Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Cormier, David R.
- 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."
- Extent:
- 6 Linear Feet and 7.3 Gigabytes
- Language:
- English , Spanish; Castilian .
- Preferred citation:
[Series], Midwest Migrant Farm Worker Collection, Indiana University Kokomo Campus Archives.
Background
- Scope and Content:
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.
- Acquisition information:
- 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.
- Arrangement:
Audiovisual Boycott Coordination Boycotts Collection Correspondence Midwest Committees Monographs Objects Photographs Press and Publications Research Teamsters United Farm Workers
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Physical facet:
- digital images
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Migrant Workers
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Housing
Migrant agricultural laborers -- United States
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers
Agricultural laborers -- United States
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Organizing
Agricultural laborers -- Political activity
Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century - Names:
- United Farm Workers
United Farm Workers of America
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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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.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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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.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Series], Midwest Migrant Farm Worker Collection, Indiana University Kokomo Campus Archives.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Kokomo
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Indiana University Kokomo Library2300 South Washington StreetKokomo, Indiana 46902, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Kokomo
- CONTACT:
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765-455-9412iukarch@iuk.edu