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California Farmworker Collection
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: California farmworker collection
Identifier/Call Number: mssCFC
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(3 folders)
Date: 1966
Abstract: Flyers, newsletters, and political buttons documenting the union related activities of the farmworkers in the 1960s in California.
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Spanish.
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[Identification of item]. California farmworker collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Johnson Rare Books & Archives, January 2021.
Newsletters, fliers, and political buttons documenting the activities of the United Farm Workers and National Farm Workers
Association in the 1960s in California. In particular, the materials trace the organizations' dealings with the DiGiorgio
Company, a major agribusiness. There are six issues of "The Mosquito," a newsletter from Marysville and Yuba City, California,
and three issues of "El Malcriado - The Voice of the Farm Worker," published by the Farm Worker Press in Delano, California.
There is one flier "Don't Buy California Grapes," produced by the United Farm Workers. Also included are four political buttons:
Boycott SCAB Lettuce, Vote UPW, Support Farm Workers, and Si Se Puede/En Las Rosas.
Processed by Brooke M. Black in April 2022.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agricultural laborers -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Labor unions -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Fliers (printed matter) -- California -- 20th century
Newsletters -- California -- 20th century
Political buttons -- California -- 20th century
Di Giorgio Corporation
Farm Worker Press
National Farm Workers Association
United Farm Workers