Ganz, Marshall

Marshall Ganz Papers

drice — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:47:35 -0400

Subjects include: United Farm Workers; Cesar Chavez; organizing farm workers; agricultural labor relations cases; boycott in Canada; UFW National Executive Board; Jessica Govea; medical programs

UFW Administration Department Records

drice — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:05:34 -0500

United Farm Workers grew out of several farm workers organizations of the 1960s and was led by Cesar Chavez for over thirty years. The Administration Department records reflect the wide range of people and groups with whom the UFW corresponded. The work of the union itself is well represented, including U.S., Canada, and Europe boycott files, El Malcriado files, and negotiations with southern California grape growers.

Part 3 of the records represent the second decade of the union’s progress toward the goals of improving wages and working conditions for farm workers. Included are major legal cases, including UFW vs. Teamsters, UFW vs. DiGeorgio, and the Blythe Massacre; boycotts, including the Lettuce Boycott and Grape Boycott; and correspondence, including Cesar Chavez personal correspondence.

UFW Boycott Central Records

kschmeling — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:40:18 -0400

The UFW grape and lettuce boycotts of the late 1960s and early 1970s were the outgrowth of The Delano Grape Strike, which occurred in September 1965 in California. In 1967 the idea of boycotting a product was fostered by Cesar Chavez, head of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). Chavez’s intent was to alert the nation that farm workers were looking for civil rights, as well as fairer wages and thus used the tactic of boycotting as a non-violent means of furthering his goal.

Materials in this collection consist of state boycott flyers, correspondence by boycott coordinators and volunteers, clippings, and reports, from 1967 to 1976. In addition, there are files relating to wine and lettuce market studies, and court documents on landmark cases such as Englund vs Chavez and Bruce Church, Inc. vs Chavez.

UFW Canadian Boycott: Montreal Office Records

drice — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:36:16 -0500

The UFW Montreal Boycott Office Records contains materials specific to the activities
surrounding the grape and lettuce boycotts in Montreal and other cities in Canada during
the late 1960s and early 1970s. Much of the material is from the tenure of Jessica Govea,
a close associate of Cesar Chavez. Her work directing boycotts in Canada helped the
union win one of its first contracts with a California grape grower and ultimately settle
with the entire industry. The records include correspondence, memos, flyers and
advertisements, press releases, clippings and newsletters. There is a significant amount of
correspondence with the UFW’s Salinas and Delano, California, headquarters.

Collection Spotlight: Robert F. Kennedy and the UFW

teller — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:42:21 -0400

U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy strongly supported the advance of human rights and in doing so he forged a relationship in the 1960s with the United Farm Workers, a union that sought to improve the lives and working conditions of migrant farm workers across the country. Kennedy supported the workers during a 1966 Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor hearing in Delano, California. In the spring of 1968, read more »

(252) United Farm Workers Officials, 1976

eclemens — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:10:52 -0400

United Farm Workers officials.

Standing, left to right: Marshall Ganz, Phillip Vera Cruz, Richard Chavez, Pete Velasco
Sitting, left to right: Mack Lyons, Cesar Chavez, Gilbert Padilla, Eliseo Medina, Dolores Huerta.

(262) UAW donates to UFW executive board

eclemens — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:53:30 -0400

Jerry Whipple (center), regional director for UAW Region 6, presents a $100,000 check to the UFW executive board at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

Left to right: Marshall Ganz, Eliseo Medina, Pete Velasco, Mack Lyons, Jeyy Whipple, Richard Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Gil Padilla, Phillip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta.

(3200) Marshall Ganz, Rallies, 1973

eclemens — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:17:24 -0400

Men, women and children hold hands at an unidentified United Farm Workers (UFW ) rally, 1973. At far left is Marshall Ganz.

(3248) Rallies, Cesar Chavez, Marshall Ganz, 1971

eclemens — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:32:13 -0400

Cesar Chavez, at United Farm Workers (UFW) rally, looks over a binder with Marshall Ganz, location unknown, 1971.

(3305) Cesar Chavez, Lettuce Boycott, 1972

eclemens — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:10:20 -0400

Cesar Chavez at a Lettuce Boycott conference, November, 1972. Left to right: Marshall Ganz, Jessica Govin, and Art Torres.

(3371) Ray Olives, Cesar Chavez, Manuel Unanday, Marshall Ganz, 1970

eclemens — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:05:07 -0400

Left to right: Ray Olives, Cesar Chavez, Manuel Unanday, and Marshall Ganz at a United Farm Workers (UFW) demonstration, Salinas, California, 1970.

(3386) Boycott organizers, volunteers

eclemens — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:06:17 -0400

United Farm Workers (UFW) boycott organizers and volunteers, 1970s. Shows Marshall Ganz (center), who gives the peace sign, Venus Tiano Olquin (front row, 4th from right), and Bill Encinas (back row, 2nd from right) along with additional United Farm Workers (UFW) volunteers.

(28209) Caesar Chavez, UFW officials

pneirink — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:31:58 -0500

Image of UFW official taken in 1977. Dolores Huerta, Richard Chavez, Mack Lyons, Philip Vera Cruz, Marshall Ganz, Cesar Chavez, Gil Padilla, and Pete Velasco