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  • Related Archival Materials
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  • Acquisition
  • Arrangement
  • Administrative History
  • Scope and Contents

  • Title: Data Center records
    Date (bulk): 1965-1996
    Date (inclusive): 1934-1996
    Creator: Data Center (Oakland, Calif.).
    Collection number: larc.ms.0061
    Accession numbers: 1998/062
    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
    Extent: 15.0 cubic ft. (12 cartons)
    Abstract: Consists of materials relating to California and Bay Area labor, predominately newspaper clippings and other print sources, the bulk dating from 1965-1990. Topics include the United Farm Workers, Union W.A.G.E.; the Bay Area Progressive Labor Party; San Francisco neighborhood activism; and socialism.
    Location: Collection is available onsite.
    Language of Materials: Languages represented in the collection: English.

    Availability

    Collection is open for research.

    Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Data Center Records, larc.ms.0061, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

    Related Archival Materials

    Data Center Records, BANC MSS 99/329 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Eva Martinez in 2015.

    Acquisition

    The Data Center Records were received from Leon Sompolinsky, June 23, 1998, accession number 1998/0062. These materials reflect the portion of the Data Center Records related to labor topics in California; the remainder of their records were donated to The Bancroft Library at UC, Berkeley.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged as received, in the following series: Series 1: California Labor; Series 2: Fields of Work; Series 3: Working Conditions; Series 4: Unions; Series 5: Government and Labor; Series 6: Management and Labor; Series 7: Bay Area Labor; Series 8: Sharon Gold; Series 9: UNION W.A.G.E.; Series 10: United Farm Workers; Series 11: General Labor; and Series 12: Progressive Labor Party (PLP).

    Administrative History

    The Data Center (Oakland, Calif.) was founded in 1977 by Jon Frappier, Fred Goff, Loretta and Harry Strharsky and forty activist, organizer and student volunteers in affiliation with the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) as an activist library and publication center. Its mission was "to address the political economy and the injustice of class inequities worldwide, and to provide actionable information to those in frontline organizations engaged in those struggles for justice."

    Scope and Contents

    Consists of materials relating to California and Bay Area labor, predominately newspaper clippings and other print sources, the bulk dating from 1965-1990. Topics include the United Farm Workers, Union W.A.G.E.; the Bay Area Progressive Labor Party; San Francisco neighborhood activism; and socialism. The collection also contains the papers of community activist and campaigner against San Francisco Mission redevelopment Sharon Gold, 1966-1968, which were donated with the collection.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Progressive Labor Party. Bay Area Committee (San Francisco, Calif.)
    Union WAGE (Organization)
    Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--United States--History.
    Information services--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
    Labor unions--California--History.
    Labor--California--History--20th century.
    Urban renewal--California--San Francisco.