Western New Mexico University
Miller Library
List of Materials Donated
by Virginia Chacón
May 15, 1995
Babcox, Deborah. Liberation
Now! Writings from the Women’s Liberation Movement. New York: Dell
Publishing Co., 1971.
Boyer, Richard O. Labor’s
Untold Story. New York: United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of
America, 1972.
DeCaux, Len. Labor
Radical: From the Wobblies to CIO. Boston: Beacon Press, 1970.
DeMaio, Ernest. Words for
Workers in Changing Times. Salem, MA: Deschamps Printing Co., 1993.
Foster, William Z. American
Trade Unionism: Principles, Organization, Strategy, Tactics. New York:
International Publishers, 1947.
Foster, William Z. Pages
from a Worker’s Life. New York: International Publishers, 1970.
Four Hundred Fifty Years of
Chicano History in Pictures. Albuquerque, NM: Chicano Communications Center,
1976.
Green, Gil. What’s
Happening to Labor. New York: International Publishers, 1976.
Griffin, John Howard. Black
Like Me. New York: Signet Books, 1961.
Haywood, Harry. Black
Bolshevik: Autobiography of an Afro-American Communist. Chicago: Liberator
Press, 1978.
Haywood, William D. Autobiography
of “Big Bill” Haywood. New York: International Publishers, 1958.
Keller, John F. Power in
America: The Southern Question and the Control of Labor. Chicago: Vanguard
Books, 1983.
Kushner, Sam. Long Road
to Delano. New York: International Publishers, 1975.
Matusow, Harvey. False
Witness. New York: Cameron & Kahn Publishers, 1955.
McWilliams, Carey. North from
Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States. New York:
Greenwood Press, 1968.
Meltzer, Milton. The
Hispanic Americans. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1982.
Mills, C. Wright. Listen,
Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba. New York: Ballantine Books, 1960.
Morris, George. Rebellion
in the Unions: A Handbook for Rank and File Action. New York: New Outlook
Publishers, 1971.
Mortimer, Wyndham. Organize!:
My Life as a Union Man. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
O’Connor, Harvey. The
Empire of Oil. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1955.
Patterson, William L., ed. We
Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a
Crime of the United States Government against the Negro People. New York:
International Publishers, 1951.
Reich, Charles A. The
Greening of America. New York: Bantam Books, 1972.
Robert, Henry M. Robert’s
Rules of Order. Old Tappan, New Jersey: Spire Books, 1973.
Rodriguez, Olga, ed. The
Politics of Chicano Liberation. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1977.
Rosenberg, Ethel and Julius.
The Testament of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. New York: Cameron &
Kahn, 1954.
Rozauskas, E., ed. Documents
Accuse. Vilnius: Gintaras, 1970.
Salter, John R., Jr. Jackson,
Mississippi: An American Chronicle of Struggle and Schism. Hicksville, New
York: Exposition Press, 1979.
Sánchez, David, Expedition
through Aztlan. La Puente, California: Perspective Publications, 1978.
Stellman, Jeanne M. Work
Is Dangerous to Your Health: A Handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace and
What You Can Do about Them. New York: Vintage Books, 1973.
Winston, Henry. Strategy
for a Black Agenda: A Critique of New Theories of Liberation in the United
States of America. New York: International Publishers, 1973.
Agreement between Peru
Mining Company and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company and Peru Unit of
Local No. 890 of International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.
Effective August 18, 1951.
Agreement between American
Smelting and Refining Company and Asarco Mine and Mill Workers Unit of Local
No. 890. Effective November 13, 1951, with Supplemental Agreement Effective
November 8, 1952.
Agreement between American
Smelting and Refining Company and Asarco Mine & Mill Workers Unit of Local
No. 890. Effective July 1, 1956.
Agreement Covering Wages and
Working Conditions between Kennecott Copper Corporation Chino Mines Division
and International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Santa Rita Mine
Workers Unit, Hurley Mill and Smelter Workers Unit, Local 890. For the Period
July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1959.
Agreement between Banner
Mining Company and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers,
Amalgamated Bayard District, Local 890. November 11, 1959.
Agreement Covering Wages and
Working Conditions between Kennecott Copper Corporation Chino Mines Division
and International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Santa Rita Mine
Workers Unit, Hurley Mill and Smelter Workers Unit, Local 890. December 16,
1959, to June 30, 1961.
