Guide to the Fred Ross papers M0812

Processed by Patricia Mazón; machine-readable finding aid created by Geoffrey Skinner. Updated version created 2015.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Fred Ross papers
creator: Ross, Fred, 1910-1992
source: Ross, Fred, Jr.
Identifier/Call Number: M0812
Physical Description: 25 Linear Feet (48 boxes ; 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1920-2003
Abstract: Fred W. Ross, Sr. was a pioneer community and labor organizer who fought racial prejudice and championed the rights of the working poor. His papers include correspondence, memoranda, subject files, press clippings, drafts, unpublished writing, photographs, and audio recordings.

Biographical / Historical

Fred W. Ross was born August 23, 1910 in San Francisco to Fred W. and Daisy C. Ross. He grew up in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and attended Belmont High School until 1929. An English literature and social science major, he graduated from the University of Southern California in 1937.
Giving up his original plan to become a teacher because he could not find a job during the Depression, Ross became a caseworker with the state relief administration. In 1939 he became the manager of the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp near Bakersfield, the same camp John Steinbeck drew on to write The Grapes of Wrath. Ross encouraged the inhabitants to organize themselves. In 1941 he began to work for the War Relocation Authority helping Japanese American internees leave the camps and obtain jobs and housing.
In 1946 Ross went to work for the American Council on Race Relations to promote "Councils for Civic Unity" in California in response to the racial tensions that had surfaced during the war. The eight Hispanic Unity Leagues Ross organized fought segregation in schools and elsewhere. From 1947 to 1952 he worked for Saul Alinsky and the Industrial Areas Foundation. With their support Ross established the first Community Service Organization in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. In 1952 he met Cesar Chavez, then a young man in San Jose, and hired him. Both men founded 22 CSO chapters throughout California in the 1950's. As a decades-long mentor, Ross had a strong influence on Chavez, who remembered that "as time went on, Fred became sort of my hero. I saw him organize and I wanted to learn."
In 1964 Ross was hired by the National Presbyterian Church to establish a community self-help group in Guadalupe, Arizona, a poor small town, populated by Yaqui Indians and Mexican Americans, where the church owned much property. The following year, 1965-66, Ross taught community organizing at Syracuse University in the first course of its kind. In 1966 Ross began his work with Cesar Chavez's UFW, training hundreds of organizers. He organized many well-known strikes and boycotts, among them the Giumarra strike of 1967, the grape boycott of 1968, the lettuce strikes of 1970 and 1973, and the Gallo wine boycott of 1973.
In 1978 Ross directed Jerry Brown's campaign for governor of California. Ross helped to organize the United Domestic Workers of America and the 1979 Chiquita Banana Boycott. In 1984 he became involved with Nuclear Freeze, Jobs with Peace, CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador). He also worked with the anti-interventionist group Neighbor to Neighbor with his son, Fred Ross, Jr.
Ross developed and taught organizing techniques such as the house meeting. This work is well-documented in the Papers. In 1989 Neighbor to Neighbor published Ross' Axioms for Organizers as a booklet. The same year, El Taller Grafico press (UFW) pubished Ross' first book, Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez at the Beginning.
In 1937 Ross married Yvonne Gregg; they divorced shortly after the birth of their son, Robert, in 1940. Ross married Frances Gibson in 1943, and they had three children, Julia, Fred, Jr., and Rob. Fred Ross died on September 27, 1992. He was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2014.

Scope and Contents

The Ross Papers comprise the personal and professional materials of Fred Ross and occupy approximately 25 linear feet.
The general condition of the papers reflects Ross' peripatetic lifestyle as an organizer. Before being acquired by Stanford, the Ross papers were stored in various locations; a few of the papers have extensive water and mold damage. Many of the files and papers are incomplete, break off suddenly, or have had to be reconstructed or reorganized. The general organization of the papers is also affected by the fact that Ross suffered from Alzheimer's disease at the end of his life. Often he went back and relabelled files, sometimes erroneously; when these errors were obvious, they were corrected in the folder title. In going through many of his files, Ross removed items to use for his autobiographical manuscripts and then did not replace them. This means that some files have obvious gaps. When the missing materials could clearly be identified, they were put back with the larger files to which they belonged. When the provenance of stray items could not be easily determined, they were filed by themselves or, when found in a group, filed together with other "missing pieces" under titles such as "misc. manuscript pages" or "organizing materials (without organization names)." Overall the processor followed the principle of preserving as much of the original order as possible and leaving it to the individual researcher to determine what may belong together.
The Manuscript and Audiotape Series may be the richest for researchers. It is here that Ross' organizing work and personal experience are most fully documented.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Fred Ross Papers, M0812, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased by Stanford University Libraries in 1995 and 2015.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Selected audio has been transferred.

Related Collections

Stanford also holds the Community Service Organization History Project records (M1669).
Another small collection of Ross' papers is held by the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University in Detroit. This collection includes daily field activity reports documenting Ross's training of Chavez as an organizer for the Community Service Organization from 1954 to 1965 and an untitled manuscript, written around 1973, about Chavez and his early work in the organization of farm workers.

Notable or frequently mentioned individuals (A-Z):

Missing Title

  1. John Adler
  2. Saul Alinsky
  3. Dan Bacar
  4. Bill Beachy
  5. Jenny Brashear
  6. Dave Burciaga
  7. Cesar Chavez
  8. Andy Coe
  9. [Ellie] Cohen
  10. Greg Costello
  11. Joe Deety
  12. Chris Donoughue
  13. Joe Dukes
  14. Nancy Elliot
  15. Dianne Feinstein
  16. Mike Ganley
  17. Marshall Ganz
  18. Warren Hagstrom
  19. Bob Hardie
  20. Chirs Hartmire
  21. H. Hasawara
  22. Hayes
  23. Ralph Helstein
  24. Dolores Huerta
  25. Nick Jones
  26. Dave Koeler
  27. Ignacio ("Nacho") Lopez
  28. Mark Lyons
  29. Barbara Macry
  30. David Martinez
  31. Mary McCarthy
  32. Blain McGowan
  33. Eliseo Medina
  34. Dolores Mendoza
  35. Ray Mork
  36. Henry Nava
  37. Frank Ortiz
  38. Bob Parcel
  39. Lois Pryner
  40. Clint Reilly
  41. Tony Rios
  42. John Rodrigo
  43. Arturo Rodriguez
  44. Edward R. Roybal
  45. Hector Tarango
  46. Jo M. Tobin
  47. Ruth Tuck
  48. Barbara Wyler

Notable institutions in the collection:

Missing Title

  1. American Council on Race Relations (ACRR)
  2. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
  3. Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)
  4. California Federation for Civic Unity (CFCU)
  5. Central America Peace Education Training Project
  6. Community Action Training Center (CATC)
  7. Community Service Organization (CSO)
  8. Guadalupe Organization, Inc. (GO)
  9. Industrial Areas Foundation
  10. League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
  11. National Farm Worker Ministry
  12. National Farm Workers' Association (NFWA)
  13. National Farm Workers' Union (NFWU)
  14. Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO)
  15. Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign
  16. State Relief Administration (SRA)
  17. Survival Institute
  18. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  19. United Farm Workers (UFW)
  20. War Relocation Authority (WRA)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Organizing
Community organization
Ross, Fred, 1910-1992
Ross, Fred, 1910-1992
Ross, Fred, Jr.

 

Series A. Personal Materials (2 linear feet)

Scope and Contents

These boxes hold Ross' personal correspondence, certificates of appreciation, and material on his health and finances.
box 1, folder 1

Cards

box 1, folder 2

Datebook, 1972

box 1, folder 3

Datebook, 1975-76

box 1, folder 4

Datebook, 1978-79

box 1, folder 5

Datebook, 1979

box 1, folder 6

Finances

box 1, folder 7

The Fred Ross, Sr., Collection, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

box 1, folder 8

Harvard speech, 1977

box 1, folder 9

Job, 1941

box 1, folder 10

Maid, 1950's

box 1, folder 11

Medical

box 1, folder 12

Memorial service, 1992

box 1, folder 13

Poetry

box 1, folder 14

References

box 1, folder 15

Voting Registration Report, Alameda

box 1, folder 16

Voting Registration Report, San Francisco and Marin

box 1, folder 17

Voting Registration Report, San Jose

box 1, folder 18

Voting Registration Report, San Mateo

box 1, folder 19

Work Diary, 1957

box 1, folder 20

Misc.

box 2 (legal), folder 1

Correspondence, 1940-49

box 2 (legal), folder 2

Correspondence, 1950-59

box 2 (legal), folder 3

Correspondence, 1960-69

box 2 (legal), folder 4

Correspondence, 1970-79

box 2 (legal), folder 5

Correspondence, 1980-89

box 2 (legal), folder 6

Correspondence, undated

box 2 (legal), folder 7

"Doctor of la Huelga," 1968

box 2 (legal), folder 8

News clippings about Fred W. Ross

box 2 (legal), folder 9

Scroll of Appreciation from CSO chapters, 1958

box 2 (legal), folder 10

Stickers and Buttons

box 2 (legal), folder 11

Travel Reports

box 2 (legal), folder 12

Travel Reports and Expenses

box 3 (OS)

"Donde Nacen las Culturas," memento from the Guadalupe Organization, Incorporated, 1970

 

Series B. Subject Files (7 linear feet)

Scope and Contents

This contains materials from organizations Ross worked with and subjects in which he was interested. Also included are two boxes of press clippings. The final part of the series consists of materials Ross used to train labor and community organizers. Larger items in this series were placed in legal size boxes and follow the regular sized items.
 

Subseries: Alphabetical by Subject

box 4, folder 1

"Aboriginal Cultures of the Western Hemisphere," Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940

box 4, folder 2

Adult Education Association

box 4, folder 3

AFL-CIO

box 4, folder 4

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)

box 4, folder 5

Saul Alinsky

box 4, folder 6

Alzheimer's Disease

box 4, folder 7

Amnesty International

box 4, folder 8

Paul C. Ashton, "The New World Society, Jehovah's Witnesses," 1956

box 4, folder 9

Asociación Nacional Mexicana Americana

box 4, folder 10

California Attorney General, "Know your rights...when you buy on time" [n.d.]

box 4, folder 11

California Center for Community Development

box 4, folder 12

California Division of Fair Employment Practices, "Californians of Spanish Surname..." 1964

box 4, folder 13

California Federation for Civic Unity (CFCU)

box 4, folder 14

Cesar Chavez for Governor Committee

box 4, folder 15

Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty

box 4, folder 16

Citizens for Farm Labor

box 4, folder 17

City College Cooperative Education Newsletter, 1972, 1974

box 4, folder 18

Community Action Training Center (CATC)

box 4, folder 19

Conference on Community Relations, 1947

box 4, folder 20

Cooperation in Agriculture, 1936

box 4, folder 21

Corporación Organizada Para Acción y Servidora (COPAS)

box 4, folder 22

CSO

box 4, folder 23

CSO

box 4, folder 24

CSO

box 4, folder 25

CSO

box 4, folder 26

CSO

box 4, folder 27

CSO

box 4, folder 28

CSO-- Alameda County

box 4, folder 29

CSO-- Boyle Heights

box 4, folder 30

CSO-- CIO, 1948-53

box 5, folder 1

CSO-- Civil Rights Prior to 1950

box 5, folder 2

CSO-- Correspondence

box 5, folder 3

CSO-- Educationals, San Jose

box 5, folder 4

CSO-- Executive Board, Minutes, 1955

box 5, folder 5

CSO-- Executive Committee, Minutes, 1949-50

box 5, folder 6

CSO-- Executive Commitee, Minutes, 1951

box 5, folder 7

CSO-- General Membership, Minutes, 1952

box 5, folder 8

CSO-- Hanford

box 5, folder 9

CSO-- Labor Commissioner

box 5, folder 10

CSO-- LA

box 5, folder 11

CSO-- LA

box 5, folder 12

CSO-- Lincoln Heights

box 5, folder 13

CSO-- Lincoln Heights [?]

