United Farm Workers rally photographs
Scope and Contents
The United Farm Workers rally photographs comprise a total of 53 photographic prints and 35 negatives of a United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) rally and other subjects taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The majority of the photographic prints (approximately 31) and all of the negatives show scenes from a UFWA rally in San Francisco, California. The rally photographs show speakers and musicians on a stage that is emblazoned with a banner of the UFWA logo and the slogan "Si Se Puede - Boycott Lettuce and Grapes." Among the half dozen or so speakers, one appears to be Cesar Chavez and another Dolores Huerta, the leaders of the UFWA and its grape boycott in California, which lasted for more than a decade between 1965 and 1978. Also shown is a banjo player, likely Pete Seeger. The rally photographs are accompanied by 22 photographs featuring street scenes, murals, city views, and other images taken in Mexico and California. A handful of these photographs appear to picture Joan Baez, also an ally of organized labor and other political causes. In one of the photographs, Baez is reading George Orwell's A Clergyman's Daughter. Each of the photographic prints measures three by five inches. The photographer who took the photographs is unknown. Also included in the collection is the branded envelope provided by the developer and printer of the photographs, Willoughby.
Dates
- Creation: 1966 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access
Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, March 2024.
Subject
- United Farm Workers of America -- Photographs (Organization)
- Baez, Joan (1941-01-09) -- Photographs (Person)
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 -- Photographs (Person)
- Huerta, Dolores (Dolores Clara), 1930- -- Photographs (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Demonstrations -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Archival resources
- Political activists -- California -- Archival resources
- Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the United Farm Workers rally photographs
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Bo Doub -- with collection-level notes adapted from the seller, McBride Rare Books
- Date
- 2024 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu