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Collection Number: 20317

Collection Title: Student Action with Farmworkers Collection, 1999-2003

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Size 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 560 items)
Abstract The collection contains documentary projects and corresponding fieldwork created between 1999 and 2003 by college students who completed Into the Fields internships conducted in North Carolina and South Carolina by Student Action with Farmworkers, a nonprofit organization. Oral history interviews, photographs, videos, audio recordings, and publications document the life stories and experiences of farmworkers, many of whom migrated from Mexico and Central America to the southeastern United States. Topics explored in the students' documentary projects include farmworkers' foodways, oral literature and storytelling, folklore, religious beliefs and practices, holiday traditions and celebrations, life in migrant worker camps, the labor movement, and traditional arts, crafts, music, and dance. Many items in the collection including transcriptions of oral history interviews are in Spanish.
Creator Student Action with Farmworkers (Organization : U.S.).
Curatorial Unit Southern Folklife Collection
Language English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Student Action with Farmworkers Collection #20317, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Melinda Wiggins, Executive Director of Student Action with Farmworkers, Durham, N.C., in June 2000 (Acc. 98661), March 2001 (Acc. 98884), and May 2002 (Acc. 99237). Addition received from Melinda Wiggins, Executive Director of Student Action with Farmworkers, Durham, N.C., in March 2003 (Acc. 99456). Website harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013 (Acc. 101948).
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Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1992 whose mission is "to bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each other's lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change." As one means of accomplishing this mission, SAF sponsors Into the Fields, a ten-week summer internship program for university students in North and South Carolina and from farmworking families nationwide. Between one-third and one-half of the interns are from farmworking families. All interns have at least a working knowledge of Spanish and many are bilingual. Students work full-time in migrant health centers, legal services, migrant education programs, policy agencies, and community and labor organizing groups in North and South Carolina. As a means of reflecting upon their summer's experience, interns complete a documentary project, collecting oral histories and documenting folklife, art, music, and celebrations. These documentary projects include taped interviews, slides, and video recordings as well as field notes, transcripts, and final papers. From 1999-2001, a selection of the resulting analytical papers was published in an annual publication. Most of the interviews were conducted in Spanish, and much of the documentation and some of the papers are in Spanish.

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The Student Action with Farmworkers collection includes fieldwork documentation, audio tapes, slides, videos, papers analyzing the material collected, and printed publications with articles and photographs highlighting material generated by Into the Fields internship program projects between 1999 and 2003. New projects may be added in the future.

The documentary fieldwork focuses on farmworkers and their families in North Carolina and South Carolina. These farmworkers are primarily migrants from Mexico and Central America to the southeastern United States. The folklife documented includes foodways, traditional dance, art, and music, religious beliefs and practices, poetry, storytelling, life stories and experiences, labor camp life, and involvement in the labor movement. The interviews and transcripts are largely in Spanish, with some translation. Fieldwork documentation and analysis includes the fieldworkers' impressions and reactions and are mostly in English. The published material from 2000 and 2001 has side-by-side text in English and Spanish.

It appears that some of the projects either have tapes missing or that the interviews were unrecorded. The projects differ in the amount and variety of documentation associated with them.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Documentation and Slides, 1999-2002.

About 520 items.

Arrangement: by year.

Material on the background of the Student Action with Farmworkers Into the Fields summer internship program and documentary project, the 1999-2003 student projects, published materials, and slides. The student projects are organized by project, as received. They are arranged alphabetically by the title of the project. If the subject is unclear from the title, a brief description follows in parentheses. In the case of untitled projects a few descriptive words follow "Untitled." Slides, from all projects that included them in their documentation are filed together, as received, in one folder per year.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. 1999.

About 150 items.

Topics of fieldwork projects for 1999 include labor camp life, storytelling, wedding traditions, Mexican holidays and festivals, oral histories, the labor movement, pinatas, Quincenera celebrations, ranchera and romantica songs, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and foodways. One of the publications in folder 16 includes all of the final papers, many of which are in Spanish, and a selection of photographs. Slides in folder 17 correspond to projects in folders 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and also include slides for which there is no corresponding fieldwork documentation or folder.

Folder 1

Overview

Folder 2

Dulce Herrara (labor camp life)

Folder 3

Entrevista con Vicente Rosales (storytelling)

Folder 4

Folklife Photography (wedding traditions)

Folder 5

La Reina del Pueblo (Mexican holidays and festivals)

Folder 6

Life on Easy Street (oral history)

Folder 7

Oral History: Jose Juan Zuniga and Manuel Deciga

Folder 8

Organizing: Past and Present (labor movement)

Folder 9

Pinatas

Folder 10

Quinceanera

Folder 11

Rancheras and Romanticas of Humberto Zapata Alviso

Folder 12

Silvia's Tamales

Folder 13

Untitled: Homelife photo documentation

Folder 14

Untitled: Wedding traditions

Folder 15

Virgin of Guadalupe

Folder 16

Publications

Folder 17

Slides

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About 130 items.

