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Frank Bardacke Watsonville canneries strike records

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0093
Abstract The Frank Bardacke Watsonville Canneries Strike Collection consists of materials collected by Bardacke, one of the founders of the Watsonville chapter of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) and a resident of that community since the early 1970s, who was actively involved with the support committee for the striking cannery workers. It is largely comprised of newspaper clippings, mainly from the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian, leaflets, and newsletters....
Dates: 1984-1989

Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0010
Abstract

Collection contains the photographs of Hansel Mieth (1909-1998) and Otto Hagel (1909-1973).

Dates: 1932-1969

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

John Sanchez oral history

 Item
Identifier: larc-oh-sanchez
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with John Sanchez conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Former agricultural worker; recalls killing of unionists by growers in Pixley, California, during 1933 Central Valley cotton strike; describes harsh living and working conditions of Central Valley’s Mexican American cotton pickers, 1930s, and impact of mechanization, 1938-1941.

Dates: 1998 March 31

Elizabeth Schilling Watsonville canneries strike collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0428
Abstract This collection includes materials collected and produced by journalist Elizabeth Schilling in the course of researching and reporting on the Watsonville canneries strike between 1985 and 1988. Materials include Schilling's research and interview notes; newspaper clippings documenting the strike and its aftermath; flyers, leaflets, newsletters, and press releases from Teamsters Local 912, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Shaw's, Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods Co, and community...
Dates: 1985-1988, 2017

Peter Shapiro Watsonville Canneries Strike Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: larc-oh-shapiro
Dates: 2009-2014

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