Agreement Covering Wages and
Working Conditions between Kennecott Copper Corporation Chino Mines Division
and International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, Santa Rita Mine
Workers Unit, Hurley Mill and Smelter Workers Unit, Local 890. For the Period
July 1, 1962, to June 30, 1964.
Agreement Covering Wages and
Working Conditions between Kennecott Copper Corporation Chino Mines Division
and United Steelworkers of America, Santa Rita Mine Workers Unit, Hurley Mill
and Smelter Workers Unit, Local 890. For the Period March 30, to June 30, 1971.
For Amalgamated Local
Unions. United Steelworkers of America, April 1975.
Including Supplementary
Provisions for Amalgamated Local Unions. United Steelworkers of America,
November 1981.
Including Supplementary
Provisions for Amalgamated Local Unions. United Steelworkers of America,
November 1981.
Constitution of the
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. As Adopted by the 54th Convention,
March 1959, and Referendum Vote, May 1959. Local Union by-laws appended.
Constitution of the
International Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers. As Adopted by the 56th Convention, March 1961. Local Union
by-laws appended.
Constitution of the
International Union. United Steelworkers of America Manual. Adopted at Atlantic
City, N.J., September 21, 1966.
Constitution of the
International Union. United Steelworkers of America Manual. Adopted at Atlantic
City, N.J., October 1970.
Constitution of the
International Union. United Steelworkers of America Manual. Adopted at Atlantic
City, N.J., September 27, 1974.
A Handbook and Guide
published by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, 1958.
Chinorama
(Publication of Kennecott Copper Corporation, Chino Mines Division)
February 1956.
January-February 1964.
November-December 1965.
May-June 1967.
Fall 1968.
Second Quarter, 1969.
Third Quarter, 1969.
Second Quarter, 1970.
Spring 1971.
Summer 1971.
14 copies. “Why I Want to Be
President of Local 890,” by Juan Chacón.
1 copy. “What the Union Can
Do for Us at Levi’s.”
1 copy. “Give the Members a
Choice in the Union Election” (George Edwards).
1 copy. “It Takes Experience
and Dedication” (Frank McKee).
1 copy. “For Solid Union
Progress, Local Unions Rally behind McKee” (Frank McKee).
1 copy. Impeach Nixon
petition.
1 copy. “Petition for a
Charter of Our Own,” March 14, 1974 (2 pages).
1 copy. “National
Coordination Committee for Trade Union Action and Democracy,” July 6, 1973,
Xerox copy, signed by Adelaide Bean and Fred Gahoury.
3 copies. “The Farm Worker’s
Union Is under Attack!”
3 copies. Grievance forms,
duplicate copies.
1 copy. “Rank and Filers Elect
Foes of Abel’s Policies”—error.
1 copy. “Notice,” meeting at
Carrillo’s Store-Riverside Mercantile. Signed by Juan R. Chacón and Mrs.
Reymundo S. Sias.
1 copy. “Local Education
Clearinghouse of New Mexico,” December 8, 1978.
1 copy. “A. I. Labor Letter,”
April 1983.
1 copy. “A. I. Labor
Letter,” May 1983.
1 copy. “Steel Unity/Unidad
de Acero,” April 1975.
1 copy. Press release,
Bayard, N.M.—Members Who Were “Salt of the Earth.”
1 copy. Press Release,
February 19, 1971.
2 copies. Instituto del
Pueblo Presents a Benefit Dinner Honoring Juan and Virginia Chacón (1 with map,
one without).
4 copies. Instituto del
Pueblo Presents a Tribute to Juan and Virginia Chacón pamphlets.
1 copy. Pamphlet. Working
People under the Gun.
1 copy. Press Release about
Chacón’s retirement, no date.
1 copy. Salt of the Earth
essay about film blacklisting. Includes excerpt from the shooting script.
“Salt of the Earth” First of
a Monthly Film Series, February 14, 1972.
“Whose Neck Shall I Stand
on?” Summer 1971.
“Salt of the Earth”: Last in
the Series Presented by the Magazine Labor Today, 19??. 2 copies.
Key Readings on Key Topics
Presented at the Seventh Annual Labor Studies Conference, advertisement of the
Salt of the Earth Bookstore.
