Jerry Cohen (AC 1963) Papers, 1960-2008
24 archives boxes, 3 half archives boxes, 1 tape box (13 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open for research use, with the following exceptions: access to portions of Series 5 (Agricultural Labor Relations Act) and all of Series 6 (Transition Files) is currently restricted at the request of the donor. In addition, some particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Jerry Cohen Papers 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.
Jerome Cohen, labor lawyer and social activist, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1941. He received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1963, and earned a law degree at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, a few years later. Cohen worked as a first-year attorney at the California Rural Legal Assistance Office (CRLA) in 1967 when he attracted César Chávez's attention and was called to join the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (U.F.W.O.C.). Acting as Chávez's personal attorney and General Counsel of the U.F.W., he played a critical role in the union's organizing drive in California and other agricultural states. One of his first contributions to the U.F.W. was the creation of a new union, the United Peanut Shelling Workers of America, as part of a strategy to avoid NLRA regulations that prohibited secondary boycotts. His ability to use the law as an offensive weapon to advance organizing goals and build power to the union prompted him to direct the U.F.W. legal department for the next fourteen years, during which he helped migrant laborers win basic rights through litigation, strikes, boycotts, and other non-violent tactics.
Cohen's work resulted in many important constitutional decisions that continue to protect farm workers to the present day. He stepped down as General Counsel of the U.F.W. in 1979, but acted as attorney and negotiator for the union until 1981. He has since then engaged in private practice.
This collection is organized into eleven series:
The papers are organized loosely by subject into eleven series that cover the period 1960-2008. Within each series, the original folder titles were maintained, and the order in which they appear respect as much as possible the original listing created by Jerry Cohen.
The papers are open for research use, with the following exceptions: access to portions of Series 5 (Agricultural Labor Relations Act) and all of Series 6 (Transition Files) is currently restricted at the request of the donor. In addition, some particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Jerry Cohen Papers 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.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Jerry Cohen Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
The Jerry Cohen (AC 1963) Papers were deposited by Jerry Cohen in 2007. The collection consists of the records Cohen kept during his career as General Counsel of the United Farm Workers of America and as personal attorney of its president, César Chávez. Most folder titles have been taken from the titles on the original folders in which the material arrived. In processing, the papers were organized by subject into eleven series covering the period 1960-2008.
The papers were processed in 2007-2008.
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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 Phone: (413) 542-2299 Fax: (413) 542-2692 Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives |
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Series 1: BIOGRAPHICAL FILES,
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1960-2008
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Consists of the oral interview and written overview of the collection prepared by Jerry Cohen, family papers, files from his time in Law School, diaries, correspondence, and teaching materials. |
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"Gringo Justice: The United Farm Workers Union 1967-1981", background about the collection written by Jerry Cohen
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2008 Feb
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Box 1: folder 1
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Interview with Jerry Cohen - cassette/CD recording
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2007 Nov 2
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Box 1: folder 2
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Amherst College - correspondence, posters and CD recording
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1978-2008
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Box 1: folder 3
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John F. Kennedy volunteer - campaign material, correspondence, and press releases
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1960-1967
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Box 1: folder 4
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Law School - yearbook, notes, legal documents
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1963-1968
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Box 1: folder 5
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C.R.L.A. - correspondence
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ca. 1967
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Box 1: folder 6
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Diaries (2 vols.)
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1970
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Box 1: folder 7
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Teamster attack - Jerry Cohen's injury - ambulance bills, notes, news clippings and correspondence
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1970
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Box 1: folder 8
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Conferences - correspondence, notes, fliers, posters, and programs
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1978-2000
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Box 1: folder 9
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Résumé - Jerry Cohen
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ca. 1981
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Box 1: folder 10
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Law and Social Change - UCSC class
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1983
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Box 1: folder 11
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Law and Social Change - UCSC class (continued)
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1983
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Box 1: folder 12
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Handwritten narrative and illustrations by Jeremy Cohen
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1984 Nov 23
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Box 1a: folder 1
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Drawing by Josh Cohen
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n.d.
