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Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jon Lewis photographs of the United Farm Workers movement

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 466
Abstract:

This collection consists of approximately eleven thousand photographs created by Jon Lewis that document the activities of Ce?sar Cha?vez, the National Farm Workers Association, and United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in California, 1966-1971, as well as related publications and audiovisual materials, including videotapes and videodiscs, 1967-2009. Most images document activities related to the California Grape Strike in 1966.

Dates: 1966-2009, bulk 1966-1968

Photographs of Migrant Agricultural Laborers in California

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 225
Abstract:

Collection of thirty-eight photographs that document aspects of housing, medical care, and education for migrant agricultural laborers in California, 1969-1971, created by photographers Harvey Saul Columbus and Calind Lewis Potts as well as by the California Farm Workers Health Service. Many of the agricultural laborers are Hispanic Americans as well as several African Americans.

Dates: 1969-1971