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Gayanne Fietinghoff photographs and slides of California farmworkers collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0068
Abstract
This collection of photographs, slides, contact sheets, and negatives by United Farm Workers (UFW) staff photographer Gayanne Fietinghoff documents the work and home lives of California’s Central Valley farmworkers from 1972 to 1977. While employed by the UFW from 1972 to 1975, Fietinghoff trained her lens on the struggles of farmworkers, who were primarily Mexican American and Filipino American, working in the fields and participating in UFW activities and events. Fietinghoff captured UFW...
Dates:
1971-1982; Majority of material found within 1972-1977
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Edgar T. Monk scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0198
Abstract
Consists of three scrapbooks compiled by Edgar T. Monk; Volumes I and II relate to organizing California farmworkers in the mid 1970s, including the struggle between the Teamsters and the United Farmworkers (UFW), and the Gallo and Lucky Stores boycotts/campaigns. Volume III contains clippings from various mainstream and labor papers, including the East Bay Labor Journal and News and Views (published by the International...
Dates:
1967 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1974
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center