Oral History
Below you’ll find audio from various events during the farmworker movement. Click on the headings to view the audio clips from that event. Files will open in a popup window and play.
Founding of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) 1962
Gilbert Padilla, one of the founding members, provides background and context.
Play Audio 55 minutes
Who Was Cesar Chavez? 1962-1993
LeRoy Chatfield: Introduction | Interviews with six volunteers who worked for Cesar Chavez: | Gilbert Flores | Chris Hartmire | Richard Ybarra | Larry Tramutola | Ellen Eggers | Terry Vasquez Scott |
- Gilbert Flores 1955-1993 (48 minutes)
- Chris Hartmire 1962 – 1989
- Richard Ybarra 1970-1975 & 1980-1982
- Larry Tramutola 1971 – 1981
- Ellen Eggers 1972-1987
- Terry Vasquez Scott 1973-1987
Richad A. Garcia, “Cesar Chavez: A Personal and Historical Testimony” – 1994
Cesar Chavez Oral History
23 Audio Clips. Cesar Chavez in his own words.
- Cesar Chavez narrates Documentary Film: “Huelga 1966” – 1966
(Documentary Film: Huelga / 14 minutes) - Cesar Chavez on Huelga
(Documentary Film: Huelga / 1 minute) - Cesar Chavez UFW Community Organizer Interview – 1970
(Audio) (English/Spanish Transcript) - Cesar Chavez/Farmworker Boycott Conference – 1971 (?) (Spanish)
Box 35 42A | Box 35 42B - Meister Interview: Cesar Chavez On Proposition 22 – 1972
- Cesar Chavez Discusses 1968 Fast/Purpose of Forty Acres/ Farmworker Movement – c.1972 (14 minutes)
- Cesar Chavez Discusses Proposition 22 – 1972 (28 minutes)
- Cesar Chavez Organizes Boycott Volunteers – 1974
- Envisioning A New UFW Legal Department – 1979
(Recorded Meeting: UFW Headquarters / 1 hour) - UFW 20th Anniversary – 1984
- Speech: Commonwealth Club San Francisco – 1984
(Recording Courtesy of American Rhetoric / 25 minutes) - Legislative Briefing – 1985
(Recorded Interview / 38 minutes) - Pat Hoffman Interview – 1985
(Recorded Interview / 1 hour) - NPR Radio Interview – 1990
(Recorded Interview / 18 minutes) - Legislation Does Not Create Social Change – 1990
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 4 minutes) - Pesticides Kill Farmworkers – 1990
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 4 minutes) - The UFW Boycott – 1990
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 3 minutes) - Bobby Kennedy – 1992
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 1 minute) - Farm Labor & Agribusiness – 1992
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 7 minutes) - Social Justice & Public Policy I – 1992
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 6 minutes) - Social Justice & Public Policy II – 1992
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 10 minutes) - Violence & Nonviolence – 1992
(Harvard University Audio Clip / 2 minutes)
Cesar Chavez: Pacifica Radio Archives – 1966-1973
6 Radio Programs
- BB2358 The Delano Grape Strike, 1966 – Purchase Recording
- B3147 Cesar Chavez at City College ,1966 – Purchase Recording
- BB2558 An Interview with Cesar Chavez, 1970 – Purchase Recording
- BC0527 The Cesar Chavez Assassination Plot, 1971 – Purchase Recording
- BC0640 An Interview with Cesar Chavez, 1972 – Purchase Recording
- BC1530 In the Fields: Struggles of the Farm Workers Union, the Battle of Coachella, 1973 – Purchase Recording
- Audio in this section courtesy of Pacific Radio Archives
“Cesar Chavez and the NFWA” – KPFK Interview: LeRoy Chatfield – 1966
Play Audio 4 minutes
Cesar Chavez Creates A More Effective Boycott – 1969
5 Recordings | 4.5 Hours
January 1969 / Introduction
- Boycott Planning Meeting: January 4, 1969
- Tape 1 Part 1 – 1 hour
- Tape 1 Part 2 – 1 hour
- Tape 1 Part 3 – 34 minutes
- Tape 2 Part 1 – 1 hour
- Tape 2 Part 2 – 1 hour
- Boycott Delano Meeting: January 25, 1969
- Tape 1 Part 1 – 55 minutes
- Tape 1 Part 2 – 1 hour 12 minutes
- Boycott Retreat/Workshop: January 27, 1969
- Tape 1 Part 1 – 1 hour
- Tape 1 Part 2 – 1 hour
- Tape 2 Part 1 – 1 hour
- Tape 2 Part 2 – 1 hour
Cesar Chavez Transcript: “A Dialogue With Congress” – 1969
Cesar Chavez Transcript: “Interview: Robert F. Kennedy” – 1970
Cesar Chavez Grills UFW Organizer Pancho Botello – 1970
Play Audio English|Spanish Transcript
Richard Chavez: The Origins of the Farmworker Movement – 1972
Brother of Cesar Chavez, and a founding member of the NFWA, provides family history.
