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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Bill Chandler Farm Worker Organizing Papers
Creator:
Chandler, Bill, 1941-
Identifier/Call Number: URB.BC
Extent:
2.92 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1966-1978
Abstract: Bill Chandler worked with the Community
Service Organization in 1960. During this time Mr. Chandler met Cesar Chavez. He
subsequently began working full-time with the United Farm Workers in 1965. His activities
included organizing people to participate in the strike and picketing at the Central Produce
Market in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Chandler was an observer in negotiations between the
Farm Workers and the Vineyards in Delano during the grape boycott. In Mississippi, Mr.
Chandler is a member and organizer with the state's employees union. He is also the founding
Executive Director of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA). The collection
consists of publications created by the United States federal government, California state
government, the United Farm Workers, and similar organizations.
Language of Material: English.
Spanish; Castilian
Bill Chandler was born in Berkeley, California on March 18, 1941. He began working with the
Community Service Organization in 1960. During this time Mr. Chandler met Cesar Chavez. He
began working full-time with the United Farm Workers in 1965. His activities included
organizing people to participate in the strike and picketing at the Central Produce Market
in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Chandler was an observer in negotiations between the Farm
Workers and the Vineyards in Delano during the grape boycott. In Mississippi, Mr. Chandler
is a member and organizer with the state's employees union. He is also the founding
Executive Director of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA).
The
Bill Chandler Farm Worker Organizing Papers consists of
publications created by the United States federal government, California state government,
the United Farm Workers, and similar organizations. The collection is arranged in three
series:
Federal Publications
(1966-1974),
Organizational Publications
(1966-1976), and
State Publications
(1969-1978).
Series I,
Federal Publications, consists of publications
created by the federal government of the United States. These are listed alphabetically and
chronologically within.
Series II,
Organizational Publications,
consists of publications created by various organizations involved with the farm
laborers including the United Farm Workers. Within this series are several resolutions which
are numbered and filed in numerical order. Other publications are listed alphabetically and
chronologically within.
Series III,
State Publications, consists of publications
created by the state of California. These are listed alphabetically and chronologically
within.
Series I: Federal Publications, 1966-1974
Series II: Organizational Publications, 1966-1976
Series III: State Publications, 1969-1978
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright
status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the
written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Carmen Ramos Chandler.
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Megan Hibbits, 2012
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