Midwest Migrant Farm Worker Collection.

Finding aid created by Emily Hoover and Meg Galasso.

Creator: Cormier, David R.
Title: Midwest Migrant Farm Worker Collection
Collection No.: MMFW
Dates: 1963-1996, bulk 1963-1977
Quantity:

Quantity: 6 Linear Feet

Quantity:

Quantity: 7.3 Gigabytes

(digital images )
Summary/Abstract : This collection is comprised of paper records, objects, photographs, and research files donated by Dave Cormier, assistant coordinator of Labor Studies, and other people active in organizing for farm workers. As described by Cormier, "the primary focus is on materials from the first grape and lettuce boycotts, the volunteer boycott support committees which were set up in northern and central Indiana, the activity with migrant workers during that period here in the Midwest, and related information from the UFW from that period."
Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .
Repository: Indiana University Kokomo Campus Archives
Indiana University Kokomo Library
2300 S Washington Street
Kokomo, IN 46902
Business Number: 765-455-9412
iukarch@iuk.edu
URL: https://www.iuk.edu/library/campus-archives.html

Scope and Contents

The Midwest Migrant Farm Worker collection largely consists of paper records, objects, monographs, and photographs collected by Dave Cormier, both a faculty member at Indiana University Kokomo and an active organizer in the farm labor movement. He helped to organize and worked with the Great Boycott Committee, later known as the Farm Labor Aid Committee, from 1968 to 1974. Other organizers, including Ricardo Parra and Jose Juarez from St. Joseph County, contributed personal papers.

The collection is organized into thirteen series, listed above and detailed further in the following container list. Audiovisual materials and monographs are discoverable in IUCAT, Indiana University Library's catalog, and are stored in the Special Collections Room. Photographs are available in print and have also been digitized to be made available online.

As described by Cormier, many of the materials in the collection "depict the confrontative propaganda and protest methods" used in farm worker organizing. The correspondence, research files, and news clippings are complemented by the objects in the collection, notably including buttons, jewelry, and hand-painted signs.

Arrangement by Series

Audiovisual Boycott Coordination Boycotts Collection Correspondence Midwest Committees Monographs Objects Photographs Press and Publications Research Teamsters United Farm Workers

Restrictions

Restrictions on access :

There are no restrictions on access for this collection. Materials are available for research by contacting the Indiana University Kokomo Campus Archives, iukarch@iuk.edu.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish or reproduce must be secured from the repository. Due to the existence of records bearing personal and private information from a variety of sources, permission must be obtained from the IU Kokomo Campus Archives prior to copying any of the materials within this collection, even if that material is not intended for publication or digitization.

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Series], Midwest Migrant Farm Worker Collection, Indiana University Kokomo Campus Archives.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the IU Kokomo Campus Archives in 1993 in honor of Cesar Chavez

Processing Information

This collection was processed upon acquisition to a minimum standard. Further processing was completed in the spring of 2018.

Collection Inventory

Series:

Boycott Coordination , 1970-1977

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 1
folder 1
Legal Info on Picketing , 1971-1972
Box 1
folder 2
Local Grape Boycott Kit , 1973
Box 1
folder 3
Micellaneous , undated
Box 1
folder 4
Miscellaneous , 1970-1977
Box 1
folder 5
New Jersey , 1971-1975
Box 1
folder 6
New Jersey Materials , 1973
Box 1
folder 7
Pennsylvania Counties , 1974
Box 1
folder 8
Pittsburgh , 1973-1977
Box 1
folder 9
Store Information , 1972-1974
Box 1
folder 10
Volunteer Contacts , 1973-1974
Box 1
folder 11
Westmoreland , 1972-1974

Series:

Boycotts , 1966-1983

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 1
folder 12
A&P Boycott , 1972-1973
Box 1
folder 13
Boycott Community , 1969-1972
Box 1
folder 14
Boycott Promotional Materials , 1968-1977
Box 1
folder 15
Gallo Wine Boycott , 1972-1975
Box 1
folder 16
Grape Boycott , 1968-1973
Box 1
folder 17
Indiana Grape Boycotts , 1966-1971
Box 2
folder 1
Lettuce Boycott , 1970-1980
Box 2
folder 2
Lettuce Boycott , 1971-1973
Box 2
folder 3
Midwest Boycott Activities , 1968-1976
Box 2
folder 4
New Jersey Boycott , 1972-1973
Box 2
folder 5
New Jersey Handouts , 1970-1975
Box 2
folder 6
New York Boycott Study , undated
Box 2
folder 7
Opposition to Boycotts , 1968-1974
Box 2
folder 8
Pittsburgh Boycott Publicity , 1970-1977
Box 2
folder 9
Print Media for Grape Boycott , 1967-1983
Box 2
folder 10
Promotional Items for Boycotts , undated
Box 2
folder 11
Support for Lettuce Boycott , undated

Series:

Collection , 1993-1996

Language: English .

Box 2
folder 12
Dedication , 1993-1996
Box 2
folder 13
Fundraising , 1995
Box 2
folder 14
Previous Box Lists , undated

Series:

Correspondence , 1971-1977

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 2
folder 14
Correspondence , 1971-1977
Box 2
folder 15
Correspondence signed by Cesar Chavez , 1971

Series:

Midwest Committees , 1969-1973

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 2
folder 16
Farm Labor Aid Committee , 1969-1972
Box 2
folder 17
Farm Labor Aid Committee , 1971
Box 2
folder 18
Farm Labor Assistance Committee , 1970-1973
Box 2
folder 19
Farm Workers Legal Rights Project , 1971-1972

Series:

Press and Publications , 1969-1993

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 2
folder 20
Assorted Newspaper Clippings , 1966-1983
Box 3
folder 1
Migrant Legal Action Book / by Thomas R. Ewald , undated
Box 3
folder 2
Cesar Chavez - Press and Statements , 1969-1993
Box 3
folder 3
El Malcriado Publications , 1969-1974
Box 3
folder 4
Hispanic Movement , 1970-1973
Box 3
folder 5
Leaflets , 1973-1974
Box 3
folder 6
Leaflet Originals , 1972-1973
Box 3
folder 7
Newsletters , 1969-1977
Box 3
folder 8
Paper Items , 1971-1993
Box 3
folder 9
Radical Press , 1973-1974

Series:

Research , 1963-1983

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 3
folder 10
Agribusiness , 1971-1974
Box 3
folder 11
Early unionization efforts , 1969-1975
Box 3
folder 12
Farm Bureau , 1971-1973
Box 3
folder 13
Farm Labor Reports , 1966-1983
Box 3
folder 14
Farm Labor Study , 1970-1973
Box 3
folder 15
Farm Workers Legal Rights Notes 1 , 1972
Box 3
folder 16
Farmworker Reform , 1970-1973
Box 3
folder 17
Florida Farm Workers , 1973
Box 3
folder 18
Giant Eagle Grocery , 1973-1974
Box 3
folder 19
Indiana Legislature , 1971-1974
Box 4
folder 1
Indianapolis , 1968-1969
Box 4
folder 2
Migrant Farm Workers and Poverty , 1963-1993
Box 4
folder 3
Misc. Social Justice Issues , 1969-1982
Box 4
folder 4
Morgan Lawsuit , 1971-1972
Box 4
folder 5
National Labor Relations Board , 1972
Box 4
folder 6
New Jersey Farm Workers , 1972-1973
Box 4
folder 7
Organized Labor , 1973-1974
Box 4
folder 8
Pesticides , 1965-1974
Box 4
folder 9
Pesticides , undated
Box 4
folder 10
Picketing Violence , 1970
Box 4
folder 11
Political Issues , 1967-1975
Box 4
folder 12
Puerto Rican Farm Workers , 1973
Box 4
folder 13
Safeway , 1973

Series:

Teamsters , 1968-1974

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 4
folder 14
Teamsters , 1972-1974
Box 4
folder 15
Agreements and miscellaneous , 1970-1971
Box 4
folder 16
Correspondence , 1968-1973
Box 4
folder 17
News clippings , 1970-1973
Box 4
folder 18
News releases and press , 1971-1974

Series:

