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Title: Fietinghoff (Gayanne) photographs and slides of California farmworkers collection
Date (inclusive): 1971-1982
Date (bulk): 1972-1977
Creator:
Fietinghoff, Gayanne
Creator:
Tejada-Flores, Rick
Creator:
Sahugan, Sebastian
Creator:
Sanchez, Chris
Creator:
Lowe, Ernest, 1934-
Creator:
Ravensi, Bill
Extent:
4.67 Cubic Feet
(2 cartons, 4 boxes, and 1 oversize box)
Collection number: larc.pho.0068
Accession number: 2020/001
Repository:
Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Language of Material:
English
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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.
Physical Location: Collection available on site.
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Circe Tejada-Flores, 2020 (2020.001)
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.
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!
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[Identification of item], Gayanne Fietinghoff Photographs and Slides of Farmworkers Collection, larc.pho.0068, Labor Archives
and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United Farm Workers.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- California.
Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers -- California.
Agricultural laborers -- California.
Agricultural laborers' unions -- California.
Demonstrations -- California.
Strikes and lockouts -- California.
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
Photographs.
Slides.
Negatives.
Contact sheets.