box 5, folder 14

CSO-- Membership, 1961-62

box 5, folder 15

CSO-- National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc., 1949-1953

box 5, folder 16

CSO-- Neighborhood Matters

box 5, folder 17

CSO-- News Releases

box 5, folder 18

CSO-- Notes [1958?]

box 5, folder 19

CSO-- Press Clippings

box 6, folder 1

CSO-- Robert Marshall Fund, 1953

box 6, folder 2

CSO-- San Bernardino

box 6, folder 3

CSO-- San Jose

box 6, folder 4

CSO-- Soledad

box 6, folder 5

CSO-- Stockton

box 6, folder 6

CSO-- Third National Convention, 1956

box 6, folder 7

Jeanne Davis, "Organizing the Urban Poor..." 1967

box 6, folder 8

Delano

box 6, folder 9

"A Diocese Decides to Act," 1965

box 6, folder 10

Dan Dodson, "Power as a dimension of education," 1963

box 6, folder 11

East Coast Migrant Health Project

box 6, folder 12

Economic Notes, 1971

box 6, folder 13

"Exitos de Martinez Gil," 1955

box 6, folder 14

Farm Worker/Dept. of Employment Notices

box 6, folder 15

Farm Worker Legislation, Spanish version

box 6, folder 16

Friedland and Melkin, Migrant

box 6, folder 17

Varden Fuller, "A New Era for Farm Labor," Industrial Relations, 1967

box 6, folder 18

Ernesto Galarza, Strangers in Our Fields, 1956

box 6, folder 19

Gallo Boycott Songs

box 6, folder 20

Rodolfo Gonzalez, I am Joaquin, 1967

box 6, folder 21

Richard Griswold del Castillo

box 6, folder 22

Guadalupe, Arizona, 1964

box 6, folder 23

Guadalupe Organization, Inc.

box 6, folder 24

Guadalupe Organization, Inc., "Donde Nacen las Culturas" [memento]

box 6, folder 25

Warren Hagstrom

box 6, folder 26

Warren Hagstrom, "Action Organizations of Minority Group Communities," 1965

box 6, folder 27

Warren Hagstrom, "CATC Notes," 1966

box 6, folder 28

Warren Hagstrom, "The Moral Case Against Social Action," 1965

box 6, folder 29

Warren Hagstrom, "The Organizer," 1965

box 7, folder 1

Warren Hagstrom, Poverty and Adult Education, 1964

box 7, folder 2

Warren Hagstrom, "Poverty and Adult Education," 1964

box 7, folder 3

Warren Hagstrom, "Poverty Planning," 1965

box 7, folder 4

Warren Hagstrom, "The Power of the Poor," 1964

box 7, folder 5

Warren Hagstrom, "A Preliminary Report on Social Action Problems" [n.d.]

box 7, folder 6

Warren Hagstrom, "Turn Back the Clock!" 1966

box 7, folder 7

Warren Hagstrom, "The View From the Office in Back," 1966

box 7, folder 8

Industrial Areas Foundation

box 7, folder 9

Industrial Areas Foundation

box 7, folder 10

"Interracial Prejudices in San Jose, California - 1950"

box 7, folder 11

"Issei, Nisei, Kibei. Fortune Magazine..." 1944

box 7, folder 12

Vera Johnson, "The Teamsters" (song)

box 7, folder 13

Clark S. Knowlton, "Problems and Difficulties in Planning and Development in Areas with Large Minority Groups," 1964

box 7, folder 14

"The Legend of Pancho Sanchez"

box 7, folder 15

Jacques E. Levy, "Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa," 1974

box 7, folder 16

McFarland Cancer Cluster

box 7, folder 17

Mendota, California

box 7, folder 18

Mike Miller Class Outline

box 7, folder 19

Milligan

box 7, folder 20

Minimum Wage

box 7, folder 21

MIT paper (poem about Chavez)

box 7, folder 22

National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor

box 7, folder 23

National Farm Worker Ministry

box 7, folder 24

National Farm Workers Service Center

box 7, folder 25

Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign

box 8, folder 1

Orange County Segregated School Case

box 8, folder 2

ORGANIZE, San Francisco

box 8, folder 3

Organizing materials (without organization names)

box 8, folder 4

Tiberio Panzini, 1945

box 8, folder 5

Pax Americas

box 8, folder 6

Proposed Free Elections Law for Farm Workers [UFW?]

box 8, folder 7

Proposition 14, The Farm Labor Initiative

box 8, folder 8

Publications by AFL-CIO and other unions

box 8, folder 9

Earl Raab and Hugh Folk, "The Pattern of Dependent Poverty in

box 8

California," 1963

box 8, folder 10

Rancho Furukawa

box 8, folder 11

Sandra Rifkin, "Moving Cities. A Proposal for Migrant Farm Labor"

box 8, folder 12

Fred W. Ross Farmworkers Education Center

box 8, folder 13

Edward R. Roybal, speech on Communist Control Ordinance, 1950

box 8, folder 14

Rules of Order

box 8, folder 15

San Diego Unity League

box 8, folder 16

Songs

box 8, folder 17

Spanish-language poetry and songs

box 8, folder 18

Staff List

box 8, folder 19

Stockton

box 8, folder 20

Stockton [?]

box 8, folder 21

Strike Song

box 8, folder 22

Syracuse University, "Proposal for a Community Development...Project," 1964

box 8, folder 23

Paul Taylor, Statement to Senate Committee, 1966

box 8, folder 24

Teamsters

box 8, folder 25

Teamsters

box 8, folder 26

Tolstoy Foundation

box 8, folder 27

UAW Song Book

box 8, folder 28

UFW

box 8, folder 29

UFW 1976, 1977

box 8, folder 30

UFW-- Agreement with Teamsters, 1977

box 9, folder 1

UFW-- A & P Boycott, Cleveland, 1973

box 9, folder 2

UFW--Benefit Fiesta Program, 1971

box 9, folder 3

UFW-- Boycott, 1977

box 9, folder 4

UFW-- California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, 1975-76

box 9, folder 5

UFW-- El Malcriadito, 1976

box 9, folder 6

UFW-- El Malcriado, 1966

box 9, folder 7

UFW-- News Conference, 1975

box 9, folder 8

UFW-- The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Worker Medical Plan

box 9, folder 9

UFW-- Spanish manuscript fragment

box 9, folder 10

UFW-- Training, Los Angeles, October 1974

box 9, folder 11

UFW Chronological History

box 9, folder 12

UFW Education Center

box 9, folder 13

UFW history, "Our Long March," mss. [n.d.]

box 9, folder 14

UFW history, Spanish-language interview of Ross, 1974

box 9, folder 15

UFW Service Center material

box 9, folder 16

Urban Renewal [Lincoln Heights CSO?]

box 9, folder 17

Manuel Veiga, Guadalupe, Arizona

box 9, folder 18

War Relocation Authority, 1945-46

box 9, folder 19

War Relocation Authority, Cleveland

box 9, folder 20

War Relocation Authority employment papers

box 9, folder 21

War Relocation Authority, San Francisco, 1945

box 9, folder 22

James Watson and Julian Samora, "Subordinate Leadership in a Bicultural Community..." American Sociological Review, 1954

box 9, folder 23

Woodville Farm Workers, 1941

box 9, folder 24

Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, "Ernest Hemingway - A Psychiatric View," 1971

box 9, folder 25

Youth Welfare Committee, 1952-53

box 10 (legal), folder 1

Affidavit forms

box 10 (legal), folder 2

AFL-CIO Convention, 1968

box 10 (legal), folder 3

Saul Alinsky

box 10 (legal), folder 4

Applications for work

box 10 (legal), folder 5

Samuel Berger, Dollar Harvest (excerpt)

box 10 (legal), folder 6

Buena Vista Labor Camp, 1960

box 10 (legal), folder 7

California Department of Motor Vehicles

box 10 (legal), folder 8

California Federation for Civic Unity, 1949-53

box 10 (legal), folder 9

Chavez poster

box 10 (legal), folder 10

Community Action Training Center (CATC)

box 10 (legal), folder 11

CSO

box 10 (legal), folder 12

CSO

box 10 (legal), folder 13

CSO

box 10 (legal), folder 14

CSO

box 10 (legal), folder 15

CSO

box 10 (legal), folder 16

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 1

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 2

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 3

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 4

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 5

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 6

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 7

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 8

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 9

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 10

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 11

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 12

CSO

box 11 (legal), folder 13

Estimate of Mexican-American Voting Strength [n.d.]

box 11 (legal), folder 14

Farm Labor File

box 11 (legal), folder 15

Feinstein

box 11 (legal), folder 16

Guadalupe, Arizona

box 11 (legal), folder 17

Hearing, 1975

box 11 (legal), folder 18

Dolores Huerta [?]

box 11 (legal), folder 19

L.A. County Committee on Human Relations, 1948-1953

box 11 (legal), folder 20

Mexican Council for Spanish-Speaking People, 1951-53

box 11 (legal), folder 21

National Campaign for Agricultural Democracy

box 12 (legal), folder 1

National Farm Workers Association

box 12 (legal), folder 2

"Notes from the Midwest Boycott Conference," 1975

box 12 (legal), folder 3

Organizing Materials (without organization names)

box 12 (legal), folder 4

People's War Council Against Poverty

box 12 (legal), folder 5

Phone List

box 12 (legal), folder 6

Safeway

box 12 (legal), folder 7

Songs

box 12 (legal), folder 8

Statement by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to a Senate Subcommittee, 1969

box 12 (legal), folder 9

Marion Steeg, "Community Organizing Through Fund Raising," 1974

box 12 (legal), folder 10

Stockton, CA [1958]

box 12 (legal), folder 11

Student Organization

box 12 (legal), folder 12

Students for Kennedy

box 12 (legal), folder 13

Syracuse

box 12 (legal), folder 14

Table Grapes

box 12 (legal), folder 15

UFW

box 12 (legal), folder 16

UFW

box 12 (legal), folder 18

UFW

box 13 (legal), folder 1

UFW

box 13 (legal), folder 2

UFW

box 13 (legal), folder 3

UFW

box 13 (legal), folder 4

UFW

box 13 (legal), folder 5

UFW-- Agreement with Paul Masson, 1976

box 13 (legal), folder 6

UFW-- Collective Bargaining Agreement, InterHarvest, 1970

box 13 (legal), folder 7

UFW-- El Malcriado, 1974

box 13 (legal), folder 8

UFW-- El Mosquito Zumbador, 1966 and n.d.

box 13 (legal), folder 9

UFW-- Leaflets

box 13 (legal), folder 10

Misc.

