Essays by Author
Book Cover Design by Susan Due Pearcy
The essays are arranged in chronological order, according to the author’s years of service in the farmworker movement. No essay submitted to the Documentation Project was rejected, and none were edited for content, length, voice or tone.
To access an essay, please click on the headings with an x next to the title. That will display the list of essays. Then click on the author’s name to launch a pdf. To read a short bio sketch about the author, please use the link to access Author Bios.
Essays by UFW Volunteers (212)
These essays – written by farmworker strikers and outside volunteers – are first hand accounts by those who helped to build the farmworker movement.
1960s (74)
- David Havens 1962-1966
- Sandy Clark Sample 1962-1967
- Susan Samuels Drake 1962-1973
- Jim Drake 1962 – 1978
- Gilbert Padilla 1962-1980
- Wayne “Chris” Hartmire 1962 – 1989
- Wendy Brooks 1963 – 1967
- LeRoy Chatfield 1963-1973
- Jose Guadalupe Murguia 1963-1991
- Jessie De La Cruz 1964-1993
- Jim Holland 1965 – 1967
- Ida Cousino 1965 – 1967
- Ed Frankel 1965-1968
- Bonnie Burns Chatfield 1965-1973
- Andy Imutan 1965-1974
- Donna Haber Kornberg 1965-1968 1970-1975
- Helen Serda 1965-1975
- Doug Adair 1965-1971 1975-1977
- Rudy Reyes 1965 – 1980
- Maria Saludado Magana 1965-1980
- Kathy Lynch Murguia 1965-1983
- Alfredo Figueroa 1965 – 1979
- Abby Flores Rivera 1965-1970 1972-1979 1986
- Humberto Gomez 1965-1989
- Kate Munger 1966
- John A. Kouns 1966
- Mary Lou Watson 1966-1968
- Frances Ryan 1966-1968
- Ed Chiera 1966-1969
- Juanita Brown 1966-1970
- Jerry Brown 1966-1970
- Ken Leap 1966 – 1972
- Jim Leap 1966-1972
- Hope Lopez Fierro 1966-1974
- J.M. “Pancho” Botello 1966-1974
- Nancy Kleiber 1966-1975
- Gene Boutilier 1966-1971 1974 1976
- Karen Boutilier Kendall 1966-1971
- Nick Jones 1966 – 1976
- Rosemary Matson 1966-1977
- Carlos and Linda LeGerrette 1966-1978
- David Brooks 1967
- Fred Hirsch 1967 – 1968
- Raven Lidman aka Candi Clarke 1967-1968
- Liz (Taylor) Keogh 1967-1969
- Mark R. Day 1967 – 1970
- Rudy Ahumada 1967-1971
- Virginia Rodriguez 1967-1976
- Joanne (Edelson) Honigman 1968
- Mike Miller 1968-1969
- David Averbuck 1968-1970
- Mark Silverman 1968-1970
- Julie Greenfield 1968 – 1971
- Gloria Serda Rodriguez 1968-1972
- Daneen Montoya 1968-1973
- Ernie Powell 1968 – 1973
- Hijinio Rangel 1968 – 1973
- Mike Rosenthal 1968-1973
- Rey Huerta 1968 – 1975
- Elaine Elinson 1968-1969 1974-1976
- Patrick Bonner 1968-1973 1976 – 1980
- Maria Rifo 1968 – 1980
- Alfredo Vazquez 1968 – 1981
- Lucia Vazquez 1968 – 1981
- Janis Peterson 1968 – 1990
- Mary Kambic 1969
- Elizabeth (Liz) Farnsworth 1969-1970
- Chuck Farnsworth 1969-1972
- Kevin M. Brown 1969 – 1973
- Lilli Sprintz 1969-1974
- Jerry Kay 1969 – 1975
- Jim Cassell 1969 1971- 1976
- Hub Segur 1969-1973 1987-1989
- Barbara Macri-Ortiz 1969-1990
1970s (133)
- Maria Fuentes 1970
- Anne Rosenzweig 1970-1971
- Michael Johnston 1970- 1971
- Jeff Fromberg 1970 – 1972
- Andres Gonzalez 1970 – 1972
- Al (Mascarenas) Lucero 1970-1973
- Harriet Teller 1970 – 1973
- Bill Carder 1970 – 1974
- Joanne Carder 1970 – 1974
- Sandra Cate 1970 – 1974
- Ruben Montoya 1970-1974
- Kathy (Olguin) Smoot 1970 – 1974
- Nonie Fuller (Lomax) Graddy 1970 – 1975
- Patty (Proctor) Park 1970 – 1975
- Pat Hoffman 1970 – 1975
- Khati Hendry 1970-1971 1974 – 1975
- Fred Ross, Jr. 1970-1976
- Nancy Welch Ryan 1970 – 1976
- Brien Kinkel 1970-1976
- George Sheridan 1970-1978
- Tasha Doner 1970-1972 1976-1978
- Richard Ybarra 1970-1975 1980-1982
- Marco Lopez 1970 1973-1974 1977-1981
- Danny Ybarra 1970-1984
- Oscar Mondragon 1970-1990
- Laurel Reiner 1971
- Flo Kelly 1971-1972
- Patrick Deagen 1971 – 1973
- Georgiann Lyga 1971-1973
- Graciela Cisneros 1971-1973
- Joel Glick 1971-1973
- Pilar Pedersen 1971-1973
- Ken and Diana Tittle 1971-1973
- Jackie (Brown) Davis 1971-1974
- Ramon Romero 1971 – 1974
- Mary Sheehan 1971 – 1974
- Encinas/Esparza Family 1971-1974
- Nancy Hickey Hughes 1971 – 1976
- Hugh Tague 1971-1976
- Elizabeth Hernandez 1971-1977
- Pearl McGivney 1971 – 1977
- Dan Murphy 1971 – 1977
- Margaret Murphy 1971-1977
- Joe Digman 1971-1977
- Jerry Ryan 1971-1977
- Larry Tramutola 1971- 1981
- Roberto De La Cruz 1971-1991
- Nancy Quigley 1972-1973
- Jack Quigley 1972-1973
- David Grabill 1972-1973
- Richard Gagan 1972 – 1973
- Jane (Kiely) Yett 1972-1973
- Claire Walter Montoya 1972 – 1974
- Steven Burton 1972 – 1975
- Robbie Jaffe 1972 – 1975
- Susan Due Pearcy 1972 – 1975
- Glen Pearcy 1972 – 1975
- Martha Diepenbrock 1972-1976
- Nancy Elliott 1972-1976
- Andy Coe 1972-1974 1976
- Mark Pitt 1972 – 1977
- Bob Thompson 1972-1978
- Aggie Rose Chavez 1972-1977 1980
- Barbara G. Cook, M.D. 1972 – 1983
- Richard B. Cook 1972-1983
- Ellen Eggers 1972-1987
- Tina Solinas 1972 – 1989
- Gilbert Rodriguez 1972 – 1993
- Bob & Liz Maxwell 1973
- Barbara Rhine 1973
- David Stump 1973-1974
- Christine Schenk 1973 – 1975
- Paul Carrillo 1973 – 1976
- Kate Colwell 1973 – 1976
- Bob Barber 1973-1976
- Barbara (Carroll) Tuttle 1973-1977
- Barry Winograd 1973 – 1977
- Cathy Christian 1973-1977
- Bill Monning 1973-1978
- Eddie Cuellar 1973 – 1978
- Marc Sapir 1973-1978
- Carol Schoenbrunn Lambiase 1973-1979
- Joe Tobin, C.Ss.R. 1973-1980
- Stephanie Bower 1973 – 1984
- Terry (Vasquez) Scott 1973-1988
- Chris Schneider 1973-1989
- Father Ken Irrgang 1973-1989
- Bill Berkowitz 1974
- Dan Lavery 1974-1975
- Helmut Zingsem-Eick 1974 – 1975
- Mary Sanchez, 1974-1975
- Despie (Fausch) Bonadies 1974 – 1976
- Patty Teufel 1974 -1976
- Peter Baird 1974 -1976
- Julie Kerksick 1974 -1977
- John Gardner 1974 – 1977
- Carolyn Kristensen Purcell 1974 -1977
- Thomas Nagle 1974 – 1977
- Mike Lacinak 1974 – 1978
- David Koehler 1974 – 1978
- Daniel Boone 1974 – 1978
- Dick Wiesenhahn 1974 – 1979
- Deborah Miller 1974-1986
- Ken Schroeder 1974 – 1989
- Mary Mecartney 1974 – 1993
- Rick Longinotti 1975 – 1976
- Robert Datz 1975 – 1976
- Nancy Carleton 1975 -1976
- Bob Johnson 1975 – 1977
- Kevin O’Connor 1975 – 1977
- Peter Jones 1975 – 1977
- Jeff Sweetland 1975 – 1978
- Ellen M. Starbird 1975 – 1979
- Kate Johangten 1975 – 1979
- Beth Gery 1975 – 1980
- Alberto Escalante 1975-1977 1985-1987
- Frances Smith 1975 – 1989
- Dolores Velasco 1975 – 1993
- Kathy Jenkins 1976-1977
- Dan Willett 1976 – 1977
- Crosby Milne 1976 – 1978
- Gary Guthman 1976 – 1978
- Angie Fa 1976 1979
- Wren Atilano Bradley 1976 – 1979
- Steve Jones 1976 – 1977 1979 – 1980
- Caren Jacobson 1976 – 1980
