19, Folder 10
Newsclippings and press releases ,
July, 1973 (1)
Box 19, Folder 11
Newsclippings and press releases ,
July, 1973 (2)
Box 19, Folder 12
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Aug., 1973
Box 19, Folder 13
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Sept., 1973
Box 19, Folder 14
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Oct.-Nov., 1973
Box 19, Folder 15
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Dec., 1973
Box 19, Folder 16
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Jan., 1974
Box 19, Folder 17
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Feb., 1974
Box 19, Folder 18
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Mar., 1974
Box 19, Folder 19
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Apr., 1974
Box 19, Folder 20
Newsclippings and press releases ,
May, 1974
Box 19, Folder 21
Newsclippings and press releases ,
June, 1974
Box 20, Folder 1
Newsclippings and press releases ,
July, 1974
Box 20, Folder 2
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Aug., 1974
Box 20, Folder 3
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Sept., 1974
Box 20, Folder 4
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Oct., 1974
Box 20, Folder 5
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Nov., 1974
Box 20, Folder 6
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Dec., 1974
Box 20, Folder 7
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Jan., 1975
Box 20, Folder 8
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Feb., 1975
Box 20, Folder 9
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Mar., 1975
Box 20, Folder 10
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Apr., 1975
Box 20, Folder 11
Newsclippings and press releases ,
May, 1975
Box 20, Folder 12
Newsclippings and press releases ,
June, 1975
Box 20, Folder 13
Newsclippings and press releases ,
July, 1975
Box 20, Folder 14
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Aug., 1975
Box 20, Folder 15
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Sept., 1975
Box 20, Folder 16
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Oct., 1975
Box 20, Folder 17
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Nov., 1975
Box 20, Folder 18
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Dec., 1975
Box 20, Folder 19
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Jan., 1976
Box 20, Folder 20
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Feb., 1976
Box 20, Folder 21
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Mar., 1976
Box 20, Folder 22
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Apr., 1976
Box 20, Folder 23
Newsclippings and press releases ,
May-June, 1976
Box 20, Folder 24
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Sept.-Dec., 1976
Box 20, Folder 25
Newsclippings and press releases ,
Jan.-Mar., 1977
SERIES VI: SUBJECT FILES,
1953-1977
Subseries A. General,
1955-1975
Box 20, Folder 26
"Agriculture in California," (pastoral letter),
1966
Box 20, Folder 27
Agriculture, Occupational group Order in
Box 20, Folder 28
America Magazine,
1955-1956
Box 20, Folder 29
American Country Life Association,
1956-1963
Box 20, Folder 30
American Farm Bureau Federation,
1956-1965
Box 21, Folder 1
American Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO),
1961-1966
Box 21, Folder 2
Americans for Democratic Action,
1966
Box 21, Folder 3
American Jewish Committee,
1961-1962