Gilbert Padilla Oral History
Founding member of NFWA provides historical account of the work of Cesar Chavez.
Dolores Huerta Oral History
Founding member of NFWA provides historical account of the work of Cesar Chavez.
Religious Response to Farmworker Movement – California Migrant Ministry & Central
Valley Churches.
Ron Wells: Cesar Chavez’s Protestant Allies
Interview with: Rev. Wayne “Chris” Hartmire & Rev. William “Bill” Dew
Jim Drake: Worker-Priest – Philosophy & Movement Reflections – 1985
LeRoy Chatfield: Introduction | Dick Meister: Eulogy | Jim Drake: Essays | Jim Drake: Declaration | Jim Drake: Fred Ross Eulogy | Lincoln Richardson, “Cesar Chavez” Presbyterian Life 1968
4 Oral History Interviews: “Who Was Jim Drake?”
Interviews with volunteers who worked with Jim Drake. | Chris Hartmire | John Moyer | Gilbert Padilla | Yolanda Barrera | Richard Cook | Bruce Meyerson | Herb Ely | Margaret Murphy | Jeff Sweetland |
- Chris Hartmire & John Moyer – “Jim Drake: The Worker Priest” (56 minutes)
- Yolanda Barrera & Gilbert Padilla – “Jim Drake: Founder, Porterville (CA) Farm Worker Organization” (54 minutes)
- Richard Cook, Bruce Meyerson & Herb Ely – “Jim Drake: The Arizona Political Organizer” (53 minutes)
- Margaret Murphy and Jeff Sweetland Interview
Andy Imutan Oral History
Filipino farmworker union leader provides history of Filipino farmworkers and Cesar Chavez.
4 Audio Tapes
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Andy Imutan UFW Board Member Interview by Rachel Goodman
- Part I / 47 minutes
- Part II / 9 minutes
The Filipino Brothers Oral History – 1981
Peter Stanley: “Exiled in California” |
Fred Abad: Essay |
Claro Runtal: Essay |
Rudy Reyes: Essay |
Andy Imutan: Essay |
Transcript: Philip Vera Cruz 1977 |
New York Times: “Last of the Manongs” |
1971 Phillip Vera Cruz Interview |
4 Interviews: | Philip Vera Cruz | Pete Velasco | Andy Imutan | Lorraine Agtang-Greer | Marissa Aroy Video: The Delano Manongs Video Clip
- Philip Vera Cruz Interviews
- Box 36 Tape 192 A (46 minutes)
- Box 36 Tape 192 B (44 minutes)
- Box 36 Tape 193 A (46 minutes)
- Box 36 Tape 193 B (47 minutes)
- Box 36 Tape 194 A (47 minutes)
- Box 36 Tape 194 B (47 minutes)
- Box 36 Tape 195 (28 minutes)
- Pete Velasco “How to Boycott”
- Andy Imutan – 2006 Interview by Rachel Goodman
- Lorraine Agtang-Greer: Interview by Ray Telles
- Marissa Aroy Video
Luis Valdez Oral History
Historical accountof Cesar Chavez and the founding of El Teatro Campesino.
