Welga Archive - Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies

Emma Abutin's Family

Photograph of Emma Abutin's parents

Tags: Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, ucdw_wa011_sg004_s003.1

Stockton Project - Memos

Internal research notes from Stockton Research Project members, regarding logistics, interview candidates, and plans for the Stockton Research Project

Tags: Asian American Studies, Balingit (Albert), Filipino American college students, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Galedo (Lillian), Little Manila, Mabalon, Stockton, University of California - Davis, wa004s004, Working class Filipino Americans

Stockton Project - Correspondence

Correspondences from Stockton Research Project members (particularly Lillian Galedo and Albert Balingit), including inquiries to libraries and archives, and members of the Filipino Community.

Tags: Asian American Studies, Balingit (Albert), Filipino American college students, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Galedo (Lillian), Little Manila, Mabalon, Stockton, University of California - Davis, wa004s004, Working class Filipino Americans

Filipino Organizations of Stockton, California

Interview Notes and descriptions from the Stockton Research Project's survey of Filipino American Organizations.

Tags: Asian American Studies, Balingit (Albert), Filipino American college students, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Galedo (Lillian), Little Manila, Mabalon, Stockton, University of California - Davis, wa004s004, Working class Filipino Americans

Panel Opening Remarks - Johnny Itliong

Opening statement by Johnny Itliong, commemorating the accomplishments of the Filipino strikers of the Delano Grape Strike, along with commemorating Dawn Mabalon

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Itliong (Larry), Mabalon (Dawn), wa0011sg004s001.1

Audio Tour Excerpt - Roger Gadiano

Brier statement by Roger Gadiano about Filipino migrants in Delano

Tags: Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa0011sg004s001.1

Audio Tour Excerpt - Alex Edillor

Brief excerpt by FANHS Delano president Alex Edillor, regarding Filipino migrant living conditions and student volunteers for Agbayani Village

Tags: Activism, Agbayani Village, Delano (Calif.), Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, the United Farm Workers, Third World Liberation Movement, Vera Cruz (Philip), Volunteers, wa0011sg004s001.1

Audio Tour Excerpt - Roger Gadiano and Johnny Itliong

Discussion regarding the start of the Delano Grape Strike and clarification between organizing committees and unions.

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Delano [CA], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Itliong (Larry), National Farm Workers Association, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, wa0011sg004s001.1

George Yanes' Mother

Photograph of George Yanes' Mother

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Yanes Family and Inlaws

Photograph of Yanes Family and Inlaws

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

George Yanes and Son

Photograph of George Yanes and Son

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Rachel Yanes

Photograph of Rachel Yanes

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Frank Croestamo, Cosmie Jinemo, and Friend

Photograph of Frank Croestamo, Cosmie Jinemo, and Friend

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Yanes Family in Front of Residence

Photograph of Yanes Family in Front of Residence

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Yanes Family in Front of Residence

Photograph of Yanes Family in Front of Residence

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Johnson Motors at Livermore, CA

Photograph of Johnson Motors at Livermore, CA

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Yanes Siblings with Family Car

Photograph of Yanes Siblings with Family Car

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Yanes Siblings at Labor Camp

Photograph of Yanes Siblings at Labor Camp

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Yanes Family

Yanes family photograph in front of family residence.

Tags: Filipino American, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Interracial marriage--Law and Legislation, Livermore [CA]

Oral History Interview with Laura and Jeanette Morgan

Tags: Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Livermore - Calif., Mixed Marriage, Race Discrimination - United States, Women - Filipino American

Bonta (Cynthia) Oral History Interview

Oral History Interview with Cynthia Bonta, mother of Assemblymen Rob Bonta

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Delano Calif, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike Calif 1965-1970, Itliong - Larry, Labor union welfare funds Retirees, United Farm Workers United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Vera Cruz - Philip

Philip Vera Cruz Oral History

Oral History Transcript for interview with Philip Vera Cruz

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee [AWOC], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, United Farm Workers, Vera Cruz [Phillp], wa003s003

The Farmworker's Champion, Larry Itliong Day 2017

Photograph of "The Farm Worker's Champion" by Dick Meister. Originally copy housed at the University of California's Farm Worker Movement Documentary Project collection

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa003s004

Philip Vera Cruz Print, Larry Itliong Day 2017

Print of Philip Vera Cruz

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa003s004

"El Cortito", Larry Itliong Day 2017

Print of Filipino Worker on lettuce field using "El Cortito," a short-handed hoe.