 

Subseries: Press Clippings

box 14, folder 1

Newspaper Clippings-- 1941

box 14, folder 2

Newspaper Clippings-- 1948

box 14, folder 3

Newspaper Clippings-- 1953

box 14, folder 4

Newspaper Clippings-- 1954

box 14, folder 5

Newspaper Clippings-- 1955

box 14, folder 6

Newspaper Clippings-- 1958

box 14, folder 7

Newspaper Clippings-- 1960

box 14, folder 8

Newspaper Clippings-- 1962

box 14, folder 9

Newspaper Clippings-- 1965

box 14, folder 10

Newspaper Clippings-- 1966

box 14, folder 11

Newspaper Clippings-- 1967

box 14, folder 12

Newspaper Clippings-- 1968

box 14, folder 13

Newspaper Clippings-- 1969

box 14, folder 14

Newspaper Clippings-- 1970

box 14, folder 15

Newspaper Clippings-- 1971

box 14, folder 16

Newspaper Clippings-- 1972

box 14, folder 17

Newspaper Clippings-- 1973

box 14, folder 18

Newspaper Clippings-- 1974

box 14, folder 19

Newspaper Clippings-- 1975

box 14, folder 20

Newspaper Clippings-- 1976

box 14, folder 21

Newspaper Clippings-- 1977

box 14, folder 22

Newspaper Clippings-- undated

box 14, folder 23

Newspaper Clippings-- Stockton

box 14, folder 24

Harper's, June 1965

box 14, folder 25

Individualist [n.d.]

box 14, folder 26

The Nation, 1966

box 14, folder 27

Playboy, March 1972

box 14, folder 28

Ramparts, July 1966

box 14, folder 29

Ramparts, August 1966

box 14, folder 30

Ramparts, Aug.-Sept. 1973

box 14, folder 31

Luis Valdez, "Tribute. Dolores Huerta," 1990

box 15 (legal), folder 1

Articles about Ross

box 15 (legal), folder 2

La Raza (Los Angeles), 1979

box 15 (legal), folder 3

La Verdad (San Diego, CA), 1969

box 15 (legal), folder 4

The New York Times Book Review, 1974

box 15 (legal), folder 5

Newspaper Clippings, 1960's

box 15 (legal), folder 6

Newspaper Clippings, 1970's

box 15 (legal), folder 7

Newspaper Clippings-- Hanford, CA, 1955

box 15 (legal), folder 8

The Sunday Times Magazine, 1970

 

Subseries: Training Materials

box 16, folder 1

Boycott Campaigns-- Perelli-Minetti

box 16, folder 2

Boycotters Handbook

box 16, folder 3

Buidling the Winning Boycott

box 16, folder 4

Community Organizing

box 16, folder 5

Election Organizing Manual, 1975

box 16, folder 6

"Farm Workers..."

box 16, folder 7

Feinstein training session, re-election campaign for mayor of San Francisco 1983

box 16, folder 8

Field Office House Meeting Outline (Florida)

box 16, folder 9

The First House Meeting

box 16, folder 10

John Gardner, An Organizer's Training Manual

box 16, folder 11

"History of the Farm Worker Movement as told by Fred Ross, Sr....1974"

box 16, folder 12

House meeting and personal visit outlines

box 16, folder 13

House meeting notes

box 16, folder 14

House meeting notes

box 16, folder 15

House meeting originals

box 16, folder 16

House meeting rap

box 16, folder 17

House meeting (Spanish-language), Florida

box 16, folder 18

House meeting training, 1988

box 16, folder 19

Eliseo Medina, "Setting up a boycott"

box 16, folder 20

Organizing and recruitment

box 16, folder 21

Outline Action Program - Boycott, mid-1970's

box 16, folder 22

Outline House Meeting - Farm Workers

box 16, folder 23

Outline House Meeting/ NY and NJ, mid-1970's

box 16, folder 24

"People Power Must Be Invisible..."

box 16, folder 25

P.V. (English-language), Florida

box 16, folder 26

Ranch Committees Organizing

box 16, folder 27

"Recruitment: Fred Ross"

box 16, folder 28

Revised Spanish-language packet

box 16, folder 29

Ross Housemeeting Method

box 16, folder 30

Ross on Camp Program

box 16, folder 31

Survival Institute Training, Los Angeles, 1982

box 16, folder 32

Toronto Boycott Staff, 1974

box 17, folder 1

Training-- Alameda, 1976

box 17, folder 2

Training--Feinstein Campaign, 1983

box 17, folder 3

Training-- Guadalupe, Arizona, 1964

box 17, folder 4

Training-- "Organizer Training. Post-Mortems of the First...1976"

box 17, folder 5

Training-- "Summary House Meeting and P.V. Outline," August 1976

box 17, folder 6

Training-- Texas, 1978

box 17, folder 7

Training-- Misc.

box 17, folder 8

Training Format

box 17, folder 9

Training Lessons-- Breaking Into the Community

box 17, folder 10

Training Lessons-- Calling, Chairs, Finding People

box 17, folder 11

Training Lessons-- Door Openers

box 17, folder 12

Training Lessons-- The Fallacy of Helping

box 17, folder 13

Training Lessons-- Getting Yourself Organized

box 17, folder 14

Training Lessons-- The Initial Phone Call

box 17, folder 15

Training Lessons-- Learning People's Names

box 17, folder 16

Training Lessons-- Learnings

box 17, folder 17

Training Lessons-- Leaving Messages

box 17, folder 18

Training Lessons-- Licking Fear

box 17, folder 19

Training Lessons-- Making a Schedule

box 17, folder 20

Training Lessons-- Mass Meeting

box 17, folder 21

Training Lessons-- Peer Pressure

box 17, folder 22

Training Lessons-- Philosophy of Blaming Others

box 17, folder 23

Training Lessons-- The Phone Call

box 17, folder 24

Training Lessons-- The Phone Call

box 17, folder 25

Training Lessons-- P.V.'s

box 17, folder 26

Training Lessons-- Religious Leaders

box 17, folder 27

Training Lessons-- Reminder Call

box 17, folder 28

Training Lessons-- The Reminder Call

box 17, folder 29

Training Lessons-- Students' Notes/ Manual/ Gardner

box 17, folder 30

Training Lessons-- "They Are Not Prepared - You Are"

box 17, folder 31

Training Lessons-- The "Whats" and the "Hows"

box 17, folder 32

Training Lessons-- Who Are They - The Ones You Organize

box 17, folder 33

Training Materials

box 17, folder 34

Training Materials (English-language)

box 17, folder 35

Training Materials (English-language)

box 17, folder 36

Training Materials (Spanish-language)

box 17, folder 37

Training Materials (Spanish-language)

box 17, folder 38

Training Materials-- Misc.

box 17, folder 39

Training Notes, Feb. 1977

box 17, folder 40

Larry Tramutt, Farm Workers

box 17, folder 41

UFW-- Brooklyn Training, 1977

box 17, folder 42

Workshop with Fred Ross, La Paz, 1975

box 18 (legal), folder 1

Boycott Campaigns-- DiGiorgio

box 18 (legal), folder 2

Boycott Campaigns-- Gallo

box 18 (legal), folder 3

Building the Winning Boycott

box 18 (legal), folder 4

Fort Worth Training Session [n.d.]

box 18 (legal), folder 5

Giumarra

box 18 (legal), folder 6

House Meeting Outlines

box 18 (legal), folder 7

LA Training, 1974

box 18 (legal), folder 8

Organizing-- Ranch Committees

box 18 (legal), folder 9

Training for Survival

box 18 (legal), folder 10

Training Lessons-- Omitting the 1 Step

box 18 (legal), folder 11

Training Lessons-- Perception/ Blaming Others

 

Series C. Manuscripts (3 linear feet)

Scope and Contents

These boxes hold Ross' writings, largely unpublished (with one or two exceptions). The manuscripts are mostly autobiographical. He often wrote of himself in the third person or as "you" in an interior dialogue putting the reader in Ross's place. His writings include extensive portraits of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta (see "Woman in Motion").
One of the original boxes in the collection bore the note that "this box contains the papers Fred worked and reworked in the 1990's-they are mostly as he left them. We can't really discern what he truly wanted as final drafts -he reworked his writings for decades." This is true of the entire Manuscript Series. Because Ross' manuscripts were work in progress and often undated, it can be difficult to discern the order in which drafts were written. Moreover, some manuscripts have missing pages that were presumably taken out as Ross worked to revise his writings, or the pages were lost in the course of his many moves. Due to the number of manuscripts, any missing pages are not noted in the guide.
The manuscript titles listed in the guide reflect the title listed on the document itself, but sometimes drafts of the same story carried different titles. Another complication is that Ross often wrote in a style that used many short chapters or frequent subheadings, so that every few pages brings a new title and it is not clear what the title of the whole manuscript was. In this case, only the title given on the first page is listed. Finally, there are numerous untitled manuscripts listed in the guide. In most cases these are missing the first few pages; often the untitled manuscripts are versions of documents that have titles, but the processor has left this decision to the judgement of the individual researcher.
box 20, folder 1

"Autobiographical." "Workbook of a Wayfaring Organizer"

box 20, folder 2

Axioms

box 20, folder 3

Axioms

box 20, folder 4

"Bell Town Unity League"

box 20, folder 5

"Beginnings, L.A. CSO"

box 20, folder 6

"Bloody Xmas"

box 20, folder 7

"Bob Hardie"

box 20, folder 8

Book Drafts

box 20, folder 9

Book Drafts, Beginning

box 20, folder 10

Book Outline (Bell Town and Casa Blanca)

box 20, folder 11

Book Proposal, 1968

box 20, folder 12

Book/ Santa Ana

box 20, folder 13

"Boyle Hts. - L.A. CSO," "Drop Back"

box 20, folder 14

Brooklyn, 1977

box 20, folder 15

"Casa Blanca"

box 20, folder 16

"Cesar Resigns from CSO"

box 20, folder 17

"Cesar Tries His Wings." Part II of the Chronicle of Cesar Chavez

box 20, folder 18

"Cesar Tries Wings"

box 20, folder 19

"Community Organization in Mexican American Colonies...1946-47"

box 21, folder 1

Conquering Goliath

box 21, folder 2

Conquering Goliath, Foreword

box 21, folder 3

"Conversion - Challenge"

box 21, folder 4

"CSO-- First Membership Meeting"

box 21, folder 5

"Dangling Loose Ends"

box 21, folder 6

Delano

box 21, folder 7

Dolores Huerta. Woman in Motion

box 21, folder 8

"Draft-- LA CSO Henry Nava House Meeting"

box 21, folder 9

Draft Ross wrote for Carey McWilliams

box 21, folder 10

"The First House Meeting"

box 21, folder 11

"Fred Ross, David and Goliath," "The Helstein Plan"

box 21, folder 12

"Get Out If You Can"

box 21, folder 13

"Get Out If You Can"

box 21, folder 14

Get Out If You Can (1953)

box 21, folder 15

"Give It A Go"

box 21, folder 16

"Guadalupe"

box 21, folder 17

"LA River"

box 21, folder 18

"The Last Round/ Tony Rios/ Bloody Xmas"

box 21, folder 19

"Lincoln Heights"

box 22, folder 1

Manuscript about Chavez

box 22, folder 2

Manuscript about LULAC

box 22, folder 3

Manuscript about LULAC

box 22, folder 4

"Mario Andretti"

box 22, folder 5

"Mexican Americans on the March"

box 22, folder 6

"The Next Night"

box 22, folder 7

"The Old Man and the Key"

box 22, folder 8

"Phoney Forbearance"

box 22, folder 9

"Ross-- Feeding My Head"

box 22, folder 10

"Ross-- How started working with Farm Workers"

box 22, folder 11

"Ross-- Influences"

box 22, folder 12

"Ross-- Worrying and Reflecting"

box 22, folder 13

"Rudy Aroused"

box 22, folder 14

"Ruth Tuck"

box 22, folder 15

"The Saga of Sal Si Puedes"

box 22, folder 16

"The Saga of Sal Si Puedes"

box 22, folder 17

"San Bernardino. Ruth and Ignacio"

box 22, folder 18

"SB Book. Cesar Chavez-Fred Ross collaboration"

box 22, folder 19

"Selling Them On You"

box 22, folder 20

"SRA"

box 22, folder 21

"State Relief Administration"

box 22, folder 22

"There is a time for sound"

box 22, folder 23

"Trapp/ Manuel Santa Ana/ Book?"