Box 21, Folder 4
Anderson, Henry Pope,
1958-1961
Box 21, Folder 6
Bishops' Committee for Migrant Workers,
1961-1962
Box 21, Folder 7
Bishops' Committee for Migrant Workers ,
1963-1966
Box 21, Folder 8
Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking,
1958-1963
Box 21, Folder 9
Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking,
1964-1967
Box 21, Folder 10
Brown, Dan (Wheat Germ Flour),
1955-1956
Box 21, Folder 11
Catholic Association for International Peace, correspondence,
1955-1964
Box 21, Folder 12
Catholic Association for International Peace , reports and minutes,
1956-1964
Box 21, Folder 13
California Center for Community Development,
1966-1967
Box 21, Folder 14
California Farmer-Consumer Information Committee,
1966
Box 21, Folder 15
Catholic colleges, agricultural economics,
1960-1961
Box 21, Folder 16
Catholic Relief Services,
1961-1964
Box 21, Folder 17
Catholic Youth Encyclopedia,
1961-1962
Box 21, Folder 19
Celamex Mexican Labor Center,
1965
Box 21, Folder 21
Citizens Crusade Against Poverty, correspondence,
1964-1967
Box 22, Folder 1
Citizens Crusade Against Poverty, Commission on Rural Affairs, minutes and reports,
1965-1967
Box 22, Folder 2
Clergy-Economic Foundation,
1962
Box 22, Folder 3
Collective Bargaining, National Labor Relations Board,
1966-1967
Box 22, Folder 4
Committee for a National Trade Policy,
1958-1962
Box 22, Folder 5
Committee on Immigration from Japan,
1955
Box 22, Folder 6
Committee for International Economic Growth,
1958
Box 22, Folder 7
Community Action, Southold Town,
1966
Box 22, Folder 10
Cooperative Bargaining for American Agriculture," comments,
1961
Box 22, Folder 11
Cooperative League of the USA,
1956-1966
Box 22, Folder 12
Cooperative League of the USA, Cooperative Modern Management Institute,
1962
Box 22, Folder 13
Country Beautiful Magazine,
1961-1962
Box 22, Folder 14
Country Life Commission,
1958-1961
Box 22, Folder 15
Cronin, Rev. John F., "Catholic Rural Philosophy," 1958 22
16 Crowley, Msgr. Joseph R., 1962-1966
Box 22, Folder 18
Duff, Edward, S.J.,
1961-1962
Box 22, Folder 19
Edwards, Dr. Lena,
1963-1964
Box 22, Folder 20
Family Farm Policy Review,
1952
Box 22, Folder 22
Fellabeen, by Fr. Ayrout,
1955-1957
Box 22, Folder 23
Figlino, Rev. Roy,
1961-1962
Box 22, Folder 24
Food For Freedom,
1966-1967
Box 22, Folder 25
Food For India, Joint Resolution,
1967
Box 22, Folder 26
Food Stamp Plan,
1956, 1958
Box 23, Folder 1
Food-Population. Material for talks at Purdue University and St. Charles Seminary,
1966-1967
Box 23, Folder 2
Food. World Food Congress,
1963, 1968
Box 23, Folder 3
Food. World Food Crisis article for Journal,
1966
Box 23, Folder 6
Foreign trade, materials and testimony,
1962
Box 23, Folder 9
Ginder, Fr. Richard,
1958
Box 23, Folder 10
Hermes, Mrs. Ambrose,
1960-1961
Box 23, Folder 11
Hylden, Rev. Joseph,
1958
Box 23, Folder 12
Institute of Social Order,
1956-1957
Box 23, Folder 13
International Conference on Water for Peace,
1967
Box 23, Folder 14
International Development Conference,
1965, 1967
Box 23, Folder 15
Institute of Inter-American Affairs,
1951
Box 23, Folder 16
Jones, Joseph M.,
1961-1962
Box 23, Folder 17
Jubilee Magazine,
1966-1967
Box 23, Folder 18
LaFarge Institute,
1965-1967
Box 23, Folder 19
Lucey, Archbshp. Robert E.,
1957-1967
Box 24, Folder 1
Miller, Dr. Raymond and Robert Miller,
1956-1958
Box 24, Folder 2
Minimum Wage, notes,
n.d.
Box 24, Folder 3
Money and Banking, notes,
n.d.
