Fred Ross papers, 1920-2003
- Physical description
- 25 linear feet (48 boxes, 1 map folder)
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M0812 HALF BOX 19A | In-library use |
M0812 MAP FOLDER 49 | In-library use |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Ross, Fred, 1910-1992.
Contents/Summary
- Finding aid
- Finding aid available online
- Summary
- The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, subject files, press clippings, drafts, unpublished writing, photographs, and audiotapes.
Subjects
- Subjects
- Adler, John.
- Alinsky, Saul D., 1909-1972
- Bacar, Dan.
- Beachy, Bill.
- Brashear, Jenny.
- Burciaga, Dave.
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
- Coe, Andy.
- Cohen, Ellie.
- Costello, Greg.
- Deety, Joe.
- Donoughue, Chris.
- Dukes, Joe.
- Elliot, Nancey.
- Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-
- Ganley, Mike.
- Ganz, Marshall.
- Hagstrom, Warren.
- Hardie, Bob.
- Hartmire, Chris.
- Helstein, Ralph.
- Huerta, Dolores, 1930-
- Jones, Nick.
- Koeler, Dave.
- Lopez, Ignacio.
- Lyons, Mark.
- Macry, Barbara.
- Martinez, David.
- McCarthy, Mary.
- McGowan, Blain.
- Medina, Eliseo.
- Mendoza, Dolores.
- Mork, Ray.
- Munroy, Sol.
- Nava, Henry.
- Ortiz, Frank.
- Parcel, Bob.
- Pryner, Lois.
- Reilly, Clinton.
- Ríos, Tony.
- Rodrigo, John.
- Rodríguez, Arturo.
- Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005.
- Tarango, Hector.
- Tobin, Jo M.
- Tuck, Ruth.
- Wyler, Barbara.
- American Council on Race Relations.
- AFL-CIO.
- Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee.
- California Federation for Civic Unity.
- Central America Peace Education Training Project.
- Community Action Training Center.
- Community Service Organization.
- Guadalupe Organization, Inc.
- Industrial Areas Foundation.
- League of United Latin American Citizens.
- National Farm Worker Ministry (U.S.).
- National Farm Workers Association.
- Papua New Guinea. National Statistical Office.
- Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign.
- California. State Relief Administration.
- Survival Institute.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
- United Farm Workers.
- United States. War Relocation Authority.
- Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Organizing
- Labor > California.
- Mexican Americans.
- Labor unions > Organizing.
- Community organizing
Bibliographic information
- Earliest date
- 1920
- Latest date
- 2003
- Access
- Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms
- While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
- Source
- Purchased, 1995-2015; Gift, 2015.
- Note
- Stanford also holds the Community Service Organization History Project records (M1669).
- Note
- Fred W. Ross, Sr. was a community and labor organizer who fought racial prejudice and championed the rights of the working poor. During the Depression, Ross managed migrant labor camps for the Farm Security Administration. In the 1940s he helped Japanese American internees as part of the War Relocation Authority and also worked for the American Council on Race Relations. Beginning in 1947, Ross worked for Saul Alinsky and the Industrial Areas Foundation. With their support Ross established the first Community Service Organization in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. In 1952 he met Cesar Chavez, then a young man in San Jose, and hired him. Both men founded 22 CSO chapters throughout California in the 1950s. Ross continued with numerous labor organizing projects, most notably with California farmworkers, including the Giumarra strike of 1967, the grape boycott of 1968, the lettuce strikes of 1970 and 1973, and the Gallo wine boycott of 1973. In 1978 Ross directed Jerry Brown's campaign for governor. Ross died in 1992.