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Series 1: Personal 1944-2015

Physical Description: 4.375 Cubic Feet(3.5 cartons, 57 folders)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically in five sub-series: 1.1: Biographical 1.2: Contract Work, 1.3: Education, 1.4: Political Activity, and 1.5: Research.

Contents

Contains biographical material, including transcripts from several oral history interviews, his research and writings as a university student, and his work as a contract researcher on several studies.
 

Sub-Series 1.1 Biographical 1996, 2011, 2015

Contents

The biographical sub-series contains Anderson's curriculum vitae, a memoir, and transcripts from three oral histories interviews of Anderson by Howard Ganz, Paul Taylor, and David Anderson (Henry Anderson's son).
carton 1, folder 1

Curriculum Vitae and Chronology undated

Contents

Anderson CV, list of research papers, brief bio, and chronology.
carton 1, folder 2

Memoir Undated

Contents

Two documents titled "Fifty Years too Soon? Bracero Studies in the Rear-View Mirror: A Memoir" and "Bracero Field Research: Rear-View Mirror and Road Ahead," written by Anderson.
carton 1, folder 3

Oral History - Anderson, David 2015

Contents

Anderson interview by his son, David Anderson.
carton 1, folder 4

Oral History - Ganz 1996

Contents

Anderson interview by Marshall Ganz.
carton 1, folder 5

Oral History - Taylor 2011

Contents

Anderson interview by Paul Taylor.
 

Sub-Series 1.2 Contract Work 1956-1979

Contents

The Contract Work Sub-series contains documents pertaining to Anderson's work as a contract researcher. Documents include administrative records and research pertaining to an Old Age Security (OAS) study, a smoking study, and an automobile lead exposure study.
carton 1, folder 6

Job Search 1968-1969, 1979, undated

Contents

Various papers relating to Anderson's job search for research positions.
carton 1, folder 7

Smoking Study 1964, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to a smoking control research project
 

Old Age Study 1956-1963

carton 1, folder 8

Administrative Records 1956-1957, 1959, 1968, undated

Contents

Administrative records pertaining to Old Age Security (OAS) issues. Contains study on OAS recipients in Santa Cruz County.
carton 1, folder 9

Aid to Needy Blind undated

Contents

Report on Health Care of Aid to Needy Blind Recipients, Santa Cruz County, Jan 1958 - Jun 1961. Unknown author.
carton 1, folders 10-11

California Department of Welfare 1957, 1960, 1963

Contents

Contains Dept. of Social Welfare reports on significant facts regarding public assistance for OAS recipients, public welfare and the California Medicare Program. Includes report on public welfare.
carton 1, folder 12

California Department Social Welfare - Expenditures 1959-1962

Contents

Medical care services and expenditure reports by the Dept. of Social Welfare.
carton 1, folder 13

California Department Social Welfare - Medical Payments 1958-1962

Contents

Statistical summary of Medical payments for public assistance recipients.
carton 1, folder 14

California Law Review Journal 1958 October

Contents

Vol. 46, No. 4 issue of California Law Review.
carton 1, folder 15

Fact Book 1962 March

Contents

Old Age Security Fact Book 1960.
carton 1, folder 16

Government Publications 1955, 1957-1960, 1962

Contents

Publications: Recipients of Old-Age Assistance in Early 1953, Medicare of Welfare Recipients-Basic Problems, The Medicare Program-Progress Report, Background Paper of Health and Medical Care, and others.
carton 1, folder 17

Ocean City Study undated

Contents

Study on attitudes, experiences, and relationships pertaining to health care in Santa Cruz County.
carton 1, folder 18

Presentations 1956-1958, 1961

Contents

Presentations on Old Age Assistance.
carton 1, folders 19-20, carton 2, folders 1-2

Report Draft 1966

Contents

Draft report titled "Health and Medical Care in Ocean City," a study focused on Santa Cruz County that Anderson designed, directed, and wrote.
carton 2, Folders 3-4

Research 1955, 1959-1962, 1967-1968, undated

Contents

Research documents pertaining to chronic diseases and public medical care programs.
carton 2, folder 5

Title XIX Report undated

Contents

Draft and notes of report titled "Statistical Surveillance of a Title XIX Program" by Anderson.
carton 2, folder 6

Auto Lead Exposure Study 1975, undated

Contents

Proposal for research study sponsored by the Stanford Research Institute. Includes correspondence and notes.
 

Sub-Series 1.3 Education 1947-1948, 1965

Contents

The Education Sub-series contains photocopied documents relating to Anderson's research for his thesis paper on the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), in addition to other work produced during his time at University of Hawaii.
carton 2, folder 7

American Labor Struggles undated

Contents

Photocopy of American Labor Struggles by Samuel Yellen. Research for IWW thesis.
carton 2, Folders 8-9

Bogard Pts. I & II undated

Contents

Parts I and II of Tom Bogard's biographical paper. Research for IWW thesis.
carton 2, folder 10

Cripple Creek Strike undated

Contents

Photocopy of The Cripple Creek Strike: A History of the Industrial Wars in Colorado, 1903-4-5 by Emma F. Langdon. Research for IWW thesis.
carton 2, Folders 11-12

IWW in California 1947

Contents

Photocopy of "The IWW in California" by Hyman Weintrub, Master's Thesis. Research for IWW thesis.
carton 2, folder 13

History of Labor in the U.S. undated

Contents

Photocopy of History of Labor in the U.S., Vol. IV by Perlman and Taft. Research for IWW thesis.
carton 3, folder 1

Running the Gauntlet undated

Contents

Photocopy of Running the Gauntlet: Cultural Sources of Violence Against the IWW by John Clendenin Townsend. Research for IWW thesis.
carton 3, folder 2

Stanford - The Health of Minority Groups in the Urban Community 1948

Contents

Research paper written by Anderson while at Stanford University.
carton 3, Folders 3-4

United World Federalist Thesis 1965 August

Contents

Anderson's submitted thesis at the University of Hawaii, titled "United World Federalists: The Emergence and Career of a Social Movement."
 

Sub-Series 1.4 Political Activity 1944-2014

Contents

The Political Activity Sub-Series contains correspondence and writings pertaining to Anderson's political activism in the peace, labor, and communist movements, including some involvement in the Socialist Party. Also contains documents from his activism on the U.C. Berkeley campus and a variety of published booklets, as well as newspapers and clippings pertaining to HUAC hearings, news censorship, and anti-capitalism.
carton 3, folder 5

Correspondence 1960-2014

Scope and Contents

Correspondence pertaining to Anderson's involvement in the Socialist Party and political activism.
carton 3, folder 6

Newsletters - General 1961-2014, undated

Scope and Contents

Newsletters on a variety of subjects.
carton 3, folder 7

Newsletters - Pacifism 1960-1992, undated

Scope and Contents

Newsletters on non-violence, pacifism, antiwar movements, and peace.
carton 3, folder 8

Newspapers 1961-1968, undated

Scope and Contents

Newspapers and clippings pertaining to HUAC hearings, news censorship, UC Berkeley news, and anticapitalism.
carton 3, Folders 9-10

Publications 1944, 1960-1967, undated

Contents

Variety of published booklets: Russian Pronunication, Mankind, The Nation, The Liberal Democrat, I.F. Stone's Weekly, The Progressive, Hammer and Tongs, The American Federalist, Humanist and more.
carton 3, folder 11

Research and Notes 1960, 1965, undated

Contents

Miscellaneous articles and papers, writings, and notes by Anderson on university reform, peace and communist movements, and labor.
carton 3, folder 12

SLATE 1961, undated

Contents

Flyers, notes, and drafts by Anderson on radical student movement group at U.C. Berkeley. Documents TASC (Towards an Active Student Community) becoming SLATE.
carton 3, folder 13

Socialism 1958, 1960-1965, 1968, undated

Contents

Materials from Socialist Party including conference proceedings, resolutions, Young People's Socialist League (YPSL) bulletin, Tongs and Hammer newsletter, and flyers.
 

Sub-Series 1.5 Research 1960-2015

Contents

The Research Sub-Series contains Anderson's notes and research documents he collected mainly during his later years, including news clippings, materials gathered from the George Meany Center for Labor Studies, and materials on the EPA pesticide program and the Simpson-Mazzoli Act.
carton 4, Folders 1-2

General Topics 1960-2015, undated

Contents

Miscellaneous documents collected by Anderson, primarily materials not related to farm workers. Topics include water issues, Berkeley city issues, Democratic Party and ballot issues, consumer groups, pesticides, AFL-CIO, Peter Velasco, Archie Green Fund, labor issues, and more.
carton 4, folder 3

Magazines 1965, 2000, 2010, 2014, undated

Contents

Magazines and articles including Union Democracy in Action, "How the Spanos Family Built a Fortune Selling Bologna Sandwiches to Mexican Farmworkers," "Close to Slavery," Southern Poverty Law Center, and more.
carton 4, folder 4

Meany Center Research 1999, undated

Contents

Anderson's research at the George Meany Memorial Archive, including typed and written notes on citations. Topics include George Meany, H.L. Mitchell, William Schnitzler, Henry Pelet, National Agricultural Workers Union, United Packinghouse Workers of America, and more.
carton 4, folder 5

News Clippings 1976-2007

Contents

News clippings covering farm workers, pesticides, labor, Cesar Chavez, immigration, and consumer issues.
carton 4, folder 6

Notes - Anderson 1990s

Contents

Hand-written research notes by Anderson.
carton 4, Folders 7-10

EPA Pesticide Program 1975-1977, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to the Epidemiologic Studies Program directed by Ephraim Kahn. Includes progress reports, peer review by Anderson, draft report on Panel on Scientific and Technical Considerations, Statement to the EPA Pesticide Policy Advisory Committee, and "A look at the Problems of Pesticides Underreporting and Underrecognition as it Pertains to the California Fieldworker." Includes material on the evolution of California re-entry periods.
carton 4, folder 11

Simpson-Mazzoli 1984, undated

Contents

U.S. House Congressional Record, H.R. 1510, voting records, and Anderson's notes and writings on the Immigration and Nationality Act, known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act.
 

Series 2: University of California, Berkeley 1956-1961 1925-1965

Physical Description: 11.25 Cubic Feet(9 cartons, 138 folders, 1 over-size box)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Contents

Records from Anderson's tenure at UCB School of Public Health where he was a researcher and graduate student. Main content is comprised of records pertaining to his thesis on the Bracero Program in California. Records include administrative files, such as a prospectus, grant applications, bibliographic notes, correspondence with his advisory committee and others, research files on numerous subjects, activity reports, documents on methodology, news clippings, and drafts of his thesis. Of particular interest are interviews conducted by Anderson and Louie Tagaban (the bilingual interviewer he hired) of braceros, camp managers, medical personnel, government and religious figures, and others. Also includes files on Anderson's interaction with the American Friends Service Committee which resulted in the shutdown of his study by U.C. President Clark Kerr, and the related correspondence between government officials and Anderson's advisory committee. Includes two versions of his thesis; he refers to the second one as the "sanitized" version.
This series contains harmful language that was present in the materials when they were donated to SFSU. We have included these problematic terms in this finding aid to provide information about the record creators and make these collections more accessible for research. The language is present in carton 12, folders 1-2. If you have questions or comments about this language or description, please email us.
carton 4, folder 12

AFL CIO 1945 December

Contents

Proceedings of the 8th Annual Convention, California CIO Council.
carton 4, folder 13

American Friends Service Committee 1955, 1958, undated

Contents

Memos between AFSC members Phil Buskirk, Barbara Moffett, Steve Thiermann, Josephine Duveneck, Bard McAllister, and Otto Hofman. Topics include the Progressive Grower's Association, Community Service Organization, transportation of migrant workers and importation of farm labor from Japan and the Philippines, prevailing wage, housing, Filipino labor, farm labor cooperatives, and use of Mexican nationals by small farmers. Includes correspondence and report on AFSC's Agricultural Labor Project.
 

Bracero Study

carton 4, folder 14

Activity Reports 1957-1958

Contents

Anderson's reports documenting daily activities, including conversations, interviews, letters written, travel, and his musings.
carton 4, folder 15

Administrative 1960, undated

Contents

Travel expense reports, permission to quote letters, and a list of Anderson's monographs to be returned.
carton 4, folder 16

Advisory Committee 1956-1960, undated

Contents

Correspondence among Bracero Study Advisory Committee members (Edward S. Rogers, Herbert Blumer, George Foster, Paul Taylor, Andie Knutson, Lester Breslow) and meeting minutes. Includes correspondence and notes of meeting between Chairman Rogers and Anderson pertaining to manuscript revisions. Includes Anderson notes and drafts.
carton 5, Folders 1-2

Bibliographic Notes undated

Contents

Bibliographic notes created by Anderson.
carton 5, folder 3

Feedback 1960-1961, undated

Contents

Correspondence containing feedback on Anderson's manuscript from Prof. Varden Fuller; Thomas N. Saunders, chief of the California Dept. of Industrial Relations; UC Berkeley School of Law Dean William L. Prosser; and John F. Henning, director of the California Dept. of Industrial Relations.
carton 5, Folders 4-5

Grant Applications 1956-1959, undated

Contents

Drafts of study narrative, budgets, research plans, and timelines for application to the National Institute of Health (NIH).
carton 5, folder 6

Grant Correspondence 1956-1959

Contents

Correspondence fron Charles E. Smith, Edward S. Rogers, Vera Fry, Glenn G. Lamson, Richard R. Willey, and Anderson.
carton 5, folder 7

Methodology 1953, 1958, undated

Contents

Documents concerning methodology, study aims, instructions to interviewers, and articles on social research.
carton 5, folder 8

Notes 1957-1958, undated

Contents

Primarily hand-written notes by Anderson.
carton 5, Folders 9-10

Progress Reports 1957-1958, undated

Contents

In-depth report on status of Bracero Study prepared for the National Institute of Health (NIH).
carton 5, folder 11

Progress Report - Haynes 1958

Contents

In-depth report on status of Bracero Study prepared for the Haynes Foundation.
carton 5, folder 12

Questionnaires 1957-1958, undated

Contents

Questionnaire drafts for interviewing bracero workers. In English and Spanish.
carton 5, folder 13

Statement of Opinion and Conscience 1958 May

Contents

Paper written by Anderson for the American Friends Service Committee kand documentation of uproar in the State Dept of Employment and the U.S. Dept. of Labor due to mention of bribery and working conditions. Includes correspondence from Anderson; Edward F. Hayes of the Farm Placement Service; H.W. Stewart, director of the State Dept. of Employment, Louie M. Tagaban; H.D. Huxley, deputy regional director of the U.S. Dept. of Labor; and Father Thomas McCullough.
carton 5, folder 14

Tables and Data undated

Contents

Copies of data tables for Anderson manuscript concerning housing, market value of agriculture products consumed, arrests of immigrants, number of dependents, average months of employment, and other topics.
carton 5, folder 15

Tabulations 1958, undated

Contents

Punch card coding protocols and hand-written tabulations from questionnaires.
 

Correspondence

carton 5, folder 16

Bennett 1956-1958

Contents

Correspondence between Anderson and Fay Bennett, executive secretary of the National Sharecroppers Fund.
carton 6, folder 1

Bravo and Feichtmeir 1953-1957

Contents

Correspondence concerning Dr. Francisco Bravo, medical director for the Continental Casualty Company, and Armand C. Feichtmeir of the same campany. Anderson's typewritten notes from correspondence relating to medical insurance for braceros, medical treatment, laboratory facilities, illnesses in the work camps, and more.
carton 6, folder 2

Galarza 1958-1959

Contents

Correspondence between Anderson and Ernesto Galarza regarding the Bracero Program, and Anderson's Statement of Opinion. Topics include medical insurance for braceros and other subjects.
carton 6, Folders 3-4

Anderson 1951-1965, undated

Contents

Correspondence to and from Anderson pertaining to braceros, migrant workers, and farm workers.
carton 6, folder 5

McAllister 1957-1958

Contents

Correspondence between Anderson and Brad McAllister of the American Friends Service Committee's Farm Labor Project.
carton 6, folder 6

McCullough 1956-1964, undated

Contents

Correspondence between Anderson and Ft. Thomas McCullough of St. Linus Mission of St. Gertrude's in Stockton, Calif.
carton 6, folder 7

McFarland 1956

Contents

Memoranda between W. B. McFarland, regional farm placement representative; Ed McDonald, regional director U.S. Dept of Labor; and Bernard V. Fox, field rep U.S. Dept. of Labor.
carton 6, folder 8

Religious Matters 1956-1961

Contents

Correspondence between Ft. James L. Vizzard of Catholic Rural Life Conference, Brother Duane Boudreau of the Catholic Laity for Migrant Workers, Rev. Reihardt Van Dyke of New Jersey Council of Churches, and Anderson.
carton 6, folder 9

Tagaban 1954, 1958-1959, undated

Contents

Correspondence between Anderson and Louie M. Tagaban, a bilingual interviewer hired by Anderson to conduct interviews with braceros at the welcome center.
 

