Rudy Villalobos

Title

Rudy Villalobos

Description

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rudy Villalobos was born on June 2, 1922, in Anaheim, California; he later enlisted in the Air Force, and when he finished his tour of duty, he attended college in México; upon graduating, he was contracted through the Department of Labor at the American Embassy in México; he worked in several contracting centers throughout México from 1951 to 1964.


Summary of Interview: Mr. Villalobos briefly recalls his childhood and family; after graduating from high school, he served in the Air Force; he later attended various schools in and out of the country, and eventually received his B.A. in Economics in 1951, from a college in México; shortly thereafter, he was married, and while at the American Embassy arranging his wife’s papers to come into the United States, he looked into a position with the Department of Labor; given his military background and schooling, he was hired and began working at a contracting center in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, in July of 1951; he helped and later closed that particular center; his primary responsibility there was interviewing potential braceros; after working there for approximately three years, he was transferred to a center in Monterrey, Nuevo León, where he served as the supervisor of transportation and feeding; he worked there from 1954 to 1963; in 1963, he was promoted to assistant manager at center in Chihuahua, Chihuahua; the latter part of the following year, he was transferred to a center in Guaymas, Sonora; he provides a very detailed account of his various responsibilities and what the facilities were like at each of the respective centers.

Creator

Navarro, Kristine
Villalobos, Rudy

Date

2003-01-31

Subject

Department of Labor

Contributor

Cristóbal Borges

Rights

Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso

Language

eng

title (Spanish)

Rudy Villalobos

creator (Spanish)

Navarro, Kristine

contributor (Spanish)

Cristóbal A. Borges

Rights Holder

Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso

Original Format

Mini Disc

Duration

2:21:00

Bit Rate/Frequency

24 bit
96 k

Interviewer

Navarro, Kristine

Interviewee

Villalobos, Rudy

Location

El Paso, Texas

File Name Identifier

Villalobos_ELP055

Citation

Navarro, Kristine and Villalobos, Rudy, “Rudy Villalobos,” Bracero History Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/es/items/show/85.