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Box 1a: folder 2
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Jerry Cohen's (erroneous) New York Times obituary - letters and news clippings
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1996 Jan 11
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Box 1a: folder 3
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Responses to controversy - Jerry Cohen's pseudonyms
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1968-1987
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Box 1a: folder 4
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Correspondence
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1980s-1990s
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Box 1a: folder 5
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Correspondence
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2000s
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Box 1a: folder 6
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Cohen's contributions to books
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1996-2001
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Box 1a: folder 7
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Affidavit of Jerry Cohen - deposition about denial of service propose by "Radcliff"
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18 Sep 1979
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Box 1a: folder 8
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Series 2: UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA,
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1966-2005
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This series is divided into three subseries: A: Correspondence and Documents; B: Newspaper and magazine clippings; C: El Malcriado |
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Subseries A: Correspondence and Documents,
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1966-2006
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Affidavit of Candidate for Delegate (César Chávez)
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1966-1968
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Box 2: folder 1
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Wasco/bad water - memo, news clippings
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1967-1968
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Box 2: folder 2
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Madeleine Cohen - press releases and press contacts
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1967-1983
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Box 2: folder 3
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Citizens for Kennedy/Fulbright - savings passbooks, correspondence to and from John F. Kennedy, mailing lists, news clippings, election ballots, and campaign material
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1967-1968
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Box 2: folder 4
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Citizens for Kennedy/Fulbright (continued)
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1967-1968
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Box 2: folder 5
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César's fast - news clippings, photograph, letter from Robert Kennedy to Jerry Cohen, fortieth anniversary
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1967-2008
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Box 2: folder 6
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Delano notebook - Cohen's account of César's fast; tributes to Martin Luther King's and César's deaths
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1968-1993
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Box 2: folder 7
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Union songs
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ca. 1967-1999
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Box 2: folder 8
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Jerry Cohen-César Chávez correspondence
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1968-1981
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Box 2: folder 9
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Chávez's statement to House Committee on Labor and Education; leaflet "Toward Building a Union"
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1968 Aug 15
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Box 2: folder 10
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Union stationery
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 11
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Union coloring book
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 12
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Chávez for Governor Committee - campaign material, news clippings, correspondence
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1969
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Box 2: folder 13
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Skull design
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 14
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Agricultural Workers Freedom to Work Association (A.W.F.W.A.) - member card, reports, lists of payments, and correspondence
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1968/1975
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Box 2: folder 15
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U.A.W. - booklets, correspondence
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1969-1978
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Box 2: folder 16
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Delano Group grape contract
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1970 Jul 29
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Box 2: folder 17
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Collective Bargaining Agreement UFW/Roberts' companies
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1970 Jun 29
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Box 2: folder 18
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Union label
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 19
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"Fiesta Campesina" - souvenir program
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1970 Jul 10
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Box 2: folder 20
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Phone books
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1970-1975
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Box 2: folder 21
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Calendars
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1970-1977
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Box 3: folder 1
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UFW Constitutions (Spanish and English versions)
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1973 Sep 21-23
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Box 3: folder 2
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"Why We Boycott" - UFW booklets
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1973 Sep 6
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Box 3: folder 3
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UFW materials - drawing, notes, roster, memo, letters, copy of "El Malcriadito", bishops' statement
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1973-1979
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Box 3: folder 4
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UFW Conventions - resolutions and reports
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1973-1984
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Box 3: folder 5
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FBI - annotated César Chávez's case files, news clippings, correspondence
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1974-1995
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Box 3: folder 6
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Films about the UFW - booklets and correspondence
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1975-2008
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Box 3: folder 7
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Lucas' poster "The Silver King and His Knights" and "Lower Your Own"
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1976
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Box 3: folder 8
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Democratic Convention - Cohen's affidavit of delegate and news clippings
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1976
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Box 3: folder 9
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Letters of recommendation written by Jerry Cohen
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1976-1994
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Box 3: folder 10
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Teamster Pact
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1977 Oct
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Box 3: folder 11
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Teamster Pact related materials - notes, correspondence, news clippings, report, memo
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1973-1996
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Box 3: folder 12
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Jerry Cohen's letter to Bart Curto with declaration of Gerardo Vásquez
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1978 Sep
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Box 3: folder 13
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Phone bills
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1978-1980
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Box 3: folder 14
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Chava's poem
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1979 Jul 10
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Box 3: folder 15
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E. & J. Gallo march - poster
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 16
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Articles by Dennis Valdés
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1982-1995
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Box 3: folder 17
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Fred Abad - correspondence
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1986-1993
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Box 3: folder 18
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Cal Roger Mahoney and cemetery workers - news clippings, petition, press releases, correspondence
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1988-1998
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Box 3: folder 19
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Strawberries - correspondence, booklets, and testimonies
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1994-1998
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Box 4: folder 1
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J.G. Boswell Co. - memos, correspondence
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1969-2001
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Box 4: folder 2
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Marriages and memorial services - notes, photographs, news clippings, eulogies
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1990-2004
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Box 4: folder 3
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Marriages and memorial services (continued)
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1990-2004
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Box 4: folder 4
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Jessica Govea - memorial services, correspondence, news clippings
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1993-2005
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Box 4: folder 5
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Documentation or Propaganda Project - correspondence, personal essays written by UFW militants, "César 1968", manuscript by LeRoy Chatfield (file 1 of 3)
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2002-2004
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Box 4: folder 6
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Documentation or Propaganda Project (file 2 of 3)
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2002-2004
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Box 4: folder 7
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Documentation or Propaganda Project (file 3 of 3)
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2002-2004
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Box 5: folder 1
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Roger Sale - correspondence
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1967-2005
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Box 5: folder 2
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Correspondence including exchange with Prof. James
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1967-2005
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Box 5: folder 3
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Fortieth UFW Reunion - programs and notes
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2005
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Box 5: folder 4
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Fortieth Anniversary of the 1965 Delano grape strike - Correspondence
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2005
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Box 5: folder 5
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UFW leaves the AFL-CIO - correspondence
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2006
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Box 5: folder 6
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Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory, by Don Bell - "The Anti-Riot Squad of Mountain Street", short story from the book
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ca. 1974
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Box 5: folder 7
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Subseries B: Newspaper and magazine clippings,
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1969-1999
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Included here are articles selected by Jerry Cohen as representative of his experience in the UFW. |
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UFW legal work in Santa Maria Valley, California