El Teatro Campesino Photos: | John Kouns | Jon Lewis | “The Tale of The Raza” | 6 Audio Tapes |
6 audio clips
- Autobiography: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4
- Luis Valdez: The March To Sacramento – 1966
(Huelga Audio Clip / 4 minutes)
Huelgistas: Delano Grape Strikers Oral History 1965
8 strikers (huelgistas) tell the story of the Delano Grape Strike: | Marcos Muñoz | Maria Saludado | Joe Serda | Roberto Bustos | Antonia Saludado | Esther Uranday | Jesus Marin & Rico Barrera |
Growing Up in a Migrant Worker Family – 8 Oral History Accounts
| Esther Uranday | Luis Valdez | Gilbert Flores | Antonia Saludado | Yolanda Barrera | Lorraine Agtang-Greer | Abby Flores Rivera | Rudy Ahumada |
- Esther Uranday: Part 1 / 20 minutes – Part 2 / 19 minutes
- Luis Valdez: Part 1
- Gilbert Flores: Part 1 – Part 2
- Antonia Saludado – Tape 1
- Yolanda Barrera: Growing Up In A Farmworker Family 1960’s / 13 minutes Part 1 (27 minutes) – Part 2 (32 minutes) – Part 3 (14 minutes)
- Lorraine Agtang-Greer: Part 1 (29 minutes) – Part 2 (9 minutes)
- Abby Flores Rivera: Tape 1
- Rudy Ahumada: Tape 1 – Tape 2
Jessica Govea Oral History
United Farm Worker Volunteers – 8 Oral History Accounts
| Doug Adair | Bill Chandler | LeRoy Chatfield | Chris Hartmire | Nick Jones | Daneen Montoya | Jerry Cohen | Paul Schrade |
- Doug Adair: part 1 – part 2 – part 3 – part 4 – part 5
- Bill Chandler: part 1 – part 2 – part 3
- LeRoy Chatfield: part 1 Documentary Film Interviews: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3
- Chris Hartmire: part 1 – part 2
- Nick Jones: part 1 – part 2
- Daneen Montoya: part 1 – part 2
- Jerry Cohen: Part 1 – Part 2
- Paul Schrade: Part 1 – Part 2
Luis Valdez Reads: “The Plan of Delano” (Spanish) – 1966
Recording: El Teatro Campesino de Delano – 6 minutes
Documentary Filmmaker Mark Jonathan Harris: “¡HUELGA!” – 1966
5 Documentary Film Audio Clips
- Luis Valdez: The Plight of Migrant Workers – 1966
(Huelga Audio Clip / 6 minutes) - Luis Valdez: The March To Sacramento – 1966
(Huelga Audio Clip / 4 minutes) - Narrator: Overview of Delano Grape Strike – 1966
(Huelga Audio Clip / 1 minute) - Ophelia Diaz: Why DiGiorgio Corporation Fired Me – 1966
(Huelga Audio Clip / 3 minutes) - Narrator: First Farmworker Union Contracts – 1966
(Huelga Audio Clip / 1 minute)
Fred Ross Sr. Oral History Archive
In 1969, Fred Ross, mentor and friend of Cesar Chavez, conducted a series of oral interviews and collected oral background material about the farmworker movement for a book he planned to
write but never did. However, in 1989 three years before his death, he published, “Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez At The Beginning” – the story of Cesar Chavez’s work with the Community Service Organization (CSO). see books out of print Forty years later, I am privileged to publish
this priceless oral history collection created by Fred Ross, Sr. for a book I wish he had written. – LeRoy Chatfield
- CESAR CHAVEZ INTERVIEW – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
- 1968 FAST – LEROY CHATFIELD-MARK DAY Part 1 (Transcript available here)
- 1968 FAST – LEROY CHATFIELD-MARK DAY Part 2 + DOLORES HUERTA (Transcript available here)
- 1968 FAST JIM DRAKE
- 1968 FAST RICHARD CHAVEZ – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- MANUEL CHAVEZ INTERVIEW
- GRAPE BOYCOTT PLANNING – Part 1 | Part 2
- KABC SPECIAL: VIVA LA HUELGA
- ROSS: “EIGHT MONTH AGONY OF CESAR CHAVEZ”
- ROSS READS NEWS CLIPS RE FW STRIKE – Part 1 | Part 2
- UAW CONVENTION CESAR CHAVEZ SPEECH
- UAW CONVENTION FW RESOLUTION
- AL GREEN AWOC INTERVIEW – Part 1 | Part 2
- 1960 CSO TRAINING ROSS-CHAVEZ – Part 1 | Part 2
National TV News Clips: United Farm Workers – 1970
10 Audio Clips
- June 8, 1970 (2 minutes 31 seconds)
- July 1, 1970 (4 minutes 18 seconds)
- July 24, 1970 (5 minutes 50 seconds)
- July 29, 1970 (2 minutes 34 seconds)
- August 2, 1970 (3 minutes 10 seconds)
- August 12, 1970 (2 minutes 8 seconds)
- August 26, 1970 (5 minutes 12 seconds)
- August 29, 1970 (3 minutes 11 seconds)
- September 17, 1970 (2 minutes 57 seconds)
- November 14, 1970 (1 minute 57 seconds)
Michael Dukakis: “The Lettuce Boycott” Debate – 1970
Play Audio Debate at Boston Faneuil Hall – 56 minutes
Winthrop Yinger Farmworker Movement Oral History Archive – 1970
California Child Labor | Chris Hartmire Migrant Ministry | Migrant: NBC White Paper
| Governor Reagan Closes Community Organizing Training Program | Dan Berrigan |
Allan Grant CA Farm Bureau | Proposition 22 | Delano Strike Meeting | CBS: Chavez vs
Teamsters | NBC: Harvest of Shame | Cesar Chavez Speaking
- California Child Labor – Part 1 | Part 2
- Chris Hartmire Migrant Ministry
- Migrant: NBC White Paper
- Governor Reagan Closes Community Organizing Training Program
- Dan Berrigan
- Allan Grant CA Farm Bureau
- Proposition 22
- Delano Strike Meeting
- CBS: Chavez vs Teamsters
- NBC: Harvest of Shame – Part 1 | Part 2
- Cesar Chavez Speaking – Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8
Chet Huntley – NBC: “Migrant” – 1970
Recorded by UFW Volunteer Ruben Montoya
Marshall Ganz Oral History – 1971
UFW Boycott History Explained To Union Ranch Committees (Spanish)
UFW Boycott Conference: Right Wing Attacks | Boycott History (English)
“Si Se Puede” Film: Cesar Chavez Arizona Fast – Rick Tejada-Flores – 1972
3 Audio Clips: Father. Eugene Boyle/Richard Chavez/Cesar Chavez
- Father Eugene Boyle: Plight of Arizona Farmworkers – 1972
(Si Se Puede Audio Clip / 1 minute) - Richard Chavez: Explanation of Origin of SI SE PUEDE! – 1972
(Si Se Puede Audio Clip / 1 minute) - Cesar Chavez: “Dear Brothers and Sisters” – 1972
(Si Se Puede Audio Clip / 1 minute)
Saul Alinsky Interview: “The Professional Radical” – 1972
Play Audio 27 minutes
Dedication of Agbayani Village for Retired Filipino Farmworkers – 1974
LeRoy Chatfield: Introduction | Cesar Chavez Master of Ceremonies – 9 tapes
Fred Ross Training Sessions – 1975
21 Tapes | LeRoyChatfield: Introduction | Larry Tramutola: “Fred Ross” | Fred Ross: “History of the Farmworker Movement” | Fred Ross: “Axioms for Organizers” |
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- Tape 2 Part 2
- Tape 3 Part 1
- Tape 3 Part 2
- Tape 4 Part 1
- Tape 4 Part 2
- Tape 4 Part 3
- Tape 4 Part 4
- Tape 4 Part 5
- Tape 5 Part 1
- Tape 5 Part 2
- Tape 5 Part 3
- Tape 5 Part 4
- Tape 5 Part 5
- Tape 5 Part 6
- Reel 6 Training Session Part 1
- Reel 6 Training Session Part 2
- Reel 6 Training Session Part 3
- Reel 6 Training Session Part 4
- Reel 6 Training Session Part 5
- Reel 6 Training Session Part 6
Pat Hoffman: 33 Interviews “Impact of Farmworker Movement On Churches and Church Leaders” – 1985
Patt Hoffman: Introduction | Eugene Boyle | LeRoy Chatfield | Cesar Chavez | Jerry Cohen | Loris Coletta | Cliff Crummey | Mark Day | Jessie De La Cruz | Bill & Mitzi Dew | Jim Drake | Woody Garvin | Marshall Ganz | Jean Giordano | Jessica Govea | Allan Grant | Rose Cecilia Harrington CSJ | Chris Hartmire | George Higgins | Karl & Ethelyn Irvin | Raquel Venegas Lawson & Karl Lawson | Alan McCoy | Charles McLain | Maria Saludado Magana | Howard & Rosemary Matson | John C. Moyer | John R. Moyer | Richard Norberg | Walter Press | Fred Ross | Marilyn Rudy CSJ | Augie Vandenbosche | Gertrude Welch | Winthrop Yinger | Ronald Wells: Cesar Chavez’s Protestant Allies
- Eugene Boyle
Father Eugene Boyle worked with the Committee on Justice of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He was one of the first priests to join UFW marches and picket lines and was in jail for two weeks with farmworkers and other religious in 1973. - LeRoy Chatfield
LeRoy Chatfield was a close friend and colleague of Cesar Chavez from 1963 to 1973. - Cesar Chavez
Founder of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) which became the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). The historic nonviolent leader of farmworkers and Latinos. - Jerry Cohen
UFW General Counsel from 1967 to 1979. A key figure in the many legal battles between the UFW , the growers and their powerful allies in government and business. - Loris Coletta
President of Church Women United for Southern California and Nevada. She was an unwavering friend to farmworkers and encouraged support by church women. - Cliff Crummey
United Methodist clergyman. Was Executive Director of the Northern California Council of Churches during the Grape Strike (1968-1972). Rev. Crummey’s father owner of a large agricultural machinery company headquartered in San Jose. - Mark Day
In 1967 Fr. Mark Day, a young Franciscan priest, was sent as pastor to a church in Delano. He became a strong supporter of farmworkers organizing. He later wrote a book, Forty Acres, about the farmworker movement. - Jessie De la Cruz