Miners of Local 890 in
Struggle Solidarity Public Meeting, March 22, 1976 (reverse in Spanish).
“Salt of the Earth” Chicago
Premier, May 28, 19??.
El
Reportero, Issued by Local 890, United Steelworkers, Bayard, N.M.
1 August 15, 1973 (Spanish on reverse).
1 September 4, 1973.
1 October 1973.
1 November 1973.
27 July 9, 1973 (Spanish on reverse).
2 January 23, 1974.
2 January 1974.
7 March 1974.
2 April 1974.
5 May 1974 (Spanish on reverse).
10 July 31, 1974.
21 August 1974 (Spanish on reverse).
1 August 1974.
28 September 1974.
2 November 1974 (Inflation and Unemployment).
8 November 1974 (What’s Going on in the Plants?).
4 December 1974 (green with Spanish on reverse).
1 February 1975.
1 October 1975.
1 May 1976.
3 June 1979.
7 The Rank and File Must Challenge the Weak Leadership! (no
date).
1 Reportero: Politics.
Information
(Letters, Newspaper Clippings, and Handouts)
4 Chacón-Romero Defense Committee Newsletter, April 1975.
1 Sixty-five Rank and File Voice, April 1975 (article on p.
2).
1 National Steelworkers Rank and File Committee Report,
February 1975. “Chacón, Romero Fired by Kennecott Copper Corp.”
1 National Steelworkers Rank and File Committee Report, March
1975.
1 Noticias del Pueblo, April 1975 (article, p. 5).
1 “We Defend Local 890” (no date, probably 1974).
1 Grievance report of general employees about the coffee
break, October 19, 1973, signed by Ruben O. Rodriguez.
1 Rules of Conduct for the Ground Hog Unit.
1 Summary Annual Report for Kennecott Copper Corporation
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees.
1 Summary Annual Report for the Group Hospital, Medical,
Surgical Plan for Represented Employees of Chino Mines Division of Kennecott.
1 American Lung Association of New Mexico Committee
Appointments, 1981-1982.
1 American Lung Association of New Mexico Board of Directors,
1981-1982.
1 College of Business Administration, University of Notre
Dame, Fall Semester, 1984-1985, Professor Salvatore J. Bella.
1 Salary-Lost Time and Expense Voucher, March 20, 1975, for
Israel Romero.
14 newspapers, including the “World of Labor,” “Labor Today,”
“The Silver City Enterprise,” “People’s World,” “The Torsin,” and “The Silver
City Daily Press.”
84 newspaper clippings.
4 magazines: “March of Labor,” “American Dialog,” “Cineaste,”
and “Perspectiva Mundial.”
1 Spanish version or excerpt of the script for “La sal de la
tierra,” by Michael Wilson.
1 Opinion and Award in the Matter of Arbitration between
Kennecott Copper Corporation and United Steelworkers of America, Local Union
890.
1 The Right to Work Promoters for Less 2/81.
“Hope Belongs to the
Laboring People Always,” by Ma Shao-po.
“Salute the Courageous
Fighting American Working Class,” by Mu Yu-chih.
“Break through the Dark,
Look ahead to the Bright Future,” by Pan Kuang-sun.
“Unity Is Strength,” by Lan
Kuang-tou.
“An Epic Form of Underground
Struggle” (no Author).
“Clarion Call of the
American Working Class,” by Feng Tsu.
“The Progressive American
Film Born of Struggle,” by Hsu Te-lan.
“A Bitter and Victorious
Struggle,” by Shen Tung.
“From an Ordinary Worker to
a Class-Conscious Soldier,” by Wang Hsise-feng.
“Struggle Is Hope, Unity Is
Strength,” by Wang Yun-san.
“Yesterday, Today,
Tomorrow,” by Po Teh-lu.
Daily News release, Peking,
China, April 9, 1961. “‘Salt of the Earth’ Warmly Received by Chinese Miners.”
Peking, March 17 (Hsinhua)
“The U.S. Film ‘Salt of the Earth.’”
October 16, 1961, from
Herbert Biberman, film director.
December 13, 1967, from S.
Q. Merino to Marylyn Budke, Special Assistant to Governor David F. Cargo.
April 7, 1971, from John Kailin,
Editor of Labor Today, with press release from March 17, 1971.