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1969-1971
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Box 6: folder 1
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Time magazine
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1969-1974
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Box 6: folder 2
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Lettuce strike - news clippings
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1970 Aug
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Box 6: folder 3
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César Chávez's critics - news clippings
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1970
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Box 6: folder 4
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UFW - assorted articles
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1969-1974
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Box 6: folder 5
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UFW/Ducote theft
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1976 Jan 9
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Box 6: folder 6
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Charles Dederich (Synanon) - news clippings
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1978-1979
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Box 6: folder 7
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UFW contract negotiations - news clippings
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1979
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Box 6: folder 8
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Strikes - news clippings
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1979-1980
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Box 6: folder 9
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UFW/ internal strife - news clippings
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1979-1981
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Box 6: folder 10
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Miscellaneous - news clippings
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1979-1999
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Box 6: folder 11
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Recent union articles
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1996-1999
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Box 6: folder 12
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Poster of the opening of the Jerry Cohen Papers at Amherst College
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2008 Oct
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Box 6a: folder 1
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Earth Times - article on the grape boycott (2 copies)
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July 1970
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Box 6a: folder 2
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Los Angeles Times
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1973 Oct 11
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Box 6a: folder 3
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Los Angeles Times
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1974 May 5
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Box 6a: folder 4
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Los Angeles Free Press (3 copies)
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1974 Nov 22
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Box 6a: folder 5
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Tomo I, special issue - Don Sotaco (cartoons from the Delano strike)
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1966
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Subseries C: El Malcriado,
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1966-1974
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Tomo I, n. 50 - partial copy
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1966 Dec 2
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, partial copies
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1966 Jan 19- 3
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 51
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1966 Dec 2
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 52
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1966 Dec 29
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 53
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1967 Jan 13
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 54 - English and Spanish copies
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1967 Jan 13
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 55
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1967 Mar 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 56
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1967 Mar 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 57
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1967 Mar 29
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 58
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1967 Apr 12
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 59
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1967 Apr 26
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 60
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1967 May 10
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 61
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1967 May 24
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 62
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1967 Jun 7
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 63
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1967 Jun
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 64
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1967 Jul 5
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 65
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1967 Jul 19
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo I, n. 66
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1967 Aug 16
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 1 - English and Spanish (2 copies)
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1968 Feb 21
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 2 - English and Spanish copies
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1968 Mar 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 3 - English and Spanish copies
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1968 Apr 11
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 4 - English and Spanish (3 copies)
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1968 Apr 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 5 - English and Spanish copies
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1968 May 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 6 - English and Spanish copies
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1968 May 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 7 - English and Spanish copies
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1968 Jun 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 8- English and Spanish copies
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1968 Jun 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 9- English and Spanish copies
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1968 Jul 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 10- English and Spanish copies
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1968 Jul 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 11- English and Spanish copies
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1968 Aug 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 12- English and Spanish copies
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1968 Aug 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 13- English and Spanish copies
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1968 Sep 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 21
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1969 Jan 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 22
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1969 Jan 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo II, n. 23
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1969 Feb 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 7 (2 copies)
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1969 Jul 1-15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 9/11 (2 copies)
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1969 Aug 1-15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 13 (2 copies)
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1969 Oct 1-15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 14
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1969 Oct 15-31
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 17
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1969 Dec 1-31
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 20 (2 copies)
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1970 Feb 1-28
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 21
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1970 Mar 1-15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 22
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1970 Apr
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 23
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1970 Apr 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 24
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1970 May 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 25
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1970 May 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo III, n. 26
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1970 Jun 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo IV, n. 1
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1970 Jun 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo IV, n. 2
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1970 Jul 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo IV, n. 3
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1970 Jul 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo IV, n. 4
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1970 Aug 1
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo IV, n. 10
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1970 Nov 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo IV, n. 11
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1970 Dec 15
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo V, n. 1
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1972 Mar 20
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo V, n. 4
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1972 Jun 23
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Tomo VII, n. 11- English and Spanish copies
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1974 Nov 18
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Box 6b: folder 5
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Series 3: PESTICIDES,
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1968-1984
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Consists of various case files, notes, news clippings, the Walter Mondale Senate Hearings of 1969, and correspondence concerning the use of pesticides by Atwood Aviation in Kern County, California. |
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Pesticides: the Poisons We Eat - UFW publication
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1969
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Box 7: folder 1
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Fifth Appellate District, CA - case files (n. 1043)
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1968-1969
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Box 7: folder 2
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Supreme Court of California - case files (n. 103595)
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1968-1969
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Box 7: folder 3
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Supreme Court of California (continued)
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1968-1969
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Box 7: folder 4
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DDT suit - news clippings
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1969-1970
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Box 7: folder 5
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UFW press releases on pesticides
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1969
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Box 7: folder 6
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2008 Atwood vs. Morley vs. Cohen - memos
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1968-1969
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Box 7: folder 7
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2007 Atwood vs. Morley vs. Cohen - case files and notes
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1968-1969
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Box 7: folder 8
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Atwood Aviation - memorandum
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1969 Feb 14
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Box 7: folder 9
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Atwood vs. Seldon Morley - case files (vol. 1)
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1969
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Box 8: folder 1
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Atwood vs. Seldon Morley - case files (vol. 2)
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1969
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Box 8: folder 2
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Atwood vs. Seldon Morley - case files (vol. 3)
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1969
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Box 8: folder 3
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2009 Atwood vs. Morley vs. Cohen - case files
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1969
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Box 8: folder 4
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2009 Atwood vs. Morley vs. Cohen - case files (continued)
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1969
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Box 8: folder 5
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Atwood Aviation vs. Seldon Morley miscellaneous - letters, and research notes.
