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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: David Bacon photography archive
    Creator: Bacon, David, 1948-
    source: Bacon, David, 1948-
    Identifier/Call Number: M2468
    Physical Description: 103 Linear Feet (9 manuscript boxes, 77 flat boxes, 3 map folders, 2 card boxes)
    Physical Description: 1 hard drive(s) 1 HD - WD My Book, 8 TB storage capacity
    Physical Description: 8.042 terabyte(s) Combined storage size of 8 TB hard drive (2019-064), addenda rec'd at Green (2019-372), and all born-digital addenda via Dropbox (accessions 2020-098, 2020-151, 2020-260, 2020-385, 2021-049, and 2021-165).
    Date (inclusive): 1980s-2000s

    Biographical / Historical

    David Bacon (born 1948) is a photojournalist, author, political activist, and union organizer who has focused on labor issues, particularly those related to immigrant labor. He has been active as a phototographer since the 1980s and published several books, essays and articles on subjects including the history of the United Farm Workers; the working and living condition of farm workers in California; the work lives of workers; the US/Mexico border; the impact of the Iraq war on the working people of Iraq; the migration of indigenous communities in Mexico, Guatemala and the Philippines to the United States; social protest movements in the United States; labor protests; hunger and homelessness in Northern California; and literacy and education of children. -- from catalog record

    Scope and Contents

    Physical materials are predominantly photographic materials: primarily prints, with some slides, proof sheets, and negatives, of David Bacon's work as a photojournalist. A set of photographs of elementary students includes release forms from parents allowing their children's images to be used. Also included are some exhibition materials such as labels, summaries, personal narratives, magazines, and brochures. These are mostly related to the projects "Every worker is an organizer" and "Transnational Working Communities." There is also a small amount of material from Bacon's work with the Free South Africa Labor Committee.

    Arrangement

    Arrangement of materials is adapted from David Bacon's own system on his website, by subject and then by project title (if applicable). File names are derived from the labels on the original photo boxes.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], David Bacon photography archive, M2468. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research. Materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

    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.

    Related Materials

    Online exhibit for The David Bacon Photography Archive at Stanford: Work and Social Justice: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bacon

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Social justice
    Labor unions -- United States
    Demonstrations
    Immigrants -- U.S.
    Documentary photography
    Migrant labor.
    Bacon, David, 1948-
    Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
    Huerta, Dolores
    United Farm Workers of America
    Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales