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Cathy Murphy United Farm Worker (UFW) Photographs http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ms40w6 No online items Finding aid to the Cathy Murphy United Farm Worker (UFW) Photographs Finding aid prepared by Wendy Welker. Labor Archives and Research Center 2019 San Francisco State University J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco 94132-1722 [email protected] URL: http://library.sfsu.edu/larc Finding aid to the Cathy Murphy larc.pho.00732018/003 1 United Farm Worker (UFW) Photographs Title: Cathy Murphy United Farm Worker (UFW) photographs Date (inclusive): 1975-2013 Date (bulk): 1975-1979 Creator: Murphy, Cathy Physical Description: 4.07 Cubic Feet(5 boxes) Collection number: larc.pho.0073 Accession number: 2018/003 Repository: Labor Archives and Research Center J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 San Francisco State University 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco, CA 94132-1722 (415) 405-5571 [email protected] Abstract: This collection consists of photographs taken by Cathy Murphy of farm workers in California (and a few in Arizona), and Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement from 1975 through 1979, including a few images of labor activists Fred Ross, Sr. and Dolores Huerta. Murphy documented the plight of workers in the field, Chavez's fight against child labor, and the 1975 Thousand Mile March from the California/Mexico border to Sacramento and finally back to UFW headquarters in Keene, called "La Paz." The collection contains original photographs and posters and other reproductions of Murphy's UFW work. It also includes a few items from the 2013 San Francisco State University exhibition, Marching Through History with Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers: A Photo Documentary by Cathy Murphy, in which many of these photos were displayed. Material Specific Details: Photographs are black and white, except for eight that are color. Many of the photos are mounted. Collection available on site. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English. Availability Collection is open for research. Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. Photographs are for research purposes only. All requests for permission to publish or quote from other material must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Cathy Murphy United Farm Worker (UFW) photographs, larc.pho.0073, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University. Arrangement Collection was arranged as received. Historical Note In 1975, labor leader Cesar Chavez met and recruited photographer Cathy Murphy. Chavez knew that photos would persuade state legislators in Sacramento that child labor was a reality in California. On her first outing, Murphy photographed a young girl named Lupita working in her socks in an onion field in Mettler, California (Photo 13). Chavez arranged for photos of children working in the fields to be published in the UFW newspaper, El Malcriado, and a poster of Lupita at work was circulated throughout the state. The grower identified in the poster subsequently filed a lawsuit against Chavez, the UFW, the AFL-CIO, and Murphy. The grower claimed he did not own land in Mettler and that he did not hire children. During the trial, farm worker families filled the steps of the courthouse and children bearing pay stubs testified that they worked in the onion fields. The libel charges against the UFW were dismissed. The case brought public awareness to the fact that children were indeed working in the fields of California in the mid-1970s. Content Description Finding aid to the Cathy Murphy larc.pho.00732018/003 2 United Farm Worker (UFW) Photographs This collection consists of photographs taken by Cathy Murphy of farm workers in California (and a few in Arizona), and Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement from 1975 through 1979, including a few images of labor activists Fred Ross, Sr. and Dolores Huerta. Murphy documented the plight of workers in the field, Chavez's fight against child labor, and the 1975 Thousand Mile March from the California/Mexico border to Sacramento and finally back to UFW headquarters in Keene, called "La Paz." The collection contains original photographs and posters and other reproductions of Murphy's UFW work. It also includes a few items from the 2013 San Francisco State University exhibition, Marching Through History with Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers: A Photo Documentary by Cathy Murphy, in which many of these photos were displayed. General Collection contains some duplicate photographs. Subjects and Indexing Terms United Farm Workers of America -- Photographs. Labor unions -- Organizing -- California -- Photographs. Agricultural laborers -- California -- Photographs. Agricultural laborers -- Arizona -- Photographs. Children of agricultural laborers -- California -- Photographs. Child laborers -- California -- Photographs. Demonstrations -- California -- Photographs. Huerta, Dolores, 1930- -- Portraits Ross, Fred, Sr., 1910-1992. -- Portraits. Series 1: Photographs 1975-1979 Physical Description: 57 Photographic Prints (Box 1-4, photographs 1-57) Scope and Contents This series consists of photos of farm workers, ranging from images of them working or participating in the Thousand Mile March and other events to informal portraits. It also contains many images of Cesar Chavez and a few of labor activists Dolores Huerta and Fred Ross, Sr. Titles of photos were provided by Cathy Murphy, except those noted as supplied by cataloger. box 1, Shadows of the marchers 1975 photograph 01 box 1, Cesar eating watermelon on 1,000 mile March of Liberation 1975 photograph 02: A-B box 4, Farm workers and supporters pass under cross during Thousand Mile March 1975 photograph 03 box 3, Cesar giving instructions to Richard Ybarra on the Thousand Mile March 1975 photograph 04 box 3, Long line of supporters on the Thousand Mile March 1975 photograph 05 box 3, Farm workers from Moorpark on the Thousand Mile March 1975 photograph 06 box 3, Canadian boycotters join the Thousand Mile March 1975 photograph 07 box 3, Through the grape fields near Delano 1975 photograph 08 box 3, Rally after march into Salinas (Alternate title: Labor leaders join Cesar Chavez at photograph 09 rally after 1,000 mile march into Salinas) 1975 box 1, Devout supporter at farm worker rally, Coachella Valley, Calif. 1975 photograph 10 box 1, Cesar Chavez in Sacramento 1975 photograph 11 Finding aid to the Cathy Murphy larc.pho.00732018/003 3 United Farm Worker (UFW) Photographs Series 1: Photographs 1975-1979 box 1, Little boy and his dog outside farm workers' housing 1975 photograph 12 box 4, Lupita Galvan at work in the onion fields near Mettler, California 1975 photograph 13: A, box 1, photograph 13: B-C box 1, Cesar speaking at Napa rally after the march, Felix Gonzales, security guard [in photograph 14 background] 1975 box 4, Felix Gonzales on guard for Cesar Chavez, Napa, Calif. undated photograph 15 box 3, Cesar Chavez and his dogs, Boycott and Huelga 1975 photograph 16 box 3, Farmworker women with flags lead march into Soledad 1975 photograph 17 box 3, Cesar smiles during a press conference/rally in Napa, Calif. 1975 photograph 18 box 1, Cesar's mentor, Fred Ross, Sr. circa 1975-1976 photograph 19 box 1, Cesar Chavez talking to Fred Ross, Sr. and Richard Chavez circa 1975-1976 photograph 20 box 2, Cesar Chavez signs his photo as Willie Brown auctions off another at fundraiser in photograph 21 Los Angeles circa 1975 box 1, Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the United Farm Workers 1975 photograph 22 box 4, Arab worker in Delano 1975 photograph 23 box 3, Cesar Chavez (My first photograph of Cesar Chavez) 1975 photograph 24: A-B, box 1, photograph 24: C box 1, Tony Tejada, lettuce worker 1976 photograph 25 box 1, Woman wearing bandanna working in the fields 1976 photograph 26 General Title supplied by cataloger. box 1, Woman in protective clothing in strawberry field near Prunedale, California 1976 photograph 27 box 1, Finding a bed in the labor camp 1976 photograph 28 box 1, There's Blood on Those Grapes 1976 photograph 29 Scope and Contents Color photo of two women in march, one of them wearing a t-shirt reading, There's Blood on Those Grapes. box 4, Cesar holds meeting in La Paz 1976 photograph 30 box 4, Cesar Chavez and the children of La Paz, Keene, California 1976 photograph 31 box 4, Filipino farmworker in his room at Agbayani Village Retirement Center, Delano, Calif. photograph 32 1976 box 2, Old man with short-handled hoe taking a break, Marana, Arizona 1977 photograph 33 box 2, Workers thinning lettuce with short-handled hoes, Arizona 1977 photograph 34 Finding aid to the Cathy Murphy larc.pho.00732018/003 4 United Farm Worker (UFW) Photographs Series 1: Photographs 1975-1979 box 4, Migrant worker, El Mirage, Arizona undated photograph 35 box 4, Farm worker looses arm after being refused care in Arizona hospital circa 1977-1978 photograph 36 box 4, Cesar Chavez speaking at 3rd Farm Workers Convention, Coachella, California 1977 photograph 37 box 2, Cesar Chavez and his dogs, Boycott and Huelga, in Coachella 1977 photograph 38 box 1, Cesar Chavez petting his dogs, Boycott and Huelga, in Coachella, California 1977 photograph 39 General Title supplied by cataloger. box 2, Lettuce loaders still at work after dark, Maricopa County, AZ 1977 photograph 40 box 2, Widow and son of slain farmworker Rufino Contreras, Calexico, Calif. 1979 photograph 41 box 2, Widow and son of slain farmworker, Rufino Contreras, Calexico, Calif. [detail] 1979 photograph 42 box 2, Woman mourning death of slain farmworker Rufino Contreras 1979 photograph 43: A, General box 1, Photo B has alternate title: Mourner at the funeral of Rufino Contreras, Calexico, CA.
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