Carlos Bulosan papers, 1914-1976 (bulk 1948-1956).

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Carlos Bulosan papers, 1914-1976 (bulk 1948-1956).

The Carlos Bulosan papers are composed of several accessions which contain originals and copies of manuscripts of Bulosan's writings (including prose, poetry and some plays) and correspondence, as well as clippings, ephemera, financial records, a single scrapbook, and yearbooks for Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), which Bulosan edited during the early 1950s.

4.68 cubic feet (7 boxes, 2 folders)17 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816525

University of Washington. Libraries

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Patrick, Josephine

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Mensalvas, Chris D., -1977

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Chris Delarna Mensalvas (1909-1978) immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in 1927. He became an important figure in the Filipino labor movements of the 1940s and '50s, organizing unions and initiating strikes for reasonable working conditions and fair wages for farm and cannery workers. Mensalvas was president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) Local 37 in Seattle -- the Filipino Alaska cannery workers union. He died in 1978. From the d...

Bulosan, Carlos

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Filipino American author, poet, migrant farm worker, and laborer; b. 1911; d. 1956. From the description of Carlos Bulosan papers, 1916-1956 ; (bulk 1948-1956). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28411230 Filipino-American writer, poet, and labor reformer Carlos Bulosan (1911-1956) was active in California and Washington State as an advocate for improving the conditions of migrant workers from the mid-1930s to mid-1940s, but is perhaps best known as the author of Am...