United Farm Workers of America
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Chicano and Latino photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 396 oversize
Scope and Contents
Photographs in this collection include those of activists involved with the United Farm Workers union including Cesar E. Chavez and Dolores Huerta, La Raza Unida party of Colorado and of Young Lords and Latin Kings member Jose Cha Cha Jimenez. Musicians and actors are also included. They include photos of the Fania All-Stars, a group of Puerto Rican musicians featured in the film "Our Latin Thing" and early photos of Ramon Novarre, lead actor in the 1925 film "Ben Hur."
Dates:
1914 - 2005
Chicano/Latino t-shirt and textile collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 456
Scope and Contents
The Chicano/Latino T-shirt and Textile collection consists draw upon many Midwest US related themes. Items included are a MSU ChiSPA team shirt for Las Comadres, Dia de la Mujer and other MSU Chicanx student and staff events; shirts from the campaigns of Elena Herrada for the Detroit City Charter Commission and Detroit School Board, the Tony Benavides Lansing Michigan mayoral campaign, and the imprisonment of Puerto Rican FALN member and political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera (President Obama...
Dates:
1974 - 2016
FOR FARM WORKERS YES on 14
File — Box 1, Item: 87
Abstract
Neon orange background with black lettering. Words: YES on 14 are large and bold.
Dates:
approximately 1960-1989
James J. Nugent collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-28.48
Scope and Contents Note
The James J. Nugent collection consists of images taken by Nugent at a Vietnam protest march on May 14, 1970 that went from MSU to the Capitol with a rally at the Capitol afterwards. The images show people marching along Michigan Avenue, protest signs, and a damaged car. There is also an image of people holding a mock coffin with the words Vietnam Cambodia Kent. Other images show the protestors at the Capitol.
There are also images of people protesting in support of United Farm Workers. ...
Dates:
May 14, 1970, undated
United Farm Workers Connecticut - New England Region 7 collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: M03080804]
Identifier: MSS 536 large
Abstract
This collection includes 10 files of information gathered or distrubuted as part of the regional house and its' work.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965 - 1975
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 4
- Archival Object 1
- Subject
- Boycotts -- Unitied States -- Sources 2
- Photographs 2
- Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- California. 1
- Agricultural laborers -- Suffrage -- Law and legislation -- California. 1
- Bumper stickers. 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Hispanic American actors -- Photographs 1
- Hispanic American agricultural laborers -- Sources 1
- Hispanic American college students -- Political activity -- Sources. 1
- Hispanic American musicians -- Photographs 1
- Hispanic Americans -- History -- Photographs 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Political activity -- Sources 1
- Keene (Calif.) 1
- Lansing (Mich.) 1
- Mexican American actors -- Photographs 1
- Mexican American musicians -- Photographs 1
- Mexican Americans -- History -- Photographs 1
- Negatives (Photographs) 1
- Political campaigns -- Michigan -- Sources 1
- Records (Documents) 1
- Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- United States -- Sources 1
- Student movements -- Michigan -- East Lansing -- Sources 1
- Student protesters -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- T-shirts 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Michigan -- East Lansing -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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