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1970s
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Box 8: folder 6
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Sen. Walter F. Mondale - U.S. Senate hearings (pesticides)
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1969
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Box 9: folder 1
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Sen. Walter F. Mondale - U.S. Senate hearings (continued)
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1969
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Box 9: folder 2
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Pesticides - news clippings, and correspondence
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1969-1984
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Box 9: folder 3
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Fifth Appellate District, CA - case files (n. 1251)
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1970-1971
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Box 9: folder 4
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Abbatti Farms vs. César Chávez - UFWOC vs. Abbatti Farms - case files
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1970-1972
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Box 9: folder 5
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Series 4: JUDICIAL CASES & LABOR CONTRACTS,
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1964-1999
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Composed chiefly of the legal files of the cases in which Jerry Cohen represented César Chávez and the United Farm Workers of America. It also includes contracts, collective bargaining agreements, news clippings, and material about violence against farm workers, such as the court hearings of Lydia Villareal's case, who was represented by Jerry Cohen after being retaliated for denouncing growers who kept his workers living in caves. |
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In Re Berry (Colin Scott) - opinion and civil disobedience materials
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1964-1968
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Box 10: folder 1
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People vs. Donna Childers - memo
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1967 April
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Box 10: folder 2
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UFWOC vs. Superior Court of Kern County (bullhorn case/ Giumarra Vineyards Corp.) - petition, memo
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1967 Aug 28
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Box 10: folder 3
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Grape contract signing - news clippings
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1968-1971
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Box 10: folder 4
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Clips re: lettuce strike and grape contract signings; 'Reds lettuce alone' bumper sticker
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1968-1970
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Box 10: folder 5
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UFWOC vs. Giumarra Vineyards Corp. /A.W.F.W.A.- letter, brief, news clippings
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1969-1970
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Box 10: folder 6
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Sidney Steinberg contract
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1970 Mar 31
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Box 10: folder 7
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Delano contract signing - news clippings
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1970
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Box 10: folder 8
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Centennial Farms contract of 05/20/1970
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1970 May
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Box 10: folder 9
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Heggblade-Marguleas agreements of 06/26/1970
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1970 Jun 26
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Box 10: folder 10
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E. & J. Gallo Winery's N.L.R.B. charge - agreement, letters, strike declaration, and legal documents
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1970-1973
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Box 10: folder 11
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Declarations re: Kern County violence (file 1 of 5) - transcripts of interrogations
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1973-1979
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Box 10: folder 12
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Declarations re: Kern County violence (file 2 of 5) - transcripts of interrogations, letter
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1973-1974
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Box 10: folder 13
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Declarations re: Kern County violence (file 3 of 5) - transcripts of interrogations
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1973 Aug
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Box 10: folder 14
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Declarations re: Kern County violence (file 4 of 5) - transcripts of interrogations
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1973 Jun-Aug
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Box 10: folder 15
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Declarations re: Kern County violence (file 5 of 5) Kern County Jail Declarations
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1973 Jul-Aug
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Box 10: folder 16
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Chronology of violence in Kern County - case files, report, letters from congressman Don Edwards
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1973
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Box 11: folder 1
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Nagi Daifullah's death report
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1973
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Box 11: folder 2
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Chávez vs. Frank Fitzsimmons (anti-trust suit) - briefs, complaint, news clippings, receipts
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1973-1979
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Box 11: folder 3
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Manuel Perez vs. E. & J. Gallo Winery - complaint
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Feb 1974
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Box 11: folder 4
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UFW vs. Supreme Court of Santa Cruz County (William Buak Fruit Inc.) - petitions
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1974-1975
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Box 11: folder 5
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters vs. UFW - legal order, draft, declaration, letters, news clippings
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1974 Oct-Dec
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Box 11: folder 6
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University of California vs. Allan Bakke and United Steel Workers vs. Bruce Weber - amici curiae briefs
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1976-1978
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Box 11: folder 7
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Gov. Bruce Babbit vs. UFW - brief for appellees
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1978 Jun 13
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Box 11: folder 8
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - annotated appendix
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1978 Jun 13
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Box 11: folder 9
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - briefs of amicus curiae
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1978 Oct
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Box 11: folder 10
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - opening and reply briefs
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1978 Oct
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Box 11: folder 11
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - motion to affirm
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1978 Oct
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Box 11: folder 12
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - Supreme Court's opinion
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1979
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Box 12: folder 1
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - correspondence
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1979
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Box 12: folder 2
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Gov. Babbit vs. UFW - preparation notes
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n.d.
