Series 1:
Papers
1972-1982
Physical Description: 5 folders (Carton 1, folders 1-5)
Scope and Contents
Series 1 consists of a small amount of material from Gayanne Fietinghoff's professional files. It contains a manuscript describing
the making of the documentary
¡Si Se Puede!
in Arizona during Cesar Chavez's 1972 fast, and a statement by Chavez given at the end of the fast. It includes a few published
articles, newspaper clippings, flyers and brochures containing Fietinghoff's photographs, and two KPFK Radio program guides
in which Fietinghoff is credited as editor.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
carton 1, folder 2
Articles and documents
1975-1976
carton 1, folder 3
Flyers for films and campaigns
circa 1972-1977
carton 1, folder 4
Newspaper clippings
1973-1975
Series 2:
Photographs
1972-1977
Physical Description: 45 folders (Carton 1, folders 6-40; Oversize-box 1)
Arrangement
Arranged as received into two sub-series: 2.1: United Farm Workers, 1972-1976; 2.2: Farm Worker Life and Conditions, 1977.
Scope and Contents
Series 2, containing photographic prints, is arranged into two sub-series: the United Farm Workers series and the Farm Worker
Life and Conditions series. The UFW series photographs were taken from 1972 to 1975 when Fietinghoff was on staff of the
UFW and contain images of strikes, marches, boycotts, picketing, demonstrations, campaigning, and working in the fields.
Contains photos of places and events, such as UFW headquarters and properties La Paz in Keene, and Forty Acres and Agbayani
Village in Delano; Cesar Chavez's fast at Santa Rita Hall in Arizona; and Yemeni UFW organizer Nagi Daifullah's funeral.
Also consists of images of major figures and supporters of the UFW. The Farm Worker Life and Conditions series photographs
are the product of a 1977 personal project of Fietinghoff's, one that took her on a road trip through the Central Valley to
document the working and living conditions of farmworkers. The Photographs series contains some images by other photographers.
There is a designated folder of photos by Rick Tejada-Flores as well as a few photos interspersed throughout Sub-Series 2:1.
In addition, Sub-Series 2:1 contains photographs by filipino UFW photographer Sebastian Sahugan and Bill Ravensi. Original
folder groupings of material were left intact and do not necessarily reflect consecutive order. Similar material is dispersed
throughout the folders of each series.
Sub-series 2.1: United Farm Workers
1972-1976
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series 2.1, United Farm Workers, consists of images taken from 1972 to 1975 when Fietinghoff was a staff photographer
for UFW. Contains images of protest, including the march on E & J Gallo Winery, No on Proposition 22 demonstration, Farm
Bureau picket, demonstrations against Guimarra Ranch and Kovacevich Farms, picketing of Safeway and liquor stores selling
Gallo wine, and a women's demonstration inside the Teamsters building in Burlingame, where women with their children intended
to show the Teamsters that they were not intimidated by them and that they wanted UFW union representation. This sub-series
contains an Arizona folder with images from Cesar Chavez's 1972 fast at Santa Rita Hall, and farmworkers and children in onion
fields. Also contains photos of Farmworkers Weekend in Los Angeles; the 1973 UFW Convention; union campaigning; the funeral
of Yemeni UFW organizer Nagi Daifullah, who died from a beating by a Kern County Sheriff's deputy; UFW headquarters La Paz
in Keene; and Agbayani Village, the filipino retirement housing community located on the Forty Acres property in Delano.
This sub-series includes designated folders for the following UFW leaders and supporters: Cesar Chavez, Chris Hartmire, Juan
de la Cruz, Jerry Cohen, Dorothy Day, Joan Baez, and theater director Peter Brook, who collaborated with El Teatro Campesino.
Some of these people, and others who do not have a designated folder (such as Dolores Huerta, Pancho Botello, and Dennis Banks),
are pictured in other photographs interspersed throughout the sub-series. Also includes photos by Rick Tejada-Flores located
in one designated folder and a few dispersed throughout the sub-series. This sub-series contains photographs by manong Sebastain
Sahugan, veteran of AWOC (Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, composed primarily of filipino farmworkers) and UFW,
who served as a photographer for UFW. There are also reproduced images from the film stock of Tejada-Flores's documentary
¡Si Se Puede!