Interviews

carton 6, folder 10

American Friends Service Committee 1957 October

Contents

Interview transcripts of Bard McAllister and Josephine Duveneck of AFSC. Includes discussion of the organization's interest in seasonal/migratory farm labor.
carton 6, folder 11

Camp Employees 1957

Contents

Interview transcripts of camp compliance officers and camp managers.
carton 6, folder 12

Farmers 1957

Contents

Transcripts of interviews with farmers and their representatives, including Fred Heringer, chairman of the California Farm Bureau Federation.
carton 6, folder 13

Farm Workers 1957-1958, undated

Contents

Transcripts of interviews with farm workers. Many interviews were conducted by Louie Tagaban at the El Centro Reception Center.
carton 6, folder 14

Galarza 1956 December

Contents

Transcript of interview with Ernesto Galarza, director of research and education for the National Agricultural Workers Union, AFL-CIO.
carton 6, folder 15

Government Officials 1956-1957

Contents

Transcripts of interviews with officials from the California Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Farm Placement Program, and California Dept of Industiral Relations and Employer Service representatives.
carton 6, folder 16

General 1956-1957

Contents

Transcripts of interviews with a variety of people who work with or come into contact with braceros, including professors, journalists, general community members, judges, and organization members. There is a partial transcript of an extensive interview with a Mr. Ordonez.
carton 6, folder 17

Health Insurance 1957 June

Contents

Transcripts of interviews with representatives of Pan-American Underwriters Company: Dr. Francisco Bravo, former medical director; and Armand Feichtmeir, president.
carton 6, folder 18

Health Workers 1956-1957

Contents

Transcripts of interviews with health educators, a doctor, and a medical receptionist.
carton 6, folder 19

Preliminary Findings undated

Contents

Documents and drafts by Anderson with preliminary findings based on interviews.
carton 6, folder 20

Religious 1957-1958, undated

Contents

Partial transcripts of interviews pertaining to religious matters.
carton 6, folder 21

Joint U.S. - Mexico Trade Union Committee 1956-1959

Contents

Press releases and statements.
carton 6, Folders 22-25

News Clippings 1937-1962, undated

Contents

News clippings pertaining to farm labor, labor strikes, farmers, and other agricultural issues.
 

Publications

carton 7, Folders 1-2

Calif. Dept. of Employment 1947, 1950-1955

Contents

Publications on seasonal workers in California, labor requirements for California Crops, annual and weekly farm labor reports, and validation of foreign worker needs in agriculture.
carton 7, folder 3

College of Agriculture, UC Berkeley 1938-1939, 1944, 1954, 1958

Contents

Publications concerning seasonal labor requirements, characteristics of agricultural workers, and how to pick certain crops.
carton 7, Folders 4-5

Federal Reports 1941, 1950, 1960

Contents

Reports by the federal government on interstate migration, immigration and naturalization systems, the McCarran Act, and unemployment problems.
carton 7, Folders 6-8

General 1950-1960, undated

Contents

Various publications on public health, farm labor, right to work, American folklore, family farms, the U.S. southwest, role of the braceros in Mexico, orchard production, farm labor contractors,and migrant workers. Also contains fotonovela cartoon booklet about transportion accidents and braceros.
carton 7, folder 9

Hearings - Agriculture 1948-1949, 1954-1955

Contents

Transcripts of U.S. House Committee on Agriculture hearings on foreign labor.
carton 7, folder 10

Hearings - Appropriations 1943, 1955

Contents

U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearings on manpower and the Mexican farm labor program.
carton 8, Folders 1-3

Hearings - Education and Labor 1940, 1942, 1957

Contents

U.S. Senate Committee on Education and Labor hearings on free speech, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and manpower resources.
carton 8, Folders 4-5

Hearings - General 1942-1943, 1958

Contents

Hearings held by federal entities on technological mobilization, national defense migration, and acreage limitations.
carton 8, folder 6

Hearings - Immigration 1930, 1951, 1954

Contents

Transcripts of hearings on western hemisphere immigration, admission of foreign agricultural workers, and controlling illegal immigration.
carton 8, folder 7

Journal of Farm Economics 1942

Contents

Volumes 1-3.
carton 8, Folders 8-9

Migrant Workers 1939, 1947, 1952-1959

Contents

Various publications on migrant labor.
carton 8, folder 10

National Child Labor Committee 1925, 1944

Contents

Publications by the NCLC on children working in sugar beet fields and the Committee's 40th anniversary report.
carton 9, Folders 1-2

Religion 1938, 1958, undated

Contents

Publications on religious matters, including Catholic attitudes on child labor, the Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking, the Catholic Council for the Spanish Speaking, and church views on people and land.
carton 9, Folders 3-4

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1939, 1941-1944, 1955, 1957-1959, undated

Contents

Publications on farm labor, wartime production, and vegetable wage rates.
carton 9, Folders 5-7

U.S. Department of Labor 1938, 1944, 1952-1961

Contents

Publications on agricultural wages paid, migration, immigration, and migrant labor.
carton 9, folder 8

University of Texas 1944, 1948-1949, 1951

Contents

Publications by U.T. Austin Press on Spanish-speaking population and children in Texas.
carton 9, folder 9

U.S. Government 1957, 1959-1962

Contents

Immigration annual report and farmer's tax guide.
 

Research Documents

carton 9, Folders 10-11

Agricultural Economics 1940-1960

Contents

Documents, news clippings, reports, and magazines on agricultural economy.
carton 9, folder 12

Bishops' Committee for Spanish-Speaking 1957-1960, undated

Contents

Newsletters, reports, and statements.
carton 9, folder 13

Bracero Demographics 1952, 1956-1960

Contents

Documents, correspondence, and Anderson's notes pertaining to numbers of braceros used in California.
carton 9, folder 14

Bracero Health 1952-1953, 1956-1957, undated

Contents

News clippings and Anderson's notes and tables on health issues among braceros.
carton 9, folder 15

Bracero Program 1957

Contents

Report on the operation of the Mexican Farm Labor Program for the U.S Congress. Contains information on compliance, importation, activities at reception center, improvement of facilities, and number of braceros hired. Includes bracero forms.
carton 10, folder 1

California Labor Federation 1958-1959

Contents

CLF AFL-CIO documents pertaining to membership numbers, delegate information, convention reports, legislative activity, and newsletters.
carton 10, folder 2

Catholic Council for the Spanish Speaking 1956-1958, undated

Contents

Newsletters, conference resolution, and the constitution of the CCSS.
carton 10, folder 3

Child Labor 1952-1960, undated

Contents

Articles, booklets, and reports on child labor and children of migrant farm workers.
carton 10, Folders 4-5

Farm Placement 1950-1960, undated

Contents

Brochures from U.S. Employment Services Farm Placement Services. Includes statistics on workers hired, materials related to demands for migrant labor, and more.
carton 10, folder 6

Farmers 1936, 1956-1960, undated

Contents

Magazines, reports, and news clippings regarding concerns of farmers.
carton 10, folder 7

Folk Medicine 1948, 1951-1958

Contents

News clippings, bibiographic notes, and curriculum guides on folk medicine practices and beliefs.
carton 10, folder 8

Folk Music 1959-1960, undated

Contents

Correspondence from Pete Seeger and Ernie Marrs to Anderson. Includes articles on folk music and lyrics and music by Woody Guthrie, Ernie Marrs, and more.
carton 10, folder 9

Foreign Aid 1957-1959

Contents

Booklets and articles on foreign aid policy, economic development, and Latin America.
carton 10, folder 10

Foreign Labor 1947, 1950-1958, undated

Contents

News clippings and documents pertaining to the use of foreign labor, including Puerto Rican, Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino farm workers.
carton 10, Folders 11-12

General 1947-1960, undated

Contents

Articles, reports, and newsletters on topics pertaining to agricultural labor issues.
carton 10, folder 13

Health Insurance 1948, 1954-1959, undated

Contents

Reports on quality of care, service plans, and liability policy. Includes data on hospitalizations and illnesses of braceros, Anderson's tabulations, correspondence, and notes.
carton 10, Folders 14-15

Housing 1941, 1950-1959, undated

Contents

Reports and articles on regulations of labor camps, status of housing, and number of California labor camps. Includes U.S. Dept. of Labor documents on housing standards for Mexican nationals and examples of how twelve camps operate.
carton 11, Folder 1

Immigration 1953, 1956-1958

Contents

News clippings and papers on immigration policy, refugee status, foreign policy, and impact on economy. Includes correspondence from Richard Robbins of Wellesley College to Anderson.
carton 11, Folder 2

Labor Contractors 1958-1959, undated

Contents

Legislation on crew leaders, Anderson's notes, and sample of crew leaders notebook.
carton 11, Folder 3

Legislation undated

Contents

Photocopied federal legislative bills (1947-1963) on Permanent Farm Labor Program, farm labor, importation, and 1953 extension of Mexican Farm Labor Program.
carton 11, Folder 4

Mexican Nationals in California Agriculture 1959

Contents

Calif. Dept. of Employment report on Mexican Nationals. Includes 24 exhibit attachments on U.S. entry of braceros, farm labor report, brochure promoting bracero workers, instructions and menus for Mexican workers, wage survey, sample advertising and recruitment, and various forms pertaining to the bracero program.
carton 11, Folder 5

Mexico Economic Development 1958, undated

Contents

Data on Mexico's economy and peso valuation, bibliographic notes, news clippings, and election materials for PRI presidential candidate Adolfo Lopez Mateos.
carton 11, Folders 6-9

Migrant Health 1925, 1939, 1942-1959

Contents

News clippings, reports, and other documents pertaining to migrant health issues. Topics include sanitation, child care, infant mortality, the bracero physical examination program, communicable disease, chest x-rays, public health, the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Association, immunizations, venereal disease, and residential requirements for health, education and welfare services. Includes interviews of workers and nurses on the border, some correspondence, and Anderson notes.
carton 11, Folders 10-11

Migrant Workers 1938, 1952, 1954-1958, undated

Contents

Reports on transient labor problems and migrant workers in Texas, Migratory Labor Notes newsletter, and Pennsylvania migratory labor program.
carton 11, Folder 12

Morbidity 1951-1959

Contents

Concerns issues of sudden death syndrome and occupational health, listing of migrant deaths, and statistics on causes of deaths.
carton 11, Folder 13

National Agricultural Workers Union (NAWU) 1957-1960

Contents

NAWU constitution, press releases, 1957 convention proceedings, NAWU 25th anniversary, memo from H.L. Mitchell regarding AFL-CIO and agricultural workers, and MOA between NAWU and United Packinghouse Workers of America.
carton 11, Folder 14

Organized Labor 1949, 1957-1961, undated

Contents

Documents on right to work, union organizing, convention proceedings, and fair labor standards. Includes contract agreements, statements, and newsletters from labor unions.
carton 11, Folder 15

Organized Labor Clippings 1953-1959

Contents

News clippings on unions, picket lines, and labor unions.
carton 12, Folders 1-2

Undocumented Workers 1949-1956, undated

Contents

Articles, reports, and papers on "Wetback Invasion." Includes interview transcripts, Border Patrol information, and bibliographic notes.Content warning: This folder contains harmful language that was present in the materials when they were donated to SFSU. We have included these problematic terms in this finding aid to provide information about the record creators and make these collections more accessible for research. If you have questions or comments about this language or description, please email us.
carton 12, Folders 3-4

Other States (not California) 1938, 1946-1948, 1954-1958, undated

Contents

Documents on migrant farm labor in states outside of California, including Texas, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, North Dakota Utah, and East Coast states.
carton 12, folder 5

Public Health 1956-1958

Contents

Term paper on principles of public heath organizations and administrations, and documents of the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Association.
carton 12, folder 6

Public Law 78 1958-1960, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to PL 78 (Bracero Program). Includes brochure on program, resolution by Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen of North America, summary of law as amended, consultant's report on the program, and legislation on the Farm Labor Program.
carton 12, Folders 7-8

Religion 1956-1960, undated

Contents

Newsletters, statements, and documents pertaining to organized religion's attitudes towards and work with migrant workers. Reports from the Christian Family Movement on the Migrant Workers and documents from religious organizations for the Spanish-speaking. Includes hymns and Anderson bibliographic notes.
carton 12, folder 9

Religious Booklets 1939, 1951-1960, undated

Contents

General religous pamphlets and publications related to the Catholic Church and migrant workers. Includes conference material on work with the Spanish-speaking, rural communities, and family farms.
carton 12, folder 10

Rural Development undated

Contents

Term paper on industry and community.
carton 12, folder 11

Transportation 1945, 1949, 1951-1960, undated

Contents

News clippings and other documents on transporting migrant workers, accidents and unsafe conditions. Includes Anderson bibliographic notes and government agency documents on safety issues and legislation.
carton 12, folder 12

Water Issues 1954, 1957-1960

Contents

Primarily news clippings on water issues.
carton 12, folder 13

Students Committee for Agricultural Labor (SCAL) 1960, undated

Contents

Documents from and about SCAL, of which Anderson was a member. Includes correspondence, planning memos, drafts by Anderson, and memo by the Western Growers Association about SCAL.
carton 12, Folders 14-20, carton 13, Folders 1-2

Thesis - Draft undated

Contents

Anderson's draft of his "Braceros in California" thesis completed for a Master's degree in Public Health at U.C. Berkeley.
carton 13, Folders 3-5

Thesis - First Version 1960 April

Contents

First version of Anderson's thesis, "The Bracero Program in California: with Particular Reference to Health Status, Attitudes, and Practices." School of Public Health, U. C. Berkeley. Project advisors listed: Drs. Dorothy B. Nyswander, Lester Breslow, George Foster, Herbert Blumer, Andie Knutson, and Paul S. Taylor.
carton 13, Folders 6-7

Thesis - Second Version 1961 March

Contents

Anderson's final version of his thesis, "The Bracero Program in California: with Particular Reference to Health Status, Attitudes, and Practices." In this version the controversial XII chapter ("Healthways and Social Change") has been deleted. Anderson referred to this as his "sanitized" version.
Oversize-box 1, folder 1

Labor Requirements for California Crops 1944-1945

Contents

Two booklets containing data on major seasonal operations published by the U.C. Berkeley Agricultural Extension Service Farm Labor Project.
 

Series 3: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) 1958-1962 1938-1963

Physical Description: 6.25 Cubic Feet(5 cartons, 1 oversize box, 100 folders)
Physical Description: 1 oversized items

Arrangement

Arranged alphbetically.

Contents

Contains documents pertaining to Anderson's tenure as AWOC's director of research, a position created for him by Director Norman Smith. Includes administrative papers, such as expense and activity reports, agendas and minutes, AWOC newsletters, and statements drafted by Anderson. Also contains the history of AWOC and a log of Anderson's recorded his personal thoughts and daily work activities. Contains correspondence; documents from various labor, governmental and farmer organizations; and documents used for research on agricultural economy and labor, wage issues, labor organizing, and major California growers.
carton 13, folder 8

Activity Reports 1959-1962

Contents

Anderson's weekly activity reports for AWOC. Documented conversations with farm workers, AWOC staff, and individuals related to research projects; meetings and hearings attended; and publications and research projects.
carton 13, folder 9

Administrative 1959-1961, undated

Contents

AWOC expense records, invoices, meeting agendas, meeting notes, and drafts.
carton 13, folder 10

Administrative - Meetings 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Meeting agendas, minutes, and notes relating to AWOC Advisory Board, Executive Council of National AFL-CIO, Asparagus Workers' Rally, Northern California Area Council, Stockton Council, and AWOC ballot votes.
carton 13, folder 11

AFL-CIO 1957-1961, undated

Contents

Publications, convention program, and telephone directory. Supplemental material submitted by Stanley Ruttenberg, director of Research to Special Subcommittee on Wage-hour Legislation of the House Committee on Education and Labor. Working paper titled "A Program to End Nineteenth Century Poverty in Twentieth Century Rural America."
carton 13, folder 12

AFL-CIO 1959-1961

Contents

AFL-CIO directory and song books, Fourth Constitutional Convention proceedings in Florida, material on AFL-CIO second convention in San Diego, and brochure about the AFL-CIO building.
carton 13, folder 13

Agricultural Wage Board 1960

Contents

Transcript of proceedings in June 1960 and December 1960, and meeting minutes.
carton 13, folder 14

Agricultural Workers Association 1959, undated

Contents

Constitution, by-laws, resolutions, and declaration.
carton 13, Folders 15-16

Anderson Notes 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Anderson's mostly handwritten notes pertaining to his time as director of research for AWOC.
carton 14, Folders 1-2

Anderson Writings 1960-1961, undated

Contents

Anderson's writings and drafts covering issues in California agriculture, the farm labor market, changes in migrancy patterns, farm labor organizing, wages and living conditions of migrant workers, Public Law 78 and foreign contract labor, unionism, economic imperialism, and farm wages. Drafts of Anderson's "A Program For Migratory Farm Labor" prepared for The National Catholic Rural Life Conference.
carton 14, folder 3

Associated Farmers 1938-1939, 1960-1961, undated

Contents

Articles and writings on the history of the Associated Farmers of California, administrative correspondence from the Associated Farmers of Santa Cruz County and the Associated Farmers of San Joaquin County, Inc., and bulletins produced by the Associated Farmers of California.
carton 14, Folder 4

AWOC History 1961

Contents

Anderson's paper on the history of AWOC and an outline of a report to Fay Bennett, executive director of the National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF).
carton 14, folder 5

AWOC Newsletter 1959-1961, 1963

Contents

Newsletters produced by AWOC, including The Agricultural Worker and the AWOC Organizer, reporting on farm labor issues and legislation, wage negotiations, and organizing activities among agricultural workers.
carton 14, folder 6

Ballis, George undated

Contents

Photographer George Ballis' written descriptions of the pea and potato harvests.
carton 14, folder 7

California Farm Bureau Monthly 1960

Contents

Copies of the California Farm Bureau Monthly publication, covering news and issues in California agriculture, legislation, 4-H activities, and agricultural science.
carton 14, folder 8

California Labor Federation Newsletter 1961-1962

Contents

Weekly newsletters published by California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, concerning labor legislation, wages, AFL-CIO activities and governance, and other news.
carton 14, Folders 9-13

California Weekly Farm Labor 1954-1962

Contents

The California Weekly Farm Labor Report published by the State of California Department of Employment, includes summaries of the farm labor situation by region and county and labor, wage, and production statistics for each county and crop.
carton 14, folder 14

Central Labor Council 1961-1962

Contents

Minutes, correspondence, and other administrative documents produced by the Central Labor Councils of Alameda, Fresno and Madera, Humbolt and Del Norte counties. Documentation on the relationship between AWOC and the Central Labor Councils.
carton 14, folder 15

California Citizens Committee for Agriculture Labor 1959-1961

Contents

Newsletters, correspondence, statement of principles and policies, and program proposal describing the structure and committee chairs. Includes many drafts indicating that Anderson appears to have played a role in the development of this organization as part of his work with AWOC. Newsletter includes the names of sponsors and board of directors.
carton 14, folder 16

Community Service Organization 1961-1962

Contents

Pamphlet and flyers.
 