- Jean Eilers 1976-1981
- Mark Sharwood 1976 – 1982
- Rosemary Cooperrider 1977 – 1979
- Verne Cooperrider 1977 – 1979
- Victoria H. Lopez 1977 – 1981
- Steve Matchett 1978 – 1981
- Karen (Schlossman) Castle 1978- 1979
1980s (5)
Other Essays (84)
These essays or reprints provide commentary about Cesar Chavez and his farmworker movement. Writers include: UFW volunteers and a reporter, priest, theologian, filmmaker, academic, and legal scholar.
- Dick Meister, “UFW: News, Commentary, & Analysis” 1965 – 2008
- Luis Valdez, “The Plan of Delano” 1966
- Paul Jacobs, “Clear Away The Dignitaries!” 1966
- Edgar Z. Friedenberg, “Another America” 1966
- Robert McAfee Brown, “Introduction: La Causa” 1968
- Lincoln Richardson, “Cesar Chavez” Presbyterian Life 1968
- Peter Matthiessen, Organize – II” 1969
- Rev. John Bank, “Cesar Chavez: What He Now Wants For Farm Workers” 1971
- Pat Hoffman, “Eleven Published Farmworker Articles” 1971 – 1989
- Father Juan Romero, “UFW Civil Disobedience Campaign” 1973
- Fred Ross, “History of Farmworker Movement” 1974
- Father Juan Romero, “Ministry to Farm Workers 1974”
- Richard B. Cook, “Two Essays: Farmworkers” – 1984
- John Hubner, “Cesar Chavez: Is Anyone Following The Leader?” 1984
- George Nee, “Chavez Was Right!” 1984
- Richad A. Garcia, “Cesar Chavez: A Personal and Historical Testimony” – 1994
- A.V. Krebs, “Commentary: Honoring Cesar Chavez” (The Agribusiness Examiner) 2003
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Proposition 22 Campaign 1972” – 2004
- Maria Saludado Magana, “1960’s: Working Table Grapes” 2004
- Louis Campos, “1961: Cesar Chavez Thought About The People” 2004
- Chris Hartmire, “Embedded in the Farmworkers Movement” 2004
- Mark Jonathan Harris, “On the film, Making Huelga” 2005
- Dan LaBotz, “A UFW Supporter 1966” 2005
- A.V. Krebs, “In Memoriam: John Ralph Duggan” 2005
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Clerical Prophet: Father Joseph Biltz 1968” 2005
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Thirteen Cesar Chavez Essays” 2005
- Jennifer Gordon, “Law Review: UFW Legal Strategy 1960’s-1970’s” 2005
- Richard Ybarra, “Legacy of Cesar Chavez” 2006
- Laura Duggan, “Conversations With Maria Rifo” 2006
- Larry Tramutola, “Farmworker Movement 1975-1980” 2006
- Duane Campbell, “The United Farm Workers in Sacramento 1972-1977” 2006
- Mike Miller, “The Farmworkers and Their Allies In the Early to Mid-1960’s” 2006
- Rees Lloyd, “Lessons from the Life of a Great American: Cesar Chavez” 2007
- Abby F. Rivera, “Gustavo Romero aka Compis” 2007
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Commentary: Philip Vera Cruz” 2007
- Marco Lopez, “La Pinta Mountains 1978” 2008
- Elaine Elinson, “How UFW Lupe Murgia Changed California Law” 2008
- Jerry Cohen, “Gringo Justice” 2008
- Ronald A. Wells, “Cesar Chavez’s Protestant Allies” 2009
- Susan Samuels Drake, “Melanie Orendain” 2009
- Jorge Mariscal, “Cesar and Martin, March ’68” – 2009
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Commentary: The Union of Their Dreams” – 2009
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Twenty Sidebars” 2009
Poetry (3)
This poetry section is a welcome addition to the Documentation Project and will certainly be expanded in future updates.