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Box 12: folder 3
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A.L.R.B. Unit Clarification/Admiral Packing vs. UFW - motion
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1978 Jun 20
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Box 12: folder 4
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Vegetable Seniority Proposal
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1979 Jul 7
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Box 12: folder 5
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Newspaper articles
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1979
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Box 12: folder 6
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Nagata Brothers Farms and A.L.R.B. vs. UFW - legal research, and annotated copy of the case.
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1979
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Box 12: folder 7
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Cal Coastal mediator's proposal and Cesar's notes of phone call
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1979-1980
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Box 12: folder 8
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Souza-Boster Inc. - UFW contract
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1980-1983
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Box 13: folder 1
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Bruce Church case - legal decision, collective bargaining agreement
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1982 May 12
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Box 13: folder 2
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D'Arrigo Bros vs. Leopoldo G. Lerna - case files and letters
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1983
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Box 13: folder 3
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Lydia Villareal's case
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1985-1987
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Box 13: folder 4
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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) vs. Catholic Healthcare West (CHW)
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1998-1999
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Box 13: folder 5
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Lydia Villareal's court hearings - 26 tapes
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1985-1986
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Box 14
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Bruce Church Inc. vs. Boren Chertkov - Complaint for Injunction and Damages
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1982-1983
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Box 14a: folder 1
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United Farm Workers vs. J. Jesus Conchola -Case summary
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n.d.
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Box 14a: folder 2
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Bruce Church Inc. vs.UFW-draft and legal research <lb />For Motion for Dismissal of Complaint
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1982-1984
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Box 14a: folder 3
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BCI vs. UFW- UFW expenses
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1983-1986
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Box 14a: folder 4
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BCI vs. UFW- BCI's informational packet to its workers
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1984
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Box 14a: folder 5
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BCIvs.UFW-UFW meeting notes
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1984-1985
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Box 14a: folder 6
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BCI vs. UFW- Press coverage
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1984-1985
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Box 14a: folder 7
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 1 of 9)
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1984
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Box 14a: folder 8
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 2 of 9)
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1985
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Box 14b: folder 1
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 3 of 9)
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1985
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Box 14b: folder 2
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 4 of 9)
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1985
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Box 14b: folder 3
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 5 of 9)
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1985
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Box 14b: folder 4
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 6 of 9)
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1985
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Box 14c: folder 1
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 7of 9)
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1986
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Box 14c: folder 2
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 8 of 9)
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1986
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Box 14c: folder 3
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BCI vs. UFW- Case Files (file 9 of 9)
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1986
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Box 14c: folder 4
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Series 5: AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (A.L.R.A.),
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1970-1983
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Consists of case files, legal research, handwritten notes, interviews, drafts of the bill, election manuals, and Senate hearings. Portions restricted. |
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Access Restricted:
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Federal law - legal research, and drafts
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1975-1978
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Box 15: folder 1
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Federal law (continued)
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1975-1978
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Box 15: folder 2
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Draft - A.L.R.A.
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 3
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National Labor Relations Act (N.L.R.A.) - copy of the bill
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 4
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A.L.R.A. - copy of the bill
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1975-1976
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Box 15: folder 5
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Rationale - notes
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1978 Feb 15
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Box 15: folder 6
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Access - case files, minutes
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1975
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Box 15: folder 7
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Symbols - voting instructions
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1973-1975
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Box 15: folder 8
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Employers' bargaining unit lists
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1976
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Box 15: folder 9
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Peak and migration - chart and research notes
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1970-1977
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Box 15: folder 10
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Law journals
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1977-1981
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Box 15: folder 11
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Memos and brainstorming on National Law/A.L.R.A.
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1977
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Box 15: folder 12
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Comparison of National Law to N.L.R.A. and A.L.R.A. - flag issues
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1978
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Box 15: folder 13
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Anti-strike breaking law - research and draft
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1970s
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Box 15: folder 14
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Model State Law
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 15
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Rationale - original (corrected) papers - N.L.R.A.
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 16
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N.L.R.A. - drafts, brainstorming and notes
|
n.d.
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Box 16: folder 1
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First rough draft plus modifications - National Law
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n.d.