A founding member of the National Farm Workers Association. First woman organizer in the fields for the NFWA. She and her family have all been strong supporters of the UFW. - Bill and Mitzi Dew
Bill and Mitzi Dew were at the Alamo/San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church, where he was pastor. They spent eleven years working in the San Joaquin Valley and found loving ways to serve church members who were growers and farmworkers who needed change. - Jim Drake – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3
A UCC clergyman on the staff of the National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM). The NFWM assigned him to work directly with Cesar Chavez in the NFWA. He became the most significant link between the NFWA (later the UFW) and the churches as he interpreted the fast moving strike and boycott actions to Rev. Chris Hartmire, Director of the NFWM. - Woody Garvin
Presbyterian pastor who was a UFW supporter in Pasadena, California. - Marshall Ganz
An outstanding organizer who came to the UFW from the civil rights movement. Among other assignments, Marshall was on the boycott staff of the boycott in Canada. - Jean Giordano
Founded the strong and long-lasting NFWM/UFW in Orange County support organization, which still exists today. - Jessica Govea – Part 1 – Part 2
An early strong leader in the UFW. She led the boycott in Canada. - Allan Grant
Was President of California Farm Bureau Federation and President of State Board of Agriculture in 1969. A Presbyterian elder who was active in the San Joaquin Presbytery in 1960’s and 1970’s. - Rose Cecilia Harrington, CSJ
Was Major Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet and was arrested with the farm workers in Fresno in 1973. - Chris Hartmire – 1984 – 1985
Rev. Wayne “Chris” Hartmire, a Presbyterian clergyman, was the Director of the NFWM for 20 years and then on the staff of the UFW at La Paz, Keene, California. - George Higgins – Part 1 – Part 2
Roman Catholic priest and key member of the Bishops’ Committee. Key Labor movement expert in the Catholic Church. U.S. Catholic Conference staff member. - Karl and Ethelyn Irvin
Karl Irvin was Regional Minister for Disciples of Christ for Northern California and was Chair of the California Migrant Ministry Commission. He and Ethelyn moved to Stockton, California where he was pastor of a church and an unequivocal supporter of farmworkers. - Raquel Venegas Lawson and Karl Lawson – Part 1 – Part 2
Raquel was a union supporter at a mushroom plant in Oxnard, California. Karl was on UFW staff. - Alan McCoy
A Franciscan priest who was pastor of a church in Sacramento in 1965. Worked closely with Chris Hartmire. Was head of Western Province of Franciscans and later led the Major Superiors of Men. - Charles McLain
Presbyterian clergyman and early supporter of Delano Grape Strike. Was arrested with church supporters and strikers six weeks into the Strike. Remained an ardent supporter to the end of his life in 2005. - Maria Saludado Magana
As a young farmworker in her twenties she joined the Strike in the first year and later went out on the boycott. She became a member of the UFW Service Center staff. - Howard and Rosemary Matson
Howard and Rosemary were leaders in peace and justice work in the Unitarian Universalist denomination and were early supporters of the farmworker cause. - John C. Moyer
Presbyterian clergyman who became a UFW supporter while in seminary and continued support as a campus pastor. - John R. Moyer
A United Church of Christ clergyman who served on the staff of the UCC Board of Homeland Ministries and represented them on the Board of the National Farm Worker Ministry. Was a key figure in generating national support for the UFW in his denomination. - Richard Norberg – Part 1 – Part 2
The Rev. Dr. Richard Norberg was appointed Conference Minister of the Northern California Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC) in 1960. The UCC was a new denomination formed in 1957 from the Congregational Church and the Evangelical Reform Church. The Conference included the three hundred mile long San Joaquin Valley where much of the strike activity took place. Dr. Norberg’s support for the National Farm Worker Ministry and for some of his own staff, tested the new denomination’s resilience. - Walter Press
