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Margaret Aseman Cooper Zonligt papers, 1949-1977.
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Title:

Margaret Aseman Cooper Zonligt papers, 1949-1977

Creator/Contributor:

Zonligt, Margaret Aseman Cooper., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Zonligt, Martin J.

Abstract:

The collection includes letters sent to Margaret Cooper while she was living and studying at U.C. Berkeley in the 1950s. The primary correspondents are her mother, Helen Cooper; her father, Lyle Cooper, a labor organizer for the United Packinghouse Workers of America; and her friend Marian Ybarra. The cassette tapes contain recordings of interviews and meetings with farm workers in California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Texas, recorded between 1973 and 1977 and conducted by Margaret Aseman Cooper Zonligt and her husband Martin J. Zonligt.

Date:

1949 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us-id -- n-us-tx -- n-us-or -- n-us-wa
Zonligt, Margaret Aseman Cooper -- Archives
Zonligt, Margaret Aseman Cooper -- Correspondence
Zonligt, Martin J -- Archives
United Packing House Workers of America.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Interviews
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Idaho -- Interviews
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Texas -- Interviews
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Oregon -- Interviews
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews
Migrant labor -- California -- Gilroy
Migrant labor -- California -- Lindsay
Migrant labor -- California -- Fresno
Migrant labor -- California -- Farmersville
Migrant labor -- California -- Visalia
Migrant labor -- Idaho -- Boise
Migrant labor -- Texas -- Crystal City
Migrant labor -- Texas -- Edinburg
Migrant labor -- Texas -- El Paso
Migrant labor -- Texas -- Laredo
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Gervais
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Grants Pass
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Hood River
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Monmouth
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Nyssa
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Salem
Migrant labor -- Oregon -- Woodburn
Migrant labor -- Washington (State) -- Grandview
Migrant labor -- Washington (State) -- Kennewick
Migrant labor -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Migrant labor -- Washington (State) -- Toppenish
Migrant labor -- Washington (State) -- Yakima

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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Margaret Aseman Cooper Zonligt papers, BANC MSS 2012/234, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English and Spanish.
Margaret Aseman Cooper Zonligt (1928-2010) was a farm labor activist and photographer in the Central Valley of California. She studied with Paul Schuster Taylor, receiving a master's degree in economics from U.C. Berkeley in 1954. She married Martin Zonligt in 1968. Martin Julius Zonligt (1934-2012) was born in Belgium. He recieved his master's degree in library science from U.C. Berkeley and worked as a librarian at the Stanislaus County Library for over 25 years. He specialized in providing outreach to migrant workers and other underserved populations.

Physical Description:

4 boxes (1.6 linear feet)

Language:

English
Spanish

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.