Includes one photo by Bill Ravensi of the original group of filipino farmworker strikers taken at Agbayani Village in 1976.
carton 1, Folders 6-11, Oversize-box 1, Folders 1-3
Strikes, marches, and boycotts
1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes two photos by Rick Tejada-Flores of demonstration at 1973 Farm Bureau Convention, and one uncredited reproduction
of a photo of the DiGiorgio Farms strike of 1947 (all three photos in Oversize-box 1, folder 7).
carton 1, folder 12, Oversize-box 1, folder 6
UFW headquarters (La Paz), Keene, Calif.
circa 1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Contains images of Marshall Ganz, Nick Jones, Dolores Huerta, Pete Velasco, Julio Hernandez, Patti Proctor, Avelina Coriell,
Helen Chavez, and Cesar Chavez.
carton 1, folder 14
Arizona
1972
Scope and Contents
Photos in this folder were taken during Cesar Chavez's fast and include images of vigil at Santa Rita Center, and farmworkers
and children in onion field.
carton 1, folder 15
UFW Convention
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes photos of Philip Vera Cruz, Pete Velasco, Gilbert Padilla, Richard Ybarra, Dolores Huerta, Ted and Joan Kennedy,
and several of Cesar Chavez. Two photos credited to Rick Tejada-Flores.
carton 1, folder 16
Forty Acres headquarters, Delano, Calif.
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 17
Agbayani Village, Delano, Calif.
circa 1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Folder contains one photo of Agbayani Village residents.
carton 1, folder 18
Joan Baez
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 19
Peter Brook
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 20, Oversize-box 1, folder 7
Cesar Chavez
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 21
Jerry Cohen
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 23
Nagi Daifullah funeral
1973
carton 1, folder 24
Dorothy Day
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 25
Chris Hartmire
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 26
Postcards with photo portrait of Sebastian Sahugan
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 27
Sebastian Sahugan photographs
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken by filipino UFW photographer Sebastian Sahugan of Agbayani Village, Gallo boycott, and a UFW meeting.
carton 1, folder 28
Reproduced images from documentary film,
¡Si Se Puede!
circa 1972-1975
carton 1, folder 29
Rick Tejada-Flores photographs
circa 1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Folder contains eight images of UFW activites and includes images of Richard Chavez, Fred Ross, Teamsters arrests in Lamont,
and an open casket funeral (probably Nagi Daifullah's).
Oversize-box 1, folder 4
Farmworkers Weekend, Los Angeles
circa 1972-1975
Oversize-box 1, folder 5
Workers in the field
1972-1975
Oversize-box 1, folder 8
Portraits of leaders and members
circa 1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Philip Vera Cruz and Sebastian Sahugan.
Oversize-box 1, folder 9
Unidentified
circa 1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Folder contains two photos, one of people standing in a food line and one of people on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles.
Oversize-box 1, folder 10
Bill Ravensi photograph of original Filipino strikers, Agbayani Village
1976
Sub-series 2.2: Farm Worker Life and Conditions
1977
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series 2.2, Farm Worker Life and Conditions, consists of photographs from an independent, personal project of Fietinghoff's
in which she traveled through the Central Valley in 1977 documenting farmworkers, mostly women at work and at home with their
families. These photos were taken in Fresno County and Salinas. Photos of labor picture farmworkers packing tomatoes, picking
lettuce, picking and packing grapes, and drying and rolling raisins. A few photos show children playing and working in the
fields. Includes photos of used containers of pesticides laying in the fields. This Sub-Series contains photos of farmworker
housing, which include images of grower-owned dilapidated barracks located in the middle of farm fields. Many photos show
mothers with their children, informal family portraits, a Fresno County day care center, and parents with children at Fairchild
Labor Camp. There are several images of farm machinery and a few photos of town streets and business and help wanted signage.
The Lenare folder contains photos of a Lenare community women's group painting houses for local families.
carton 1, Folders 30-34
Fresno County -- General
1977
carton 1, folder 36
Fairchild Labor Camp
1977
Series 3:
Slides
1971-1980
Physical Description: 2 Volumes (Carton 2)
Scope and Contents
Series 3, Slides, contains color and black and white slides of demonstrations, marches, strikes, campaigns, worker housing
and living conditions, UFW leaders, strike violence and arrests, La Paz (UFW headquarters in Keene), and filipino retirement
community Agbayani Village. Includes images from other photographers, including Rick Tejada-Flores, Chris Sanchez, and Ernest
Lowe. Rick Tejada-Flores stated that if slides are not marked with Fietinghoff's or his initials then they could be from
another photographer.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
carton 2, volume 1
Volume 1
1971-1980
Scope and Contents
Volume 1 contains color and some black and white slides of 1975 march on Gallo Winery, Lamont strike and arrests, Bakersfield
jail, 1972 UFW march, Cesar Chavez campaigning in Coachella, Borjas labor camp in Salinas, Farm Worker Weekend in Los Angeles,
Cesar Chavez's 1972 fast at Santa Rita Hall, La Paz (UFW headquarters), living conditions in Salinas and Mexicali, Teatro
Campesino with Peter Brook, farmworkers in their homes, images used in a Migrant Ministry slideshow, and unidentified. Includes
17 slides of 1971 UFW demonstration by Chris Sanchez, and many slides by Rick Tejada-Flores, including images of pesticide
spraying in 1980, and Los Angeles murals. Also includes photos taken in earlier decades by uncredited photographers.
