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David F. Selvin photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0019
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs gathered by Selvin in his role as editor of Northern Califonia Labor, a labor newspaper he founded in 1951. Other photographs were used in several books and articles Selvin authored related to labor history, in particular, his 1996 book, A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco. Many of the photographs in this collection are reprints from various...
Dates: 1861-1991; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

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