Manuscripts (6)
This section is devoted to as-yet-unpublished journals, memoirs and dissertations relating to some aspect of the farmworker movement.
- Pat Hoffman: Ministry of the Dispossessed
- John Moore Manuscript: Glide Memorial Church 1962-1966
- Maria Rifo & Laura Duggan, A Children’s Book: “Tu También Puedes” 2003
- A.V. Krebs Manuscript: “La Causa 1965-1968” 2005
- John Duggan Manuscript: Autobiography 1915-2005
- Timothy Bowman, “What About Texas? The Forgotten Cause of Antonio Orendain” 2005
- LeRoy Chatfield, “Cesar 1968” 2009
Books Out-of-Print (14)
The text of these out-of-print books is provided here solely for non-profit educational, historical and research purposes.. Any unauthorized commercial use of this material is prohibited.
- Eugene Nelson, “Huelga! The First Hundred Days of the Great Delano Grape Strike” 1966
- John Gregory Dunne, “Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike” 1967
- Jon Lewis, “From This Earth” 1969
- Joan London & Henry Anderson, “So Shall Ye Reap: The Story of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers” 1971
- Mark Day, “Forty Acres: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers” 1971
- Ralph De Toledano, “Little Cesar” 1971
- Winthrop Yinger, “Cesar Chavez: The Rhetoric of Nonviolence” 1975
- Sam Kushner, “Long Road To Delano” 1975
- Ronald B. Taylor, “Chavez and the Farm Workers” 1975
- Dick Meister & Anne Loftis, “Long Time Coming” 1977
- Linda C. Majka & Theo J. Majka, “Farm Workers, Agribusiness, And The State” 1982
- Pat Hoffman, “Ministry of the Dispossessed” 1987
- Fred Ross, “Conquering Goliath” 1989
- Victor Salandini, “The Confessions of the Tortilla Priest” 1992
Appendices (15)
A catch-all category for historical papers or reprints relating to Cesar Chavez and his farmworker movement.
- Jack London: Definition of a Strikebreaker c.1900
- Farm Labor Organizing 1905-1967 – A Brief History
- U.S. Senate Proposed Farm Labor Amendments 1965
- NFWA Picket Rules 1965
- Religious Leaders Statement Delano Grape Strike 1965
- Fr. James Vizzard – National Catholic Rural Life Conference 1965
- California Church Council Statement: Delano Grape Strike 1966
- Recognition Agreement NFWA & Schenley Industries 1966
- John V. Moore: Fact-Finding Report To Methodists August 1968
- ALRB First Annual Report – 1975-1977
- Ernesto Galarza Oral History Transcript 1977
- Jerry Cohen, UFW: 1967-1979, “UFW Must Get Back To Organizing” (Los Angeles Times) 1986
- Marion Moses 1965 -1971 1983-1986 (The Catholic Worker)
- Marshal Ganz 1965-1981 (Harvard University Thesis)
- “Farmworker Movement Cookbook” 1970s
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