box 22, folder 24

"Woman in Motion"

box 23, folder 1

"Woman in Motion"

box 23, folder 2

"Woman in Motion"

box 23, folder 3

Untitled manuscript

box 23, folder 4

Untitled manuscript

box 23, folder 5

Untitled manuscript

box 23, folder 6

Untitled manuscript

box 23, folder 7

Untitled manuscript

box 23, folder 8

Untitled manuscript

box 24, folder 1

Untitled manuscript

box 24, folder 2

Untitled manuscript, part 1 of 7

box 24, folder 3

Untitled manuscript, part 2 of 7

box 24, folder 4

Untitled manuscript, part 3 of 7

box 24, folder 5

Untitled manuscript, part 4 of 7

box 24, folder 6

Untitled manuscript, part 5 of 7

box 24, folder 7

Untitled manuscript, part 6 of 7

box 24, folder 8

Untitled manuscript, part 7 of 7

box 25, folder 1

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 2

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 3

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 4

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 5

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 6

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 7

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 8

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 9

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 10

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 11

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 12

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 13

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 14

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 15

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 16

Untitled manuscript

box 25, folder 17

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 18

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 19

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 20

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 21

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 22

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 23

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 24

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 25

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 26

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 27

Misc. manuscript pages

box 25, folder 28

Misc. manuscript pages

box 26 (legal), folder 1

"CC and I in Visalia"

box 26 (legal), folder 2

"Saul/ 1st Meeting"

box 26 (legal), folder 3

Untitled manuscript

box 26 (legal), folder 4

Untitled manuscript

 

Series D. Notes (2.5 linear feet)

Scope and Contents

This series includes Ross' handwritten notes, notecards, and notebooks. Many of the notes are not clearly labelled or dated. Some appear to be logs of his organizing work, but most are Ross' own sketched notes and outlines for meetings and training sessions. Care has been taken to preserve groups of notes in the order orginally found.
box 27, folder 1

Notecards

box 27, folder 2

Notecards

box 27, folder 3

Notes

box 27, folder 4

Notes

box 27, folder 5

Notes

box 27, folder 6

Notes

box 27, folder 7

Notes

box 28, folder 1

Notes [1974?]

box 28, folder 2

Notes

box 28, folder 3

Notes

box 28, folder 4

Notes

box 28, folder 5

Notes

box 28, folder 6

Notes

box 28, folder 7

Notes

box 28, folder 8

Notes

box 28, folder 9

Notes

box 29, folder 1

Notes

box 29, folder 2

Notes

box 29, folder 3

Notes

box 29, folder 4

Notes

box 29, folder 5

Notes

box 29, folder 6

Notes

box 29, folder 7

Notes

box 30, folder 1

Notebook, 1955

box 30, folder 2

Notebooks, 1956

box 30, folder 3

Notebooks, 1956

box 30, folder 4

Notebook, 1957

box 30, folder 5

Notebooks, 1957

box 30, folder 6

Notebooks, 1957

box 30, folder 7

Notebook, 1958

box 31, folder 1

Notebooks, 1959

box 31, folder 2

Notebooks [CSO?]

box 31, folder 3

Notebook, n.d.

box 31, folder 4

Notebook, n.d.

box 31, folder 5

Notebook, n.d.

box 31, folder 6

Notebooks, n.d.

box 31, folder 7

Notebook, n.d.

box 31, folder 8

Workbooks

box 31, folder 9

Workbooks

 

Series E. Photographs (.5 linear feet)

Scope and Contents

One box of photographs, mostly from the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's.
box 32, folder 1

Photos

box 32, folder 2

Photos

box 32, folder 3

Photos

box 32, folder 4

Photos-- California/ New England

box 32, folder 5

Photos-- Cesar Chavez, 1975

box 32, folder 6

Photos-- UFW, early and mid-1970's

 

Series F. Audio & Transcripts (444 tapes)

Scope and Contents

8 reel to reel tapes were given new numbers in pencil on white stickers in lower left corner. 436 audiocassettes were numbered 1-436 in pencil on white stickers; a few of the cassette cases are empty.
The audiocassettes are roughly in chronological order. The contents of the tapes' labels have been listed here, although not all are fully labeled. The undated cassettes are grouped together at the end of the series. Where it was obvious that an undated tape belonged with a group of dated tapes, the undated tape was put with them, with the presumed date indicated in brackets. In more dubious cases, the undated tapes were put at the end of the series.
The tapes are rich in autobiographical materials and in histories of the farm workers' movement. Most of the tapes were made at training sessions for organizers. One particular set, the Wyler-Cohen interviews, is the audiotaped version of a video made to document Ross' life and inspire other organizers.
 

Subseries: Transcripts

box 33, folder 1

Central America Peace Education Training Project, 1984

box 33, folder 2

Central America Peace Education Training Project-- Table of Contents for Tapes

box 33, folder 3

Central America Peace Training Project, 1984

box 33, folder 4

Central America Peace Training

box 33, folder 5

Notes-- Ohio Tape [n.d.]

box 33, folder 6

Notes-- Tape on Boston

box 33, folder 7

Notes-- Tape on Boston

box 33, folder 8

Notes-- Tape on Brooklyn

box 33, folder 9

Notes-- Tape on Brooklyn, 1977

box 33, folder 10

Notes-- Tape on Domestic Workers [n.d.]

box 33, folder 11

Notes-- Tape on Oakland, 1980

box 33, folder 12

Notes-- Tape on Ohio Training, 1974

box 33, folder 13

Notes on Tapes

box 33, folder 14

Notes on Tapes

box 34, folder 1

Transcript-- Allliance for Survival, L.A. [1983?]

box 34, folder 2

Transcript-- AS/ Peace Groups

box 34, folder 3

Transcript-- Boycott Training, L.A., July 1974

box 34, folder 4

Transcript-- Brooklyn [n.d.]

box 34, folder 5

Transcript-- Brooklyn [n.d.]

box 34, folder 6

Transcript-- Feinstein recall

box 34, folder 7

Transcript-- Fred Ross, May 8

box 34, folder 8

Transcript-- Fred Ross and Cesar Chavez, May 7, 1965

box 34, folder 9

Transcript-- Fred Ross and Cesar Chavez, Reel 2

box 34, folder 10

Transcript-- Fred Ross and Cesar Chavez, Reel 3

box 34, folder 11

Transcript-- NSO Meeting, Florida [n.d.]

box 34, folder 12

Transcript-- ST, FR, CC

box 34, folder 13

Transcript-- Training, 1975

box 34, folder 14

Transcript-- Training, 1975

box 34, folder 15

Transcript-- Training, Florida UFW, 1974-75

box 34, folder 16

Transcript-- Training, Oakland, 1978

box 34, folder 17

Transcript Fragment (pp. 11-14)

box 34, folder 18

Transcript Fragment (pp. 31-34)

box 34, folder 19

Transcript Fragment (pp. 53-59)

 

Subseries: Reel to reel tapes

box 35 (OS), folder 1

"Cesar - Day after Jones fires [illeg.]"

box 35 (OS), folder 2

"Side one - Argument with WPWA-CSO- how Cesar felt. Side 2 - Early contact with R[illegible] and C[illeg.] & to parts of Farm

box 35 (OS), folder 3

"Track 2- Cesar - Day after March and Meeting with Hayes. How got [illeg.] work & union. Track 1- Mtg. with Carr [?] - Wages discussed. Cesar's fear abt going to Oxnard. Developments meeting with Hayes wkrs had jobs but only wk'd part of time - halfdays economics of hiring locals vs braceros - Jones [illeg.] with other [illeg.] growers. How Cesar built up [illeg.] against Hayes F.P. [illeg.]. Cesar's fear re going to Oxnard

box 35 (OS), folder 4

"Fights for jobs after the carrots [illeg.] with the ladies, stock, irrigation, [illeg.] jobs that don't take [illeg.] people. [Illeg.] "spys" the "sliders" Getting out word the [?] next week were going to [illeg.] this ass or that one - Plans to transfer Emp Pay over to Union - acutal transfer - Union takes over fight vs. [illeg.] Japanese wkrs - Racket tries to get wks to invade private property."

box 35 (OS), folder 5

"CSES...Taking wkrs around to Associations....Digression - urges Union to take over Emp Assn....Side 2 - Opposition to Assn's plan to take wkrs to F.P-Ass etc...Cesar takes wks - Mtg with Hayes - Plan for getting complaints..."

box 35 (OS), folder 6

"Side 2. Descript of bars, Descript of Garcias place, [illeg.] Story of old man Lopez from Madera...Side one. Argument with Union group re: [illeg.] of jobs vs wages....Descrip of Rachel, Eddie, workers...."

box 35 (OS), folder 7

"Dolores"

box 35 (OS), folder 8

UFW radio spots

 

Subseries: Audiocassettes

 

Audiocassettes, numbered 1-72 by Ross

box 36 (OS), folder 1

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 2

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 3

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 4

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 5

Phone Discussion.

box 36 (OS), folder 6

Phoning. Mona - Friendship [?]/ 198 - Manipulating. Releasing - resisters. Pressure. Preparing for phoning - wrkrs rap

box 36 (OS), folder 7

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 8

Role playing phoning.

box 36 (OS), folder 9

Role playing phoning. Logistics

box 36 (OS), folder 10

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 11

Odds & ends - Prep & protocol of PV. Temptations. Leaving messages. CC - Jan P & Maldonado. Reminder calls - Nag - Prep & Production of PV. Mary M C

box 36 (OS), folder 12

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 13

The "never home people." Phone 2 friends. Call at 7 AM-Midnight. Keep eyes open. The PV. Grove WK's house - Casa Blanca. Painting on Wall.

box 36 (OS), folder 14

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 15

Prep of PV rap

box 36 (OS), folder 16

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 17

Prep of PV

box 36 (OS), folder 18

Prep of PV

box 36 (OS), folder 19

Prep of PV rap

box 36 (OS), folder 20

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 21

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 22

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 23

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 24

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 25

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box 36 (OS), folder 26

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 27

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 28

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 29

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 30

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 31

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 32

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 33

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 34

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 35

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 36

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 37

John Adler.

box 36 (OS), folder 38

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 39

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 40

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 41

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 42

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 43

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 44

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 45

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 46

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 47

8/6/84

box 36 (OS), folder 48

8/6/84

box 36 (OS), folder 49

8/6/84

box 36 (OS), folder 50

8/6/84

box 36 (OS), folder 51

Jaime, Renata, Dan. John Adler HM Rap - incomplete

box 36 (OS), folder 52

8/7/84. Liza, Jaime, Renata, Dan - Post Mortem. 8/7 and 8/8. PV's. Rodrigo

box 36 (OS), folder 53

8/7-8/8/84. Conclusion of John. Kent. PM or PV. Joseph W [?]. John Rodrigo.

box 36 (OS), folder 54

Rodrigo PM on PV.

box 36 (OS), folder 55

8/8/84

box 36 (OS), folder 56

8/8/84. Cathy and Ned

box 36 (OS), folder 57

8/8/84, 8/9/84

box 36 (OS), folder 58

8/9/84. Pressure. Pressure Brouhaha. Lorena quiet HM Post Mortem

box 36 (OS), folder 59

8/9/84

box 36 (OS), folder 60

8/9/84. Lorena, Cathy, Jenefer [?], Dan, Jane

box 36 (OS), folder 61

8/9, 8/10

box 36 (OS), folder 62

8/9-8/10. John, Kent, Jennifer. Jane

box 36 (OS), folder 63

8/10/84

box 36 (OS), folder 64

8/10/84. Jennifer, Jan. 8/10-8/11. John, Jennifer

box 36 (OS), folder 65

untitled

box 36 (OS), folder 66

Jennifer, Kent. Discussion and John

box 36 (OS), folder 67

8/11/84

box 36 (OS), folder 68

PM 8/12

box 36 (OS), folder 69

8/12

box 36 (OS), folder 70

PM 8/12

box 36 (OS), folder 71

PM Sunday 8/12

box 36 (OS), folder 72

PM 8/12/ 8/14 Vibes

 