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa003s004

Front Stage, Larry Itliong Day 2017

Photograph Display of Itliong, Vera Cruz, and "El Cortito," Larry Itliong Day 2017

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa003s004

Allan Jason Sarmiento, Larry Itliong Day 2017

Allan Jason Sarmiento, Welga Project Archivist

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa003s004

Patty Enrado, Larry Itliong Day 2017

Patty Enrado, author of "A Village in the Fields"

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, wa003s004

Wheel Barrow, Hand Clippers, Asparagus Hoe

Wheel Barrow (Model used in 70's to 80's) - Used to carry the drumming boxes of grapes to the packer at the front of the row; Hand Clippers - Used to harvest grapes or cut leaves; Asparagus Hoe - Used to harvest asparagus spears

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Pruners

Pruners - Used for cutting the grape vines durin winter

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Wheel Barrow and Pruners

Pruners - Used for cutting the grape vines durin winter; Wheel Barrow (used in Late 60's to 70's) Used to carry the drumming boxes of grapes to the packer at the front of the row.

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Girdler Knife

Girdler Knife - Used to Make a complete cut around the trunk of a vine to help increase berry size and uniformity.

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Twine Knife

Twine Knife - Used to cut the twine after tying a grape vine to the wire.

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Wheel Barrow, Twine Knife, Girdler Knife

Twine Knife - Used to cut the twine after tying a grape vine to the wire; Girdler Knife - Used to Make a complete cut around the trunk of a vine to help increase berry size and uniformity; Wheel Barrow (Model used in Late 60's to 70's) - Used to…

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Short Handled Hoe "El Cortito"

Agricultural tool used to thin or weed.

Tags: agricultural tools, Delano [California], Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers

Strike Support Heightens Split in Filipino Ranks

Articles details split between unionized Filipinos and non-unionized Filipinos during the early years of the Delano Grape Strike

Tags: 1965-1970, Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Calif., Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike, wa0008S2

The Union Makes Us Strong

Article detailing the history of the United Farm Workers and its relationship between FIlipino Americans and other ethnic groups.

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike 1965-1970, Labor unions, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, wa004s001

Pilipinos, Most Exploited - Chavez

Ang Pilipino interview with Cesar Chavez, explaining the struggle of Filipino Americans

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Cesar Chavez, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike, Labor unions, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, wa004s001

Agbayani Village, A Haven For Retirees

Brief history of the retiree community at Agbayani Village

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike, Labor union welfare funds, Retirees, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, wa004s001

Unionization Among Pilipino Agricultural Workers

Filipino American Labor history during the 1930s to the 1950s

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (CAWIU), Filipino American Labor Association (FALA), Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Filipino Labor Union Incorporated (FLUI), Trade Union Unity League (TUUL), wa004s001

Ang Katipunan, December 15, 1973

Ang Katipunan Dec 15-31, 1973 Vol. 1 No 4 (ASA 100 1973)_1.jpg

Bi-Weekly Newspaper edition, topics ranging from the Marcos Regime, Agbayani village, and Alaskan cannery discrimination lawsuits.

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Cannery workers--Labor unions, Ferdinand, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Japanese Americans--Civil Rights Japanese Americans-History, Marcos, Retirees, Student movements, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, wa004s001

Agbayani Village Volunteers

Volunteers from Los Angeles and the Bay Area help construct the Agbayani Village Retirement Home

Tags: Agbayani Village Delano Grape Strike, Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Labor union members, Labor union welfare funds, Retirees, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, wa002s002

Willie Barrientos

UFW Manong

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Labor union members, Labor union welfare funds, Retirees, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, wa002s002

"A History of Filipino Immigration to the U.S."

A comprehensive history of Filipino Immigration waves, from the 1930s to the 1990s.

Tags: Cannery workers, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, United States Army and World War II, United States--Emigration and Immigration, wa002s004

Filipino Workers Must Ask Higher Wages

Frontpage article of the Three Starts, which includes articles regarding wage increases for Filipino American farmworkers

Tags: Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Labor union members, Stockton (Calif.), wa002s004

Philip Vera Cruz Oral History Transcript, Interview 2

Oral history interview of Philip Vera Cruz, conducted by Linda Mabalot. Vera Cruz accounts Filipino migrant labor patterns in Western United States, his own membership in the United Farm Workers, Agbayani Village, and Mexican-Filipino relations in…

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike Calif. 1965-1970, Labor unions, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, United States--Emigration and Immigration, wa002s001

Philip Vera Cruz Oral History Transcript, Interview 1

Oral history interview of Philip Vera Cruz, conducted by Linda Mabalot. Vera Cruz accounts Filipino migrant labor patterns in Western United States, along with his sentiments regarding the United Farm Workers.

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike Calif. 1965-1970, Labor unions, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, United States--Emigration and Immigration, wa002s001

Willie Barrientos Oral History Transcript, Interview 2

Oral history interview of Willie Barrientos, conducted by Linda Mabalot. Barrientos accounts Filipino migrant labor patterns in Western United States, his own membership in the United Farm Workers, Agbayani Village, and Mexican-Filipino relations in…

Tags: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers, Grape Strike Calif. 1965-1970, Labor unions, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, United States--Emigration and Immigration, wa002s001