September 27, 1973, from M.
M. McGee, Reduction Plant Superintendent.
October 12, 1973, from M. E.
Peterson, Industrial Relations Representative.
October 15, 1973, from Joe
Bermudez, Laborers International Union of North America.
October 18, 1973, from Local
890 to Frank S. McKee.
March 19, 1975 (postmarked),
from Javier Rodriguez, Centro de Accion Social Autonomo.
March 20, 1975 (postmarked),
envelope from (no first name) Graham.
March 20, 1975 (postmarked),
envelope (no name).
March 20, 1975 (postmarked),
envelope from George Kirkpatrick at San Diego State University, Department of
Sociology, for the Chacón and Romero Defense Fund.
March 21, 1975, from Mr. and
Mrs. L. Feinswog (postcard).
March 21, 1975, from William
Rust of Detroit, Michigan.
March 21, 1975, from Jerome
Gunderson, Santa Rosa, California.
March 22, 1975, from Mrs.
Herbert J. (Anita) Biberman.
March 24, 1975, from Betty
and Peter Winter.
March 24, 1975, from Paul
and Violet Orr.
March 25, 1975, from Sarah
and Iver Axelson.
March 28, 1975 (postmarked),
envelope for the Chacón-Romero Defense Fund from Amanda Hawes.
March 1975, from Thomas
Cobbs, Chairman, South Chicago Branch, Young Workers Liberation League.
April 1, 1975, from Pat
Jenks, Woman Power, Baltimore, Md.
April 3, 1975 (postmarked),
envelope from Rodger McAfee for the Chacón & Romero Defense Fund.
April 5, 1975 (postmarked),
envelope from Women for Legislative Action.
April 19, 1975, from Brother
Mike Brennan, Local 2869, to Israel Romero.
April 23, 1975, from Sander
“Sandy” N. Karp, partner of the Law Offices of Rudolph Schware.
April 25, 1975, from Paul
and Violet Orr, in support of the Friends of the Chacón-Romero Defense
Committee.
May 2, 1975, newsletter from
Nicholas Kourambis about rank and file handbook.
May 8, 1975, statement of
account from Grant County Bank for Chacón-Romero Defense Fund.
May 9, 1975 (postmarked)
from (no first name) Kinser from Northern Illinois University, Department of
History.
June 2, 1975, from S. Moore
in support of the Chacón-Romero Defense Committee.
June 5, 1975, check stub
from Associated Students, California State University, Fullerton, in envelope
with return address B. Corona, Imm. Wkrs. Org. Com. Also enclosed: receipt from
Clint Jencks.
July 7, 1975, from Stan
Reed, Graduate Student Association of the University of New Mexico.
July 21, 1975, from Chris
Venn, member local 6700 USWA.
June 8, 1976, statement of
account from the Grant County Bank for the Chacón and Romero Defense Fund.
October 5, 1976, from Carla
B. Lopez, Legal Assistant for Joan Friedland and Morton S. Simon, Attorneys.
February 5, 1977, check for
ad supporting Ed Sadlowski for President of the International Steelworkers
(accompanying newspaper clipping).
May 15, 1977, from Barbara
Moss and Stephen Mack.
March 21, 1978, from Gerard
Bradley of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
December 21, 1978, from
Nancy Bartlit, New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air and Water Secretary (with
publication).
April 2, 1979, from Robert
A. Swanson, Professor, Western New Mexico University, Department of Business
Administration.
July 31, 1981, from Joe
Skeen, New Mexico Member of Congress.
August 17, 1981, from Bob
McNeill, Candidate for Lt. Governor.
March 26, 1982, from Rose
Runyon (complaint about “Salt of the Earth”).
March 27, 1982, from Neal
Gonzales, Executive Secretary/Treasurer, United Steelworkers of America.
March 29, 1982, from Sammy
Wheeler(?), Wheeler Mortuary, with newspaper clipping from Albuquerque
Journal.
May 8, 1982, from Barbara
Moss, producer of “A Crime to Fit the Punishment” (two clippings).
September 15, 1982, from
George Escamilla (in Spanish).
September 20, 1982, from
Martin Sanchez-Jankowski, University of New Mexico, Department of Political
Science.
June 10, 1985, from E. R.
Peterson, Director, Human Resources and Public Affairs.