Audiocassettes, numbered 73-101 by Ross (missing #98)

box 37 (OS), folder 73

8/14 Vibes

box 37 (OS), folder 74

8/14. Kent PM

box 37 (OS), folder 75

8/14

box 37 (OS), folder 76

8/14

box 37 (OS), folder 77

8/14/84, begin 8/15

box 37 (OS), folder 78

8/15/84

box 37 (OS), folder 79

8/15/84

box 37 (OS), folder 80

8/15/84

box 37 (OS), folder 81

8/15/84, begin 8/16

box 37 (OS), folder 82

8/15/84. Begin 8/16/84 John and Ned. Julie and John

box 37 (OS), folder 83

8/16/84

box 37 (OS), folder 84

8/16/84. Julie and Jane. Jane, Jennifer, Kent

box 37 (OS), folder 85

8/16/84, begin 8/17

box 37 (OS), folder 86

8/16/84. 8/17 begin. Kent and Ross. Kent, Jane, Jennifer

box 37 (OS), folder 87

8/17/84

box 37 (OS), folder 88

8/17/84. Jennifer and John.

box 37 (OS), folder 89

8/17/84

box 37 (OS), folder 90

8/19. Jennifer, Jane, John

box 37 (OS), folder 91

8/19

box 37 (OS), folder 92

8/19

box 37 (OS), folder 93

8/19/84

box 37 (OS), folder 94

Ellie - Fred. 8/21/84

box 37 (OS), folder 95

Paul - Fred. 8/21/84, 8/22/84

box 37 (OS), folder 96

Paul - Fred. 8/22/84, 8/24/84

box 37 (OS), folder 97

Paul - Fred. 8/24/84

box 37 (OS), folder 98

Ellie - Fred. 8/22/84

box 37 (OS), folder 99

Fred. 8/30/84

box 37 (OS), folder 100

8/30/84

box 37 (OS), folder 101

Fred - Paul - Ellie wrap-up 8/30/84

 

Wyler-Cohen interviews, August-September 1985 [originally numbered 1-20, missing cassette originally numbered 13]

box 37 (OS), folder 102

8/23/85. First meeting w/ Fred Ross at Neidorf's. Ellie, Barbara, Pam, David, Fred Ross, Sr., Fred Ross, Jr., Anna Marie N.

box 37 (OS), folder 103

8/23/85. Ellie and Barbara

box 37 (OS), folder 104

8/24. Band on stage. Testimonial.

box 37 (OS), folder 105

Band, Cesar, Tony Rios, Roybal, Luis, Fred Ross, Sr., Fred Ross, Jr.

box 37 (OS), folder 106

8-24-85. Fred

box 37 (OS), folder 107

8/25. Fred Ross, Jr., John Brown

box 37 (OS), folder 108

8/25/85. John Brown. 8/26/85. Fred Ross, Tony Rios

box 37 (OS), folder 109

8/26/85. Fred Ross

box 37 (OS), folder 110

8/26/85 and 8/27/85. Fred Ross

box 37 (OS), folder 111

8/27/85

box 37 (OS), folder 112

8/28/85. F.R. tales on organizing House Mtg.

box 37 (OS), folder 113

8/28/85. Fred at Motel 6

box 37 (OS), folder 114

8/28/85. Delano - DiGiorgio. Driving North on Hwy 99

box 37 (OS), folder 115

8/28/85. Fred b/f Modesto.

box 37 (OS), folder 116

8/29/85. Kay. Fred

box 37 (OS), folder 117

8/29/85. Fred. Interview - Marin County

box 37 (OS), folder 118

8/29/85. Fred Interview in Marin City

box 37 (OS), folder 119

untitled

box 37 (OS), folder 120

Test tape

 

Audiocassettes, 1972-75

box 38 (OS), folder 121

Nov. 9, 1972. With God ain't it a caution. Phoning - Personal visit pitch. Jo M. Tobin. Fred Ross. Prep. for Hs. Mtg. - Reminding. Phoning

box 38 (OS), folder 122

10/73. Beginning of History to Giumarra. Ross Hs Mtg Matilda's

box 38 (OS), folder 123

LA, 4/74. Fred Ross. Hist. of Cesar UFW up to loss of contract in 1973

box 38 (OS), folder 124

April 2, 1974. Fred Ross. House Meeting. Origin of house meeting. Personal visist. LA Boycott in 1966-67

box 38 (OS), folder 125

LA, April 2, 1974. The H.M. Church off USC campus

box 38 (OS), folder 126

NY, 5/23/74. More sample phone calls. Ross Tr. session.

box 38 (OS), folder 127

[NY, 5/23/74?]. Reports from role playing, 1-1 meeting. Fred Ross, 1974

box 38 (OS), folder 128

LA, 7/3/74

box 38 (OS), folder 129

LA 7/4/74

box 38 (OS), folder 130

New York, 9/25/74. Phone calls

box 38 (OS), folder 131

9/27/74. Fred Ross. Area-wide mtg., Dolores at the end. Chris Hartmire

box 38 (OS), folder 132

10/9/74 Los Angeles. Ross. Intro to H. Mtg. Origin of it. Discussion of phoning and winning [?] 1st contact

box 38 (OS), folder 133

Dayton, 10/28/74. Fred Ross session. St. Leonard's Seminary. Human nature. My own background. SRA-FAS-WPA-ACRR. Early org. disasters in S.B.-B.T. Mass mtgs. - org of orgs/ - one-to-one. Advantages of Hs Mtg. Spread truth not claims. Peer pressure. Overcoming alibis for not holding Hs. Mtgs.

box 38 (OS), folder 134

Dayton, 10/28/74. F.R. session. Human behavior. Finding 1st person. Peer pressure, overcoming alibis. Phone call.

box 38 (OS), folder 135

[Dayton, October 1974?] Preparing for simulated phone call. Phone phobia

box 38 (OS), folder 136

[Dayton, October 1974?] More on phoning. Hs. Mtg. How to hit - animo. High points to hit at P. visit. Nancy and Joe Toshi [?]story

box 38 (OS), folder 137

[Dayton, October 1974?]. Transcribed. Explanation of P.V. Ross. David Martinez et al.- Columbus

box 38 (OS), folder 138

[Dayton, October 1974?]. Critique of Martinez PV. PV organizers from Columubus and critique. McGowan's P.V. Luisa [illeg.] the tractor story. Jenny Brashear's sacrifice

box 38 (OS), folder 139

[Dayton, October 1974?]. P.V. Eliseo's report on sim'd P.V. Eliseo's explanation of NLRA question. H Mtg.

box 38 (OS), folder 140

[Dayton, October 1974?] Reports from PV sim'd mtgs. Prep for Hs Mtgs. Waves of Immigrants. Arabs. Beginning of hs Mtg. Outline

box 38 (OS), folder 141

Dayton [October 1974?]. From = power situation [illeg.] to Cesar following outline of Hs Meeting. Bloody Xmas. I meet Cesar to org. of NFWA

box 38 (OS), folder 142

[Dayton, October 1974?] '65 Strike to Penelli-Minetti. Gallo to Lettuce Boycott. Hs Mtg Outline

box 38 (OS), folder 143

[Dayton, October 1974?] Victory in Grapes, affect [sic] on wkrs. Org. of Delano [illeg.] 1971. Dolores Mendoza. Florida, Bloody Summer '73

box 38 (OS), folder 144

[Dayton, October 1974?]. Hs Mtg conclusion. Chris, Sam [illeg.]

box 38 (OS), folder 145

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. Hs. Mtgs. Baca Hernandez, [illeg.] reports on sim Hs Mtgs.

box 38 (OS), folder 146

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. Forms, record keeping, [illeg.] your day. Daily Mtgs. Support groups. Monitoring phoning, PV, H Mtgs, Parrish pattern of org.

box 38 (OS), folder 147

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. Area-wide Mtg.

box 38 (OS), folder 148

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. Area-wide org.

box 38 (OS), folder 149

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. AW Mtg and after. Chirs Hartmire

box 38 (OS), folder 150

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. Chirs Hartmire. CH and FR, Discipline

box 38 (OS), folder 151

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. Discipline

box 38 (OS), folder 152

11/2/74 [Dayton?]. End of session

box 38 (OS), folder 153

NY, 1974. Fred Ross. P.V.'s, phoning. UFW

box 38 (OS), folder 154

1/75. Discussion on Hs Mtg. Steffan. Dolores and Frank Ortiz

box 38 (OS), folder 155

NY, Jan. 1975. Washington Square Mtg.

box 38 (OS), folder 156

1/6/75. Training Session. History of HM

box 38 (OS), folder 157

1/7/75. Phoning Critique. Personal Visit

box 38 (OS), folder 158

1/7/75. Personal Visit. Role playing

box 38 (OS), folder 159

1/7/75. Training session. Outline of House Mtg. Phoning

box 38 (OS), folder 160

3/10/75. Training session. Boycott. CC and the strike, Florida. Hist of Farm Labor

box 38 (OS), folder 161

3/10/75. Training session. History - Gallo strike. 1967 - Guimarra - Boycott - Victory - Lettuce strike 1970 - Fast - Salinas Violence - effect on wkrs of contract

box 38 (OS), folder 162

3/10/75. Training session. Mark Lyons

box 38 (OS), folder 163

3/10/75. Training Session. Black Problem - Florida organizing

box 38 (OS), folder 164

3/11/75, Florida. Training session. The first contact. Sim'd phone calls

box 38 (OS), folder 165

3/11/75, Florida. Sim'd PV's. Dianna - Mark

box 38 (OS), folder 166

3/11/75, Florida. PV critique. HM. Ross. Nancy. Slavery story

box 38 (OS), folder 167

3/11/75, 3/12/75, Florida. Training session. Salinas strike. Practice Hm's

box 38 (OS), folder 168

3/11/75, Florida. Ross, sim'd PV

box 38 (OS), folder 169

3/11/75, Florida. Job of coordinator. How I met Dolores

box 38 (OS), folder 170

3/12/75. Ross, prep for A.W.O. Blame others

box 38 (OS), folder 171

3/11/75. DiGiorgio

box 38 (OS), folder 172

3/13/75. AW Org.

box 38 (OS), folder 173

3/13/75. Discipline - Disrupters

box 38 (OS), folder 174

3/13/75. Training session. Recruiting nuns and students

box 38 (OS), folder 175

3/13/75. AW Org.

box 38 (OS), folder 176

April 1975, La Paz. Phoning. Poor people's union

box 38 (OS), folder 177

7/1/75. Training session. Control growers

box 38 (OS), folder 178

7/22/75. La Paz Elect. org.

box 38 (OS), folder 179

7/22/75. La Paz Elect. Org. Session

box 38 (OS), folder 180

7/22/75. La Paz

box 38 (OS), folder 181

7/22/75. La Paz Elect. Org.

box 38 (OS), folder 182

7/23/75. La Paz Elect. Org.

box 38 (OS), folder 183

7/23/75. La Paz Elect. Org.

box 38 (OS), folder 184

7/24/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session

box 38 (OS), folder 185

7/28/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session

box 38 (OS), folder 186

7/28/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session. The Personal Visit

box 38 (OS), folder 187

7/28/75, 7/29/85. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session

box 38 (OS), folder 188

7/29/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session

box 38 (OS), folder 189

7/29/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session

box 38 (OS), folder 190

7/30/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session. House meetings

box 38 (OS), folder 191

7/30/75. La Paz Election Organizer Training Session. House meetings

box 38 (OS), folder 192

Oct. 1975. Delano

box 38 (OS), folder 193

1975. Stories Santa Ana 1986, LA 1934. Cesat with F. Wks H.M. Boston session

box 38 (OS), folder 194

1975, La Paz. Training session. Marshall's group. Elections

box 38 (OS), folder 195

1975, La Paz. Elections. Marshal's [sic] crew. Phone call

box 38 (OS), folder 196

1975, La Paz. Training. Marshal's [sic] group

 

Audiocassettes, 1976-78

box 39 (OS), folder 197

12/6/76. Oakland Tr. Sess. Boycott Prog. for 1977. Discussion on recruiting

box 39 (OS), folder 198

12/6/76. Oakland training. Screening applicants. AWO discussion. The "Crunch." Money. Action Programs. Sadie Story. J.B. Story - I can't leave until I get 2 HM's. Blazing eyes.