Correspondence

carton 14, folder 17

AFL-CIO 1959-1962

Contents

Correspondence to and from various AFL-CIO officials, including a memorandum from Franz E. Daniel to President George Meany regarding H. L. Mitchell's charges against AWOC Director Norman Smith, and a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt from Meany regarding the status of AWOC.
carton 14, folder 18

AWOC 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Letters to and from AWOC staff on wage fixing, Farm Placement Services, use of prisoners in agricultural work, legal suits, and other topics.
carton 14, folder 19

Bennett, Fay 1959-1961

Contents

Letters between Anderson and Fay Bennett, executive secretary of the National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor. Mention of "Llamame Guillermo Blanco" photograph album.
carton 14, folder 20

General 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Correspondence between various individuals. Includes Central Labor Council, Ernesto Galarza, Allyn Bainbridge, Diversified Growers, and others.
carton 14, Folders 21-22, carton 15, Folders 1-2

Anderson 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Correspondence to and from Anderson. Individuals include Norman Smith, Father Thomas McCullough, Bard McAllister, and others. Topics include Anderson dismissal from AWOC, Imperial Valley lettuce crop costs and growers investment, Congressional Record regarding the San Luis issue, Texas agricultural workers, California Dept. of Employment, the asparagus industry, and more. Contains statistics on DiGiorgio Fruit Coporation and draft testimony on Migratory Labor Bills.
carton 15, folder 3

Livingston, John 1959-1961

Contents

Correspondence between John L. Livingston, director of organization for the AFL-CIO; Norman Smith, director of AWOC; and others. Topics include the number of Mexican Nationals working, setting up the AWOC Stockton HQ, work reports, and the appointments of Norman Smith and Ernesto Galarza.
carton 15, folder 4

Perlus, Irving 1959-1961

Contents

Correspondence between Norman Smith and Irving Perlus, director of the California Dept. of Employment.
carton 15, Folders 5-6

Smith, Norman 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Correspondence to and from Norman Smith, director of AWOC. Topics include the opening of the Stockton AWOC office, contracts, prevailing wage, the Farm Placement Service, government hearings, DiGiorgio Fruit Corp., legislation, Basque sheepherders, Strathmore AWOC chapter, and more.
carton 15, folder 7

White, Rick 1960-1961

Contents

Correspondence between Anderson and Rick White.
carton 15, folder 8

Crops 1959-1960

Contents

Statistical and activity report on crops, Bank of America crop manual, and Anderson notes.
carton 15, folder 9

Daily Log - Anderson 1959-1960

Contents

Appears to be a daily personal documentation of AWOC work and events. Includes Anderson's perspective on meetings, various AWOC staff, and other topics.
carton 15, folder 10

The Dilemma of the Farm Laborer 1961 February

Contents

Manuscript by Wilhelm G. Christophersen.
carton 15, folder 11

Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers 1961-1962, undated

Contents

Press releases and statements pertaining to the organization's work.
carton 15, folder 12

Families and Children 1960

Contents

Bulletin and programs on migrant families who follow crops.
carton 15, folder 13

Farmers 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to the concerns of farmers/growers. Topics include the DiGiorgio Fruit Corp., labor organizing, minimum wage bill, labor strikes, Frederick S. Van Dyke, and more. Includes copies of California Farm Reporter newsletter.
carton 15, folder 14

Farm Labor - Other States 1958-1961, undated

Contents

Information about farm labor in Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
carton 15, folder 15

Farm Labor Report - Imperial Valley 1947-1961

Contents

Statistical information on lettuce, asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, and other crops in California's Imperial Valley.
carton 15, Folders 16-17

Farm Labor Requirements 1952-1960

Contents

Worksheets for determining labor required for various crops.
carton 15, folder 18

Farm Labor Seminar 1960, undated

Contents

Appears to be documents pertaining to a seminar Anderson was planning for the Students Committee for Agricultural Labor. Includes suggested reading list, proposed outline, and facts on farms.
carton 15, Folders 19-20

Federal Publications 1955-1961, undated

Contents

Pamplets and brochures from Division of Public Health, U.S. Department of Labor, regarding public health for migrant workers and their families and state workmen's compensation laws, public health reports, and immunization programs; and U.S. Department of Labor report on wages and farm labor, food distribution program, and health education films. Industrial Welfare Commission notices about wages and working conditions for women and minors, U.S. Department of Agriculture reports on farm workers' employment, wages, and weather conditions impacting farm employment. Includes State of California Department of Social Welfare report, "The Stepfather Family in the Aid to Needy Children Program."
carton 15, Folders 21-22

General Items 1959-1962, undated

Contents

California Democratic Council report on resolutions, legislative letter regarding fight on Strauss confirmation as commerce secretary, annual conference report, National Manpower Council report on waste of manpower, U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Association resolutions, Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County resolution, and misc. reports, meeting agendas, and newsletters from labor groups and committees.
carton 15, folder 23

Gridley Summer Program 1962

Contents

Education program for farm labor children. Summer activity report describes work schedule on the farm and details administering the program.
carton 16, folder 1

House Sub-Committee Farm Labor 1961, undated

Contents

Report regarding the Kennedy Administration farm plan, statements on "The Cost Squeeze on Farmers" and "Farm Costs and Net Farm Income," and memorandums from Anderson.
carton 16, Folders 2-3

Imperial Valley 1959-1961, undated

Contents

Flyers, correspondence, news clippings, and notes primarily regarding the 1961 lettuce strike in California's Imperial Valley. Topics include Bruce Church Company, United Packinghouse Workers of America, Jackson Produce, Bud Antle Ranch, Fred Bright Co., and use of braceros.
carton 16, folder 4

Industrial Welfare Commission 1958-1959, undated

Contents

Meeting minutes containing testimony from farm representatives, health workers, and others. Topics include child labor, wages, and farmer issues. Includes statement by AWOC.
carton 16, folder 5

Lawsuits 1960-1963

Contents

Legal documents pertaining to lawsuits by farmers against AWOC representatives and anti-picketing.
carton 16, folder 6

Legislation 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Lists and photocopies of legislation related to agricultural labor, minimum wage, crew leader registration, child labor, extension of Public Law 78, and other topics.
carton 16, Folders 7-8

Marrs Scrapbook 1961 February

Contents

Scrapbook compiled by Ernie Marrs, an AWOC organizer and folk singer. Contains news clippings on bracero and farm worker issues, flyers, drawings, AWOC newsletters, and photographs with narrative text.
carton 16, folder 9

Moreno, Maria 1961 March 3

Contents

Single reprint from the Valley Labor Citizen on AWOC organizer Maria Moreno which quotes her speech before a meeting of the Students Committee for Agricultural Labor at U.C. Berkeley.
carton 16, folder 10

National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor 1959-1962, 1966-1967, undated

Contents

Booklets, newsletters, and statements, Includes reports from public hearings and Frederick Van Dyke statement. Topics include recruitment of domestic farm workers, labor legislation, and Public Law 78.
carton 16, folder 11

National Agricultural Workers Union (NAWU) 1959, undated

Contents

Agreement between United Packinghouse Workers of America and NAWU, and correspondence and documents by Ernesto Galarza.
carton 16, Folders 12-13

National Catholic Rural Life Conference 1956-1961, undated

Contents

Pamphlets, booklets, and press releases by the NCRLC. Includes a statement read at the 1960 convention and a comprehensive document draft titled "A Program for Migratory Farm Labor," both by Anderson.
carton 16, folder 14

National Sharecroppers Fund 1957, 1960-1962, undated

Contents

Conference proceedings, mass mailings, and report on farm workers and their families.
carton 16, Folders 15-16

News Clippings 1960-1962

Contents

Newspaper clippings. Topics include organizing farm labor, AFL-CIO's opposition to the governor's water plan, unionizing farm labor, property tax irregularities on land used for farming, and wages for farm workers. Includes New York Times magazine article on migrant workers.
carton 16, folder 17

Newspapers - General 1960, 1962

Contents

Topics include the Imperial Valley Farmers Association, AFL-CIO ceasing funding to AWOC, and child labor.
carton 16, folder 18

Newspapers - Labor 1960, 1962

Contents

Articles pertaining to Anderson as research director for AWOC, AWOC's work after termination of funding from AFL-CIO, drive to set up a local union in Alameda County, Stockton as hub for organizational activities, AFL-CIO strikes in Imperial Valley, arrest of AWOC staff for leafletting, and end of CWA local strike with favorable settlement.
carton 16, folder 19

Outreach 1960-1963, undated

Contents

Flyers and informational documents produced by AWOC.
carton 16, folder 20

Poland, Jefferson 1958, 1961

Contents

Documents relating to Jefferson Poland's arrest for trespassing at the Loduca and Perry labor camps. Includes documentation and testimony of malfeasance against braceros. Topics include unclean food, physical abuse, and payment issues.
carton 16, folder 21

Press Releases 1959-1961

Contents

Releases produced by AWOC. Topics include election of officers, wage issues, labor relations, violations in labor camps, contracts, strikes, working conditions, and more.
carton 17, folder 1

Publications - General 1960-1961, 1963, undated

Contents

Publications on agricultural labor, AFL-CIO's Economic Trends, California Agriculture, Arizona Review, The Liberal Democrat, and No Harvest for the Reaper.
carton 17, folder 2

Research - Farm Labor 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Documents on farmers' responsibility, the farm labor dilemma, union organizing, health services, and agricultural economy issues.
carton 17, folder 3

Religious Organizations 1953-1959

Contents

Publications and documents from The National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Rev. James L. Vizzard, Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking, and National Council of Catholic Women.
carton 17, folder 4

Rural Development 1960-1961

Contents

Prospectus for the Rural Development Association.
carton 17, Folders 5-7

Statements and Research Papers - AWOC 1959-1961, undated

Contents

Transcripts of statements given by AWOC representatives and research papers written by Anderson. Topics include human resources, Public Law 78, manufactured labor shortage, prevailing wage, working conditions, farm statistics, housing shortage, strikebreakers, the DiGiorgio Corporation, and bracero numbers.
carton 17, folder 8

Statements - Other 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Statements by various other organizations and individuals on agricultural labor.
carton 17, folder 9

State Government Publications 1959-1961, undated

Contents

Documents published by California governmental departments. Topics include wages and working conditions in agriculture, licensed farm labor contractors, health services, worker requirements, labor disputes, and family housing.
carton 17, folder 10

Strathmore Conference 1961

Contents

Documents pertaining to a conference in Strathmore, Calif., called by former AWOC staff after the AFL-CIO terminated funding. Includes correspondence to invited guests and speakers, minutes, materials related to conference planning, and a book by Ernest Lowe containing photographs of the event. Speakers included William O'Rear, Larry Itliong, Russell Curtis, Hector Abeytia, and Father Thomas McCullough.
carton 17, folder 11

Strikes 1960-1961, undated

Contents

Topics include Bracero sit-down strike at Growers Association office, agricultural labor disputes, and DiGiorgio and Salinas lettuce strikes.
carton 17, Folders 12-13

Survey - Farm Labor 1959 August

Contents

AWOC survey to assess the number of domestic farm workers available to counter farmers' statement on lack of workers.
carton 17, folder 14

Survey - Public Opinion 1959-1960

Contents

AWOC survey of public opinion on farm worker wages.
carton 17, folder 15

Survey - Peach Picker Census 1959 August

Contents

AWOC census survey of peach pickers. Includes data on families, rate of pay, identification of orchards and growers, and tallies.
carton 17, folder 16

Taylor, Paul 1957, 1959, 1961

Contents

Paper on migratory laborers in the wheat belt, statement on agriculture labor history, and testimony by Professor Paul S. Taylor.
carton 17, folder 17

Testimony 1959-1962, undated

Contents

Testimony by farm workers, government officials, and various other individuals.
carton 18, folder 1

Thesis - Braceros in Texas 1960 June

Contents

Thesis by Ruth Graves on the history of imported Mexican labor, domestic migrants, and the Texas agricultural economy.
carton 18, folder 2

Thesis - Mexican Agricultural Workers 1960 May

Contents

Thesis by Philip Tamoush on Mexican farm workers in California.
carton 18, folder 3

Transcripts - Stenodisc 1959-1962

Contents

Transcripts from AWOC office recorder of Director Norman Smith's conversations with John Livingston of AFL-CIO and others.
carton 18, folder 4

Unions - General 1958-1961, undated

Contents

Contractual agreements, Teamster strike fund, member notices, and flyers.
carton 18, folder 5

United Packing Houseworkers of America (UPWA) 1954-1959

Contents

Correspondence, flyers, and documents concerning lemon farms.
carton 18, folder 6

Voice of Agriculture 1959, undated

Contents

AWOC's radio program scripts.
carton 18, folder 7

Western Interstate Conference 1960 April

Contents

Documents from the conference on migratory labor.
carton 18, folder 8

Workers' Rights on Trial in California undated

Contents

Booklet published by the California State Federation of Labor.
Oversize-box 1, folder 2

Field Signs undated

Contents

Three hand-made signs reading: Northern California Area Council, AWOC; Go Back Home you City Slickers, you aren't friends of Lettuce Pickers; and City Slickers Go Home. The latter printed on the back of a No Trespassing sign.
 

Series 4: Citizens for Farm Labor 1962-1974

Physical Description: 7.06 Cubic Feet(5.5 Cartons, 1 oversize box, 5 oversize items in flat file, 101 folders)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Contents

Records of the organization Citizens for Farm Labor, of which Anderson was a co-founder and director. Consists of administrative records, CFL member correspondence, a complete set of CFL's quarterly Farm Labor journal, press releases, news clippings, and transcripts of testimony from CFL representatives and various agencies and organizations given before governmental bodies. Topics include agricultural labor, farm worker health and insurance issues, farm labor reports and requirements, labor organizing, the Bracero Program, legislation, and the United Farm Workers union.
carton 18, folder 9

Administration - Drafts 1964, 1966-1968, undated

Contents

Anderson's hand-written and typed drafts pertaining to CFL business.
carton 18, folder 10

Administrative Papers 1963-1967, 1970-1971, undated

Contents

CFL documents produced by Anderson. Includes prospectus on organizing the rural poor beyond the bracero system, budgets, correspondence, mailing lists and more.
carton 18, folder 11

Administrative - Founding Documents 1961-1971, undated

Contents

Proposal, belief and purpose statement, meeting minutes, notes, and list of advisory/executive bodies.
carton 18, folder 12

Administrative - Statements 1964-1967, 1969, undated

Contents

Official CFL statements given before governmental bodies and public hearings.
carton 18, folder 13

Agricultural Labor Support Committee 1967-1968, undated

Contents

Newsletters by Bay Area co-coordinator Pete Velasco.
carton 18, folder 14

Associated Farmers of California 1948-1955

Contents

Newsletters pertaining to agricultural labor and wages, Associated Farmers member elections, strike insurance plan for farmers, summary of union "Contract for 1948" for the Asparagus Growers' Association, union organizational campaign between AFL National Farm Labor and the CIO Food, Tobacco, and Agricultural Workers' Union, picketing at DiGiorgio Farms, and AFL suggested welfare laws including worker coverage.
carton 18, folder 15

Booklets 1961-1971

Contents

Booklets on farm labor disputes and organizing, children of migrant families, and Senate hearings regarding Department of Agriculture and related Agency appropriations. Includes California Annual Farm Labor Report 1963 and a study of farm labor in Calif.
carton 18, folder 16

Bracero Interviews 1964 June-July

Contents

Interviews regarding perception of Braceros, opinions about the Bracero Program, and Braceros' interactions with locals.
carton 18, folder 17

The Bracero Program undated

Contents

Photocopy of book The Bracero Program by Richard Craig and Anderson's notes regarding book.
carton 18, folder 18

California Church Council 1971-1974

Contents

Newsletters pertaining to legislative alerts. Topics include unemployment insurance, bargaining rights, the "illegal alien law" (AB 528), family farms tax plan, migrant children, and farm labor transportation.
carton 18, folder 19

California Labor Federation 1970-1974

Contents

Newsletters. Topics include farm wage, DiGiorgio boycott, use of state prison labor, unemployment insurance, Delano Grape strike, and more.
carton 18, folder 20

California Migrant Ministry 1965, 1967-1968, 1971-1972

Contents

Newsletters and mailings.
carton 18, folder 21

California Rural Legal Assistance 1968

Contents

Mailings to Friends of CRLA.
carton 18, folder 22

Catholic Worker Newspaper 1964, 1966-1968

Contents

Newspaper published by the Catholic Worker Movement.
carton 18, folder 23

Census of Agriculture - California 1954

Contents

Published by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
carton 19, folder 1

Congressional Record 1967, 1971

Contents

Record of the 90th and 92nd U.S. Congress debate on agribusiness disclosing practices and policies.
 