Box 24, Folder 4
Mulloy, Bshp. William T.,
1958
Box 24, Folder 6
National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty,
1967
Box 24, Folder 7
National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor,
1961-1966
Box 24, Folder 8
National Association for Community Development,
1967
Box 24, Folder 9
National Association of Manufacturers,
1957-1959
Box 24, Folder 10
National Association of Manufacturers,
1960-1962
Box 24, Folder 11
National Association of Manufacturers,
1963-1965
Box 24, Folder 12
National Campaign for Agricultural Democracy,
1967
Box 24, Folder 13
National Catholic Social Action Conference,
1960-1966
Box 24, Folder 14
National Catholic Welfare Conference,
1955-1958
Box 24, Folder 15
National Catholic Welfare Conference,
1967
Box 24, Folder 16
National Committee for Children and Youth,
1961-1963
Box 25, Folder 1
National Committee on Natural Resources,
1964-1966
Box 25, Folder 2
National Committee on World Food Crisis,
1965-1968
Box 25, Folder 3
National conference on International Economic and Social Development,
1958-1961
Box 25, Folder 4
National conference on International Economic and Social Development,
1962
Box 25, Folder 5
National conference on International Economic and Social Development,
1963-1964
Box 25, Folder 6
National Conference on Religion and Race, Chicago,
1963
Box 25, Folder 7
National Consumers League,
1961-1962
Box 25, Folder 8
National Council of Catholic Men,
1955-1967
Box 25, Folder 9
National Council of Catholic,
1956-1967
Box 25, Folder 10
National Council of Churches,
1955-1967
Box 25, Folder 11
National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1956-1972 25
12 National Farmers Union, 1955-1961
Box 25, Folder 13
National Farmers Union ,
1962-1967
Box 26, Folder 1
National Federation of Catholic College Students,
1961-1963
Box 26, Folder 2
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 1961-1967 26
3 National Service Corps, 1962-1964
Box 26, Folder 4
National Sharecroppers Fund,
1956-1965
Box 26, Folder 6
Office of Economic Opportunity,
1964-1967
Box 26, Folder 7
Office of Economic Opportunity , Legal Services,
1965-1966
Box 26, Folder 8
Office of Economic Opportunity , STAR Project,
1966
Box 26, Folder 9
Papal Statements,
1954-1971
Box 26, Folder 10
Papal Volunteers for Latin American,
1961-1962
Box 26, Folder 11
Patterson, Col. Robert M.,
1962
Box 26, Folder 13
Peace Corp, Citizens Sabbatical, correspondence
1965-1967
Box 26, Folder 14
Peace Corp, Citizens Sabbatical, drafts,
1965-1967
Box 26, Folder 15
Peace Corps, miscellaneous,
1961-1966
Box 27, Folder 1
Poverty in the Southwest Conference,
Aug.-Dec., 1964
Box 27, Folder 2
Poverty in the Southwest Conference,
Jan., 1965-Jan., 1966
Box 27, Folder 3
Poverty in the Southwest Conference, publicity,
1964-1965
Box 27, Folder 4
Publication requests,
1961-1962
Box 27, Folder 5
Religion and Labor Council of America,
1963
Box 27, Folder 8
Sacco, Dr. Paul,
1955-1958
Box 27, Folder 9
School Milk Program,
1966
Box 27, Folder 10
Seasonal farm Labor,
1965
Box 27, Folder 12
Society for International Development,
1958-1962
Box 27, Folder 13
Soil Conservation,
1955-1956
Box 27, Folder 14
Southern Pacific Company,
1965
Box 27, Folder 15
Stern Family Fund,
1964-1967
Box 27, Folder 16
Sullivan, Leonor K.,
1958
Box 27, Folder 18
Synagogue Council of America,
1961-1962
Box 27, Folder 19
United Automobile Workers (AFL-CIO),
1964-1966
Box 28, Folder 1
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1955-1968
Box 28, Folder 2
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Areas Development Program,
1962
Box 28, Folder 3
U.S. Department of Commerce,
1964-1968
Box 28, Folder 4
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Demonstration Cities Program,