carton 2, volume 2
Volume 2
1972-1980
Scope and Contents
Volume 2 contains color and black and white slides of Lamont-Arvin strike; women farmworkers march; Cesar Chavez in Coachella,
picketing, in jail, and at Franciscan Communications Center; Schenley labor camp; strike violence, No on Proposition 22 television
spots; La Paz (UFW headquarters); filipino retirement community Agbayani Village; portrait of Sebastian Sahugan, Arizona;
children in fields, Dolores Huerta, Chris Hartmire, Dorothy Day, and unidentified. Includes many slides by Rick Tejada-Flores,
including Del Mar labor camp and pesticide spraying in 1980, and one slide of boys in tractor credited to Ernest Lowe. Also
includes photos taken in earlier decades by uncredited photographers.
Series 4:
Negatives and Contact Sheets
1972-1977
Physical Description: 32 folders (Boxes 1-3)
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Series 4, Negatives and Contact Sheets, contains black and white negatives and contact sheets of photographic prints in this
collection, and many more additional images not represented by prints. Original order of material was maintained so similar
subject material will be dispersed throughout folders. See individual folder Scope and Contents Notes for description of
subject matter.
box 1, Folders 1-5
1972
Scope and Contents
Folder 1: Contains images of UFW activities in Calexico and Los Angeles. Folder 2: Contains images taken during Cesar Chavez's
fast at Santa Rita Hall in Arizona, including appearance by George McGovern. Includes images of San Luis strike, Ministers
Conference, and Joan Baez. Folder 3: Contains images of administrative staff at La Paz and a Mass in Los Angeles church.
Folder 4: Contains images of Farmworker Weekend in Los Angeles and Bakersfield Farm Bureau picket. Folder 5: Contains images
of La Paz at Christmas.
box 1, Folders 6-9
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Folder 6: Contains images of manong, La Paz, and Art Torres. Folder 7: Contains images of Picket Republicans March in Bakersfield,
Gallo boycott in San Francisco, Farmworker Weekend in Los Angeles, and unidentified. Folder 8: Contains images of Mosesian
picket; Teamsters; courthouse after arrests; law enforcement at Guimarra Vineyards and injuries by security guard; Nalbaudian
arrests; Delano march; Kovacevich arrests; melon workers; ministers; Sun Fruit; Roberts Farms picket line and arrests; Sam
Andrews' Sons; Lamont-Arvin march; Lamont UFW office damage, and unidentified. Folder 9: Contains images of boycott meeting
and picketing in Calexico, Mexicali clinic, Cinco de Mayo, Gallo Winery march, Teamsters, Coachella, Lamont, Roberts Farms,
Bakersfield Farm Bureau picket, Delano, San Luis, Santa Maria, and demonstration at courthouse after beatings.
box 1, Folders 10-11, box 2, Folders 1-2
1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Box 1: Folder 10: Contains images of demonstrations (No on Prop 22, Farm Bureau, possibly others), La Paz, Delano, Coachella
strike, destruction at UFW office, Cesar Chavez's fast in Phoenix, and unidentified. Demonstration photos include images
of Dolores Huerta, Chris Hartmire, Marshall Ganz, and George McGovern. Folder 11: Contains images of Lamont-Arvin strike;
El Rancho Farms; law enforcement at Roberts Farms; Lamont Park; Bishop Evans and Cesar Chavez; Kovacevich Farms arrests; Coachella
strike; Nalbaudian incident; Teamsters; Sunset workers camp; Giumarra Vineyards packing shed and workers camp; Dorothy Day;
Pancho Botello beating by Delano patrol guards, and unidentified. Box 2: Folder 1: Contains images of Farm Bureau Convention;
Lamont-Arvin strike; Nalbaudian incident; Giumarra Vineyards; Teatro Campesino, El Rancho Farms, Yemeni farm workers at Roberts
Farms, Sunset workers camp, Delano/Tulare law inforcement; Bianco Ranch; Kovacevich Farms; picketing Gallo Winery, and unidentified.