box 39 (OS), folder 199

Dec. 1976. Alameda Boycott training. Phoning (Ross). San Francisco and Los Angeles. Streisand story.

box 39 (OS), folder 200

12/1976. Oakland Training Session. Value of College. P.V.'s. Recruitment. Nancy Elliot and "guilty-here" story.

box 39 (OS), folder 201

12/1976. Oakland Tr. Sess. PM. P.V.'s. N. Elliot's cancellation [?] story.

box 39 (OS), folder 202

12/6/76, Oakland. Mini training session on recruiting. Background, 1965-1976

box 39 (OS), folder 203

[1976?]. Historia del movimiento campero en Santa Maria, 1968-1976. Canciones de la huelga. Poemas

box 39 (OS), folder 204

1/5/77. 1st L.A. Session. The way it was to the Orange Strike in 1936. LA Boycott Training 1/5/77. Power of Growers to unify Braceros (Oxnard story with Cesar)

box 39 (OS), folder 205

Jan. 1977. LA Boycott Training 3. Di Giorgio story. March to Sacramento

box 39 (OS), folder 206

1/77, LA. Soft sell approach. Boycott training

box 39 (OS), folder 207

[Jan. 1977?, LA?] L.A. Training. Discipline. Nick Jones stuff

box 39 (OS), folder 208

1/31/77, Alameda County. Core group session. Lois.

box 39 (OS), folder 209

2/2/77, San Jose. Post Mortem on Core Grp Mtg. [Illeg.] Welch. Dan Bacar.

box 39 (OS), folder 210

2/16 [1977?], New York. 1st training session. Overview. Brooklyn. Mona and Gary. Anna and LA office 1974

box 39 (OS), folder 211

2/16/77. NY Training Session. Luke gives P.V.

box 39 (OS), folder 212

2/16/77. NY Training Session. Begin review of H. Mtg. Outline. Ross gives P.V.

box 39 (OS), folder 213

2/16/77. NY Training Session. Pt. I of HM Outline. Story of Amelia Diaz firing - PV with me r CC - Action and reaction. Blain McGowan - PV with parents HM in front of Fazzios

box 39 (OS), folder 214

2/16/77. NY Training Session. Macho Story. Period bet. PV and HM2

box 39 (OS), folder 215

2/18 [1977?]. Brookly Training - Part II - H. Mtg Outline. [Salinas]. Luke gives stories of CC part of outline

box 39 (OS), folder 216

2/18/77. NY Training Session. Pt II Outline. Joe Dukes

box 39 (OS), folder 217

2/18 [1977?]. Brooklyn. Best people on Pt. II of HM Outline.

box 39 (OS), folder 218

2/19/77. NY Training Session. Arizona 1972 - Dave. Part III of HM

box 39 (OS), folder 219

2/19/77. NY Training Session. Part III and IV of HM. Ross give Pt 3 and 4 - good. Salinas, CMLI

box 39 (OS), folder 220

2/20 [1977?], New York. Crunch. Gallo snapshot. Zaninovitch [?]

box 39 (OS), folder 221

[Feb. 1977 ?, New York?]. Core group role play, Kim and Claire. Carrol

box 39 (OS), folder 222

[Feb. 1977 ?, New York?]. H. Mtg. Roll [sic] play, Mike, Barb, Debbie. Carrol, Sue, Claire, Grady, Luc.- No statistics, stories!

box 39 (OS), folder 223

2/19/77. NY Training Session. Salinas Strike. Jenny Brashears [?]

box 39 (OS), folder 224

4/18/77. Chicago Session

box 39 (OS), folder 225

4/18/77. Chicago Session

box 39 (OS), folder 226

5/30/77. Fred Ross, radio show

box 39 (OS), folder 227

6/12/77. PV's for NSO's Boston training - Ross. Luke arrives

box 39 (OS), folder 228

5/31/77. CORE role play. Greg Costello [?]

box 39 (OS), folder 229

1977. Boston Training Session. Role Playing H.M. Jim

box 39 (OS), folder 230

1977. Boston Training Session. End of Sadie story

box 39 (OS), folder 231

[1977?]. Cesar on teaching wkrs to learn and help other wkrs. Wkms. ccamp.

box 39 (OS), folder 232

1/17/78, La Paz

box 39 (OS), folder 233

1/17/78, La Paz

box 39 (OS), folder 234

1/17/78, La Paz

box 39 (OS), folder 235

1/17/78, La Paz

box 39 (OS), folder 236

2/20/78, Oakland. Training session. History. Gary - sim HM

box 39 (OS), folder 237

2/20/78, Oakland. Training session. Map of community - finding the 1st contact - to my [illeg.] org.: history Redlands

box 39 (OS), folder 238

2/20/78. Training session. Vitality - Mary McCarthy, Mona Chacon [?], Gary Clemms [?] - Vitality - animo - phoning. P.V.

box 39 (OS), folder 239

2/20/78, Berkeley. Losers - what if - Jim (Boston) - Pete - LA - Outline for H.M. Training session. "Rapport" - Joe Deety, Mita, Bob Parcel/ HM's

box 39 (OS), folder 240

Feb. 20, 1978, Alameda. Training session. History - starting with Gallo "Jews" [?] story

box 39 (OS), folder 241

Feb. 20, 1978. Training session. [Illeg.] Brooks - tips on HM's. G. Guthner [?] gives HM with stories. Pt 1 of outline

box 39 (OS), folder 242

2/20/78. Oakland. Training session. Very good. After PV - Phoning - Visits - Mary MC's vitists

box 39 (OS), folder 243

2/21/78, Oakland. Sim H/M. Dan B.

box 39 (OS), folder 244

2/22/78. Oakland Training Session. Mary Mc - NSO. Gary sim'd HM. Jane - sim'd HM

box 39 (OS), folder 245

[Feb. 1978?, Oakland?]. Gallo elections, 1975 - seventy guards and cameras - Dan Bacar. Training session. HM III - Ross - history starting with Cesar's birth in Yuma

box 39 (OS), folder 246

2/22/78, Alameda. Lois sim'd H.M. Phoning - Ross. Lois crunches I correct. Mark and Ross - "Nothing to lose" - Chambers advice - [illeg.] talk to men and women together

box 39 (OS), folder 247

[Feb. 1978?, Oakland?]. Training session. Lois - HM simulated. Jane - sim'd HM

box 39 (OS), folder 248

H.M. Gary starting with CC in Delano movie. C. Chavez HM at Dave Burciagas as told by Ross

box 39 (OS), folder 249

2/21/78 [Oakland?]. CC begins org. of union as told by Jane. HM - Jane - signing of contracts July 1970

box 39 (OS), folder 250

[Feb. 1978? Oakland?]. HM Part III

box 39 (OS), folder 251

2/22/78 [Oakland?]. Training session. Part IV, Crunch. Ross crunches Lois, Mary, Mark, etc. Story on Maggio carrots

box 39 (OS), folder 252

2/22/78. Oakland Training Session. CC at Dave B's house with FWkrs

box 39 (OS), folder 253

2/28/78. Oakland Training Session. Gary sim HM. 2/22/78. Lois - sim H/M

box 39 (OS), folder 254

2/24/78. Oak Tr. Session. Dan Bakar [Bacar?]. 1/2 tape on "readiness of people" to take on issues. Vivian and Gib [?]

box 39 (OS), folder 255

2/27/78. Oak Tr. - Phoning. "Mert" [?] - Organize [illeg.] H. Mtg. Lois Pryner.

box 39 (OS), folder 256

2/27/78. Oak Tr. Session. CC in Oak 1953. Prep for PV. Persistence. CC - Decoto, Bakersfield, Oxnard, Delano. Ross - persistence. [Illeg.] LA Voter Reg. Sac - Wetback [Ross recording in car 1/23/78 en route to C. [illeg.] from LA]

box 39 (OS), folder 257

4/24/78. Fred W. Ross. History - Negotiation class. La Paz. History SRA - carrots - Mulligan - Hardie - Inspiration

box 39 (OS), folder 258

4/24/78. Fred W. Ross - Hardie training. History - [illeg.] and WRA. [Illeg.] and Evacuation. History end of J.A.'s - Beg. of San Bernardino

box 39 (OS), folder 259

4/24/78. Fred W. Ross. History San Bern. Bell Town, Reds, C.B.-Santa Ana. El M[illeg.] S. L. - Frances and Julie LA

box 39 (OS), folder 260

4/25/78. Fred W. Ross. history. Julie - [illeg.] - Roybal - Alinsky - CPO - CSO. Rios, Nava [?], Lito, Maria, Origin of H.M. History - Birth and development of CSO [illeg.] Voter Reg - Elect of Roybal - Bloody Xmas

box 39 (OS), folder 261

4/25/78. Fred W. Ross. History - Bloody Xmas - Discussion re Roybal v. Ross relations. History - HM with Cesar 6/52. La Paz - CC makes a report.

box 39 (OS), folder 262

4/25/78. La Paz classes. Description of Maravilla to [illeg.]. Hs Mtg with Cesar - my "pitch"

box 39 (OS), folder 263

4/25/78. La Paz classes. From end of HM with Cesar. 4/26/78 La Paz classes. Cesar goes to Decoto [illeg.]

box 39 (OS), folder 264

4/26/78. Fred W. Ross. San Jose. History - San Antonio courts [?] citizenship program - Decoto. Oakland and Salinas. CC in Bakersfield. Ross in San Bern[illeg.] - Brawley. Gary F.

box 39 (OS), folder 265

4/26/78. Fred W. Ross. History - Stockton and Dolores, beginning of Oxnard - Hanford - Brawley. End of Oxnard. CC resigns to start UFW

box 39 (OS), folder 266

[April 1978?]. Cesar in Decoto etc. La Paz - Training [?] - [illeg.] students

 

Audiocassettes, 1978-1984

box 40 (OS), folder 267

4/26 [1978?]. La Paz class. Cesar goes to Oxnard. 4/27 - La Paz class. Cesar's Ordeal in Delano - early org'g- hunger

box 40 (OS), folder 268

4/27 [1978?]. La Paz classes. Cesar - [illeg.] - fears - new approaches in early org'g of NFWA. Busses [sic] loaded with women scabs roar into DiGiorgio

box 40 (OS), folder 269

4/27/78. Fed W. Ross. History - Guadalupe GO - Cesar begins UFW. DiGiorgio election, El Mosquito etc.

box 40 (OS), folder 270

4/27/78. La Paz classes. DiGiorgio election - Guimarra strike. Amelia Huerta [?] at DiGiorgio to Salina strike.

box 40 (OS), folder 271

4/27/78. Fred W. Ross. History - 1973 - 600 Wkrs go east to picket. 4/28/78

box 40 (OS), folder 272

4/28/78. Fred W. Ross. Alinsky before Senat [sic] Fact Finding Com Ovelia [?] Diaz # 30 - CC is on this tape

box 40 (OS), folder 273

4/28/78. La Paz classes. End of Salinas strike - "action and reaction" [illeg.] L.A.-C.S.O.

box 40 (OS), folder 274

4/24/78. La Paz Session with class on Negotiation. I meet Nacho Lopez to Casa Blanca. 10% [illeg.] Lulac - El Mo[illeg.]. San Diego V. Reg. Drive

box 40 (OS), folder 275

[April 1978?]. To [illeg.] Mig. Lab. Camp (in car on way to La Paz. Beginning to marriage to grower [?]. In car on way to La Paz Tr. session with Neg's class

box 40 (OS), folder 276

11/22/78. NIA Sessions. Domestic Wkr

box 40 (OS), folder 277

11/24/78. The rap for phone call

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[November 1978?]. The PV

box 40 (OS), folder 279

[November 1978?]. PV

box 40 (OS), folder 280

1/19/79, Calexico. Fred Ross. 11/20/79 [illeg.], Dirty Tricks, Bloody Summer. [On cassette liner: 11/18/79: History.]