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Box 16: folder 2
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Legal research
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1975
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Box 16: folder 3
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Analysis of the N.L.R.A., L.M.R.A. and L.M.R.D.A. and a comparison with the A.L.R.A., by Kz
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1977-1978
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Box 16: folder 4
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Research on National Law - publications
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n.d.
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Box 16: folder 5
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N.L.R.A. - legal history, cases, comparison with A.L.R.A.
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n.d.
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Box 16: folder 6
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No Access Restrictions:
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Oral history of negotiations with Gov. Edmund Brown/ Jaques Levy's interview with Jerry Cohen, Tony Gaenslen and Sandy Nathan - tape transcript
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1975 Jun 19
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Box 17: folder 1
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Jacques Levy's interview with Jerry Cohen, César Chávez, Ellen Greenstone, Jerry Goldman and Sandy Nathan - tape transcript
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1975 Sep 24/25
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Box 17: folder 2
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Gov. Edmund Brown's draft of the A.L.R.A
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n.d.
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Box 17: folder 3
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UFW - A.L.R.A. Election Manual
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1970s
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Box 17: folder 4
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A.L.R.A. - related materials
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1975
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Box 17: folder 5
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Agricultural Labor Relations Act - news clippings
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1975-1976
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Box 17: folder 6
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Agricultural Labor Relations Act - news clippings (continued)
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1975
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Box 17: folder 7
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Newspaper articles relating to the passage of the A.L.R.A.
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1974-1977
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Box 17: folder 8
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"The Sting" and "California Caper," by Jacques Levy - chapters 33-35 from Levy's notebook; film proposal.
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2004 Feb 1
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Box 17: folder 9
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AB 3370 - copy of the bill
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1974 Nov 3
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Box 17: folder 10
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Farm Worker Initiative - news editorial, petition
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1976
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Box 17: folder 11
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Campaign to persuade Gov. Tom McCall to veto Oregon farm labor law - bills, news clippings, correspondence
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1971
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Box 17: folder 12
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Immigration - 1986 Immigration Act, memo, news articles written by Jerry Cohen
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1986-1987
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Box 17: folder 13
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Series 6: TRANSITION FILES,
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1967-1981 (Bulk 1979) [ACCESS RESTRICTED]
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This series documents the period of transition initiated by Jerry Cohen's resignation from the Legal Department of the United Farm Workers, in 1979. It consists of correspondence, notes, legal documents, and journals kept by Cohen during his tenure as General Counsel. Portions restricted. |
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UFW Executive Board meetings - minutes
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1967-1969
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Box 18: folder 1
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Hand notes I
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1970-1981
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Box 18: folder 2
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Hand notes II
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1979-1980
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Box 18: folder 3
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Typed notes on A.L.R.B. cases
|
1979
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Box 18: folder 4
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Attorney correspondence
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1979
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Box 18: folder 5
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UFW correspondence - letters, notes, memos, news clippings
|
1979
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Box 18: folder 6
|
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UFW correspondence (continued)
|
1979
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Box 18: folder 7
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UFW Legal Department (file 1 of 3) - case files, memos, correspondence, notes, payroll lists
|
1979
|
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Box 19: folder 1
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UFW Legal Department (file 2 of 3)
|
1979
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Box 19: folder 2
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UFW Legal Department (file 3 of 3)
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1978
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Box 19: folder 3
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A.L.R.B. appellate cases - memos
|
1979
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Box 19: folder 4
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Series 7: AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (A.L.R.B.),
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1968-2006
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|
|
| Restrictions on access: Contains case files and news clippings about the disputes between the United Farm Workers and the Agricultural Labor Relations Board of California. It also documents the repercussion of César Chávez's death in 1993. |
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Imperial Valley Press - news clippings
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1970-1972
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Box 20: folder 1
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A.L.R.B. clips
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1978-1993
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Box 20: folder 2
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Clips re: declining years
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1979-1997
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Box 20: folder 3
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Clips re: 1979 strike and negotiations
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1977-1979
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Box 20: folder 4
|
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California AFL-CIO News
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1975 Mar 14
|
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Box 20: folder 5
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UFW - news articles/Maggie case - news clippings, correspondence
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1985-1991
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Box 20: folder 6
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UFW/A.L.R.B. (file 1 of 3)
|
1979
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Box 20: folder 7
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UFW/A.L.R.B. (file 2 of 3)
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1977-1980
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Box 20: folder 8
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UFW/A.L.R.B. (file 3 of 3)
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1978-1986
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Box 20: folder 9
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UFW/A.L.R.B.- Salinas
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1977-2000
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Box 20: folder 10
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A.L.R.B. / Dave Stirling - news clippings, correspondence, and press releases
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1983-1986
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Box 21: folder 1
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Delano 1993 - news clippings
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1984-1993
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Box 21: folder 2
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L. A. Times and response
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2006
|
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Box 21: folder 3
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L. A. Times and response (continued)
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2005-2006
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Box 21: folder 4
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A.L.R.B. / Sen. Leo McCarthy - pamphlets and correspondence
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1976
|
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Box 21: folder 5
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Series 8: MISCELLANEOUS,
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1967-2004
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|
| Restrictions on access: Is composed of newspaper articles written by Jerry Cohen, correspondence, manuscripts, and lists of the Jacques Levy Research Collection on César Chávez deposited at Yale University, and of UFW documents housed by Wayne State University (Mich.). It also includes a petition to First Lady Hillary Clinton in favor of the American Health Security Act (1993). |
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Correspondence
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1967-1977
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Box 22: folder 1
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"Delano Report to Its Citizens"
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1969
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Box 22: folder 2
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Gov. Tom McCall's veto to farm bill - news clippings
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1971
|
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Box 22: folder 3
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AB 3770 - copy of the bill
|
1974-1975
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Box 22: folder 4
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Mailgram
|
1975 May 9
|
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Box 22: folder 5
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The New York Times - Equal Rights Amendment ad
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1978 Jun 22
|
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Box 22: folder 6
|
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Cohen/Peter and Dolores Velasco correspondence
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1979
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Box 22: folder 7
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Social Problems Journal, vol. 28, n. 5
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1981 Jun
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Box 22: folder 8
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Mos. George Higgins correspondence
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1981-1983
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Box 22: folder 9
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Joe Glass speech
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n.d.