Correspondence

carton 19, folders 2-6

1963-1977, undated

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by Anderson as chair of the CFL. Includes letters to and from other CFL representatives.
carton 19, folder 7

Brunwasser 1965-1966

Contents

Correspondence mostly written by attorney and CFL advisor Arthur Brunwasser on behalf of the organization.
carton 19, folder 8

Draper 1964-1968, 1970-1971, undated

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by union organizer and CFL advisor Anne Draper.
carton 19, folder 9

Esher 1964

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by William Esher, executive assistant of CFL.
carton 19, folder 10

Goepel 1963-1965, undated

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by Wendy Goepel, a co-founder of CFL.
carton 19, folder 11

Delano Grape Strike 1966-1967

Contents

Flyers and newsletters by the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) and other support groups concerning strike updates, grape boycott, food caravans and more.
carton 19, folder 12

Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Labor 1963-1965

Contents

Newsletters, correspondence, and a 65-page document titled "A Statement of Conscience and Review of Evidence by the ECAFW" on the Bracero Program, its effect, and its relation to domestic farm workers. Document on ECAFW's Operation Harvest Hands (Operacion Campesino).
carton 19, folder 13

Faith Communities 1963-1976, undated

Contents

Documents produced by faith-based organizations in support of farm workers. Topics include seasonal farm labor, migrant children's education, and other issues. Includes meeting minutes, statements, position papers and resolutions.
 

Farm Labor Journal

carton 19, folder 14

Vol. 1 1963-1964

Contents

Vol. 1, nos. 1-6. Topics include prospectus on CLF, the bracero system, pesticides and photographs. Covers feature Maria Moreno and Ft. Thomas McCullough. Photographs by Ernest Lowe and George Ballis.
carton 19, folder 15

Vol. 2 1964-1965

Contents

Vol. 2, nos. 1-6, missing no. 4, additional no. 6. Topics include cantaloupe and bushberry picking, Puerto Rican contract workers, youth, Harvest Festival picket, farm labor conditions, McCarran-Walter law, the Farm Placement Service, unemployment insurance, and other issues. Includes statistical report on California farm labor and CFL testimony. Cover art by Andy Zermano and photographs by Ernest Lowe, George Ballis and Anderson. The additional no. 6 is an anthology on farm labor, poverty, and civil rights with contributions by Cesar Chavez; William Esher, co-editor of El Malcriado; farmer Fred Van Dyke; and others.
carton 19, folder 16

Vol. 3 1965

Contents

Vol. 3, nos.1-6. Topics include labor legislation, AWOC, CFL testimony on AB 2426, fair employment, HR 8313, Immigration and Nationality Act, Monterey county, San Joaquin Valley, Tulare rent strike, agribusiness case studies, family farm studies, Mississippi, Catholic manifest on farm labor, reflections on violence, Filipino farm workers, San Joaquin Valley grape strike, and more. Photographs by Ernest Lowe.
carton 20, folder 1

Vol. 4 1966

Contents

Vol. 4, nos. 1-6. Topics include joint CFL, SNCC and Farm Workers Association conference; Delano grape strike; California Democratic Council convention; Southern Tenant Farmers Union; building a union; and more. Inserts: pledge card to boycott Schenley products and No. 5 includes copy of supplement "Agriculture in California" published by The Catholic Voice. Cover art by Anderson.
carton 20, folder 2

Vol. 5 1966-1967

Contents

Vol. 5, Nos. 1-4. Topics include Delano grape growers, DiGiorgio election, CFL testimony, the Industrial Welfare Commission, A. Parelli-Minetti boycott, sugar beet wage rate, Ronald Reagan on agriculture, Giumarra strike and boycott, anti-monopoly water law, rural community development, family farms, and other issues. Cover art by Anderson.
carton 20, folder 3

Farm Labor Journal Ideas 1963-1966, undated

Contents

Anderson notes on ideas for journal content.
carton 20, folder 4

Farm Labor Report 1966

Contents

Newsletter published by the Committee on Social Agriculture.
carton 20, folder 5

Farm Management 1953

Contents

Farm Management Crop Manual by R. L. Adams on computing costs.
carton 20, folder 6

Farm Worker Health 1963, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to pesticide poisoning and rural health issues.
carton 20, folder 7

Friends Committee on Legislation 1971-1974

Contents

Alert on legislation regarding unionizing, pesticide use, prohibition of boycotts, unemployment insurance, collective bargaining, agribusiness and small farmers, and the National Labor Relations Act.
carton 20, folder 8

Farm Workers Association/United Farm Workers 1965-1968, undated

Contents

FWA statement of purpose, rules for pickets, press releases, a summary of events in Delano grape strike, informational flyer for strike breakers, arbitration between the UFWOC and DiGiorgio Corp., and Songs of the Huelga strike song sheet.
carton 20, Folders 9-10

General 1961-1975

Contents

Various documents covering migrant farm worker legislation, Fresno community center, occupational training, farm labor camps, farm placement programs, Public Law 78 demise, wage issues, agricultural housing, California poverty programs, rural education, agricultural labor, and other topics.
carton 20, folder 11

Goshen Farm Labor Conference 1964-1965, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to two legislative conferences that occurred in Goshen, Calif. Contains list of delegates.
carton 20, folder 12

Growers - Council of California Growers 1963-1966

Contents

Documents published by the CCG including information about braceros, legislation, recruitment of domestic farm workers, farm labor issues, and organizing efforts.
carton 20, Folders 13-19, carton 21, folder 1

Hearings - Migratory Labor 1969-1970

Contents

Transcripts from hearings on migrant and seasonal farm worker powerlessness held before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the U.S. Senate. Topics include identification of migrants, migrant subculture, organizing efforts, legal problems, border commuter issues, pesticides, manpower and economic problems, and responsibility.
carton 21, Folders 2-3

Industrial Welfare Commission 1961-1965, undated

Contents

Documents the IWC's efforts to draft position paper on wages for women and minors employed in agriculture. Includes summary of actions taken and proceeding minutes, correspondence, statements from CFL and others, 1964 annual farm labor report, and more.
carton 21, folder 4

KPFA Commentary 1963, 1967, undated

Contents

Transcripts of Anderson's commentary on KPFA-FM. Includes Anderson's proposal for the 15-minutes radio series focused on labor with proposed topics.
carton 21, folder 5

Legislation 1963-1966, 1968, 1971, undated

Contents

Copies of bills, reports on migratory labor legislation, newsletters from various organizations and agencies, witness list, and press releases.
carton 21, folder 6

Manpower Development and Training Act 1964

Contents

Activity reports from the Office of Manpower, Automation and Training of the U.S. Dept. of Labor regarding a special project to train two hundred farm workers in year-round farm skills.
carton 21, folder 7

Mediation of Agriculture Disputes 1960, 1966, undated

Contents

Documents on California Senate resolution no.148 on farm labor disputes.
carton 21, folder 8

Migrant Children 1966, undated

Contents

Documents produced by the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, National Committee for the Day Care of Children, and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of American, AFL-CIO.
carton 21, folder 9

Migrant Ministries 1960-1965, undated

Contents

Newsletters, position papers, booklets, and news clippings. Topics include citizenship education, college worker-helpers at labor camps, poverty and evangelism, legislative goals, meeting minutes, and fact sheet on the ministry and agribusiness.
carton 21, folder 10

National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor 1963-1968, undated

Contents

Informational letters, reports, press releases, and booklets concerning Louisiana plantation workers, legislation, Central Valley conditions, agribusiness, poverty, termination of Public Law 78, Public Law 414, labor organizing, minimum wage, Delano grape strike, and Wisconsin farm workers.
carton 21, folder 11

National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor 1964-1965, undated

Contents

Newsletter alerts on period after Bracero Program ends, fair housing, Public Law 414, legislation, migrant education, collective bargaining, and foreign agricultural workers.
carton 21, folder 12

National Farm Worker Association (NFWA) 1962-1965

Contents

Documents pertaining to and/or produced by the NFWA, including Basta booklet on the story of California farm workers with photographs by George Ballis. Topics include the NFWA's poverty program and strike activity in Delano.
carton 21, folder 13

National Farm Worker Ministry 1972-1974, undated

Contents

Newsletters and correspondence pertaining to assassination plot against Cesar Chavez, The Farm Bureau, Chavez fast in Phoenix, Ariz., Prop. 22 Agri-business Initiative, lettuce strike, and agreement between Teamsters, AFL-CIO, and United Farm Workers of America.
carton 21, Folders 14-16, carton 22, Folders 1-2

News Clippings 1963-1973, undated

Contents

Newspaper clippings pertaining to food prices, war on poverty, pesticides, DiGiorgio, Delano grape strike, housing, mechanical farms, farm worker wages, NFWA, migrant children, health, drug use, unemployment insurance, aspargus growers, Dolores Huerta, and Cesar Chavez.
carton 22, folder 3

Newsletters - General 1965, 1971-1974, undated

Contents

Newsletters and newspaper clippings covering strike activities, day care school for needy children, consumer tax farm bill, AFL-CIO Convention, and Prop. 22. Includes eulogy for Juan De La Cruz, Cesar Chavez statement regarding farm workers killed in bus accident, and U.S. Department of Health Agenda magazine.
carton 22, folder 4

Newspaper - El Malcriado 1966-1968, undated

Contents

Copies of El Malcriado, the "Voice of the Farm Worker." Topics include John F. Kennedy, Schenley Ranch, boycotts, El Teatro Campesino, labor history, DiGiorgio ranch, Dolores Huerta, National Farm Workers Association, grape boycott and strike, the pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento, farm worker housing, legislation, Texas farm worker issues, and more. Some issues in Spanish. Artwork by Andy Zermeno.
carton 22, Folders 5-6

Newspapers - General 1963-1966

Contents

General and labor newspapers. Topics include the Bracero Program, Mexican migration, farm worker strikes, HUAC hearings, grower issues, nonviolence, free speech movement, Delano grape strike, and other farm labor issues.
carton 22, folder 7

Newspapers - New America 1964-1968

Contents

New America newspaper, official publication of the Socialist Party. Topics include Chicago 6, Vietnam, Cuba, Harlem, 1964 presidential race, John Birch Society, Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Voting Rights bill, farm worker issues, and more.
carton 22, folder 8

Organizations 1964-1966, undated

Contents

Documents from the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), Washington Citizens for Migrant Affairs, and Texas Committee on Migrant Farm Workers.
carton 22, folder 9

People and Land 1973-1974

Contents

Two issues of People and Land, newspaper on the land reform movement. Articles on farm worker issues.
carton 22, folder 10

Position of California Labor - Bracero Program 1963

Contents

Comprehensive bibliography on the position of California labor and the Bracero Program.
carton 22, folder 11

Press Releases 1965-1966

Contents

Press releases on agricultural and farm worker affairs issued from the office of California Governor Edmund G. Brown.
carton 22, folder 12

Publications - General 1962-1968

Contents

Newsletters and other publications from a variety of organizations and agencies, including Universal Foods Corporation, Service Employees International Union, Manas Publishing Company, the Libertarian Press, and more. Publications include The American Federalist, Union Democracy in Action, and Western Fruit Grower. Most contain articles on agriculture and farm worker issues.
carton 22, Folders 13-15

Reports - Farmworkers 1953, 1964-1965, undated

Contents

Variety of reports issued by different entities concerning farm workers. Topics include unemployment insurance, farm workers in a changing agriculture economy, labor requirements, migrant labor, and the period after the Bracero Program.
carton 23, folder 1

Research - General 1960, 1964-1967, undated

Contents

General documents on farm labor collected by Anderson for research purposes. Includes table of the agricultural power structure, list of trade disputes, Farm Labor guide on regulations, materials on poverty, and Anderson's notes.
carton 23, folder 2

Statistics 1948, 1959-1960, 1962-1964, 1973

Contents

Statistical information on usage of Mexican nationals, farm wages, grower cash income, use of braceros, foreign labor, piece-rates, and women agricultural workers.
carton 23, folder 3

Student Projects 1964-1965, undated

Contents

Documents on the Free Speech Movement and student support for farm workers, including a summer project working with children of agricultural workers.
carton 23, folder 4

Support Groups 1964, 1966, undated

Contents

Bulletins from the West Oakland Farm Workers Association, Student Committee on Agricultural Workers, and other organizations.
carton 23, folder 5

Testimony - California State 1959, 1963-1965

Contents

Testimony given at a hearing of the California Senate Fact Finding Committee on Labor and Welfare, Nov. 1959. Speakers from state departments (Finance, Agriculture, Employment); AWOC, including Anderson; U.C. Berkeley (agricultural departments); and more. Includes appendices with brochures. Topics include housing and facilities, truck inspection, and other subjects.
carton 23, Folders 6-7

Testimony - General 1960-1961, 1964-1966, undated

Contents

Transcripts of testimony delivered to various bodies on different dates. Speakers include representatives from The Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers, the California Department of Industrial Relations, the National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, the National Consumers League, Citizens for Farm Labor, American GI Forum, State Board of Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Prof. Paul Taylor, United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, California Labor Federation, and the Catholic Rural Life Conference.
carton 23, folder 8

Testimony - U.S. Senate 1965-1967

Contents

Transcripts of testimony given before the U.S. Senate by the AFL-CIO, the Secretary of Labor, United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers, and California Governor Edmund G. Brown.
carton 23, Folders 9-11

Texas - News Clippings 1964-1967, 1969-1973, undated

Contents

News clippings on Texas farm worker issues, including right-to-work, housing, various crops, organizing drives, DiGiorgio Corp., and other topics.
carton 23, folder 12

Thesis - Farm Workers 1964-1965

Contents

Thesis papers on the Bracero Program by Geraldine Ryan and an evaluation of labor dispute in the Imperial Valley lettuce industry by Victor Paul Salandini.
carton 23, folder 13

Thesis - Mines 1974

Contents

Thesis on the AFL-CIO drive in agriculture by Richard Mines.
carton 23, folder 14

Unemployment Insurance 1963-1965, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to extending unemployment insurance benefits to farm laborers. Includes legistative bills, newsletters, and correspondence.
carton 23, folder 15

Unions 1962-1965, undated

Contents

Letters, news clippings, and booklets on labor unions and their work. Includes Anderson's 1965 membership card for the Union of State Employees.
carton 23, folder 16

UFW 1972-1974, undated

Contents

Flyers and mailings from the United Farm Workers union.
carton 23, folder 17

UFW Organizing Committee 1965-1967, 1971, undated

Contents

Documents from the predecessor of the UFW. Press releases and flyers pertaining to Perelli-Minetti product boycott, boycott victories, food caravans to Delano, Giumarra strike, Filipino Community Hall, legislation, Grape strike and boycott, DiGiorgio arbitration, and other topics.
carton 23, folder 18

U.S. Department of Labor Public Relations 1964-1966

Contents

Press releases from W. Willard Wirtz, secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Labor pertaining to farmworkers and agriculture issues. Topics include recruitment of American farm workers, women in poverty, farm labor proposal, unemployment, wages issues, and migrant workers.
carton 23, folder 19

University of California Division of Agricultural Sciences 1964-1965, 1976, undated

Contents

Documents produced by University of California agricultural programs. Topics include statistical facts on California agriculture, migrant labor and mechanization, labor requirements, and labor management of seasonal farm workers.
carton 23, folder 20

Weekly Farm Labor Report 1960, 1968

Contents

Issues of the report published by the California Dept. of Employment. Topics include summary of crop activity, location of seasonal farm labor offices, prevailing wage rate, number of workers, and outside workers required.
Oversize-box 1, folder 3

California Farmer Magazine 1966-1968, 1974-1975

Contents

Eight issues of the California Farmer magazine focused on issues of importance to growers.
map-case drawer 42, Folders 1-5

Photographic Display undated

Physical Description: Four posterboards 28 x 44 inches and one posterboard 30 x 40 inches.

