Farm Workers Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-708-SC
Scope and Content
The collection consists mainly of annual reports to the Board of Directors of the National Sharecroppers Fund on the condition of farmworkers, 1964-1968. The reports provide data and insight into the social and political conditions, the accomplishments, setbacks, and outlook of/for hired farm workers, migratory farm workers, and sharecroppers in the United States in the 1960s. Rural poverty, child labor, health and safety issues, housing, and education are discussed in the reports. Institution of federal programs such as farm subsidies and minimum wage are documented, as are protests, union organizing, and strikes. Reports were all written by Fay Bennett, Executive Director of NSF.
The collection also includes a few flyers and a calendar produced by the United Farm Workers, espousing their causes, which included decent housing, a decent living wage, safety measures in the use of pesticides, and the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Flyers call for supporting farm workers by boycotting non-union lettuce and grapes. One of the flyers is in Spanish and English, the rest of the materials are in English.
The collection also includes a few flyers and a calendar produced by the United Farm Workers, espousing their causes, which included decent housing, a decent living wage, safety measures in the use of pesticides, and the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Flyers call for supporting farm workers by boycotting non-union lettuce and grapes. One of the flyers is in Spanish and English, the rest of the materials are in English.
Dates
- 1964-1977
Language of Materials
English Spanish.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Extent
1 folder plus 1 oversize poster
Abstract
This small collection documents the social and political conditions, the accomplishments, setbacks, and outlook of/for hired farm workers, migratory farm workers, and sharecroppers in the United States in the 1960s. Rural poverty, wages, child labor, health and safety issues, housing, and education are prevalent themes, illuminated via annual reports to the Board of Directors of the National Sharecroppers Fund and ephemera produced by the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Farm Workers Collection, 1964-1977
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by B. Silbergleit
- Date
- ©2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 708 SC::Farm Workers Collection)//EN" "nmu1mss708sc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451