Rev. Walter Press, a UCC clergyman who was Associate Conference Minister for the Northern California Conference of the United Church of Christ and former chair of California Migrant Ministry Commission. He was Dr. Norberg’s Associate. He came out of the more conservative Evangelical Reform denomination, but was a staunch advocate for social justice. - Fred Ross
Founder of Community Service Organization and mentor to Cesar Chavez. A master organizer. - Marilyn Rudy, CSJ
A Sister of St. Joseph of Carondolet, a socially progressive order. Sr. Marilyn was among the strong farmworker supporters in the community. - Augie Vandenbosche – Part 1 – Part 2
Presbyterian clergyman who, as the Director of the Florida Migrant Ministry, brought it into full cooperation with the National Farm Worker Ministry. He moved the FMM from a service organization to advocacy for workers organizing, a natural transition for Augie to make as a long-time southern labor supporter. - Gertrude Welch
Was an active volunteer with the Council of Churches. Was one of Chris Hartmire’s key contacts in San Jose for years. - Winthrop Yinger
Rev. Win Yinger is a United Church of Christ clergyman. In the early 1960s he was the newly called pastor of the Congregational Church in Arvin, California in the southern end of the San JoaquinValley. After the Grape Strike began in 1965, Win tried to open dialogue about issues surrounding the strike. In this interview he tells the story of what happened and how it affected the rest of his life.
Artist Carlos David Almaraz Interview: 1973 UFW Convention Mural – 1986
La Paz: United Farm Worker Community Meetings – 1987/1988
5 Audio Tapes – Moderator: Chris Hartmire
May 1, 1987 – Chris Hartmire, Moderator
March 4, 1988 – Chris Hartmire, Moderator
California State University Northridge (CSUN): Farmworker Movement Oral History Project – 1995
Introduction | Credits 12 Interviews: | Doug Adair | Roberto Bustos | Bill Chandler | LeRoy Chatfield | Richard Chavez | Gilbert Flores | Chris Hartmire | Nick Jones | Daneen Montoya | Maria Saludado Magana | Antonia Saludado | Joe Serda |
- Adair, Doug – tape 1 – tape 2 – tape 3 – tape 4 – tape 5
- Bustos, Roberto – tape 1
- Chandler, Bill – tape 1 – tape 2 – tape 3
- Chatfield, LeRoy – tape 1
- Chavez, Richard – tape 1 – tape 2 – tape 3 – tape 4 – tape 5 – tape 6
- Flores, Gilbert – tape 1 – tape 2
- Hartmire, Chris – tape 1 – tape 2
- Jones, Nick – tape 1 – tape 2
- Montoya, Daneen – tape 1 – tape 2
- Saludado de Magana, Maria – tape 1 – tape 2 – tape 3
- Saludado, Antonia – tape 1 – tape 2
- Serda, Joe – tape 1 – tape 2
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Co-Founder of El Teatro Campesino: Interview & Music (30+ minutes) – Interview by Janis Peterson; production and edit by Abby Flores Rivera. Studio work: Double D Music (Prather, CA) & Sal Navarro Recording Studio (Fresno, CA)
Mary Kambic Oral History Project: UFW Pittsburgh Boycott 1967-1970
Interviews with religious, labor, community activists about UFW boycott and Al Rojas family. | Father Jack O’Malley | Molly Rush | Jim Scardina | Florence Black | Cary Lund | Russell Gibbons |
Paradigm Productions Farmworker Movement Interviews – 1995/1996
Linda Chavez | Pete Velasco | Mike Ybarra | Arturo Rodriguez | Dolores Huerta | Richard Chavez | Cardinal Roger Mahony | David Ronquillo | Paul
Schrade | Bert Corona | Kathy & Lupe Murguia | Fred Abad | Adelina Gurola | Jessie DeLaCruz | Ben Maddock | Jerry Brown | Fred Ross Jr. | Herman Gallegos | Jerry Cohen | Sabino Lopez | Pete
Maturino | Bill Grammi | Rita Chavez Medina | Chris Hartmire | LeRoy Chatfield | Al Rojas | Daryl Arnold | Lionel Steinberg | Marion Moses | Juanita
Brown | Dorothy Coyle | Paul Chavez | Marta Rodriguez | Jessica Govea | Luis Valdez | Ethel Kennedy | Monsignor George Higgins
- LINDA CHAVEZ – PETE VELASCO
- MIKE YBARRA
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZ
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZ – DOLORES HUERTA
- DOLORES HUERTA
- DOLORES HUERTA – RICHARD CHAVEZ
- RICHARD CHAVEZ
- CARDINAL ROGER MAHONY
- DAVID RONQUILLO
- PAUL SCHRADE Part 1 | Part 2
- BERT CORONA
- ABELINA GUROLA
- JESSIE DE LA CRUZ
- BEN MADDOCK
- JERRY BROWN- FRED ROSS JR.