Scope and Contents

Five posterboards with photographs and text on agricultural workers. Photographs taken by Ernest Lowe. Folder 1: "To support the efforts of agricultural workers to organize themselves and to bargain collectively with their employers..." Six mounted photographs of Norman Thomas, Ft. Thomas McCullough, Norman Smith, Larry Itliong, Dolores Huerta, and a group of people meeting titled "Evening meeting, Delano to Sacramento march." One missing unidentified photograph. Folder 2: "A countervailing force to the power of California agribusiness, its allies, 'fronts,' and political henchmen..." Seven mounted photographs showing California cotton crops; Edward F. Hayes, former chief of the California Farm Placement Service and current manager of the Imperial Valley Farmers Association; and braceros working with short-handle hoes. Folder 3: "To end exploitiation of women and children in agriculture by legislatin and by removing the reasons why women and minors must work to supplement the family income..." Five photographs plus two missing of women and children, some performing field work. Folder 4: "To help fight rural slums and poverty, not with 'band aids,' but by striking at the low-wage system in agriculture." Seven photographs showing rural buildings, a child in a field, and men working. Folder 5: "Wages and working conditions have been undermined by the use of foreign workers...while living conditions for American farm workers are even worse than those of braceros." Four mounted photographs plus one missing of huge crowd of men in Empalme, Mexico, waiting for contracts; agricultural fields; men working; and a women with two children in Mendota, Calif.
box 1

CFL Embosser undated

Contents

One metal embossing stamp for Citizens for Farm Labor. One rubber stamp with CLF post office box. One crocheted crucifix.
 

Series 5: Pesticides 1957-1977 1964-1971

Physical Description: 7.5 Cubic Feet(6 cartons, 2 oversize folders, 125 folders)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically in two sub-series: 1) Community Study on Pesticides and 2) Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides.

Contents

The Pesticide series is arranged into two sub-series: the Community Study on Pesticides sub-series and the Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides sub-series. The Community Study on Pesticides sub-series consists of Anderson's records when he served as a research assistant on the study. Documents include administrative records and correspondence, illness reports, morbidity study, chemical labels and usage information, sudden death reports, childhood poisoning, mosquito abatement study, and various publications from California departments of Agricultural, Public Health, and other governmental agencies. The Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides sub-series contains Anderson's documents from when he served as assistant to Task Group Chair Dr. Thomas Milby. It contains meetings notes and correspondence between Anderson, Milby, Dr. Ephraim Kahn, and Edwin Johnson. Also contains reports related to chemical use, exposure, re-entry times, and pesticide tolerance. Contains information from various organizations such as the American Chemical Society and Environmental Protection Agency, and includes California Department of Health recommendations on pesticide safety and California Farmer Consumer Reporter newsletters. Topics covered include farmer-related issues, crops and pesticides (citrus, grape, and peach), chemical effects on workers, workmen's compensation and worker safety issues, and the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA).
 

Community Study on Pesticides

Contents

The Community Study on Pesticides sub-series consists of Anderson's records when he served as a research assistant on the study. Documents include administrative records and correspondence, illness reports, morbidity study, chemical labels and usage information, and various publications from California Agricultural, California of Public Health, and other entities, as well as sudden death reports, childhood poisoning, and mosquito abatement pilots study.
carton 24, folder 1

Administration 1968-1969, undated

Contents

Administrative documents related to the Community Study on Pesticides. Includes Anderson appointment to Research Assistant III and job description, travel expense forms, reports of performance, and study agreement.
carton 24, folder 2

Advertising 1973,1974

Contents

Advertising by companies producing pesticides.
carton 24, folder 3

Aircraft Crashes 1962, 1966, undated

Contents

Memoranda and documents pertaining to application of chemicals by aircraft and statistics on aerial spray crashes.
carton 24, folder 4

Bibliographic Notes undated

Contents

Anderson's notes on pesticide use, levels in food, effects on health, and other topics.
carton 24, folder 5

Childhood Poisoning 1966, 1969, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to childhood exposure to pesticides. Includes statistics on childhood poisoning and Anderson's draft on accidental poisoning morbidity of California children.
carton 24, folder 6

Correspondence 1968, 1971

Contents

Correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the study. Includes letters from and to Anderson; Thomas H. Milby, Chief of Bureau of Occupational Health; Dudley P. Miller, study coordinator; Seldon Morley, Kern County Comissioner of Agriculture; and others.
carton 24, folder 7

Data Processing Bulletin 1968-1969

Contents

Bulletin by the California Dept. of Public Health including budgets.
carton 24, folder 8

Disability Insurance 1968-1969, undated

Contents

Disability insurance research proposal for study on agricultural workers with reactions to pesticide chemicals and their employment history in comparision with disability statistics.
carton 24, folder 9

Epidemiology Conference 1968 November

Contents

Documents and Anderson's notes from the Principles of Chemical Epidemiology conference in Atlanta, GA, Nov. 4-6, 1968
carton 24, Folders 10-11

Farm Worker Health Services 1968, 1969, undated

Contents

Statistical information on visits to health clinics, migrant population, income, and wages. Includes memorandum regarding blood tests of Tulare county children for the presence of cholinesterase and a report from the California Farm Workers Health Service.
carton 24, Folders 12-13

Hearing - Pesticide Application 1969 February

Contents

Anderson's notes from a hearing regarding pesticide application records. Includes Anderson's transcript of hearing and correspondence.
carton 24, folder 14

Illness Reports 1971

Contents

Medical forms pertaining to illness as a result of pesticide exposure.
carton 24, folder 15

Kern County 1966-1968

Contents

Progress report pertaining to seasonal farm workers health project, pest control operations, and pest control operator's report.
carton 24, folder 16

Los Angeles Medical Center Study 1968-1969

Contents

Correspondence from Anderson to the Los Angeles County Medical Center pertaining to health diagnostic code data. Anderson's draft research report titled, "Hospitalization from Posioning in a Major County Medical Center."
carton 24, folder 17

Mosquito Abate Pilots Study 1969

Contents

Health study of pilots exposed to pesticides. Lists containing agency name, pilot's name, and contact information.
carton 24, folder 18

Morbidity Study 1968

Contents

Working drafts of a study on morbidity and mortality of chemical poisoning affecting agricultural workers.
carton 24, folder 19

Morbidity Study - Statistics 1965, 1967

Contents

Contains Anderson's notes and data on sudden death in Stanislaus and Merced counties.
carton 24, folder 20

News Clippings 1965, 1968-1969, 1972, undated

Contents

Newspaper clippings pertaining to pesticide use, affects on health, death, and pesticide control bill.
carton 24, folder 21

Pesticide Advisory Committee 1971

Contents

Pesticide Advisory Committee Report pertaining to chemical compounds, environmental impact, and Clean Environment Act. Includes correspondence and agenda.
carton 24, folder 22

Producers 1965-1966, 1968, undated

Contents

Chemagro chemical use guide for farmers, product use instructions for pesticides, and chemical product labels including directions for use and ingredients.
carton 24, folder 23

Producer - Moyer undated

Contents

Moyer brand chemical labels including directions for use and ingredients.
carton 24, folder 24

Producer - Velsicol 1963-1965, undated

Contents

Velsicol brand chemical bulletins including directions for use; Louis McLean, secretary of Velsicol Chemical Corporation; and copies of paper presentations at the Western Agricultural Chemicals Association meetings.
carton 25, folder 1

Progress Reports 1967-1671

Contents

Study progress reports containing data and narrative on activities and status of the study.
 

Publications

carton 25, folder 2

California Agricultural 1970-1972

Contents

Publications from the California Agricultural Experiment Station Extension Service on treatment guide for citrus crops and pests, and disease control program.
carton 25, folder 3

California Department of Public Health 1957, 1964-1966

Contents

Publications on health in California and occupational disease from agricultural chemicals.
carton 25, folder 4

Federal Government 1958, 1964, 1968, 1970

Contents

Publications from federal government departments (Health, Education and Welfare, Agriculture, Labor) on work-injury rates, vital and health statistics, pesticide use, and acute conditions data.
carton 25, folder 5

General 1964, 1966, 1969, undated

Contents

Publications from a variety of entities. Topics include agricultural chemicals and poisoning events in Los Angeles.
carton 25, Folders 6-7

Research and Notes 1964-1971

Contents

Anderson's note pertaining to the study and pesticides. Includes drafts and readings.
carton 25, folder 8

Alcohol 1964, 1968, undated

Contents

Documents on diagnosis of intoxication, alcohol and highway fatalities, and train collisions.
carton 25, folder 9

Statements 1969, undated

Contents

Statements on Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1969 by the AFL-CIO, the California Farm Bureau Federation, UFW Organizing Committee, and Dr. Lee Mizrahi.
carton 25, folder 10

Sudden Death Report 1968

Contents

Correspondence, Anderson's notes, and report on "The Causes and Circumstances of Sudden Death in Rural California" by Anderson.
carton 25, Folders 11-12

Sudden Death Merced circa 1968

Contents

Data abstraction sheets on survey of deaths in Merced County, California.
carton 25, Folders 13-15

Sudden Death Stanislaus circa 1968

Contents

Data abstraction sheets on survey of deaths in Stanislaus County, California.
carton 25, folder 16

Tulare Data 1969, undated

Contents

Data on agricultural worker demographics, types of crops, and people interviewed.
 

Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides

Contents

The Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides series contains Anderson's documents from when he served as assistant to Task Group Chair Dr. Thomas Milby. It contains task group meeting notes and correspondence between Anderson, Milby, Dr. Ephraim Kahn, and Edwin Johnson. Also contains reports related to chemical use, exposure, re-entry times, and pesticide tolerance. Also contains information from various governmental agencies and organizations such as American Chemical Society and Environmental Protection Agency, and includes California Department of Health recommendations on pesticide safety and California Farmer Consumer Reporter newsletters. Topics covered include farmers-related issues, crops and pesticides (citrus, grape, and peach), chemical effects on workers, Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA), and workmen's compensation and worker safety.
carton 26, folder 1

Agricultural Business Accountability Project 1972-1973

Contents

Press releases by the AAP on testing of dangerous pesticides, Niagara Chemical Company, Chemagro Corp., and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and agribusiness. Includes report on the failure of the Land Grant College Complex.
carton 26, folder 2

Agricultural Chemicals 1970, 1976

Contents

Reports by the U.C. Cooperative Extension Program on agricultural chemicals. Includes index of chemicals, tolerances, and other matters pertaining to their use, and chemical technical data from the Hercules Powder Company.
carton 26, folder 3

American Chemical Society 1974

Contents

Agenda from the 167th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Includes Anderson's handwritten notes.
carton 26, folder 4

Anderson Notes/Draft 1972-1973, undated

Contents

Handwritten notes and drafts by Anderson pertaining to the work of the Task Group.
carton 26, folder 5

Anderson Resignation 1972 December

Contents

Drafts of a resignation letter Anderson wrote to chair Thomas Milby in which he discusses the Task Group's departure from its orginal purpose on health and re-entry issues.
carton 26, folder 6

Apples - Parathion 1969, 1972, undated

Contents

Correspondence and other documents pertaining to re-entry periods for Phosalone (Zolone) pesticide used in apple orchards. Contains documents on exposure to parathion while thinning apples.
carton 26, folder 7

California Department of Food and Agriculture 1971-1974, undated

Contents

Correspondence and other documents regarding pesticide dust, medical services for pesticide patients, accidental spraying, pesticide illness, regulations to protect farm workers, and worker safety issues.
carton 26, folder 8

California Department of Health Recommendations 1973-1974

Contents

Recommendations by California Dept. of Health on pesticide safety issues.
carton 26, folder 9

California Farmer Consumer Reporter 1971-1974

Contents

Newsletters covering topics of interest to farmers including electricity, acreage limits, the grape market, school milk programs, Father Vizzard, meat inspection, National Agricultural Bargaining Act of 1968, and more.
carton 26, folder 10

California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) 1970

Contents

Correspondence and legal documents regarding pesticide reform and illness cases.
carton 26, folder 11

Cholinesterase 1968-1972, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to worker re-entry periods, cholinesterase testing methods, decay rates and toxicity. Includes Anderson's notes.
carton 26, folder 12

Cholinesterase Criteria 1972

Contents

Recommendations for biological standards for cholinesterase-inhibiting materials.
 

Citrus Study

carton 26, folder 13

Ethion 1970-1971

Contents

Ethion citrus picker study with residue data, Niagara Chemical Company. Includes Anderson's draft and notes.
carton 26, folder 14

Guthion 1970

Contents

Guthion hazards to citrus pickers, Chemagro Corp., and application recommendations.
carton 26, folder 15

Residue 1970, undated

Contents

Citrus residue study on pickers in Tulare County.
 

Correspondence

carton 26, folder 16

Anderson 1972-1974

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by Anderson. Topics include the work of the Task Group, pesticide use and residue on fruit, and agricultural pesticide standards. Includes a personal and confidential memorandum to Ephraim Kahn on EPA worker protection standards.
carton 26, Folders 17-18

Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) 1971-1972

Contents

Correspondence regarding the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1971 (H.R. 10729). Includes document on the defects of the bill, amendments, comments by the Sierra Club, Al Krebs of the Agricultural Accountability Project, testimony by Thomas H. Milby, and news clippings.
carton 26, folder 19

General 1969, 1973-1976

Contents

Correspondence between various individuals. Names include Louis F. Saylor, director of California Dept. of Public Health; Brunel C. Christensen, director of California Dept. of Food and Agriculture; Keith T. Maddy of Inspection Services; A. G. Salter, president of Industry Committee on Citrus Additives and Pesticides, Inc.; Matt Mello, chairman of the Agricultural Chemicals Committee; Thomas Corn, Agricultural Commissioner; Office of Pesticide Programs of the EPA; and others.
carton 26, folder 20

Interim Re-entry Periods 1972-1973

Contents

Confidential memorandum from Anderson to Thomas Milby, chair of the task group, regarding the task group's recommendations on interim re-entry periods. Also includes a letter from Anderson to secretary of the Federal Working Group on Pest Management, and a letter from Milby regarding inner workings of the task group and some of his misgivings. Also includes position paper by Milby on interim re-entry periods.
carton 26, folder 21

Johnson, Edwin 1973 April

Contents

Memorandum from Anderson to Ephraim Kahn and William Serat regarding a conversation Anderson had with Edwin Johnson in the EPA's Office of Pesticide Program about publishing an emergency standard which reaffirms the pre-harvest intervals already in place.
carton 26, folder 22

Kahn, Ephraim M.D. 1973-1977

Contents

Correspondence written and received by Ephraim Kahn, California public health medical officer and pesticide coordinator, regarding pesticides and worker safety.
carton 26, folder 23

Milby, Thomas M.D. 1972, 1974, undated

Contents

Correspondence written and received by Thomas Milby, chair of the Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides.
carton 26, folder 24

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1972-1973

Contents

News clippings, correspondence, pesticide data and statistics, pamphlets, and other documents from the EPA pertaining to pesticides and workers.
carton 26, folder 25

EPA Use of Peer Review undated

Contents

Draft of chapter: "EPA Use of Peer Review in Regulations on Worker Protection Standards for Agricultural Pesticides."
carton 27, Folders 1-2

Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) HR 10729 1971-1972

Contents

Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act legislative bill. Copies with amendments.
carton 27, Folders 3-4

Fresno Study Reports 1974-1975

Contents

Progress reports on the Community Studies on Pesticides Fresno Study. Contains reports 3-10, (missing 1 and 2). Reports contain documentation of accomplishments and activities, plans, problems, and data (blood test results, symptoms, occupation, and more) on individuals in study.
carton 27, folder 5

Grant Applications 1970-1971

Contents

Funding application for a study on occupational exposure to organophosphorous compounds.
carton 27, folder 6

Grape Study - Cholinesterase 1970, 1972

Contents

Data from study on pesticide residue on grapes. Includes report by Anderson on effects of organophosphate pesticides on agricultural workers and blood cholinesterase changes.
carton 27, folder 7

Grape Study - Cygon 1971-1972, undated

Contents

Correspondence and reports by the American Cyanamid Company on cygon residue on grapes. Includes re-entry study.
carton 27, folder 8

Grape Study - Guthion 1971, 1973, undated

Contents

Report on pesticide residue and presence in grape tissues.
carton 27, folder 9

Migrant Legal Action Program 1972, undated

Contents

Correspondence between the MLAP and Anderson on behalf of the Task Group regarding petition to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on emergency temporary standards for pesticides. Includes copy of the petition.
carton 27, Folders 10-15, carton 28, folder 1

News Clippings 1971-1975

Contents

Numerous news clippings on agricultural pesticides, farm worker organizing, and other topics pertaining to agricultural labor.
carton 28, folder 2

Newsletters 1972-1975

Contents

Several newsletters. Includes California Labor Federation AFL-CIO newsletters pertaining to Prop. 22 and wages board to update state standards, and National Agricultural Chemicals Association Bulletin regarding EPA hearing.
carton 28, Folders 3-4

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 1972-1974, undated

Contents

Anderson's notes pertaining to OSHA; Anderson's correspondence to and from the National Health Law Program; Affidavit of John S. Tobin, director of Health and Safety, Agricultural Chemicals Division; and correspondence to and from individuals regarding exposure standards.
carton 28, folder 5

Peaches 1964, 1971, undated

Contents

Articles, correspondence, and data from studies on poisoning in peach and nectarine orchards.
 