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Box 22: folder 10
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Op Ed pieces - newspaper articles by Jerry Cohen
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1985-1990
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Box 22: folder 11
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"César 1968", manuscript by LeRoy Chatfield
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1993 May
|
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Box 22: folder 12
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American Health Security Act - petition
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1993 Oct 7
|
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Box 22: folder 13
|
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Jacques Levy correspondence
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1994-2005
|
|
Box 22: folder 14
|
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List of UFW materials deposited at Wayne State University - (file 1 of 5)
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n.d.
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Box 22: folder 15
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List of UFW materials deposited at Wayne State Univ. - (file 2 of 5)
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n.d.
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Box 22: folder 16
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List of UFW materials deposited at Wayne State Univ. - (file 3 of 5)
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n.d.
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Box 22: folder 17
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List of UFW materials deposited at Wayne State Univ. - legal papers (file 4 of 5)
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n.d.
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Box 23: folder 1
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List of UFW materials deposited at Wayne State Univ. - (file 5 of 5)
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n.d.
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Box 23: folder 2
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List of Jacques Levy materials deposited at Yale University
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n.d.
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Box 23: folder 3
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Photograph of Gov. George Murphy
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n.d.
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Box 23: folder 4
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Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr - news clippings
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1999 Jun 27
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Box 23: folder 5
|
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Wells/Villarejo article
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2004 Sep
|
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Box 23: folder 6
|
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Democratic National Convention
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1976
|
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Box 23: folder 7
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Lance Laconic
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1966-1979
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Box 23: folder 8
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Series 9: LOAVES & FISHES,
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1988-1997
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Includes case files and news clippings concerning litigation between Loaves and Fishes, a charitable organization represented among others by Jerry Cohen, and the City of Sacramento, California. |
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City of Sacramento vs. Loaves and Fishes (file 1 of 4) - case files
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1997
|
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Box 24: folder 1
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City of Sacramento vs. Loaves and Fishes (file 2 of 4)
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1996-1997
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Box 24: folder 2
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City of Sacramento vs. Loaves and Fishes (file 3 of 4)
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1988-1997
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Box 24: folder 3
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City of Sacramento vs. Loaves and Fishes (file 4 of 4)
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1995-1996
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Box 24: folder 4
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Press
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1977
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Box 24: folder 5
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Chronology and commentary; descriptive materials
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1988-1995
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Box 24: folder 6
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Legal research materials
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n.d.
|
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Box 24: folder 7
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Notice of Dismissal; Settlement Agreement
|
1997
|
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Box 24: folder 8
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Loaves & Fishes cross-complaint; City of Sacramento's response
|
1997
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Box 25: folder 1
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Answer of Loaves and Fishes et al; Stipulation for Alternative Dispute Resolution
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1997
|
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Box 25: folder 2
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City of Sacramento's complaint; Resolution 6/27/89
|
1989-1997
|
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Box 25: folder 3
|
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City of Sacramento vs. Loaves and Fishes - Mediation
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1996-1998
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Box 25: folder 4
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Series 10: JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FIGHT,
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1979-1985
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Consists of news articles, notes, legal documents, personal data and correspondence regarding the appointment of Jerry Cohen to the Sixth Court of Appeal of the State of California in 1982. |
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Monterey Peninsula Herald - cartoon
|
1983 Jun 27
|
|
Box 26: folder 1
|
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"The Law, the Duke, and Mr. Cohen," biographical essay by Marvin A. Gluck
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1983
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Box 26: folder 2
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Handwritten schedule
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1981 Nov
|
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Box 26: folder 3
|
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Del Olmo - news clippings
|
1983 Jan 13
|
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Box 26: folder 4
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Shabby show - news clippings
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1982 Dec 31
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Box 26: folder 5
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Disgraceful - news clippings
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1982 Dec 12
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Box 26: folder 6
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Power Politics - news clippings
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1982 Dec 12
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Box 26: folder 7
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Joseph A. Stave's letters
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1981-1982
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Box 26: folder 8
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Special- correspondence and news clippings
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1982-1983
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Box 26: folder 9
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A.L.R.B. - recommendation letters
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1982
|
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Box 26: folder 10
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Pols - recommendation letters
|
1982
|
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Box 26: folder 11
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Adversaries - recommendation letters
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1982
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Box 26: folder 12
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Church - recommendation letters
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1982
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Box 26: folder 13
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Chief Justice Rose Bird - news clippings
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1985
|
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Box 26: folder 14
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Citizens - recommendation letters
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1982 Dec
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Box 26: folder 15
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Judges - recommendation letters
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1982 Dec
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Box 26: folder 16
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Academics - recommendation letters
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1982 Dec
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Box 26: folder 17
|
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Legislation - news clippings, copy of Senate Constitutional Amendment n. 9.
