Records are comprised of the files of Shirley Swallow, chair of the Fort Worth boycott, and Luis Melendez, Fort Worth representative of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Materials include correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, lists of supporters, flyers, programs, agendas, resolutions, handouts, stamps, questionnaires, bumper sticker, photographs, and negatives. Present are the newsletters of the Committee: Boycott Voice, UFWOC Fort Worth Boycott Newsletter, and Huelga News, along with newsletters from other similar groups across the country. Materials pertain to the farm workers strike, boycotting and picketing activities and instruction, labor legislation, and the 1969 visit to Fort Worth by Cesar Chavez.
Finding aid available here. Materials provided by Special Collections and Archives at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Finding aid available here. Materials provided by Special Collections and Archives at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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