box 40 (OS), folder 281

1/18/79 Calexico. Fred Ross. History of the Farm Workers Movement

box 40 (OS), folder 282

1/19/79. Fred Ross

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1/19/79, Calexico. Fred Ross. History of the Farm Workers Movement

box 40 (OS), folder 284

1/27 [1979], Berkeley. Coords' Mtg. 1/28/79, San Jose staff Mtg.

box 40 (OS), folder 285

9/25/79. Paul and Mike. Salary [?] with Alinsky. Structure- Crazies [?] - Advisory [?] officers, issue [illeg.] Bell Town. Single issue org.

box 40 (OS), folder 286

9/24[29?]/79. Paul and Mike. Very good.

box 40 (OS), folder 287

1/17/80. Fred and Paul. How I org'd CSO - Membs must pay for org. Role of Org in CSO

box 40 (OS), folder 288

1/24/80. Fred and Paul. CSO org'g mtg.

box 40 (OS), folder 289

1/31/80. Fred Ross and Paul

box 40 (OS), folder 290

1/31/80. Fred and Paul. Voting Power - San Diego

box 40 (OS), folder 291

2/7/80 Paul and Fred. Hs Mtgs

box 40 (OS), folder 292

2/7/80. Paul and Fred. Paul and Voting Power Drive

box 40 (OS), folder 293

4/16/80. Fred Ross on Hs Mtgs, organizing

box 40 (OS), folder 294

4/16/80, 4/17/80. Fred Ross on organizing

box 40 (OS), folder 295

May 22-23, 1980. Training. Post Morteming in prep for HM

box 40 (OS), folder 296

5/23/80. Oak Training

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June, July, Aug. 1980. Oakland Training

box 40 (OS), folder 298

June-July 1980. Oakland Boycott training session - Kevin

box 40 (OS), folder 299

[summer?] 1980. Oakland. JB - P.V.

box 40 (OS), folder 300

7/80. Oxnard. Training - Artie [?] Reed [?] and Paul David

box 40 (OS), folder 301

8/1/80. HM with Limoniera [?] Wkrs in vidal's back yard

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8/1/80. H Metting with Limoniera [?] Wkrs in Vidal back yard

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9/3/80. Gen. Mtg. Sta Paula, Arturo Rodriguez leading

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8/27/80. Mtg. of Comite de Cabeza in Sta Paula - Arturo Rodriguez leading

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[August 1980?]. Mtg. with "Comite de Cabeza" in Sta Paula - Arturo Rodriguez leading

box 40 (OS), folder 306

[1980?]. Unemployment

box 40 (OS), folder 307

10/26/80. Unemp. beginning and beginning of training session

box 40 (OS), folder 308

3/22/82. Unidentified woman interviewing Fred Ross. Poor sound

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March 22, 1982. Fred Ross.

box 40 (OS), folder 310

7/19/82. Survival Institute

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7/19/82. Survival Institute

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7/19/82. Survival Institute

box 40 (OS), folder 313

2/10/83. Feinstein

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2/10/83. Feinstein. Preparing the pitch, Gibs House Meeting

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2/10/83. Feinstein.

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2/19/83. Fred and pt time [illeg.]. Gib explains. Mathew HM, Gib gives HM

box 40 (OS), folder 317

6/16 [1983?]. Tr. Session - Feinstein Reelection

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6/16 [1983?]. [Tr. Session - Feinstein Reelection?]

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[6/16/83. Tr. Session - Feinstein Reelection?]

box 40 (OS), folder 320

5/2/84, Carmel. Fred Ross org.

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5/2/84. Fred Ross org.

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5/3/84. Carmel session

box 40 (OS), folder 323

5/4/84, Carmel. Fred Ross Hs Mtg. proper. Ellis rap

box 40 (OS), folder 324

[May 1984?], Carmel. Discussion of Ellis rapp [sic]. Meeting after Mtg. - to put pressure on and make friends

box 40 (OS), folder 325

[May 1984, Carmel?]. Post Mortem. Jackie goes for $! Katie and taking phone off hook. Vibes - Post Mortem. Jackie gets "brusque" and feels OK about it!

box 40 (OS), folder 326

May 16 [1984?], Carmel. Post Mortem

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May 16 [1984?], Carmel. Post Mortem

box 40 (OS), folder 328

[May 1984, Carmel?]. Vibes and Post Mortem

 

Audiocassettes, 1985-1987, undated

box 41 (OS), folder 329

4/27/85. Fred Sr. Tape #1. Mike Ganley. Japanese Americans

box 41 (OS), folder 330

4/27/85. Fred Ross Sr. Tape #2. Mike Ganley. Alinsky, Citrus Belt. Origin of CSO

box 41 (OS), folder 331

4/27-4/28 1985. Fred Ross Sr. Tape # 3. Ross reads "What happened to Pete." Bloody Xmas.

box 41 (OS), folder 332

4/30-5/1 '85. Fred Ross Sr. Tape # 6

box 41 (OS), folder 333

5/1/85. Fred Ross Sr. Tape #7

box 41 (OS), folder 334

5/1-5/2/85. Fred Ross Sr. Tape #8

box 41 (OS), folder 335

5/2/85. Fred Ross Sr. Tape #9

box 41 (OS), folder 336

7/4/87. Fred Ross. Please return to Bill Beachy

box 41 (OS), folder 337

7/4/87. Fred Ross. Please return to Bill Beachy

 

Undated tapes by probable year

box 41 (OS), folder 338

[1975?]. La Paz Elect. Org Cass #11

box 41 (OS), folder 339

[1975?]. La Paz 2/75 (?) Waves of Immigrants

box 41 (OS), folder 340

[1975?]. 2nd session at La Paz

box 41 (OS), folder 341

[1977?]. Boston. Greg Costello. Mary Ann and friend from Florida. Mike Guanel [?] - chart of community.

box 41 (OS), folder 342

[1977?]. Boston - HM practice. Max - practices. [Illeg.] and Chris practice

box 41 (OS), folder 343

[1977?]. PV Chris C. Mark - Hs. Mtg. Alice

box 41 (OS), folder 344

[1977?]. Mark

box 41 (OS), folder 345

[1977?]. Max HM - last section

box 41 (OS), folder 346

[1977?]. Fred Ross

box 41 (OS), folder 347

[1978?]. Arvin Mig. Camp - Woodie [sic] Guthrie. War - Braceros [illeg.] WRA - ACRR - San Bernardino, Ruth [illeg.]

box 41 (OS), folder 348

[1978?]. Cesar - Oxnard - carrot topping episode

box 41 (OS), folder 349

[1980?]. 2/2. Voter Reg. Org'g Drive.

box 41 (OS), folder 350

[1985?]. Ellie

box 41 (OS), folder 351

[1985?]. Ellie

box 41 (OS), folder 352

[1985?]. Ellie

box 41 (OS), folder 353

[1985?]. Ellie

box 41 (OS), folder 354

[1985?]. [Ellie?]

box 41 (OS), folder 355

[1985?]. Post Mortem. The blow up over pressure at end of 1st 2 weeks

box 41 (OS), folder 356

[1985?]. Art Auction and Fund Raising

box 41 (OS), folder 357

[1985?]. The Blow up on end of "Pressure," Post Mortem Carmel

box 41 (OS), folder 358

[1985?]. May 18 - Post Mortem Carmel

box 41 (OS), folder 359

[1985?]. May 18 - Post Mortem Carmel

box 41 (OS), folder 360

[1985?]. May 22 - Carmel Freeze Vibe Session. Post Mortem

box 41 (OS), folder 361

[1985?]. June 1 - Carmel Post Mortem. May 31

 

Audiocassettes, undated 1

box 41 (OS), folder 362

Historia de Santa Maria. Canciones y poemas. Una hora, historia [illeg.]

box 41 (OS), folder 363

CORE Post Mortem. Boston - Guy, Mark, Alice, etc.

box 41 (OS), folder 364

P.V. Prep. for PV - Spouse. Out-line - sm. talk - church? Job? making friends - synopsis to give to host. We map the battle of the phone. Ross gives P.V. good - and host's phone call

box 41 (OS), folder 365

Phoning - Alameda. Eden - Org with Lois.

box 41 (OS), folder 366

Phoning and P.V. 1st Personal Visit. HM Outline - CC at Burciaga's house

box 41 (OS), folder 367

House Mtg - charismatic leading. Nancy - Visalia - Sadie. Wash DC. Casa Blanca - learning to hold Hs Mtgs

box 41 (OS), folder 368

Rick. Wash SC - PV and Hs Mtg

box 41 (OS), folder 369

CSO - 1952 - Cesar and beginning NFWA org. CSO '52 to Org. NFWA. New York - Bloody Xmas. History "Okis" to Cesar.

box 41 (OS), folder 370

Following Hs Mtg outline to victory in grapes. Following Hs Mtg Outline - Lettuce Strike 1970-70 [?] Calif Sup Court Ruling 1972

box 41 (OS), folder 371

almost inaudible

box 41 (OS), folder 372

5-6

box 41 (OS), folder 373

The House Meeting. The 1st Person

box 41 (OS), folder 374

Bobby Debale [?]

box 41 (OS), folder 375

La Paz Elect Org

box 41 (OS), folder 376

CM (7) Ross

box 41 (OS), folder 377

II Ross

box 41 (OS), folder 378

Tape III

box 41 (OS), folder 379

Tape V

box 41 (OS), folder 380

Simulated phone calls. To Steffan's report on simulated phone calls

box 41 (OS), folder 381

Part of prep for P.V., reports on sim'd P.V.'s, Paul, etc. Dolores explains Gallo-Teamo[illeg.] contract

box 41 (OS), folder 382

Prep for Hs Mtgs. Ability to admit we flubbed the dub. Ploting [sic] out the "Hs Mtg" per se. Taking the blame, yourself. How to avoid organizing for other organizers

 

Audiocassettes, undated 2

box 42 (OS), folder 383

Cesar - Hs Mtg. with F. Wrks to dream[illeg.] El Malcreado [sic]. Cesar on "Organizing" and fouding of NFWA to big grape strike

box 42 (OS), folder 384

Dolores on Big Strike to Gallo 1967 UFW

box 42 (OS), folder 385

9/27/74. Lucia and Fred Ross. Gallo 1970 to Cesar's fast. Beginning boycott - Beginning Lettuce strike 1970

box 42 (OS), folder 386

1/75. Strike of '73 - Teamo violence girl blinded. Gallo Strike - 1973 to "17 shot - 200 hospitalized" - 1973 strke.

box 42 (OS), folder 387

Fri evening. After the House Mtg

box 42 (OS), folder 388

Florida 72-75 also NLRB fights. Traiing Session.

box 42 (OS), folder 389

Barbara Macry House Mtg.

box 42 (OS), folder 390

Trip to Fresno

box 42 (OS), folder 391

Starting a training session for "the book" - "Getting" ready to organize - USC and church - illeg. - Milligan - carrots

box 42 (OS), folder 392

10/10, LA. Ross, Bobbie and Ken - sim'd 1st visits.

box 42 (OS), folder 393

10/10. LA. Ross. Why Teamos are in Agric and Vs [?] UFW. Beginning of background. Hs Mtg outline. Hist of Teamos i. ag and why in this situation

box 42 (OS), folder 394

Cesar and Chicano labor leaders. Cesar in Madera [illeg.] During Fast

box 42 (OS), folder 395

Oakland. Bad tape

box 42 (OS), folder 396

Field Office Session

box 42 (OS), folder 397

Ross and Vivian - New organizers don't know themsleves or the people. Org of LA CSO. Roybal. Cesar and beginning of Long March, 1966. Saint [illeg.]

box 42 (OS), folder 398

NY. Dave Koeler. Mary Mc. Core Group Mtg. P.M.

