United Farm Workers Printed Matter Collection, 1970-1979

2 half archive boxes (0.5 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Leaflets, posters, and bumper stickers used by the United Farm Workers in various strikes and boycotts held in California throughout the 1970s.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

The collection is open for research use.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the United Farm Workers Printed Matter collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Historical Note

The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize agricultural laborers in the United States. Envisioned by Chávez as both a union and a civil rights movement, the UFW has always been committed to the use of non-violent tactics - such as boycotts, strikes and legal action – in its fight to win basic labor rights to its constituency. Since Chávez's death in 1993, the union has been presided over by Arturo Rodriguez.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection contains leaflets, posters, and bumper stickers used by the United Farm Workers in various strikes and boycotts held in California throughout the 1970s.

This collection is organized into two series:

BOYCOTTS, 1970-1979
UNION ACTIVITIES, n.d.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

The collection is open for research use.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in United Farm Workers Printed Matter Collection, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.

History of the Collection

The United Farm Workers Printed Matter collection was created in June 2008 through the purchase of documents once produced by the union.

Processing Information

In processing, the material was organized by subject into two series covering the period 1970-1979.

Additional Information

Contact Information

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

Language

English

Series Descriptions

SERIES 1, BOYCOTTS	1970-1979
Includes leaflets and bumper stickers distributed by the UFW in boycotts it organized in California.

SERIES 2, UNION ACTIVITIES	n.d.
Consists of a poster used for a concert in celebration of El Malcriado, newspaper published by the UFW.

Contents List

Series 1: BOYCOTTS,	1970-1979

This store sells scab lettuce - leaflet	1970	Box 1: folder 1

Boycott Safeway - leaflet	[1972?]	Box 1: folder 2

We boycott grapes and Gallo wine - leaflet	[1974?]	Box 1: folder 3

Boycott Andy boy broccoli & lettuce - bumper sticker	[1979?]	Box 1: folder 4

Series 2: UNION ACTIVITIES, 197[?]

UFW: a benefit for the El Malcriado - poster	197[?] Mar 31	Box 2: folder 1

"NO GRAPES" - small broadside	n.d.	Box 2: folder 2

Search Terms

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Subjects

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
Migrant agricultural laborers - California.
Strikes and lockouts - Agricultural laborers - California.
United Farm Workers.
United Farm Workers of America

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