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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Hub (Winthrop Hubbard) Segur Papers on the United Farm Workers
Creator:
Segur, Winthrop Hubbard
Identifier/Call Number: D-605
Physical Description:
21.8 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1952-2016
Abstract: The collection includes materials related to labor activist and economist Hub Segur's work with the United Farm Workers, including
journals, photographs, writings, audio tapes, and memorabilia.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
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Winthrop Hubbard (Hub) Segur was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1936. He grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut where he graduated
from high school and went on to earn an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Trinity College, Connecticut, and a Master's
in mathematics from Bowdoin College. Hub taught high school in the East before moving to California in 1961 to teach at The
Thacher School in Ojai from 1961 to 1969. From 1969 to 1973 he was active in the United Farm Workers and participated as an
organizer and leader in the UFW activities and campaigns during those years. From 1973 to 1980 he was a graduate student at
University of California, Davis in the department of Agricultural Economics, where he received his Ph.D. and completed his
dissertation entitled "Representation Elections for Farm Workers: Voting Power Under Alternative Rules of Eligibility".
Segur taught in the Economics Department at the University of the Pacific from 1980 to 1985 and in the department of Agricultural
Business at California State University, Chico from 1985 to 1987. In the early 1980s Hub served as a consultant to the UFW,
helping to build a defense against three major lawsuits filed by growers against the union. In 1987, he returned to the UFW
as full time staff economist and helped with other forms of analytical work needed by the union. These studies included commodity
research, market analysis, pay rate arbitration studies, and other research providing support to the union. As one UFW vice
president characterized his work during the late 1980s, "Hub's study of the impact of changes in production methods on worker
productivity was instrumental in winning a substantial wage increase and back pay awards for 200 workers" during his 1987-1988
time with the union. (Ben Maddock, Manger Crop Operations, 3rd Vice President, United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO, January
1989).
In 1989 Hub Segur was appointed Associate Professor for Whitehead College at the University of Redlands in southern California
where he quickly took over as department chair. He was one of the first faculty from Whitehead College to receive tenure.
In 1996, he relinquished the chair position after having helped found the Cambridge Study Abroad Program and the Whitehead
Leadership Society, programs aimed specifically for the part-time adult learners served by the College. He continued to teach
Labor Relations, undergraduate and graduate micro, macro, and international economics. During this period, he served as faculty
liaison in the Professional Studies Program at Menlo College where he also taught economics and co-taught a civil rights history
course and mentored adjunct faculty.
Hub Segur is now Professor Emeritus at the University of Redlands and resides with his wife Vivian in Rancho Mirage, California.
Biography by Bart Harloe, 2016.
The collection includes materials related to Hub Segur's work with the United Farm Workers, including journals, photographs,
writings, audio and video tapes, and memorabilia.
Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips processed this collection.
Gift of Hub Segur, 2016.
[Identification of item], Hub (Winthrop Hubbard) Segur Papers on the United Farm Workers, D-605, Archives and Special Collections,
UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.