Guide to the Fred Hirsch Ephemera Collection MSS-2007-07-01
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Language of Material:
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Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Fred Hirsch Ephemera Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2007.07.01
Physical Description:
1 boxes
(1.3 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1955-1973
Abstract: The Fred Hirsch Ephemera collection documents local civil rights activist organizations in San Jose and Santa Clara County.
This collection documents the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Farmworkers Association, and
Santa Clara County Friends of SNCC, the Mexican American Political Association, and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The
collection includes correspondence, petitions, flyers and miscellaneous ephemera.
Access
The collection is open for research.
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purposes.
Preferred Citation
Fred Hirsch Collection, MSS-2007-07-01, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Processing History
Processed and EAD encoded by Mark Rivas, and revised by Veronica Cabrera, 2008.
Biographical Information
Fred Hirsch (1933-), a retired plumber is well known to the national leadership of the AFL-CIO and very widely in San Jose.
As vice president of Plumbers and Fitter, Local 393, Hirsch worked as a plumber and rank and file worker in construction as
well as a union activist and organizer. Hirsch helped transform his union into a dynamic force on issues of AFL-CIO intervention
in the political and trade union life of sovereign nations and specifically the organizations in Latin America. Hirsch is
particularly known in the Chicano community, where he founded and served as Secretary of the Law and Police Committee Model
Cities Program. He has been involved in political, labor and community activism in San Jose and he served as Co-Chairman of
the Santa Clara Valley Friends of the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Hirsch also wrote the first pamphlet
exposing CIA machinations in the Latin American labor movement. Committed to civil rights, Hirsch participated in the Mississippi
Freedom Summer project to help register African American voters in Mississippi. In addition, he worked with Cesar Chavez and
the National Farmworkers Association. He played a part in the Angela Davis' trial by helping with the research of over 2000
potential jurors to guarantee a fair trial. Hirsch is currently on the Executive Board of Plumbers and Fitters Local 393 in
San Jose, a delegate to the South Bay Labor Council and a longtime activist in the Latin America Solidarity Coalition.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Fred Hirsch Ephemera Collection contains civil rights era materials documenting the activities of civil rights organizations
in San Jose and Santa Clara County. A Major focus of this collection is police brutality, and the development of the Community
Alert Patrol (CAP). The collection consists of printed materials, ephemera, and publications. Topics include, Voter Registration
and the Selma March in Alabama, Fair Housing issues, community alert patrols in San Jose and the effort to free Angela Davis.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in one series. I. Public Relations and Printed Matter, 1955-1973.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
SNCC--California--Santa Clara
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
African Americans Civil Rights Movement--California--San Jose
Box 1
Public Relations and Printed Matter Series I:
1955-1973
Physical Description: 1 boxes(1.6 linear feet)
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence: Invitations
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence: Mississippi Challenge
undated, 1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence: Official Government Papers
1963,1970
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence: Solicitations for Donations
circa 1960-1972
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence: Solicitations for Support
circa 1960-1970
Box 1, Folder 6
Flyers: Angela Davis
1970-1972
Box 1, Folder 7
Flyers: Anti-war
circa 1969
Box 1, Folder 8
Flyers: Equal Employment and Fair Housing
undated, 1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 9
Flyers: Mexican-American Groups
1964
Box 1, Folder 10
Flyers: Police Brutality
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 11
Flyers: Political Performance Events
1955-1965
Box 1, Folder 12
Flyers: Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee Events
1963-1965
Box 1, Folder 13
Flyers: Youth Education
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 14
Forms: Community Alert Patrol
undated, 1972
Box 1, Folder 15
Forms: Various Petitions
1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 16
News Clippings: San Jose Police
undated, 1969
Box 1, Folder 17
Newsletters: Firing of Chicano Professors
circa 1973
Box 1, Folder 18
Newsletters: Mississippi Matters
undated, 1965
Box 1, Folder 19
Newsletters: San Jose Police Matters
1969
Box 1, Folder 20
Newsletters: The South and Freedom
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 21
Pamphlets: Civil Injustice
undated, 1964-1970
Box 1, Folder 22
Pamphlets: Mississippi
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 23
Pamphlets: Publications
undated, 1964-1966
Box 1, Folder 24
Printed Matter: Protest Photograph
1969
Box 1, Folder 25
Printed Matter: Song Sheets
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 26
Templates: Angela Davis Flyers
1970-1972
Box 1, Folder 27
Templates: The South and Freedom Flyers
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 28
Templates: Upcoming Events Flyers
circa 1970-1979
Box 1, Folder 29
Templates: Vietnam Community Alert Patrol Flyer
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 30
Tin Sheets: Angela Davis
1970-1972
Box 1, Folder 31
Tin Sheets: Community Alert Patrol
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 32
Tin Sheets: Community Control Petitions
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 33
Tin Sheets: Events and Demands
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 34
Transparencies: Criminal Justice
undated, 1969-1971
Box 1, Folder 35
Transparencies: Mexican-American Group Events
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 36
Transparencies: Newspaper
undated, 1967
Box 1, Folder 37
Transparencies: The South and Freedom
circa 1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 38
Transparencies: Upcoming Event Templates
circa 1960-1969
