United Farm Workers Connecticut - New England Region 7 collection.

The collection includes newspaper and magazine clippings as well as documents from boycott support groups and organizations. They included labor, student, religious and other interest group publications and white papers covering the period of 1965-1975. This collection includes 10 files of informati...

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Bibliographic Details
Language:English
Subjects:
United Farm Workers of America. > New England Regional Office > Archives.
United Farm Workers of America > History > Sources.
United Farm Workers > History > Sources.
Boycotts > United States > Sources.
Strikes and lockouts > Agricultural laborers > United States > Sources.
Hispanic American agricultural laborers > Sources.
Latino agricultural laborers > Sources.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Records (Documents)
Genre:
Archives.
Sources.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Records (Documents)
Online Access:
View the inventory of the collection
Local Note:
MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Physical Description:1 box (.3 linear ft.)
Format: Kit
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Summary:
The collection includes newspaper and magazine clippings as well as documents from boycott support groups and organizations. They included labor, student, religious and other interest group publications and white papers covering the period of 1965-1975.
Abstract:
This collection includes 10 files of information gathered or distributed as part of the regional house and its' work.
Call Number:MSS 536
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Cite As:
Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, United Farm Workers Connecticut - New England Region 7 collection, MSS 536, Special Collections, MSU Libraries, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Source of Acquisition:
This collection of papers was acquired from Bolerium Books, San Francisco California in 2005.
Biographical Sketch:
The Connecticut - New England farmworker support group was part of the Region 7 UFW organization. They organized house meetings, boycott actions targeting stores that purchased non-UFW grapes. A lead coordinator was John Jackson whose name is prominent on many of the included documents.
Cumulative Indexes:
Finding aid online: http://as.lib.msu.edu/repositories/2/resources/2061