Topics of fieldwork projects for 2000 include folk art, folk dance, folk music, folk literature, baptism and three-year-old presentation, foodways, children's folklore, and religious beliefs. The publications in folder 31 include side-by-side bilingual, edited reports from both 1999 and 2000 fieldwork projects. The slides in folder 32 correspond to projects in folders 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and also include slides for which there is no corresponding fieldwork documentation or folder.

Folder 18

Overview

Folder 19

The Artesania of Nicacio Reyes Reina (folk art)

Folder 20

El Grupo Folklorico del Catedral del Sagrado Corazon (folk dance)

Folder 21

Faith Meets Tradition

Folder 22

Federico and his Guitar

Folder 23

Festival Foods and Music

Folder 24

Food for Thought

Folder 25

The Hold Religion Has

Folder 26

In Their Own Words: Children's Interpretations of Folklife

Folder 27

Maria Baltazar's Crocheting

Folder 28

Salvador Tovar (Mariachi)

Folder 29

Untitled: Foodways

Folder 30

Versos (children's folklore)

Folder 31

Publications

Folder 32

Slides

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About 120 items.

Topics of fieldwork projects for 2001 include traditional butchering, Quinceanera celebrations, folk art, folk music, foodways, religion, children's folklore, oral history, baptism and three-year-old presentation, folk dance, and folk literature. The publication in folder 46 includes side-by-side bilingual, polished and edited reports on a selection of fieldwork projects. The slides in folder 47 correspond to projects in folders 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45 and also include slides for which there is no corresponding fieldwork documentation or folder.

Folder 33

Overview

Folder 34

Carlos, matancero (butcher)

Folder 35

De Nina a Mujer (Quinceanera)

Folder 36

Documentary Project on Juan Flores, Belt Making

Folder 37

La Banda y La Realidad (folk music)

Folder 38

La Comida y La Familia Documentary (foodways)

Folder 39

A Man's Promise to the Virgin Mary

Folder 40

Mural

Folder 41

Nancy Williamson and Famiily Home (religion)

Folder 42

Narrative Story (oral history)

Folder 43

Third Birthday Celebration

Folder 44

Untitled: Dance

Folder 45

Untitled: Poetry

Folder 46

Publications

Folder 47

Slides

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About 120 items.

The thirteen documentary projects from the 2002 Into the Fields internships cover topics of folk dance, the traditional herbal teas of a curandera, folk art, woodworking, foodways, advocacy work, celebrations, religion, and folk music. In addition to the projects documenting the lives of migrant farmworkers, one of the 2002 projects features an interview with one of the interns, Maribel Salgado, a participant in Mexican folk dance traditions. All of the projects, except for "Por Ser Mojado" have slides associated with them, which are filed together in one folder. However, only a sampling of the slides taken appear to be included in the collection. A number of the projects appear to have tapes missing. Tape logs are included with the written documents if there is no accompanying audio recording. No publication was apparently made for the 2002 projects.

Folder 48

Overview

Folder 49

Alacran's Apprentice (folk art)

Folder 50

Art, Craft, and Design: Documentary Project on Jaime Gonzalez

Folder 51

Bertha Rendon: Duena del Restauran Tacos Los Paisanos en Raeford, N.C. (foodways)

Folder 52

Evening Mass in the Fields

Folder 53

Fourth of July

Folder 54

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (foodways)

Folder 55

Home, Sweet, Home (woodworking)

Folder 56

Maribel Salgado: Mexican Folkloric Dancer

Folder 57

Por Ser Mojado: Una Intrevista Con Compuesto y Cantante Salomon Torres Pineda (folk music)

Folder 58

Reactions of Labor Camps after the Theatre Group Performs

Folder 59

Seira Reyes: An Artist's Journey

Folder 60

Tea Time (herbal medicinal teas)

Folder 61

Woodworker from Guanajuato

Folder 62

Slides

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43 items.

Taped interviews with migrant farmworkers, conducted almost exclusively in Spanish. Tape logs or transcripts are associated with many of these recordings, some of which are written completely or partially in English.

