Fietinghoff (Gayanne) photographs and slides of California farmworkers collection, 1971-1982, bulk 1972-1977

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Summary

Title:
Fietinghoff (Gayanne) photographs and slides of California farmworkers collection
Dates:
1971-1982, bulk 1972-1977
Creators:
Fietinghoff, Gayanne, Tejada-Flores, Rick, Sahugan, Sebastian, Sanchez, Chris, Lowe, Ernest, 1934-, and Ravensi, Bill
Abstract:
This collection of photographs, slides, contact sheets, and negatives by United Farm Workers (UFW) staff photographer Gayanne Fietinghoff documents the work and home lives of California's Central Valley farmworkers from 1972 to 1977. While employed by the UFW from 1972 to 1975, Fietinghoff trained her lens on the struggles of farmworkers, who were primarily Mexican American and Filipino American, working in the fields and participating in UFW activities and events. Fietinghoff captured UFW boycotts, strikes, rallies, demonstrations, marches, clashes with Teamsters, arrests by law enforcement, worker camps, meetings and campaigns. Fietinghoff photographed many of the leaders and supporters of the UFW, including Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Philip Vera Cruz, and others. This collection also contains Fietinghoff's output from a 1977 personal project, which took her on a road trip through the Central Valley photographing the living and working conditions of farmworkers, with a focus on women and their families.
Extent:
4.67 Cubic Feet (2 cartons, 4 boxes, and 1 oversize box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gayanne Fietinghoff Photographs and Slides of Farmworkers Collection, larc.pho.0068, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of photographs, slides, contact sheets, and negatives by United Farm Workers (UFW) staff photographer Gayanne Fietinghoff documents the work and home lives of California's Central Valley farmworkers from 1972 to 1977. While employed by the UFW from 1972 to 1975, Fietinghoff trained her lens on the struggles of farmworkers, who were primarily Mexican American and Filipino American, working in the fields and participating in UFW activities and events. Fietinghoff captured UFW boycotts, strikes, rallies, demonstrations, marches (including the 1975 march against E & J Gallo Winery), clashes with Teamsters, arrests by law enforcement, meetings and campaigns. Fietinghoff also documented worker camps, UFW headquarters ("La Paz"), and Cesar Chavez's protest fast in Arizona. Fietinghoff photographed many of the leaders and supporters of the UFW. Along with Cesar Chavez there are images of Dolores Huerta, Chris Hartmire, Philip Vera Cruz, Marshall Ganz, Richard Chavez, Pete Velasco, Richard Ybarra, Dorothy Day and others. This collection contains Fietinghoff's output from a 1977 personal project, which took her on a road trip through the Central Valley photographing the living and working conditions of farmworkers, with a focus on women and their families. This collection contains a small quantity of documents from Fietinghoff's professional files, including articles and newspaper clippings. Also contained in this collection are images of farmworkers and UFW-related activities made by other photographers, including Rick Tejada-Flores, Sebastian Sahugan, Chris Sanchez, Ernest Lowe, and Bill Ravensi, some of which date to 1982.

Biographical / historical:

Gayanne Fietinghoff was a photographer who worked for the UFW and its unofficial newspaper, El Macriado, from 1972 to 1975. During this period she was asked by Bill Kircher, AFL-CIO liasion to the UFW, to document the 1973-1974 strikes of the Teamsters. In 1977 she embarked on a personal project called Farm Worker Life and Conditions, photographing Central Valley farmworkers in the fields and at home. Fietinghoff also worked on sound recording for farmworker-related documentaries, including her partner Rick Tejada-Flores's 1973 film, ¡Si Se Puede!.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Circe Tejada-Flores, 2020 (2020.001)
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1. Papers, 1972-1982; Series 2. Photographs, 1972-1977, which is further arranged into two sub-series: 2.1 United Farm Workers, 1972-1976; 2.2 Farm Worker Life and Conditions, 1977; Series 3: Slides, 1972-1980; Series 4: Negatives and contact sheets, 1972-1977.

Physical location:
Collection available on site.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Wendy Welker.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-20 23:20:45 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gayanne Fietinghoff Photographs and Slides of Farmworkers Collection, larc.pho.0068, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Location of this collection:
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
Contact:
(415) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
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