Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Flyers, newsletters, and political buttons documenting the union related activities of the farmworkers in the 1960s in California.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet (3 folders)
- Language:
- Materials are in English and Spanish.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. California farmworker collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Newsletters, fliers, and political buttons documenting the activities of the United Farm Workers and National Farm Workers Association in the 1960s in California. In particular, the materials trace the organizations' dealings with the DiGiorgio Company, a major agribusiness. There are six issues of "The Mosquito," a newsletter from Marysville and Yuba City, California, and three issues of "El Malcriado - The Voice of the Farm Worker," published by the Farm Worker Press in Delano, California. There is one flier "Don't Buy California Grapes," produced by the United Farm Workers. Also included are four political buttons: Boycott SCAB Lettuce, Vote UPW, Support Farm Workers, and Si Se Puede/En Las Rosas.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Johnson Rare Books Archives, January 2021.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Brooke M. Black in April 2022.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Agricultural laborers -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Labor unions -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Fliers (printed matter) -- California -- 20th century
Newsletters -- California -- 20th century
Political buttons -- California -- 20th century - Names:
- Di Giorgio Corporation
Farm Worker Press
National Farm Workers Association
United Farm Workers - Places:
- San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. California farmworker collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191