Joan Preiss papers, 1970-2006.

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Joan Preiss papers, 1970-2006.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503006559

Accession (2009-0279) includes Preiss's personal papers as well as organizational records from her role in the Triangle Friends of the United Farm Workers (TFUFW), the National Farmworker Ministry (NFWM), the Farmworker Ministry Commission, and the AFL-CIO's Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). Each of these organizations worked to improve the lives of farmworkers through unionizing, educating the public about the origins of food, and pressuring farms and companies through boycotts, petitions, and publicity. Includes materials from UFW campaigns and boycotts that Preiss helped organize in Durham, such as Campbell's, Gallo wines, Prime mushrooms, strawberries, Red Coach lettuce, California grapes, and Mt. Olive pickles. Includes publications and photographs from visits from labor organizers such as Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. Also present are materials from labor issues such as pesticide use, migrant education, the H-2 Workers program, child labor, slavery, and farmworker health.

40,500 items. (54.0 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7624027

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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