1966
Box 28, Folder 5
U.S. Department of Labor,
1961-1967
Box 28, Folder 6
U.S. Department of State,
1955-1968
Box 28, Folder 7
U.S. House of Representatives, correspondence,
1956-1962
Box 28, Folder 8
U.S. House of Representatives, correspondence,
1963-1967
Box 28, Folder 9
U.S. Senate, correspondence,
1955-1958
Box 28, Folder 10
U.S. Senate, correspondence ,
1959-1962
Box 28, Folder 11
U.S. Senate, correspondence,
1963-1964
Box 28, Folder 12
U.S. Senate, correspondence,
1965-1968
Box 29, Folder 1
U.S. Senate Bill 3683/House Bill 12121, Area Development Act,
1958
Box 29, Folder 2
U.S. Senate Bills 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 2877, introduced by Sen. Harrison A. Williams,
1963, 1966
Box 29, Folder 3
U.S. Senate Bill 109, Agricultural Producers Marketing Act,
1965-1966
Box 29, Folder 4
University of Santa Clara,
1956-1957
Box 29, Folder 6
Vekemans, Roger, S.J.,
1958-1975
Box 29, Folder 7
Washington Seminar for Theological Students,
1966
Box 29, Folder 8
Western States Water and Power Consumers Conference,
1964-1966
Box 29, Folder 9
White House, correspondence,
1957-1967
Subseries B. Delano Grape Strike,
1965-1967
Box 29, Folder 11
Correspondence,
1966-1967
Box 29, Folder 12
Correspondence, (with news media),
1966
Box 29, Folder 13
Newsletters and press releases,
1965-1967
Box 29, Folder 14
Press coverage,
1965-1967
Box 29, Folder 15
Willinger, Bshp. Aloysius controversy,
1966
Subseries C. Farm Labor Contractors Registration Act,
1964-1976
Box 30, Folder 1
Background materials and notes,
1964-1965
Box 30, Folder 2
Background materials and notes,
1973-Feb., 1974
Box 30, Folder 3
Background materials and notes,
Mar.-June, 1974
Box 30, Folder 4
Background materials and notes,
July, 1974-1976
Box 30, Folder 5
Background materials and notes (1),
n.d.
Box 30, Folder 6
Background materials and notes (2),
n.d.
Subseries D. Migrants,
1953-1967
Box 30, Folder 7
"Harvest of Shame" (television script),
Nov. 25, 1960
Box 31, Folder 1
Migrant case histories,
1963
Box 31, Folder 3
Rio Grande City, Texas
1966-1967
Subseries E. Public Law 78
Box 31, Folder 4
Correspondence,
1961-1962
Box 31, Folder 5
Correspondence,
Mar.-May, 1963
Box 31, Folder 6
Correspondence,
June-July, 1963
Box 31, Folder 7
Correspondence,
Oct., 1963-Feb., 1965
Box 31, Folder 8
Press coverage,
1957-1967
Subseries F. Westlands Water District/160-Acre Limitation,
1956-1977
Box 32, Folder 1
Congressional Record,
1947-1976
Box 32, Folder 2
Correspondence, out-going,
1956-1967
Box 32, Folder 3
Correspondence, in-coming,
1957-1962
Box 32, Folder 4
Correspondence, in-coming,
1964
Box 32, Folder 5
Correspondence, in-coming,
1965-1966
Box 32, Folder 7
Statements, reports and miscellany,
1962-1966
Box 32, Folder 8
Statements, reports and miscellany,
1970-1972
Box 32, Folder 9
Statements, reports and miscellany,
1973-1974
Box 32, Folder 10
Statements, reports and miscellany (1),
1975
Box 33, Folder 1
Statements, reports and miscellany (2),
1975
Box 33, Folder 2
Statements, reports and miscellany,
1976-1977
Box 33, Folder 3
Statements, reports and miscellany,
n.d.
Box 33, Folder 4
Taylor, Dr. Paul S.,
1956-1961
Box 33, Folder 5
Taylor, Dr. Paul S.,
1964
Box 33, Folder 6
Taylor, Dr. Paul S,
1965-1967
SERIES VII: ORAL HISTORY,
1980
Box 33, Folder 7
Oral history tape and partial transcript; Vizzard interviewed by Anne Loftis,
Nov. 22, 1980
Box 33, Folder 8
Group photograph, signed by Norris E. Dodd and Bernard W. Miller,
n.d.
Box 33, Folder 9
Group photographs (including Vizzard),
n.d.
Box 33, Folder 10
Photographs from migrant case histories (Box 31, Folder 1),
ca. 1963
Box 33, Folder 11
Portrait photographs of Vizzard,
n.d.
Box 33, Folder 12
Teamster strike breakers,
ca. 1973
