Alfredo Chavez Montoya Papers 1930-1995 1950-1980

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Alfredo Chavez Montoya Papers 1930-1995 1950-1980

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The collection documents a half-century of labor organizing in the Southwestern United States and nationally, 1940s-1990s, with a primary focus on the Latino labor movement of the United States. The papers include the union activities of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, the AFL-CIO, the United Steelworkers of America, the Bracero Program, the Asociación Nacional Mexicano Americano, and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA).

27 boxes (25.6 cu. ft.) plus 1 oversize folder

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The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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AFL-CIO

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Asociación Nacional Mexicano Americano.

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Alfredo Chávez Montoya was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 18, 1921. His parents were both originally from rural communities in the central part of the state, and his father worked for the Kennecott Copper mines in Grant County, New Mexico in the 1920s and 30s. Alfredo Montoya graduated from high school in Silver City in 1941, after which he attended the University of New Mexico. At the end of his junior year, he took a summer job working for the Bracero Program, the fe...

International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers

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