- FRED ROSS JR. Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
- HERMAN GALLEGOS
- JERRY COHEN
- JERRY COHEN – SABINO LOPEZ
- PETE MATURINO
- BILL GRAMMI Part 1 | Part 2
- RITA CHAVEZ MEDINA
- CHRIS HARTMIRE Part 1 | Part 2
- CHRIS HARTMIRE – LEROY CHATFIELD
- LEROY CHATFIELD
- AL ROJAS – Part 1 | Part 2
- DARYL ARNOLD
- LIONEL STEINBERG
- ETHEL KENNEDY
- MONSIGNOR GEORGE HIGGINS
- MARION MOSES – JUANITA BROWN
- DOROTHY COYLE – PAUL CHAVEZ
- RICHARD CHAVEZ – MARTA RODRIGUEZ – JESSICA GOVEA
- JESSICA GOVEA – LUIS VALDEZ
Paradigm Productions Interview Transcripts – 1995/1996
- Fred Abad
- Daryl Arnold
- Jerry Brown
- Juanita Brown
- LeRoy Chatfield
- Linda Chavez Rodriguez
- Jerry Cohen
- Bert Corona
- Dorothy Coyle
- Jessie De la Cruz
- Fight in the Fields Interviews
- Herman Gallegos
- Jessica Govea
- Bill Grami
- Teofilo and Adelina Gurola
- Chris Hartmire
- Dorothy Healey
- Monsignor George Higgins
- Dolores Huerta (Recovered)
- Ethel Kennedy
- Sabino Lopez
- Sabino Lopez (Converted)
- Ben Maddock
- Roger Mahoney
- Pete Maturino
- Rita Medina
- Lupe & Cathy Murgia
- Marta Rodriguez
- Artie Rodriguez
- David Ronquillo
- Fred Ross Jr.
- Paul Schrade
- Luis Valdez
- Pete Velasco
- Mike Ybarra
Paradigm Productions Farmworker Movement Archive 1995/1996
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Interview With Filmmakers, Ray Telles & Rick Tejada-Flores of Paradigm Productions – 2009
Bob Hatton Oral History Archive: Delano Grape Strikers – 2005
4 Interviews: | Gilbert Padilla | Yolanda Barrera | Jesus Marin & Rico Barrera | Roberto Bustos | Transcript: Barrera Brothers Interview
Agustin Lira: Music & Interview by Abby Flores Rivera/Jan Peterson – 2005
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Terry Scott Interviews Jon Lewis UFW Photographer 1966/1968 – 2006
Play Interview 38 minutes
Elaine Elinson UFW Boycott Volunteer: KPFA Interview & Readings – 2006
Play 30 minutes
Ray Telles/Rick Tejada-Flores Farmworker Movement Interviews – 2006
8 Interviews | Lorraine Agtang-Greer | Yolanda Barrera | LeRoy Chatfield | Jerry Cohen | Andy Imutan | Marcos Muñoz | Paul Schrade | Luis Valdez |
LeRoy Chatfield: Introduction
- Lorraine Agtang-Greer: Part 1 (29 minutes) – Part 2 (9 minutes)
- Yolanda Barrera: Part 1 (27 minutes) – Part 2 (32 minutes) – Part 3 (14 minutes)
- LeRoy Chatfield: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3
- Jerry Cohen: Part 1 – Part 2
- Andy Imutan: Part 1 – Part 2
- Marcos Muñoz: Part 1 – Part 2
- Paul Schrade: Part 1 – Part 2
- Luis Valdez: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4
LeRoy Chatfield Interviews Esther Uranday Delano Grape Striker and UFW Volunteer 1965-2008
127 minutes
Discussion: “Cesar Chavez 1968 Fast for Nonviolence” – 2008
Panelists: | Jerry Cohen | Abby Flores Rivera | Chris Hartmire | Esther Uranday | LeRoy Chatfield |
115 minutes
Paul Schrade Oral History Transcript (1996) – 2009
Marshall Ganz: Oral History Interview by LeRoy Chatfield – 2009
ORAL HISTORY LINKS – FARMWORKER MOVEMENT
Pancho Medrano – Born October 2, 1920, in Dallas, Texas. Francisco F. Medrano, known as Pancho Medrano, was an official for the United Auto Workers. He was active in local politics in Dallas, Texas, and supported the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee efforts in Texas and California. He was also well-known as a Mexican heavyweight boxing champion.