box 42 (OS), folder 399

Planning the Hs Mtg - Gallo emphasis to discussion of NLRA. Following Hs Meeting Outline to Cesar and fried chicken story. Doroles story re Cesar's hardships

box 42 (OS), folder 400

1st 60 sec spot recruitment, 2nd announcement. History - Gallo following Hs Mtg Outline

box 42 (OS), folder 401

NLRA. Waves of immigrants [illeg.]

box 42 (OS), folder 402

Boston HM. Role Playing Pt. 2. Marc [?], Alice, Iris [?], Max

box 42 (OS), folder 403

4/28. Tape 2 - Boston Session. The Outline to Fast

box 42 (OS), folder 404

Tape 3 Boston Session. Pt 1, 2, and 3 of Outline

box 42 (OS), folder 405

Tape 5 Boston. House Mtg Practice. Alice, Marc, Max. Wk on HEI [?] Outline to So. West Corner Delano Movie

box 42 (OS), folder 406

Tape 6 - HM practice. Post Mortems on sim'd HM's - Chris Donoughue role player CMLI critique. Sacrifice beginning of fried chicken

box 42 (OS), folder 407

Tape 7 Boston. Fried chicken - service center. Fast Boston. Wkg on outline - Florida

box 42 (OS), folder 408

Tape 8 Boston. Wkg on outline - 1st MA graduate Delano High School. Irv runs sim'd HM. Joy gives $5.00 to Cesar

box 42 (OS), folder 409

Chicago.

box 42 (OS), folder 410

Fred Ross. House Meeting. Discussion on H. Mtg. - content - final appeal for help for other Hs Mtgs etc. More discussion on H. Mtg. content by Jan P., Jim and Vivien, Andy Coe

box 42 (OS), folder 411

Fred Ross. House Meeting. April 3 - Review of previous day. Violence. Teamo's - Valdez - H. Hasawara

box 42 (OS), folder 412

Feb 1. CORE group prep Oakland. Debbie on NSO agenda.

box 42 (OS), folder 413

Core group - Oakland. Prep for NSOrg 1st part of agenda. Dan Bacar - logistics

box 42 (OS), folder 414

NSO discussion. Wash DC core group

box 42 (OS), folder 415

Oak Training. Post Morteming

box 42 (OS), folder 416

House Meeting. Steffan and Frank Ortiz Hs Mtgs. Dolores

box 42 (OS), folder 417

Cesar with Dick Muster [?]

box 42 (OS), folder 418

Empty cassette case labelled 1-2

box 42 (OS), folder 419

Empty cassette case labelled 9-10

box 42 (OS), folder 420

Unlabelled

box 42 (OS), folder 421

Unlabelled

box 42 (OS), folder 422

Unlabelled

box 42 (OS), folder 423

Mi[illeg.] Ybarra Hs Mtg

box 42 (OS), folder 424

Politics Clint Reilly

box 42 (OS), folder 425

Putting HM together. 174 on - Post Mortem after night of phoning - Jay and Iris. Role playing HM with Jap [Jay?]

box 42 (OS), folder 426

Larry HM. Larry and Iris

box 42 (OS), folder 427

Not used - bum tape

box 42 (OS), folder 428

Tues., May 15, Carmel. Post Mortem

box 42 (OS), folder 429

Drum Major (365) Memphis. March on Washington 8/63. A.D. Randolph, W. Reuther [?], R. Wilkins (506) "I Have a Dream"

box 42 (OS), folder 430

Tape 1, Carmel [written in dark ink on black cassette]

box 42 (OS), folder 431

Discussion of Hs Mtgs just prior to video taping. From 1st Hs Mtg to A.W. 1970 - Daily staff mtgs - self organization. Analysis of org's day etc.

box 42 (OS), folder 432

Bach, etc. MARR. Neat music

box 42 (OS), folder 433

Empty cassette case labelled "Post Mortem. Vibes session and maybe Post Mortem. Heavy set guy with German last name. Jackie - Katie, Mark"

box 42 (OS), folder 434

Empty cassette case labelled "Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Etc. (SXLP 30123, EMI)"

box 42 (OS), folder 435

Unlabelled

box 42 (OS), folder 436

Unlabelled

 

Series G: Miscellaneous (.5 linear feet)

Scope and Contents

Box 19A contains photocopies of damaged material segregated during original processing. This material was not reordered, and may fit into other relevant series or files. Box 19B contains the originals, and is closed for research.
box 19A, folder 1

Gallo strike 1975

box 19A, folder 2

Miscellaneous correspondence [personal & professional] 1930-1974

box 19A, folder 3

CSO interviews, Hanford, California 1959

box 19A, folder 4

Giumarra vs. UFW injunction [photocopy] ; Delano strike flier ; UFW Spanish bulletins 1967

box 19A, folder 5

War Relocation Authority memoranda, etc. 1944-1945

box 19A, folder 6

Clippings ; UFW pamphlet re: Perelli-Minetti 1966

box 19A, folder 7

Ross - History of the Farmworker Movement 10/1974 [also Box 16 Folder 11] ; training materials - house meeting outline ; memo re: DiGiorgio

box 19A, folder 8

Handwritten notes, list of names 1962 [typescript fragments on back of some sheets]

box 19A, folder 9

Annotated typescript excerpts [photocopy; possibly Cesar Chavez memoir??]

box 19A, folder 10

Mimeograph in Spanish [illegible]

box 19A, folder 11

Miscellaneous: Daisy Ross obit draft ; poem ; 1 p. annotated typescript [related to above?]

box 19A, Folder 12

Invoices, etc. 1969-1970

box 19B

ORIGINALS RESTRICTED DUE TO CONDITION SEE BOX 19A FOR COPIES

 

Series H. Accession 2015

box 43, folder 1

Photograph of Bishop Donahue, Stockton undated

box 43, folder 2

Ross letters to father 1920

box 43, folder 3

Ross report cards, letter from USC schoolmate (1970) 1928-1935

box 43, folder 4

Ross, Lillian (et al.). The Argonauts (Modern Age Books) [photocopy] 1940

box 45, Folder 12

Library of Congress American Memory website: "Lafe" Todd, Arvin & Shafter camps 1940 [printouts]

box 47, folders 1-19

Chavez Daily Reports 1954-1957

box 47, Folder 20

Ventura CSO fiesta planning 1959

map-folder 49, folder 2

Arizona/Guadalupe clippings, etc. 1964-1970

map-folder 49, folder 3

CSO clippings, Records of CSO Deputy Registrars

box 43, folder 5

Farm Security Agency (FSA) Efficiency Report 1941

box 43, folder 6

Ross draft classification 1944

box 43, folder 7

War Relocation Authority (WRA) 1943-1946

box 47, Folder 21

scrapbook of clippings, photos, memoranda, etc. 1949-1957

box 43, folder 8

South Gate Tenant Council to Ross 1946

box 46, folders 1-2

Alinsky - Ross correspondence 1953-1954

box 43, folder 9

Ross interview transcript re: Japanese-American Relocation 1972

box 43, folder 10

American Council on Race Relations [photocopies from University of Chicago] 1946-1947

map-folder 49, folder 1

McCall's reprint on Alinsky, Back of the Yard

box 43, folder 11

Council for Human Rights Anti-Klan Rally 1946

box 43, folder 12

"The Least 'Un" - Ross FSA poem 1951

box 43, folder 13

Ross, Fred. Get Out If You Can: The Saga of Sal Si Puedes (California Federation for Civic Unity) 1953

box 43, folder 14

Los Angeles CSO, Gilbert Anaya correspondence etc. 1954

Physical Description: Many sheets in poor condition
box 43, folder 15

Chavez to Delgadillo [photocopy] 1954

box 43, folder 16

Ross to Chavez [photocopies] 1954-1955

box 43, folder 17

CSO documents and clippings 1954-1960

box 43, folder 18

CSO Second National Convention, Los Angeles 1955

box 43, folder 19

Stockton CSO, Louis Gonzalez correspondence, etc. 1957-1985

box 43, folder 20

CSO Reporter 1958

box 43, folder 21

Oxnard clipping 1959

box 43, folder 22

Alinsky testimony - Commission on Civil Rights Housing Hearing 1959

box 43, folder 23

Day Planner 1959

box 44, folder 1

Mother to Ross 1959

Physical Description: Partially legible due to water damage.
box 44, folder 2

Burton - Assembly Bill no. 5 1961

box 44, folder 3

CSO Executive Board minutes 1962-03-16

box 44, folder 4

Wife To Ross 1964

box 44, folder 5

Di Giorgio pro-Teamster flier ; UFW fliers ; Newsweek article 1966

box 44, folder 6

El Malcriado Vol. II No.5 1968

box 44, folder 7

Chavez presidential endorsements 1968

box 44, folder 8

Chavez statement following fast 1968-03-10

box 44, folder 9

Gallo election campaign notebook 1975

Physical Description: Item is musty due to prior exposure to moisture
box 44, folder 10

Ross testimony - ALRB hearing re: UFW vs. Gallo 1978

box 44, folder 11

Ross 75th Birthday 1985

box 44, folder 12

UFW 25th Anniversary Benefit program 1987-05-23

box 44, folder 13

Ross 80th Birthday 1990

box 44, folder 14

Weatherwax to Ross, Jr. 1992

box 44, folder 15

Ross memorial 1992

box 44, folder 16

Ross memorial statements: Jimmy Herman (ILWU) ; Joe Castorena (LA CSO) 1992

box 44, folder 17

Ross memorial statement: Cesar Chavez 1992

box 44, folder 18

Pelosi - Congressional recognition 1992

box 44, folder 19

John Dunne quote 1992

box 44, folder 20

Ross memorial clippings 1992

box 44, folder 21

Ross clippings

box 45, folder 1

Ellie Cohen documentary proposal 1985

box 45, folder 5

Michael J. Ganley, Fred Ross: Portrait of a Hero drafts 1985

box 45, folder 2

Nancy Elliot recollections 2003

box 45, folder 3

Axioms

box 45, folder 4

FBI Freedom of Information Request 1995

box 45, folder 6

Ross, Conquering Goliath draft

box 45, folder 7

Ross, The Di Giorgio Story annotated draft

box 45, folder 8

Chavez, The Fresno - Madera - Bakersfield Story March 1954-June 1956 annotated draft

box 45, folders 9-10

Chavez, The Oxnard Story parts I-V 1958-1962 annotated draft

box 45, Folder 11

Chavez clippings

box 46, Folder 3

San Bernadino CSO, Imperial 1954

box 46, folders 4-5

Alinsky - Ross correspondence 1955-1956

box 46, Folder 6

CSO Consolidation 1957-1958

box 46, folders 7-14

Alinsky - Ross correspondence 1957-1964

box 46, Folder 15

Alinsky - Ross correspondence - incomplete, undated

box 46, Folder 16

CSO Alinsky - Ross miscellaneous

box 47, Folder 22

Misc. notes, memoranda, minutes - CSO, UFW, etc.

box 48, reel 1

Audio reel #12. Fred Ross, Cesar Chavez, Dr. McCann [sticker on reel: May 7 - Part 2 - Dr. McCann + Part 1 - Fred Ross]

box 48, reel 2

Audio reel #20. Cesar - Jan.1, 1966 - The March - April 66 1966

box 48, reel 3

Audio Reel #22. Blanca Gomez and Cesar Chavez 1967-01-18

box 48, reel 4

Audio Reel #24. Reel 2 - Fred Ross & Cesar Chavez. May 7. Transcribed - 10/11/65 [sticker on reel: May 7 - Fred Ross. Reel #2] 1965

box 48, reel 5

Audio Reel #25. Fred Ross & Cesar Chavez, Arizona Training Program 1960-05

box 48, cassette 6

Audiocassette: Ed. Session 1971-09-27

box 48, cassette 7

Audiocassette: Beginning of Fresno Bee Clippings Aug.65 - June 2, 1966 ; Fresno Bee UWAC Clippings 6/3/66 - 8/8/67 1965-1967