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Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 04, 2020. English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Walter P. Reuther Library 5401 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 URL: https://reuther.wayne.edu Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 History ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Series 1: General Files ................................................................................................................................ 6 Series 2: Audiovisual ................................................................................................................................ 12 - Page 2 - Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 Summary Information Repository: Walter P. Reuther Library Creator: Barber, Bob Title: Bob Barber Papers ID: LP001252 Date [inclusive]: 1973-1979 Physical Description: 5.5 Linear Feet (11 MB) Language of the English Material: Language of the Material entirely in English. Material: Abstract: Bob Barber worked as a journalist, writing for the United Farm Workers publication, El Malcriado, reporting for KSAN and KPFA radio stations in California's Bay Area, and as a freelance writer. His papers center on his activities as a reporter covering California farm labor election issues during the years 1973 to 1977. The collection includes over sixty hours of taped interviews with UFW organizers, union members, Teamsters, growers and others. In addition, the collection contains a unique assortment of leaflets published by the UFW, the Teamsters and some California growers during the first summer of union elections under the NLRB in 1976. Citation Style "Bob Barker Papers, Box [#], Folder [#], Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University" ^ Return to Table of Contents History Bob Barber began reporting on farm labor issues in California when he was a writer for the United Farm Workers publication, El Malcriado, in 1974. After that time, he worked for several years as a freelance writer, reporting for KSAN and KPFA radio stations in the Bay Area of California. During the next two years (1975-1977), Barber covered agricultural issues focusing on a critical period in farm - Page 3- Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 labor organizing under California's Agricultural Labor Relations Board. It was during that time that Cesar Chavez and other UFW officials were battling the powerful Teamsters union and many California growers for secret ballot union elections. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Content Barber's papers center on his activities as a reporter covering California farm labor election issues during the years 1973 to 1977. The collection includes over sixty hours of taped interviews with UFW organizers, union members, Teamsters, growers and others. In addition, it contains a unique assortment of leaflets published by the UFW, the Teamsters and some California growers during the first summer of union elections under the NLRB in 1976. Subjects: Boycotts. Braceros. California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Farm Labor Legislation: California. Farm Labor Organizing. Gallo Strike. Gallo Wine and Grape Industry. International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Proposition 14 (California). Undocumented migrant labor. Union elections. United Farmer Workers of America, AFL-CIO. ^ Return to Table of Contents Arrangement Arranged in 2 series: Series 1 (Boxes 1-11), Series 2 (tapes). Folders are arranged alphabetically. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Walter P. Reuther Library 5401 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 URL: https://reuther.wayne.edu - Page 4- Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 Acquisition The papers of Bob Barber were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban in 1985 and opened for research in 1995. Processing History Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library in 1995. Access Collection is open for research. Use Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library "Rules for Use of Archival Materials." Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library "Rules for Use of Archival Materials." Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor. ^ Return to Table of Contents Related Materials Transfers Tapes transferred to the Reuther Library Audiovisual Department. ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Boycotts • Labor • Migrant workers • Child labor • E. & J. Gallo Winery (Firm) - Page 5- Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 • International Brotherhood of Teamsters • United Farm Workers Collection Inventory Series 1: General Files Title/Description Instances AFL-CIO; leaflets Box 1 Folder 1 Agricultural (Calif.) Labor Relations Board; press releases Box 1 Folder 2 Anti-UFW; leaflets, booklets, reports, 1970s Box 1 Folder 3 Associated Farmers of California, general material, 1970s Box 1 Folder 4 Bob Barber, correspondence, 1975 Box 1 Folder 5 Edmund Brown Jr. (Governor); ALRB Act, 1975 Box 1 Folder 6 Cannery Workers Committee; press releases Box 1 Folder 7 Cannery Workers Legal Project; grant information, press releases Box 1 Folder 8 Clippings; 1970 Salinas Conspiracy Box 1 Folder 9 Clippings; Agribusiness & food industry Box 1 Folder 10 Clippings; ALRB Box 1 Folder 11 Clippings; ALRB Box 1 Folder 12 Clippings; Agriculture and government Box 1 Folder 13 Clippings; Associascion Trabajodores-Puerto Rican Farm Box 1 Folder 14 Workers Clippings; Brown Bill, AB1533; 1975 Box 1 Folder 15 Clippings; Canneries Box 1 Folder 16 Clippings; Child labor Box 1 Folder 17 Clippings; Coors beer boycott Box 1 Folder 18 Clippings; Delano Box 1 Folder 19 Clippings; Del Monte Corporation Box 1 Folder 20 Clippings; Ducote Case Box 1 Folder 21 Clippings; E.J. Gallo Box 2 Folder 1 Clippings; Egg City Box 2 Folder 2 Clippings; Election results, UFW Box 2 Folder 3 - Page 6- Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 Clippings; EEOC Box 2 Folder 4 Clippings; Farm workers and bus safety Box 2 Folder 5 Clippings; Farm workers, health Box 2 Folder 6 Clippings; Farm workers, housing Box 2 Folder 7 Clippings; Farm workers, unemployment insurance Box 2 Folder 8 Clippings; Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers Box 2 Folder 9 Clippings; Growers Box 2 Folder 10 Clippings; Imperial Valley Box 2 Folder 11 Clippings; Labor contractor system Box 2 Folder 12 Clippings; Mechanization Box 2 Folder 13 Clippings; Merger-UFW and Associascion de Trabajadores Box 2 Folder 14 Agricolas Clippings; Pre-election campaigns Box 2 Folder 15 Clippings; Proposed farm labor laws Box 2 Folder 16 Clippings; Proposition 14 Box 2 Folder 17 Clippings; Salinas Valley Box 2 Folder 18 Clippings; Silicon Valley Box 2 Folder 19 Clippings; C. Arnholt Smith, indictment Box 2 Folder 20 Clippings; "Stockton Posse," UFW opposition Box 3 Folder 1 Clippings; Sugar industry Box 3 Folder 2 Clippings; Teamsters (IBT) convention, 1976 Box 3 Folder 3 Clippings; Teamsters-agriculture Box 3 Folder 4 Clippings; Teamsters-corruption Box 3 Folder 5 Clippings; Teamsters-leadership Box 3 Folder 6 Clippings; Teamsters- Local 890 (Salinas) Box 3 Folder 7 Clippings; Teamsters- Local 959 (Alaska) Box 3 Folder 8 Clippings; Teamsters- Local 1973 Box 3 Folder 9 Clippings; Teamsters-police organizing Box 3 Folder 10 Clippings; Teamsters-rank and file Box 3 Folder 11 Clippings; Teamsters-rank and file (PROD suit) Box 3 Folder 12 Clippings; Teamsters-rank and file (Teamsters for a Democratic Box 3 Folder 13 Union) Clippings; Teamsters- Safeway strike Box 3 Folder 14 - Page 7- Guide to the Bob Barber Papers LP001252 Clippings; Teamsters strike, 1979 Box 3 Folder 15 Clippings; Teamsters strike-Associated Freight Lines, 1976 Box 3 Folder 16 Clippings; Teamsters strike-Associated Freight Lines, 1976 Box 3 Folder 17 Clippings; Tenneco Company Box 3 Folder 18 Clippings; Trucking industry Box 3 Folder 19 Clippings; UFW-boycotts Box 4 Folder 1 Clippings; UFW-Cesar Chavez Box 4 Folder 2 Clippings; UFW-conventions Box 4 Folder 3 Clippings; UFW-farm workers injured or killed Box 4 Folder 4 Clippings;