Don Watson – Don Watson, the focus of this month’s oral history, was a CP member between 1948 and 1956. One would be hard pressed to find a more dedicated adherent to the cause of labor. Watson retired from ship clerks Local 34 in 1993 after years of activist work for the ILWU and other unions, including the Marine Cooks and Stewards (MCS) in the early 1950s and the United Farm Workers (UFW) in the 1960s and 1970s. Today he is still helping the ILWU by assisting with the union’s lobbying program at the California state capitol.
1966 Virgin Banner: March to Sacramento – Our last story explores the birth of a major American labor and cultural movement. It’s March 17, 1966. On a cold winter morning, a small group of mostly Mexican and Mexican-American farm workers set out by foot from Delano, California, to the state capitol in Sacramento. Their goal: to gain public support for their struggle to end over a hundred years of exploitation of. At first, few people take notice. But as the marchers passed through town after town, they picked up more and more supporters… and national more attention. Twenty-five days, and 350 grueling miles later, they reached the steps of the state capitol, ten thousand people strong. What started as a tiny group of largely ignored day laborers has grown into a powerful movement that captures the nation’s attention. Their leader, César Chávez, becomes a household name. The march marked a pivotal moment in American labor history, and the birth of a Latino cultural and political movement. Leading the way is a banner that hasn’t been seen since. Over 30 years later, a woman from San Francisco believes this beautiful banner led the famous 1966 march. If she’s right, then it’s not only an artifact from a celebrated labor struggle, but also the symbolic focus of the emergence of Chicanos in American history. Vicki Vertiz came across the banner at San Francisco State University Labor Archives. In 1994, she joined another march commemorating César Chávez’s life and legacy.
EL TEATRO CAMPESINO: “Mundo Mata” – Introduction by Luis Valdez, performed in San Juan Bautista/May 2001. Premier performance in El Paso Texas (1976). Run-time: 2.27 Language: In English, with some Spanish. Synopsis: It is the summer of 1973, and the United Farm Workers are fighting for their lives. Led by Cesar Chavez, a march comes to Burlap, California, a fictional tank town in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. This is the background for playwright, director and El Teatro Campesinos founder Luis Valdez vintage classic, Mundo Mata a period piece that exposes the raw realities of life in a small farmworker town. As part of an epic struggle to achieve victory in union elections among ranches up and down the state, the campaign in Burlap brings together two brothers and pulls them apart. One is Bullet Mata, who returns to his old hometown for the first time in twelve years; the other, his older brother Mundo, a Vietnam veteran. Bullet is a college dropout, turned Chavista sworn to non-violence. Mundo is a drug dealer, secretly hired by two growers to stop Chavez. While the issue of violence versus non-violence becomes a personal matter between the two brothers, Mundo Mata also resonates within a larger landscape of the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. What if Cesar Chavez had been assassinated in 1973? Would history remember him differently? These are some of the questions implied in this gritty drama about the farmworkers struggle for justice. Mundo Mata premiered in 1976 in El Paso, Texas in the Chamizal Theater on the borderline with Juarez, Mexico. After being retired, the play was revived, rewritten and restaged, as documented in this 2001 production.
Raul Trejo: “Dedicado a la Memoria Trabajo y Legado de Cesar Chavez” – A four minute U-Tube video. Presentation with music, quotations from Cesar Chavez, and some excellent photos of a relaxed and confident Chavez. (Spanish).