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1983
|
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Box 26: folder 18
|
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Roger Sale's letters
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1983 Jan
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Box 26: folder 19
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Sen. Henry Mello attack - letter
|
1981
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Box 26: folder 20
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Congratulation - letters and cards
|
1982 Dec
|
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Box 26: folder 21
|
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Miscellaneous - legal documents, photos, letters, and notes.
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1981-1982
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Box 26: folder 22
|
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Commission - news clippings, correspondence, and documents of Cohen's confirmation hearing.
|
1981-1982
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Box 26: folder 23
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Nomination - Press - news clippings
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1982
|
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Box 26: folder 24
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Appellate Court - sheriff anon. - questionnaire, petitions, and news clippings.
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1981
|
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Box 26: folder 25
|
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Letters to Gov. Edmund Brown
|
1981
|
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Box 26: folder 26
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Resolutions - briefing package, and news clippings.
|
1983
|
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Box 26: folder 27
|
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San Jose Mercury - editorial
|
1982 Dec 13
|
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Box 26: folder 28
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Letters out
|
1983
|
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Box 26: folder 29
|
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Tom Dalzell, Kirsten Zerger and Sanford N. Nathan - letters
|
1983 Jan 17
|
|
Box 26: folder 30
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Letter motion to commission
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1983
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Box 26: folder 31
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A.P. (EGELCO) - news clippings
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1982-1983
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Box 26: folder 32
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Contacts - lists, correspondence, and news clippings
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1983
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Box 26: folder 33
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Labor - recommendation letters
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1982
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Box 26: folder 34
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Anthony Murray's letter
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1983 Jan 3
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Box 26: folder 35
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Correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings.
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n.d.
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Box 26: folder 36
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Monterey Peninsula Herald
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1981 Dec 9
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Box 26: folder 37
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Marvin A. Gluck correspondence
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1982
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Box 26: folder 38
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Confirmation Hearing press
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1982 Dec 30
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Box 26: folder 39
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Sidney Feinberg's opinions - news clippings
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1982-1984
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Box 27: folder 1
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Press repercussion
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1981-1984
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Box 27: folder 2
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Regrets - letters, and news clippings
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1979-1983
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Box 27: folder 3
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Bar fight - Bill and Barry appointment article
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1981-1982
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Box 27: folder 4
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Responses - Bill & S.M.T. letters
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1982
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Box 27: folder 5
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L.A. Times' story
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1982 Dec 30
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Box 27: folder 6
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Copies of letters to me
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1982
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Box 27: folder 7
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Judiciary - news clippings
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1983 Jan 2
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Box 27: folder 8
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Peers - recommendation letters
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1982
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Box 27: folder 9
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Letters from Mr. Taupen - extras
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1982
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Box 27: folder 10
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Consolidation Campaign Statement - George Deukmejian - list of donors, and news clippings
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1982
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Box 27: folder 11
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Personal data - résumé and questionnaire
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1981 Apr 1
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Box 27: folder 12
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Cohen's Confirmation hearing - cassette recording
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1982 Dec 29
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Box 27: folder 13
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Series 11: NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR,
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1986-1993
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Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings and publications of the peace group, with emphasis on the campaign to boycott coffee imported from El Salvador. |
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Salvadoran coffee boycott (file 1 of 3) - booklets, flyers, and news clippings
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1989-1990
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Box 28: folder 1
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Salvadoran coffee boycott (file 2 of 3) - correspondence, resolutions, news clippings
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1986-1992
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Box 28: folder 2
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Salvadoran coffee boycott (file 3 of 3) - Jerry Cohen's letter of resignation from N2N, correspondence with congressmen, and news clippings
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1989-1993
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Box 28: folder 3
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Salvadoran unions' support - correspondence and news clippings
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1989-1990
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Box 28: folder 4
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