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United Farm Workers Printed Matter Collection, 1970-1979Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Isadora Moura Mota.2008
Administrative InformationThe United Farm Workers Printed Matter collection was created in June 2008 through the purchase of documents once produced by the union. At Amherst College: Jerry Cohen (AC 1963) Papers, 1960-2008Bloom Alternative Press Collection (El Malcriado and other titles) At other repositories: National Farm Workers Association Collection, 1960-1967. Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University (Detroit, Mich.). Online resources: Farm Worker Documentation Project, 1962-1993 URL: www.farmworkermovement.org In processing, the material was organized by subject into two series covering the period 1970-1979. Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], in United Farm Workers Printed Matter Collection, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library. The collection is open for research use. Requests for permission to publish material from the United Farm Workers Printed Matter collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Return to the Table of Contents Historical NoteThe National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize agricultural laborers in the United States. Envisioned by Chávez as both a union and a civil rights movement, the UFW has always been committed to the use of non-violent tactics - such as boycotts, strikes and legal action – in its fight to win basic labor rights to its constituency. Since Chávez's death in 1993, the union has been presided over by Arturo Rodriguez.Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe collection contains leaflets, posters, and bumper stickers used by the United Farm Workers in various strikes and boycotts held in California throughout the 1970s.Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into two series: Return to the Table of Contents SERIES 1, BOYCOTTS 1970-1979Includes leaflets and bumper stickers distributed by the UFW in boycotts it organized in California. SERIES 2, UNION ACTIVITIES n.d.Consists of a poster used for a concert in celebration of El Malcriado, newspaper published by the UFW. Series 1: BOYCOTTS, 1970-1979
Series 2: UNION ACTIVITIES, 197[?]
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