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Carton 34

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Petitions, undated

 File — Carton: 34, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series 7:
Contents

Signed petitions produced and collected by Nelson which pledge support to Texas farm workers' strike and urge the governor to call a special legislative session to discuss minimum wage law.

Dates: undated

Texas Observer, 1965-1968

 File — Carton: 34, Folder: 18
Identifier: Series 7:
Contents

Issues of The Texas Observer journal focused on farm labor issues.

Dates: 1965-1968

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, 1966-1968, undated

 File — Carton: 34, Folder: 19
Identifier: Series 7:
Contents

Documents of the UFWOC in Texas. Includes flyers, statement on police brutality, and newsletters.

Dates: 1966-1968, undated

Correspondence, 1957-1959, 1961, 1964-1965

 File — Carton: 34, Folders: 20-21
Identifier: Series 7:
Contents

Copies of correspondence written by Ben Yellen, M.D., pertaining to events in Imperial Valley, especially Brawley, Calif. Subjects include Imperial Valley Farmers Association, poverty, worker insurance issues, medical costs, and exploitation of braceros.

Dates: 1957-1959, 1961, 1964-1965

General, 1957, 1959, 1962-1968, undated

 File — Carton: 34, Folder: 22
Identifier: Series 7:
Contents

Statements by farm workers, news clippings, and newsletters by Yellen on farm worker health, use of braceros, and other agricultural labor issues.

Dates: 1957, 1959, 1962-1968, undated