Tom Dalzell United Farm Workers of America collection
Scope and Contents
United Farm Workers organizing and boycott material including leaflets (mostly in Spanish, some in Arabic), brochures, pamphlets, clippings, organizers' autobiographical notes, correspondence, a calendar, convention documents, and texts of legislation (1974-1975). Also includes leaflets issued by Teamster Farm Worker Local 1973, and other anti-UFW material created by the Teamsters. In addition, the collection contains a transcription of an oral history of Jim Leap by Sarah Rabkin (2008), autobiographical notes of Claro Rundal (1981), Fred Abad (1982) and Noreen Sullivan.
Dates
- 1966 - 2008
- Majority of material found within 1966 - 1976
Creator
- Dalzell, Tom (Person)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Biography
Tom Dalzell worked with the United Farm Workers union from 1972 through 1980. Dalzell entered the UFW's legal apprenticeship program and in 1976 became the first UFW-sponsored candidate to pass the California State Bar exam. He is the business manager and financial secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet ( (1 box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
United Farm Workers organizing and boycott material including leaflets (mostly in Spanish, some in Arabic), brochures, pamphlets, clippings, organizers' autobiographical notes, correspondence, a calendar, convention documents, and texts of legislation (1974-1975). Also includes leaflets issued by Teamster Farm Worker Local 1973, and other anti-UFW material created by the Teamsters. In addition, the collection contains a transcription of an oral history of Jim Leap by Sarah Rabkin (2008), autobiographical notes of Claro Rundal (1981), Fred Abad (1982) and Noreen Sullivan.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically in the following series: Series 1: Autobiographies & Notes; Series 2: News Articles; Series 3: Teamsters Local 1973; and Series 4 United Farm Workers Union.
Location
Vault:09:01:E
Acquisition
The Tom Dalzell United Farm Workers of America Collection was received from Tom Dalzell on August 6, 2009, acession number 2009/059.
Processing Information
Processed by Eva Martinez 2015
Creator
- Dalzell, Tom (Person)
- Title
- Tom Dalzell United Farm Workers of America Collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Eva Martinez
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English.
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu