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Photography, 1957-1971

 Series
Identifier: Series 8:

Contents

Photographs and negatives, mostly black and white unless indicated. Subjects include Bracero program activities such as intake centers, health inspections, transportation to farms, and men waiting to be processed. Other subjects include farm worker housing, families, fieldwork, pickets, the Delano to Sacramento march (la pereginacion), and UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement. Also contains photographs of AWOC's Strathmore conference featuring labor leaders and farm workers organizing to get AWOC re-funded by the AFL-CIO. Some photographers are identified (Ernest Lowe, George Ballis, Harvey Richards, and Henry Anderson).

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1957-1971

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1.48 Cubic Feet (4 boxes, 49 folders, 1 over-size folder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571