Pesticides

carton 28, folder 6

Episodes 1974 August

Contents

Reports on symptoms resulting from pesticide exposure.
carton 28, folder 7

Episode Reporting Form (PERF) 1969, 1971-1974, undated

Contents

Anderson's notes, pesticide episode reporting and investigation forms, correspondence to and from individuals regarding pesticide-related illness, and guide to investigation reports.
carton 28, folder 8

Externality Policy 1975 June

Contents

Richard Edgar Howitt's "Pesticide Externality Policy" dissertation.
carton 28, folder 9

Reports 1965, 1973, undated

Contents

Reports from Pesticide Residues Committee, Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee, Ida Honorof, and John H. Kay, associate director of Industrial Bio-test Laboratories.
carton 28, folder 10

Residue 1970, undated

Contents

Correspondence, data, and study samples by the task group pertaining to residue following application for fruit and tobacco.
carton 28, folders 11-12

Use Report 1974, 1976

Contents

Reports by the California Dept. of Food and Agriculture. Contains data compiled from pesticide use reports by pesticide operators and users. Includes amount of chemicals used on vegetable and fruit crops.
 

Re-Entry

carton 28, folder 13

Re-Entry Periods 1971-1974, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to re-entry periods and standards, pesticide poisoning, mitigation of problems, and types of chemicals used on various crops. Contains correspondence.
carton 28, Folders 14-16

Background Documents 1968-1974, undated

Contents

Documents pertaining to the process and development of re-entry standards. Includes summations, legal records, correspondence, and recommendations.
carton 28, folder 17

Calculating Times 1972

Contents

Report by William F. Serat on criteria and methods for calculating re-entry times into fields treated with pesticide chemicals.
carton 28, folder 18

Grapes 1971, undated

Contents

Mostly Anderson's notes on re-entry times pertaining to grape crops.
carton 28, folder 19

Position Paper 1972, undated

Contents

Position paper/special report on interim re-entry periods authored by Thomas H. Milby, chair of the Task Group on Occupational Exposure to Pesticides. Includes a confidential draft to the voting members of the task group on the status of the special report.
carton 28, folder 20

Suggested Periods undated

Contents

Documents on suggested re-entry periods for organophosphorus pesticides used on grapes, apples, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and peaches.
carton 28, Folders 21-22

Report to Federal Working Group 1972,1974

Contents

Special reports from the Task Group to the Federal Working Group on Pest Management including drafts.
carton 28, folder 23

Research - General undated

Contents

Research documents on pesticide exposure, farm poisons, organophosphate pesticides, case histories, legal records, and statistical data. Contains report from Epidemiologic Studies Program directed by Ephraim Kahn.
carton 29, folder 1

Task Group Meeting Transcript 1972 October

Contents

Transcript of tape-recorded portions of the Task Group meeting on October 18, 1972. Topics include citrus, peaches, grapes, apples, and general discussion.
carton 29, folder 2

Task Group Meetings (6-9) 1972-1973

Contents

Anderson's summaries of meeting (numbers 6-9) of the Task Group. Includes a list of Task Group members and Anderson's hand-written notes. Meetings included policy questions, guest speakers, reports from sub-groups, and more.
carton 29, folder 3

Task Group Open Letter 1972

Contents

Open letter and drafts by unknown author sent to members of the Task Group asking them to reconsider intermin re-entry periods. Includes correspondence between Anderson and other Task Group members.
carton 29, folder 4

Technical Literature 1971-1975, undated

Contents

Booklets and documents on pesticides and health, environmental contamination, pesticide residue, and re-entry periods. Includes list of pesticide publications.
carton 29, folder 5

Testimony - EPA 1973, undated

Contents

Drafts of testimonial statement given at hearing before the Environmental Protection Agency on proposed occupational safety requirements for pesticides. Testimony given by Dr. Ephraim Kahn and Anderson. Includes many drafts and notes.
carton 29, folder 6

Testimony - OSHA 1973 August, undated

Contents

Transcript of statements by Anderson and Ephraim Kahn to the OSHA hearings on proposed standards for exposure to organophosphorous pesticides.
carton 29, folder 7

Tobacco Pesticide 1972, undated

Contents

Correspondence and reports on pesticides and re-entry periods in tobacco farming.
carton 29, folder 8

Toxicity undated

Contents

Statistical data, notes, and reports on pesticide toxicity.
carton 29, folder 9

Truck Accident 1975

Contents

Correspondence and documentation of an accident involving a double-trailer truck carrying flammable, extremely toxic insecticide, and the effect of this event on first responders. Includes recap of events.
carton 29, folder 10

Worker Safety 1973-1974, undated

Contents

Drafts of proposed regulations concerning worker safety in regards to agricultural pesticides.
carton 29, Folders 11-21

Working Documents - Task Group 1970, 1972, undated

Contents

Originally in binders, working documents of Task Group, including history of Task Group and relationship to Federal Working Group on Pest Management, composition and mission of Task Group, dimensions of problem of organic phosphate pesticide use, existing statutory protections, studies of re-entry periods, standardized research protocols, and other research options.
carton 29, folder 22

Workmen's Compensation 1969-1970

Contents

Newsletter, memoranda, and booklets on workmen's compensation in general and in relation to agricultural workers.
Oversize-box 1, Folders 4-5

Pesticide Connected Jobs - Tulare undated

Contents

Two sets of statistical data parsed from individuals who work with pesticides in Tulare County.
 

Series 6: 1958-1977

Physical Description: 3.75 Cubic Feet(3 cartons, 55 folders)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Contents

Documents pertaining to Anderson's publications, chapter drafts, essays, Bracero field research, and correspondence with co-author, Joan London, for So Shall Ye Reap (1968-1971). Publication titles include Bracero Program in California (1958-1977), Fields of Bondage (1963-1964), Harvest of Loneliness (1964), So Shall Ye Reap (1968-1971), Tales of Braceros (undated); To Build a Union (1961). Contains essays on Cesar Chavez, Ernesto Galarza, Father Tom McCullough, and Frederick Van Dyke.
carton 30, folder 1

Bracero Field Research undated

Contents

Several chapter drafts by Anderson titled Bracero Field Research: Rear-View Mirror and Road Ahead.
carton 30, Folders 2-3

Bracero Program in California 1958

Contents

Early version of Anderson's thesis based on his research and interviews.
carton 30, Folders 4-5

Bracero Program in California 1960 April

Contents

Second version of Anderson's thesis with missing pages.
carton 30, folder 6

Bracero Program in California - Arno Press 1975-1977, undated

Contents

Mainly correspondence with Arno Press representatives in regards to publishing Anderson's thesis for a general audience. Contains introduction to 1976 edition, including events at U.C. Berkeley.
carton 30, folder 7

Essays 1962-1969, undated

Contents

Various essays Anderson wrote and submitted to publishers. Topics include Barry Goldwater's unsuccessful presidential campaign, farm labor market, the Bracero Program, Richard Nixon, school segregation, Upton Sinclair, middle-class powerlessness, and farm labor organizing.
carton 30, Folders 8-9

Fields of Bondage 1963 May

Contents

Contains numbered copies of Anderson's self-published book on the Mexican contract labor system in industrialized agriculture.
carton 30, Folders 10-11

Fields of Bondage- Drafts 1964, undated

Contents

Marked up drafts of Anderson's publication. Includes correspondence regarding copyright permission and an addendum.
carton 30, folder 12

Guillermo Blanco Scripts undated

Contents

Drafts of Anderson's historical non-fiction based on the daily life of a farmworker. Based on his research, Anderson created a composite protagonist. Completed book is a scrapbook with photographs in the Photographic Series.
 

Harvest of Loneliness

carton 30, Folders 13-14

Complete Editions 1964

Contents

Editions of Anderson's self-published book. Based on Anderson's thesis, The Bracero Program in California.
carton 30, Folders 15-17

Copy #1 - Incomplete 1964

Contents

Incomplete drafts with notes.
carton 31, Folders 1-2

Copy #9 - Incomplete 1964

Contents

Incomplete draft.
carton 31, folder 3

Introduction Drafts 1964

Contents

Drafts of the introduction to Harvest of Loneliness.
carton 31, folder 4

Chapter VI Draft 1964

Contents

Draft of chapter 6 with notes.
carton 31, folder 5

Sections and Research 1956, 1964

Contents

Various sections and research for Harvest of Loneliness.
carton 31, folder 6

Miscellaneous Writing undated

Contents

Miscellaneous writings on the Bracero Program.
 

So Shall Ye Reap

carton 31, Folders 7-8

1968 Version 1968

Contents

Draft of 1968 version of So Shall Ye Reap, co-authored with Joan London.
carton 31, Folders 9-11

Chavez undated

Contents

Draft of chapter from So Shall Ye Reap on Cesar Chavez.
carton 31, Folders 12-14

Chapters - Grievances 1968, undated

Contents

Drafts of chapter on grievances from So Shall Ye Reap.
carton 31, Folders 15-16

Chapters - Organizing 1967

Contents

Draft of chaper on organizing from So Shall Ye Reap.
carton 31, folder 17

Chapters - Sowing 1964-1966, undated

Contents

Correspondence and draft of first chapter of So Shall Ye Reap, including notes.
carton 32, folder 1

Chapters - Workers 1967-1969

Contents

Drafts of chapter 2 on workers of So Shall Ye Reap.
carton 32, Folders 2-4

Chapter Drafts 1967 September, 1969, undated

Contents

Drafts of various chapters from So Shall Ye Reap. Includes notes and correspondence with co-author Joan London.
carton 32, Folders 5-8

Drafts 1967, undated

Contents

General drafts from So Shall Ye Reap. Includes note and correspondence by co-author Joan London.
carton 32, Folders 9-11

Galarza 1967, undated

Contents

Drafts, correspondence, and research on So Shall Ye Reap chapter on Ernesto Galarza.
carton 32, folder 12

General 1966, 1971, undated

Contents

Research, notes and flyers pertaining to So Shall Ye Reap.
carton 32, folder 13

Individuals 1968

Contents

General notes on So Shall Ye Reap and correspondence from co-author Joan London.
carton 32, folder 14

McCullough undated

Contents

Draft, interview notes, and status of book pertaining to chapter on Father Thomas McCullough for So Shall Ye Reap.
carton 32, folder 15

Published 1971

Contents

Published copy of So Shall Ye Reap: The Story of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker's Movement by Joan London and Anderson. Apollo edition.
carton 32, folder 16

Van Dyke undated

Contents

Draft of chapter titled The Convert on farmer Fred Van Dyke for So Shall Ye Reap.
carton 32, folder 17

Radio Commentary 1963-1968, undated

Contents

Transcripts of radio commentary written by Anderson for broadcast over KFPA-FM in Berkeley, California. Program covers the period after the Bracero Program and discusses braceros killed or injured.
carton 32, folder 18

Tales of the Braceros undated

Contents

An unpublished and unfinished manuscript by Eugene Nelson and Anderson titled Tales of the Braceros and Wetbacks.
carton 32, folder 19

To Build A Union 1961 November

Contents

Self published booklet on how to build a union.
carton 32, Folders 20-21

Unidentified Chapters undated

Contents

Miscellaneous and unidentified chapters.
 

Series 7: Correspondence and Collaborations 1944-2014

Physical Description: 3.125 Cubic Feet(2.5 cartons, 48 folders)

Arrangement

Arranged mainly alphabetically.

Contents

Contains correspondence between Anderson and individuals with whom he had a working relationship with or followed. Figures include Cesar Chavez; Ernesto Galarza; Prof. Gilbert G. Gonzalez of U.C. Riverside; A. V. Krebs of the Agribusiness Accountability Project; Father Thomas McCullough; H. L. Mitchell, president of the National Agricultural Workers Union and co-founder of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union; Eugene Nelson of the Independent Workers Association in Texas; and Dr. Ben Yellen of Brawley, Calif. Also contains documents from Anderson's participation in the Southwest Labor Studies conferences and other labor panels. Organizations include the Community Service Organization, the National Sharecroppers Fund, and the Student Committee for Agricultural Labor (S-CAL). Contains the records of Eugene Nelson during the time he spent in labor organizing in Texas.
carton 33, folder 1

Correspondence undated

Contents

Correspondence sent and received by Anderson. Correspondents include Joan London, Anne Loftis, Craig Jenkins, Frank Bardacke, Lynn A. Bonfield, Craig S. Piper, Cindy Hahamovitch, Don Watson, Rudy Torres, Catherine Powell, David McPhail, Douglass and Debbie Adiar, Laurie Coyle, Deborah Cohen, and David Bacon. Subjects include Ernesto Galarza, Pablo Camacho, Sugarman Report, Labor Archives and Research Center, Braceros, and farm workers.
carton 33, folder 2

General undated

Contents

Anderson's typed speech for Vincent St. John's memorial and artwork drafts for Anderson's Pacem in Suburbis.
carton 33, folder 3

Chavez, Cesar 1979, 1984, 1993

Contents

Contains eulogy for Rufino Contreras by Chavez, transcript of Chavez's speech to the Commonwealth Club, UFW statement on Chavez's death, and transcript of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's speech on Chavez's death. Includes Anderson's memories of Chavez and information on Chavez memorial.
 

Galarza, Ernesto

carton 33, folder 4

Correspondence 1956-1964, 1974, undated

Contents

Mostly correspondence between Galarza and Anderson. Also contains Galarza's letters to other individuals; many letters are from the period in which he was secretary of the National Agricultural Workers Union. Topics include El Centro Reception Center and DiGiorgio film, Strangers in our Fields, farm worker unemployment, Public Law 78, illegal use of braceros, Imperial Valley; U.S. Dept. of Labor, and Louis Tagaban's eviction from El Centro welcome center.
carton 33, folder 5

Mexican Contract Workers 1944

Contents

Galarza's 16-page confidential memorandum on Mexican contract workers in the United States.
carton 33, folder 6

General 1957, 1960, undated

Contents

Material collected by Galarza or pertaining to him. Includes news clippings on DiGiorgio Corp., Congressional record on Galarza and the film Poverty in the Valley of Plenty , government report on 1963 farm labor transportation accident, proceedings of the 1957 National Sharecroppers Fund Conference, testimony by peach pickers, and minutes of the NAWU executive board.
carton 33, folder 7

Writings 1944, 1949, 1957-1959, 1962, 1967

Contents

Galarza's writings: Strangers in Our Fields, a study on the problems of Mexican Nationals in nine camps; problems with Mexican war workers employed in the U.S.; analysis of the agreement between the U.S. and Mexico regarding recruitment of farm labor; statement to U.S. Congress on farm labor wages; and numerous press releases written for the National Agricultural Workers Union.
 

Gonzalez, Gilbert

carton 33, folder 8

Correspondence 2004, 2007, 2011

Contents

Email correspondence between Prof. Gilbert G. Gonzalez and Anderson, mostly regarding exchange of documents on braceros, farm labor, and Anderson's experiences.
carton 33, folder 9

Economic Power 2004, undated

Contents

Gonzalez's manuscript, "Economic Power vs. Academic Freedom: The case of Henry P. Anderson and the University of California, Berkeley," documented the events that transpired around Anderson's thesis and research on the Bracero Program.
carton 33, folder 10

News Clippings 2009, 2013, 2014

Contents

News clippings on farm labor.
carton 33, folder 11

Writings 1991, 1998, 2000, undated

Contents

Journal articles and manuscripts authored by Gonzalez. Topics include 1933 Los Angeles farm worker strike, Mexican citrus pickers in southern California, and his analysis of Samuel Huntington's Hispanic Challenge article.
carton 33, folder 12

Krebs, A.V. 1972, 1991, 2001

Contents

A. V. Krebs' manuscript on behalf of the Agribusiness Accountability Project on United States and Russian wheat sales. Related promotional materials.
carton 33, folder 13

McCullough, Thomas 1957-1961

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by Father Thomas McCullough pertaining to the agricultural workers. Includes material authored by McCullough on the Catholic Church, farm workers, the Bracero Program, and labor organizing. Also includes general religious publications, reports on farm labor, and Anderson's notes.
 

