Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee records, 1959-1966.

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Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee records, 1959-1966.

Correspondence, clippings, reports, press releases, memoranda, newsletters, notes, and other materials relating to AWOC.

15.5 linear ft. (31 boxes)

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