United Farm Workers , 1967-1996

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Box 4
folder 19
Constitutional Convention , 1969-1973
Box 4
folder 20
Delano Grape Strike , 1967-1973
Box 4
folder 21
Delano Grape Strike , undated
Box 4
folder 22
Opposition to UFW , 1968-1974
Box 4
folder 23
Proposition 22 , 1971-1972
Box 5
folder 1
Support from Religious Organizations , 1968-1977
Box 5
folder 2
Support for UFW , 1968-1974
Box 5
folder 3
UFW First Constitutional Convention , 1973
Box 5
folder 4
UFW First Constitutional Convention , 1973
Box 5
folder 5
UFW General History , 1967-1975
Box 5
folder 6
UFW Materials , 1969-1996
Box 5
folder 7
UFWOC , 1969-1972

Series:

Objects , 1970-1976
Box 5
box 1
Belt Buckle , undated
Box 5
box 2
Farm Worker Support Buttons , 1975-1976
Box 5
box 3
Grape Boycott Buttons , undated
Box 5
box 4
Lettuce Boycott Buttons , undated
Box 5
folder 8
Photographs , 1972-1975
Box 5
folder 9
Photographs , 1972-1975
Box 5
folder 10
Photographs , 1972-1975
Box 5
box 5
UFW Jewelry , undated
Box 5
box 6
UFW Memorabilia , 1973-1975
Box 5
box 7
UFW Support Buttons , 1975
Box 6
Oversize 1
UFW Flat Posters - hand-painted , undated
Box 6
Oversize 2
UFW Rolled Poster - Chavez quote , undated
Box 6
Oversize 3
UFW Rolled Poster - boycott grapes with Chavez portrait , undated
Box 6
Oversize 4
UFW Rolled Poster - farm worker solidarity , undated
Box 6
Oversize 5
UFW Rolled Poster - farm worker week events , 1976
Box 6
Oversize 6
UFW Rolled Poster - child labor statistics , 1971
Box 6
Oversize 7
UFW Rolled Poster - "Fast for Life" painting , undated
Box 6
Oversize 8
UFW Rolled Poster - prayer for farm workers , 1970
Box 6
Oversize 9
UFW Rolled Poster - vineyard with workers marching , 1970
Box 6
Oversize 10
UFW Rolled Poster - "Huelga" UFW strike , undated

Series:

Audiovisual , 1974-1992

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

room Special Collections
object 1
VHS - United Farm Workers of America "Fighting for our lives" (1:00:00) , 1974
room Special Collections
object 2
VHS - "Uvas No" , 1992
room Special Collections
object 3
VHS - "Uvas No" , 1992
room Special Collections
object 4
VHS - "No Grapes" , 1992
room Special Collections
object 5
Audio cassette - "Canciones para Cesar Chavez" , 1980

Series:

Monographs , 1966-1995

Language: English , Spanish; Castilian .

room Special Collections
bound 1
Book - A gringo manual on how to handle Mexicans / by Jose Angel Gutierrez , 1973
room Special Collections
bound 2
Book - A documentary history of the Mexican Americans. , 1971
room Special Collections
bound 3
Book - La raza : the Mexican Americans / Stan Steiner. , 1970
room Special Collections
bound 4
Book - La raza : forgotten Americans / Julian Samora. , 1970
room Special Collections
bound 5
Book - MexAmerica : two countries, one future / Lester D. Langley. , 1988
room Special Collections
bound 6
Book - Confronting environmental racism : voices from the grassroots , 1993
room Special Collections
bound 7
Book - Basta! La historia de nuestra lucha. Enough! The tale of our struggle. Photos: George Ballis. Text from the Plan of Delano. , 1966
room Special Collections
bound 8
Book - Huelga: the first hundred days of the great Delano grape strike. , 1966
room Special Collections
bound 9
Book - Cesar Chavez : autobiography of La Causa / Jacques E. Levy. , 1975
room Special Collections
bound 10
Book - César Chávez : a triumph of spirit / by Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia. , 1995
room Special Collections
bound 11
Book - Chicanas en la literatura y el arte , 1973
room Special Collections
bound 12
Bound volume - Migrant and seasonal farmworker powerlessness. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. Part 6-A , 1969
room Special Collections
bound 13
Bound volume - Migrant and seasonal farmworker powerlessness. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. Part 6-B , 1969
room Special Collections
bound 14
Bound volume - Migrant and seasonal farmworker powerlessness. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. Part 6-C , 1969