Mitchell, H. L.

carton 33, folder 14

Correspondence 1939, 1957-1960, 1966, 1974, undated

Contents

Correspondence received and sent by H. L. Mitchell; much of this correspondence was exchanged while he served as president of the National Agricultural Wokers Union. Topics include the status of the NAWU, AFL-CIO, and farm worker organizing. Includes correspondence from Mitchell as co-founder of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
carton 33, folder 15

General 1960, 1968, 1973, undated

Contents

General materials pertaining to the Southern Tenant Farmers Union and migrant farm workers in Florida. Includes documentation on AFL and farm worker organizing, newsletters, press releases, and Mitchell's statement on Richard M. Nixon.
carton 33, folder 16

Oral History 1958

Contents

Transcript of an oral history interview with H. L. Mitchell while he was president of the National Agricultural Workers Union and one of the eighteen founders of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
carton 33, folder 17

Sharecropper's Voice 1935-1939, 1941-1944

Contents

The Sharecroppers Voice newsletters published by The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.
carton 33, folder 18

Southern Tenant Farmer's Union 1936-1938, 1967, 1973, undated

Contents

The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union reports at annual convention proceedings, documents related to history of the union, open letter to President Roosevelt, and supplemental statement to the Governors' Commission on Farm Tenancy by the Executive Council.
carton 34, folder 1

Southern Tenant Farmer's Union and The New Deal 1963

Contents

Donald Hughes Grubbs' dissertation titled "The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union and the New Deal."
carton 34, folder 2

Murphy, Joe 1978, 1987, 2005

Contents

Anderson's notes and correspondence to and from Anderson pertaining to Joe Murphy. Includes reference to Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), biographical drafts written by Eugene Nelson, and transcript of interview with Joe Murphy.
 

Nelson, Eugene

carton 34, folder 3

Anti-Union 1967

Contents

Anti-union flyers.
carton 34, folder 4

Austin March 1966

Contents

National Farmer Workers Association itinerary for march on Austin and newspaper clippings pertaining to march.
carton 34, Folders 5-9

Correspondence 1964-1972

Contents

Correspondence to and from Eugene Nelson to Anderson and other individuals in regards to publication of writings and Department of Labor's responses to Nelson's concerns. Contains letters from organizations and individuals that mention a donation amount to support strike activity.
carton 34, Folders 10-12

General 1965-1967, undated

Contents

A mix of documents related to or collected by Eugene Nelson. Contains Nelson's handwritten notes, receipts, paycheck, statement regarding his arrest in 1966, published reports on Texas migrant labor, and more. Includes materials related to Nelson's travel to Mexico and his work among Texas farm workers.
carton 34, folder 13

Independent Workers Association 1966-1967, undated

Contents

Newsletters published by the Independent Workers Association in Texas with a focus on farm workers.
carton 34, folder 14

National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) 1966, undated

Contents

Correspondence and other records pertaining to Nelson's work with the National Farm Workers Assocation in Texas.
carton 34, folder 15

Newsletter Drafts 1966

Contents

Newsletter drafts by Nelson.
carton 34, folder 16

Novel 1966-1967

Contents

Nelson's handwritten drafts for a novel on farm workers.
carton 34, folder 17

Petitions undated

Contents

Signed petitions produced and collected by Nelson which pledge support to Texas farm workers' strike and urge the governor to call a special legislative session to discuss minimum wage law.
carton 34, folder 18

Texas Observer 1965-1968

Contents

Issues of The Texas Observer journal focused on farm labor issues.
carton 34, folder 19

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee 1966-1968, undated

Contents

Documents of the UFWOC in Texas. Includes flyers, statement on police brutality, and newsletters.
 

Yellen, Ben

carton 34, Folders 20-21

Correspondence 1957-1959, 1961, 1964-1965

Contents

Copies of correspondence written by Ben Yellen, M.D., pertaining to events in Imperial Valley, especially Brawley, Calif. Subjects include Imperial Valley Farmers Association, poverty, worker insurance issues, medical costs, and exploitation of braceros.
carton 34, Folder 22

General 1957, 1959, 1962-1968, undated

Contents

Statements by farm workers, news clippings, and newsletters by Yellen on farm worker health, use of braceros, and other agricultural labor issues.
carton 35, folder 1

Newsletters 1958-1965

Contents

Newsletters written by Ben Yellen covering exploitation of farmer workers, land and anti-trust laws, Imperial County, and farm labor health and insurance.
carton 35, folder 2

News Clippings 1958-1959

Contents

Newspaper clippings pertaining to farm labor health.
carton 35, folder 3

Labor Workshops 1995-1998, 2001, 2003-2005

Contents

Minutes from Bay Area labor history workshops, some of which included presentations by Anderson. Includes Southwest Labor Studies Conference panel discussion and programs.
carton 35, folder 4

Labor Workshops - Notes - Correspondence 1976, 1996, undated

Contents

Anderson's notes, correspondence, and drafts for conference presentations.
carton 35, folder 5

Labor Workshops - Research undated

Contents

Copies of articles and publications pertaining to economic discrimination, Spanish speaking workers in the U.S. economy, Chicano labor, and border policy. Contains Southwest Labor Studies newsletter.
 

Organizations

carton 35, folder 6

Community Service Organization 1957-1959, 1961-1962, 1965

Contents

Documents pertaining to Community Service Organization, including senate resolution, petition, newsletters (CSO Reporter), by-laws, and reports. Anderson's notes and drafts. Newspaper clippings regarding strike and bill on minimum pay.
carton 35, folder 7

National Sharecroppers Fund undated

Contents

The National Sharecroppers Fund newsletters, conference proceedings, and reports.
carton 35, folder 8

Students Committee for Agricultural Labor 1960-1962

Contents

Flyers, statements, and committee notes pertaining to the Students' Commmittee for Agricultural Labor.
carton 35, box 1

Artifacts undated

Contents

One embossing stamp for Citizens for Farm Labor and plastic pouch; one small hand-crocheted crucifix, and one rubber address stamp for Citizens for Farm Labor.
 

Series 8: Photography 1957-1971

Physical Description: 1.48 Cubic Feet(4 boxes, 49 folders, 1 over-size folder)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Contents

Photographs and negatives, mostly black and white unless indicated. Subjects include Bracero program activities such as intake centers, health inspections, transportation to farms, and men waiting to be processed. Other subjects include farm worker housing, families, fieldwork, pickets, the Delano to Sacramento march (la pereginacion), and UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement. Also contains photographs of AWOC's Strathmore conference featuring labor leaders and farm workers organizing to get AWOC re-funded by the AFL-CIO. Some photographers are identified (Ernest Lowe, George Ballis, Harvey Richards, and Henry Anderson).
box 1, folder 1

Anderson, Henry P. 2013

Contents

Two photographs of Anderson at grave site of Vincent St. John.
box 1, folder 2

AWOC General 1961 August, undated

Contents

Black and white photographs and negatives of AWOC office in Stockton, Mexican farm laborers, African American laborers, Larry Itliong, and other individuals.
box 1, folder 3

AWOC Organizing Conference Strathmore 1961 December

Contents

Numerous black and white photographs and negatives of conference held in Strathmore, Calif., to discuss the future of AWOC. Attendees included Father McCullough, Larry Itliong, Maria Moreno, Norman Smith, Norman Thomas, Dolores Huerta, and other labor leaders and farm workers.
box 1, folder 4

Bracero Hearing 1962 February

Contents

Eight black and white photographs of various individuals speaking at a lectern at an unidentified hearing. Anderson wrote on the enclosed envelope, "The hearing that got me fired! Galarza was there."
box 1, folder 5

Bracero Intake Head Shots undated

Contents

About a dozen head shots of unidentified braceros taken as part of the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) screening process at the El Centro Reception Center. Two photos made into Alien Laborer Identification Cards.
box 1, folder 6

Bracero Intake Sites 1957-1961, undated

Contents

Numerous photographs of men at bracero processing centers at Mexicali and El Centro. Lines of men waiting to be processed, holding paperwork, and sitting down; huts and temporary shelters.
box 1, folder 7

Braceros Return to Mexico 1961 October

Contents

Three photographs of braceros returning to Mexico from San Joaquin County. One man is identified as an "urban type" bracero. Includes AWOC sign reading "Solamente pedimos nuestros derechos" [we only ask for our rights].
box 1, folder 8

Camp Fred Bright undated

Contents

Four negatives with envelope indicating they are of the Fred Bright Camp in Imperial Valley, California.
box 1, folder 9

Camp Loduca and Perry 1961 October

Contents

Three negatives with envelope indicating it is a bracero sit-in at the Loduca and Perry Camp.
box 1, folder 10

Camp Stockton 1957

Contents

Sixteen photographs taken at unidentified camp, possibly Mandeville, near Stockton. Braceros, Ft. Thomas McCullough, housing, and facilities. Includes negatives.
box 1, folder 11

Chavez, Cesar undated

Contents

Nine photographs of Cesar Chavez at events, with Robert F. Kennedy, speaking at a rally, marching, and at a meeting.
box 1, folder 12

Cristo Rey Day Care undated

Contents

Numerous photographs of women and children at the day care center.
box 1, folder 13

Farm Equipment undated

Contents

Photographs of farm machinery, some with operators. Ernest Lowe photo of braceros operating machinery, an illegal act according to the Bracero Program agreements.
box 1, folder 14

Farm Labor Journal 1965

Contents

Cover photo of Citizens for Farm Labor truck with signs indicating support for striking grape workers.
box 1, folder 15

Farm Labor Office - Stockton undated

Contents

State of California Dept. of Employment Farm Labor office in Stockton, Calif. Agricultural workers waiting for jobs and getting on bus.
box 1, folder 16

Farm Worker Allies 1971, undated

Contents

Allies of farm workers, including Father Thomas McCullough, Luis Valdez and Teatro Campesino, Robert F. Kennedy, Norman Smith of AWOC, Father Donald McDonnell, Ernesto Galarza, Anderson, and Prof. Paul Taylor.
box 2, folder 1

Farm Worker Families and Children undated

Contents

Numerous photographs of farm worker families in various locations.
box 2, folder 2

Fieldwork undated

Contents

Numerous photographs showing farm laborers working in fields at various locations.
box 2, folder 3

Fieldwork - Onions 1958 June

Contents

One photograph of Mexican nationals loading sacked onions in San Joaquin County, Calif.
box 2, folder 4

General undated

Contents

Numerous photographs of road signs, stores, and more, but not people. Contains negatives.
box 2, folder 5

General - People undated

Contents

Numerous photographs of mostly unidentified people in groups, at an informational picket, in lines. Agricultural workers, possibly labor people, farmers, and others.
box 2, folder 6

Grape Strike undated

Contents

Four photographs and a proof sheet showing support for the Delano grape strike. Gov. Edmund Brown surrounded by picketers and a massive rally.
box 3, folder 1

Guillermo Blanco Album undated

Contents

Numerous photos and negatives, including indivduals waiting for physical exam and areas surrounding the clinic. Contains Anderson's photographic novel of a composite character named Guillermo Blanco, a bracero, and features photographs and narrative text.
box 3, folder 2

Housing 1957-1961, undated

Contents

Numerous negatives and photographs of living conditions in bracero and domestic farm worker camps. Contains depictions of living conditions and sleeping quarters such as dirt floors, barracks, and quonset huts.
box 3, folder 3

Huerta, Dolores undated

Contents

Four photographs of Dolores Huerta.
box 3, folder 4

March - Delano/Sacramento 1966

Contents

Three photosgraphs of the Delano to Sacramento march.
box 3, folder 5

McCullough 1959

Contents

Three photographs of Father McCollough and small church in the bracero camp.
box 3, folder 6

Metadata undated

Contents

Various metadata notes pertaining to photographs.
box 3, folder 7

Negatives - Damaged undated

Contents

Damaged negatives of bracero camps.
box 3, folder 8

NIH Report undated

Contents

Six photographs of Bracero housing with narratives for NIH report.
box 3, folder 9

Packing Shed undated

Contents

Five photographs of packing shed and braceros packing fruits and vegetables.
box 3, folder 10

Panel - Unidentified 1962

Contents

Negatives and twelve photographs of individuals speaking at panel meeting.
 

Picketing

box 3, folder 11

Arthur Goldberg 1961

Contents

Numerous photographs of picketers holding signs to welcome Arthur Goldberg, call for fair wages, and to stop the Bracero Program.
box 3, folder 12

AWOC 1961

Contents

Numerious photos of picketers at farms with signage related to better pay, joining the union, and stopping foreign labor.
box 3, folder 13

Capital Punishment 1960

Contents

Four photos of strikers with signs to stop capital punishment and unidentified man in vehicle.
box 4, folder 1

Schenley Office 1965

Contents

Several photographs of people walking a picket line in front of a Schenley Industries office in downtown San Francisco. Picket in support of grape strike and boycott.
box 4, folder 2

State Capitol 1959

Contents

Sacramento minimum wage rally. Shows people marching near California State Capitol and seated inside, holding signs about starvation wages and urging Gov. Edmund Brown to help raise wages.
box 4, folder 3

Recreation 1958-1959

Contents

Two photographs showing music group and cars parked outside of the Tiger Cafe.
box 4, folder 4

Richards, Harvey undated

Contents

Several negatives, aproximately 100 slides, and photographs by photographer Harvey Richards depicting farm workers working, their living quarters, and injuries.
box 4, folder 5

Rio Grande Valley undated

Contents

Color photographs of Migratory Labor insurance, buildings, and a bridge over the Rio Grande river. Possibly by Harvey Richards.
box 4, folder 6

Santa Cruz Study - Old Age 1964

Contents

Several photographs of senior citizens and the Opal Cliffs Mobile Home Park in Santa Cruz, Calif., taken as part of Anderson's contract work on the Old Age Study.
box 4, folder 7

Slides undated

Contents

More than 100 color slides of farm workers, Father Thomas McCullough, AWOC picket, field work, packing sheds, and more.
box 4, folder 8

Strike - Sylvan Ceramics 1961

Contents

Women picketing outside of the Sylvan Ceramics factory on behalf of AFL-CIO Local 171 I.B.O.P.
box 4, folder 9

Strike - Brussel Sprouts - Santa Cruz 1961 October

Contents

Filipino workers, includng Larry Itliong; Pfyffer Bros. packing shed; Bird Eye Division; and workers in field. Negatives and thirteen photographs.
box 4, folder 10

Texas/California Album circa 1958-1959

Contents

Hand-made photo album with narrative text. Subjects include migrant workers; housing; Shary Farms, Hidalgo County, Tex.; farm worker children and youth; Border Patrol arrests; Operation Wetback; deportation; bracero camps in California; bracero housing, San Gabriel Valley Farm Labor Association; Japanese braceros; Zuckerman Farms, Mandeville Island; Riverside Growers Association; De Candia Farms; sanitary facilities, D'Arrigo Brothers Farms; mess halls and cooking facilities; field work, clinics and medical facilities; recreation; and individual braceros. Unknown creator.
box 4, folder 11

Transportation 1958,1961, undated

Contents

Several photographs of buses, cars, and trains. Some with braceros.
box 4, folder 12

Tulare and Fresno Counties 1964

Contents

Five photos by photographer Harvey Richards taken in Tulare and Fresno counties, showing pesticide warning signs posted in fields, man filling tank with liquid, and woman and child.
box 4, folder 13

UC Berkeley - Free Speech Movement 1964

Contents

Free Speech Movement at U.C. Berkeley showing pickets, Mario Savio, and Assemblyman Willie L. Brown. Sign for Free University and information for striking students.
box 4, folder 14

Van Dyke - Fred undated

Contents

Photographs of farmer Fred Van Dyke and his family.
Oversize-box 1, folder 1

Oversize Photographs undated

Contents

Five oversize photographs. Descritption and notes: 1) Farmworker march, Bart Abbott (photographer). 2) Man with cap in field, an irrigatin west of Fresno. 3) Boy in field with onions, onion field near Stockton 10-year-old. 4) Black woman and three girls, farmworker's children in Stockton. 5) Table under tree with people on mattress and car with luggage on top.
 

Series 9: Sound Recordings 1956-2004

Physical Description: 3.75 Cubic Feet(3 cartons, 71 folders)

Arrangement

The sound recording series is arranged by format (open reel, compact discs, and audio cassettee) and then chronologically.