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6089

Interview with Jose Juan Zuniga by Juan Carlos Vieyra, 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6090

Interview with Manuel Deciga by Juan Carlos Vieyra, 4 July 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6091

Interview with Dulsa Herrera by Brady Rochford, 19 July 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6092

Interview with Vicente Rosales by Angeline Echeverria, 20 July 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6093

Interviews with Armando Carbajal, Ramiro Sarabia, Jr., Barbara Prear, and others by Mendi Drayton and Lori Fernald Khamala, August 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6094

Interview with Lorena Ramirez by Danielle Davis, 29 July 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6095

Interview with Humberto Zapata Alviso by Joe Bagby, 3 August 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6096

Interview with Nicacio Reyes Reina by Laura Podolsky, 30 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6097

Interview with Federico Gomez by Raquel Rico, 21 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6098

Interview with Diana De Anda by Benito Hernandez, 25 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6099

Interview with Larry Wright by Nirav Mehta, 13 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6100

Interviews with Sylvia N. Salinas, Jose G. Cardenas, Jr., and Arturo Cardenas by Lee Abernathy, 24 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6101

Interview with Petra Hernandez by Margarita Martinez, 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6102

Interview with Salvador Tovar by Alison Blaine, 1 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6103

Performance by Salvador Tovar recorded by Alison Blaine, 29 July 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6104

Interview with Alfonso Damazo by Brian Eichner and Marivel Gomez, 15 July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6105

Interview with Juan Carlos Mora Prado by Karla Rosenberg, 20 July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6106

Interview with Rolando Rivera by Scott Pryor, 23 July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6107

Interviews with Jessica Aguirre, Concepcion Aguilera, and Teresa by Laxni Haynes, Bill Norton, and Lorena Alvarez, 12 July 2001 and 23 July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6108

Interview with Antonio Mejia Bautista by Michael Sinohui and Chris Watson, 25 July 2001 and 1 August 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6109

Interview with Luis Miguel Tibocha by Jesse Gonzalez and Ben Campos, 17 July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6110

Interview with Nicacio Reyes by Beth O'Donnell and Hannah Armstrong, July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6111

Interview with Nicacio Reyes by Beth O'Donnell and Hannah Armstrong, 24 June 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6112

Interview with Rolando Rivera by Scott Pryor, 2 July 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6529

Interview with Romualdo Campos by Nkechi Ukwu and Coby Jansen, 20 July 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6530

Interview with Bertha Rendon by Hope Bastian, 4 August 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6531

Interview with Isidoro Basurto by Manuel Rodriguez and Hope Bastian, 26 July 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6532

Interview with Rosa Maria Gonzalez by Alma Navarrete and Raul de Anda, 17 July 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6533

Interview with Jose Romero Salazar by Lucina Benito and Elizabeth Smith, 14 July 2002, tape 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6534

Interview with Jose Romero Salazar by Lucina Benito and Elizabeth Smith, 16 July 2002, tape 2 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6535

Interview with Maribel Selgado by Gerado Martinez, 29 July 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6536

Interview with Seira Reyes by Samantha Fernandez and Lorena Magana-Ortiz, 12 august 2002, tape 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6537

Interview with Seira Reyes by Samantha Fernandez and Lorena Magana-Ortiz, 12 August 2002, tape 2 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/6538

Interview with Genoveva Camocho by Juana Ortiz and Ann Plonk, 26 July 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7000

Interview with the Hernandez family and ceremony of First Communion by Gricel Gamino and Rachel Kuck, Reidsville, N.C., 27 June 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7001

Interview with Martha Paez and Angelita Morrisroe by Emily Hall and Maureen McNamara and children's songs, Warsaw, N.C., 19 July 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7002

Joel Licea, giving guitar lesson and performing, 20-21 June 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7003

Interview with guitar player Joel Licea by Rosie Sharples, 27 July 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7004

Interview with Ruben and Virginia Barragan by Jose Morales and Kate Vyborny, 1 July 2003

Audiocassette

Interview about Ruben and Virginia Barragan's taqueria

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7005

Interview with Padron Mendez Brothers by Gina Humble, Mount Airy, N.C., 3 August 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7006

Interviews with Mari Luc Leal, Pedro Hernandez Cruz, and Reyna Palestino by Dora Cruz and Luis Gonzalez, Angier, N.C., 21 July 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7007

Rehearsal of Tropical Pica Flor and interview with Pedro Paredes of Tropical Pica Flor by Seema Kakad tape 1, Grambling, S.C, 2 July 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20317/7008

Interview with Pedro Paredes of Tropical Pica Flor by Seema Kakad tape 2, Grambling, S.C, 1 August 2003

Audiocassette

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3 items.

Video tapes of migrant farmworkers' folklife customs and rituals.

Videotape VT-20317/1

Juan Rogelia Mora's Third Birthday Party, filmed by Sylvia Zapata, 2001

VHS

Videotape VT-20317/2

The Banda Family, Tamale Cooking, filmed by Lundon B. Sims and Enedelia Rios, 2001

VHS

Videotape VT-20317/3

Juan Carlos Mora Prado, butcher, filmed by Karla Rosenberg, 2001

VHS

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1 item.

Website and blog site of Student Action with Farmworkers. The website includes information about the organization and student organizing initiatives, information for alumni, and educational resources.

Digital Item DI-20317/1

Website (saf-unite.org)

Harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013.

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Audiocassettes (FS-6089-6112, FS-6529-6538, FS-7000-7008)

Videotapes (VT-20317/1-3).

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