Folder 2: Contains images of La Paz, Salinas rally, credit union meeting and Terra Bella office. Some of the negatives and
contact sheets are damaged.
box 2, Folders 3-7
1972-1977
Scope and Contents
Folder 3: Contains images of Roberts Farms, Farm Bureau demonstration, strike meeting in Lamont, Mass at La Paz, Farmworker
Convention, and unidentified. Folder 4: Contains images of Roberts Farms picket line; Juan De La Cruz; Safeway boycott;
El Rancho Farms; Kovacevich Farms picket line; Coachella and Arvin-Lamont strikes, Guimarra Vineyards, Lamont Park, St. Theresa's
and Gallo Winery picket, Bakersfield courthouse; Christian Brothers workers camp; Art Torres at La Paz; Kovacevich house demonstration;
Delano; health clinic; arrests (probably Rick Tejada-Flores photos), and unidentified. Folder 5: Contains images of courthouse
demonstration and arrests; Guimarra Vineyards; Schenley worker camp (probably Rick Tejada-Flores photos); filipino UFW members/supporters;
Bakersfield Farm Bureau picket; UFW Convention (1977); campaigning in East Los Angeles; La Paz staff; election night at UFW
headquarters; Rick Tejada-Flores photos taken in Los Angeles, and unidentified. Folder 6: Contains images of Del Mar encampments,
Calexico, and unidentified. Folder 7: Contains images of Sebastian Sahugan at Agbayani Village, Dolores Huerta, Fred Ross,
Cesar and Richard Chavez, and unidentified.
box 2, Folders 8-10, box 3, Folders 1-5
1973
Scope and Contents
Box 2: Folder 8: Contains images of Richardson Ranch; Arvin rally, Teamsters supporters; Kovacevich Farms arrests; Coachella;
jailhouse demonstration; Sunset workers camp; Lamont-Arvin strike; El Rancho Farms; Roberts Farms; Safeway picket lines; UFW
registration at Guimarra Vineyards; Bakersfield Farm Bureau demonstration; Parlier health clinic; Schenley workers camp; and
unidentified. Folder 9: Contains images of a women's sit-in demonstration in Burlingame, Calif. Folder 10: Contains
images of Kovacevich Farms arrests; jailhouse demonstration; Lamont farmworkers signing declarations of union representation;
Lamont-Arvin strike; El Rancho Farms; Roberts Farms; Botello arrest; Cesar Chavez and SCLL, Coachella strike; Sunset workers
camp; Carruthers demonstration; Teamsters; Richardson Ranch; Safeway picket lines; Bakersfield Farm Bureau demonstration;
Parlier health clinic, and unidentified. Box 3: Folder 1: Contains images of UFW Convention, including photos of Ted Kennedy.
Folder 2: Contains images of Coachella strike, Lamont strike and gathering with Cesar Chavez in Lamont Park, meeting with
Cesar Chavez and San Diego students in La Paz, Delano march, and unidentified. Folder 3: Contains images of Delano march.
Folder 4: Contains images of Teamsters; Sunday Mass, Guimarra Vineyard picket, Kovacevich Farms picket, Lamont-Arvin strike,
Sunset worker camp; Mosesian picket; Sam Andrews' Sons; UFW Unitarians; Dorothy Day, Bishop Evans, Frank Valenzuela, Tom Jolly,
Jim Horgan, Art Quintana, and unidentified. Folder 5: Contains images of bishops meeting in Lamont Park; Yemeni farmworker
demonstrators; Lamont-Arvin strike; Bakersfield press conference; Sam Andrews'Sons arrests; Teatro Campesino; Mosesian picket;
Delano labor meeting and march, Jerry Cohen, Dorothy Day, Tom Jolly and Edith Baum.
box 3, folder 6
1973-1975
Scope and Contents
Contains images of Nagi Daifullah's funeral, 1973, and the march on Gallo Winery, 1975.
box 3, Folders 7-8
1975
Scope and Contents
Folder 7: Contains images of Gallo Winery elections. Gallo workers were voting on whether they would be represented by the
UFW or the Teamsters. Folder 8: Contains images of the march on Gallo Winery.
box 3, Folders 9-11
1977
Scope and Contents
Folder 9: Contains images from a Fresno meeting of the California Commission of the Status of Women in the Agricultural Labor
Force. Includes images of UCLI staff and interviews, Aribuzu Ranch, Biscay Ranch, and co-op in Lenare. Folder 10: Contains
images of UFW Convention. Folder 11: Contains images of San Diego and Fresno farmworkers, and unidentified.