Contents

The Sound Recording Series consists of interviews and recordings of meetings and events as well as speeches, including Ernesto Galarza, Father Thomas McCullough, Maria Moreno, bracero workers, Prof. Paul Taylor, Norman Smith, Santa Crus Filipinos, Vangie Buell speaking about Pete Velasco, and more. There are also recordings of the AWOC conference at Stratmore, Calif., AWOC meetings, and other events. Audio was taped at different speeds. If documented, the IPS is included in notes.
carton 36, folder 1

Ernesto Galarza Interview 1956

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Interview with Ernesto Galarza, San Jose, Calif. by Anderson. Mae Galarza and Pamela Anderson present. 3-3/4 IPS. Side 2: Conclusion of interview with Galaraza. 500 feet. Anderson note: remainder of reel is Anderson Family. Preserve but do not copy. 3-3/4 IPS. Hand-written note on reel box: Could only record side 2, extensive print-through.
carton 36, folder 2

Fathers McCullough and McDonnell 1957, 1959

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: All three children, Feb. 22, 1959. Side 2: Father McCullough and Father McDonnell, Burke, January 1957. 1-7/8 IPS. Anderson notes: Mostly McDonnell, notes made.
carton 36, folder 3

Bracero interviews 1957

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Interviews with braceros, San Joaquin County. Side 1: May 21, 1957. Side 2: May 22, 1957. All in Spanish. Lots of print-through. Some 1 7/8 and 3 3/4 IPS.
carton 36, folder 4

Father McCullough, Altgeld Branch, Stockton 1959, 1961

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. 9/27/61 Track 1: Father McCullough, 3-3/4 IPS; Altgeld Branch 9/27/61. Track 2 Aug. 1959 Stockton is the Jury, 3-3/4 IPS.
carton 36, folder 5

Paul Taylor, Anderson and Pete Seeger songs 1959

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Paul Taylor, etc., Hank and Seeger songs, 1959. Side 1: Folk music, Hank's bracero song, 7-1/2 and 3-3/4, May, 26, 1959 (Seeger?). Side 2: Harvest (draft) 7-1/2, Mar. 26, 1959. Paul Taylor? 3-3/4
carton 36, folder 6

George Sanchez, Jerry Holleman Interviews, and CSO meeting 1959

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Farm Labor (mostly Spanish). Side 1: George Sanchez, 1959, Jerry Holleman, interviews by Danny Martinez. San Antonio Camp , all 1-7/8. Side 2: Interviews, Danny Martinez 1-7/8 and 3-3/4, 900; CSO meeting (Los Angeles?) 1959, 1-7/8, 1200.
carton 36, folder 7

Agricultural Workers Association Meetings 1959

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Agricultural Workers Association (AWA) meetings, Stockton, March and April 26, 1959. North Hayes, Andy Arellano, Ft. McCullough, Delro, Ortega. Side 2: Religion and Labor Committee, Los Angeles. (Blank at beginning) 1 7/8 and 3 3/4 IPS.
carton 36, folder 8

Ernesto Galarza Speech 1959 March 21

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Speech by Ernesto Galarza, Friends Committee on Legislation, Pasadena, 1959 March 21. 3-3/4 ips. "Crisis in Agriculture" begins after 150 feet. Side 2: Conclusion of Galarza, 160', Seeger, Guthrie, et al.
carton 36, folder 9

Farm Labor Hearings 1960 December 15

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Label reads: Farm Labor hearings, [California] Senate Fact-Finding on Labor and Welfare. Father Thomas McCullough, Edward F. Hayes, and Monsignor Keenan.
carton 36, Folders 10-12

SP-SDF Convention. 1961

Scope and Contents

Three 7-inch open reel sound recordings. (Reel 1) Side 1: Opening session: S.P. - S.D.F convention. Bill Briggs, Al Walsh, Art Kunkin, John Hammond, John King. Audience discussion. Side 2: Farm labor panel, same except Anderson, Hector Abeytia, etc. Fresno.
(Reel 2) Side 1: Interview with James Hoffa, KPIX, Sept. 3, 1961 3-3/4 IPS. Very low level, illegible, 1000 feet. Side 2: Hank Anderson S.P. Convention, 600 feet Sept. 30, 1961. Additional writing on carton: Brussel sprouts, SB, SC, SM counties.
(Reel 3)Side 1: SP convention, Fresno, farm labor panel, Sept. 30. 1961, Side 1: Anne Draper, (illegible) Bulbrulia, 1-7/8. Side 2: Bill O'Rear, 3-3/4, 700 feet.
carton 36, folder 13

Northern California Area Council 1961

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Northern California Area Council. Side 1: Ft. McCullough, Dep 2, 1961. Side 2: Report by Anderson on NCAC with commentary by McCullough. Notes made. 3 3/4 IPS.
carton 36, folder 14

Norman Smith, U.S. Dept. of Labor Hearing 1961-1962 1960-1961

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Norman Smith, IIR, UC Berkeley, Aug 30, 1961; U.S. Dept. of Labor hearing on Bracero Program, Sacramento, Feb. 1962. Mostly growers and Ellen. Side 2: Norman Smith, continued. U.S.D.L. hearings, growers, continued. 3 3/4 IPS, 600 pt.
carton 36, folder 15

AWOC meeting and Closed Society, West 1961, 1969

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Closed Society, West. Anderson note on case: Very Important. AWOC meeting, Norman Smith, Anne Draper, Anderson (Anderson note: Very laudatory intro), Stan Theater. Aug 4, 1961 3-3/4 IPS. Announcement of AFL-CIO withdrawal, discussion of new structure. (Anderson note: I'm nominated!) Proposed steering committee instead adopted. Side 2: Continuation? KPFA marathon, May 1, 1969, includes commentary on "The Closed Society, West" (Anderson note: and my ad lib b.s.). Reagan to Commonwealth Club regarding People's Park, June 13, 1969. Note: side 2 may have copyright issues.
carton 36, folder 16

Santa Cruz Filipinos 1961

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Santa Cruz Filipinos. Side 1: AWOC meeting, 1961 August 11, State Theater, 1-7/8 IPS. Interview with Rudy Naclior (spelling?) et al, Santa Cruz, 1961 October. Side 2: Conclusion of Naclior, Marcos Tolentino, Larry Itliong, 1961 October, 3-3/4 IPS.
carton 36, Folders 17-18

AWOC Strathmore Conference 1961-1963

Scope and Contents

Two 7-inch reel sound recordings.
Agricultural Workers/Strathmore Conference-tape 4 (1) AWOC conference, McCullough in Spanish and English, (2) Someone playing dulcimer and singing folk songs. 7-1/2 California 1963-64? 200ft.
Strathmore Conference, first day, Dec. 2, 1961. Side 1: Opening ceremonies, elections, Bill O'Rear, Larry Itliong. Side 2: Hector Abeytia, Father McCullough, questions. Speed 3-3/4. Note: Tape removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, folder 1

Father Donald McDonnell 1962

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Father Donald McDonnell, May 20, 1962. 3 3/4 IPS. Note: Tape removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, folder 2

Anne Draper and Ft. Thomas McCullough 1962

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recroding. Side 1: Anne Draper and Ft. Thomas McCullough, 1-7/8 IPS, 1200 feet. Side 2: Same, 800 feet. Tape removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, folder 3

Termination of the Bracero Program 1963

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. An Anderson talk for KPFA on termination of the Bracero Program. Packaging has two dates: May 29, 1963 and recorded: June 10, 1963. Anderson notation: never broadcast? Note: Tape removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, folder 4

Emma Gutherman and Testimony 1963

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: KRON program, "Braceros," Erich Fromm, 3-3/4 IPA. Side 2: Emma Gutherman, 1200', 7-1/2 IPA. Anderson note: Testimony somewhere? Note: Side 1 is copyright protected. This tape has been removed from the collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, Folders 5-8

Father Thomas McCullough Interview [B1-B4] 1964-1965

Contents

Three 7-inch open reel sound recordings. A series of interviews of Father Thomas McCullough by Anderson for his KPFA-FM radio show.
carton 37, folder 9

Editor's Forum and Southern Tenant Farmers Union 1964

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recordings. Side 1: Editor's forum: Al Helmso, host; Harry Rasmussen; Maria Moreno; Clementine Duluth; Channel 2, KTVU, May 17, 1964. 1000'. Side 2: KPFA Commentary, July 24, 1964, Southern Tenant Farmers Union. (superimposed on Strathmore) 7 1/2 IPS.
carton 37, folder 10

Mike and Sarah Smith Interview 1964

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Claire Isaacs interviewing Mike and Sarah Smith and Anderson regarding F.D. in Arizona alongside braceros. Domestic farm workers.
carton 37, Folders 11-12

Free University Farm Labor Class 1965

Contents

Two 7-inch open reel sound recordings. Titled My Free University Farm Labor Class. Tape in folder 12 has been removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, folder 13

SNCC conference 1965

Scope and Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Anderson interviewed by EA re SNCC coference. "The Two-Way Road" 3 3/4 IPS. Note: Tape removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 37, folder 14

Peace and Freedom 1967-1968

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Peace and Freedom, Trivialization of Life, Validation of life. Side 2: Open letter to the IRS, Laugh-in, New vocations.
carton 37, folder 15

Open Letter to the IRS 1970 March

Contents

One 7-inch open reel sound recording. Recording of Anderson talk on KPFA radio station.
carton 37, Folders 16-19, carton 38, folders 1-5

Bracero Hearings, Imperial Valley undated

Contents

Nine 7-inch open reel sound recordings. Titled by Anderson as "Bracero Hearings, Imperial Valley?" Some notations on specific tape boxes. Tape in carton 38, folder 7 removed from collection for mold remediation.
carton 38, folder 6

Ft. Thomas McCullough and Marie DeCarli 1957

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Ft. Thomas McCullough and Marie DeCarli, 1-7/8 IPS. Side 2: Dissonant, quartet 3-3/4 IPS. Ft. Thomas McCullough, Marie DeCarli, 1957, January 3, 1-7/8.
carton 38, folder 7

Juan Leandro de Cisneros Villa and Steve Zetterberg 1958-1959

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Interview with Juan Leandro de Cisneros Villa, Camp #1, Mandeville Island, San Joaquin County, 1958 May 17. (Note: variable quality) 3-3/4 IPS. Side 2: Steve Zetterberg, 1958 September? Family, 1959 March. Hand-written note on reel box: Only one side recorded (Cisneros). Print through still present.
carton 38, folder 8

Ft. Thomas McCullough and Farm Worker Interviews 1961

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Ft. Thomas McCullough testimonial dinner, 1961, 3-3/4 IPS, 300 feet. Side 2: AWOC Louis Krainock's interviews with farm workers, 1961. 3-3/4 IPS.
carton 38, folder 9

Ft. Thomas McCullough and Berkeley 1961, 1969

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Ft. Thomas McCullough testimonial dinner with Anderson speech, 1961. 3-3/4 IPS. Side 2: KQED Berkeley People's War, 1969 June 15. Mostly 1-7/8 IPS.
carton 38, folder 10

Parathion Tulare County 1964

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Parathion Tulare County, interviewed 1964, poisoned 1961. 7-1/2ips. Belongs to Harvey Richards.
carton 38, folder 11

Nuclear Fusion 1966 September 18

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Anderson commentary for broadcast on KPFA. Bodega head, nuclear fusion.
carton 38, folder 12

Citizens for Farm Labor Demonstration 1964, 1969

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Side 1: Citizens for Farm Labor demonstrations at White House Store, San Francisco, 1964 October 10, Harvest display. 3-3/4 IPS. Side 2: People's Park 1969 June 13, 1-7/8 IPS.
carton 38, folder 13

UFWOC meeting 1969

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. UFWOC meeting, etc. Side 1: Interviews with Zamora et al 1969 July 28, 1-7/8 IPS. UFWOC meeting 1969 September 12. Side 2: UWOC meeting continued. Counter culture, 1-7/8 IPS. Moral evolution. 1969 December 17.
carton 38, folder 14

Fresno SP conference, Citizens for Farm Labor-UFWOC undated

Contents

One 5-inch open reel sound recording. Questionable contents. Notes read: Fresno SP conference? No Citizens for Farm Labor-UFWOC conference, 1-7/8 IPS. Prisoner. 3-3/4 IPS.
carton 38, folder 15

Occupied Berkey, Council Meeting, Mandel, Ecology Teach-in 1969, undated

Contents

Five 3-inch open reel sound recordings. 1 and 2) Occupied Berkeley. 3) Council Meeting. 4) William Mandel. 5) Ecology teach-in.
carton 38, folder 16

AWOC Conference, Ernest Lowe undated

Contents

Two compact discs. Titled: We will go on. Radio program produced by Ernest Lowe about the AWOC conference held in December 1961, in Strathmore, Calif. Gives background on conference. Includes narration by Lowe and audio clips from speakers, including Larry Itliong.
carton 38, folder 17

Maria Moreno, Bracero Interviews, Ernesto Galarza, Why Braceros 1956-1958, 1964, undated

Contents

Four compact discs. 1) Maria Moreno, Editors Forum, 1964. 2) Interviews with Braceros, 1957. 3) Ernesto Galarza and Juan Cisneros Villa interviews. Note: all tracks have print-through. 4) Why Braceros?, undated.
carton 38, folder 18

C. Munoz, V. Buell, F. Bardacke, R. Tejado-Flores , SWLHA 1986, 1995

Contents

Three audio cassettes. 1) Carlos Munoz, parts I and II. 2) Vangie Buell on Pete Velasco, 1995, Lois (no last name), Frank Bardacke, Rick Tejada-Flores on Chavez documentary, Claire (no last name). 3 and 4) Southwest Labor History Association panel on organizing in Bracero period with Carlos Munoz Jr., Dan Watson, and Anderson.
carton 38, folder 19

Anderson and Frank Bardacke, Marshal Ganz 1996

Contents

Four audio cassette tapes. 1) Anderson and Frank Bardacke, parts I and II. 2) Bruce Perry, Marshall Ganz interview of of Anderson, Part I-II. 3) Marshall Ganz. 4) Marshall, Archie Green, and Rachel.
carton 38, folder 20

AWOC Origins, D. Valdez, Bracerismo Panel, Anderson interview 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004

Contents

Five audio cassette tapes. 1) Anderson on origins of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) at the Bay Area Labor History Workshop, 1996. 2) Dennis Valdez, 1998 3)Dennis Valdez, Norma (no last name), Act II, Scene 3, 1998. 4) Bracerismo panel, 2001. 5) Anderson interview by Prof. Gilbert Gonzalez, 2004.
 

Series 10: Video Recordings 1959-1992

Physical Description: 1.25 Cubic Feet(1 carton)

Arrangement

Arranged by format and then chronologically.

Contents

Video recordings in a variety of formats (8 mm film reels, video cassettes, and DVD). Subjects include braceros, AWOC Strathmore conference, Podesta strike, NFWA pilgrimage, Pete Velasco, Vincent St. John's graveside event, and more.
carton 39, folder 1

Braceros, Podesta, Strathmore, NFWA Pilgrimage 1957, 1960-1961, 1966

Contents

One 8mm film reel. Farm Labor. 1) Braceros, 1957. 2) Podesta Strike, 1960. 3) Strathmore Conference, 1961. 4) National Farm Workers Association pilgramage, 1966.
carton 39, folder 2

Hiroshima Day, Civil Rights Day, Human Be-In, Digger Farm 1962-1967

Contents

One 8mm film reel. 1) Hiroshima Day, 1962. 2) Civil Rights Day, 1963. 3) Happening, September 1965. 4) Happening, January 1966. 5) Human Be-In, January 1967. 6) Digger Farm, Peace March, April 1967. 7) Draft protest at Tilden Park, October 1967.
carton 39, folder 3

People's Park undated

Contents

Two 8mm film reels. People's Park.
carton 39, folder 4

Cutting Asparagus and Ft. McCullough undated

Contents

One 16mm film reel. Note on box: Cutting asparagus, Ft. Thomas McCullough.
carton 39, folder 5

Pete Velasco 1987, 1991

Contents

Two video cassettes. 1) Pete Velasco, Bash, Memorial, El Rancho; Dad's Day, Buckeye Pines Tarhill place. 2) Pete Velasco, La Paz, Calif. June 8, 1991 (part 4 oral history). Other writing on cardboard sleeve.
carton 39, folder 6

Vincent St. John 1991, 1992

Contents

Two video cassette tapes. 1) Becky London, Oct. 31, 1991. Anderson's 64th birthday, December 14, 1991. Vincent St. John's grave, December 24, 1991. May also include Anderson family and television program clips. 2) Vincent St. John ceremony. Harlan County documentary. May contain copyright protected material.
carton 39, folder 7

Sufrimento Sin Frontera 2007 April

Contents

One video cassette tape. Sufrimiento sin Frontera project of Prof. Gilbert Gonzalez.
carton 39, folder 8

Anderson Interview - Gonzalez 2006 November 18

Contents

Two video cassette tapes. Part 1 and 2 of Prof. Gilbert G. Gonzalez's interview of Anderson.
carton 39, folder 9

Empalme Segment undated

Contents

One video cassette. Title on tape: Empalme segment.
carton 39, folder 10

Anderson Interview - Coyle Undated

Contents

Three video cassette tapes. Interview of Anderson by Laurie Coyle.
carton 39, folder 11

Vincent St. John, Archie Green 1992, 2008-2009

Contents

Two DVDS. 1) Event at Vincent St. John's gravesite. 2) Memorial for Archie Green.
carton 39, folder 12

Critical Issues in CLS 2007-2008, undated

Contents

Seven DVD discs. Six discs are an interview of Anderson by Prof. Gilbert G. Gonzalez. One is titled Bracero Project.
carton 39, Folder 13

Adios Amor undated

Contents

One DVD disc. Nine-minute sample of Laurie Coyle's film, Adios Amor, on labor organizer Maria Moreno.
carton 39, folder 14

Delano Manongs undated

Contents

One DVD disc. Trailer of Marissa Aroy's film, The Delano Manongs, on Filipino farmworker organizers.