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Money order receipts sent by M. Gonzalez in 1948, 1949, and 1950. The top and bottom money orders are sent to Francisca Rodriguez (1949, 1950). The middle money order is sent to Rosario Ramirez (1948).

Money order receipts sent between 1948 and 1950. The top and bottom money orders are sent to Francisca Rodriguez (1949 & 1950). The middle money order is sent to Rosario Ramirez (1948).

Money order receipts sent by Gonzalez to Rosario Ramirez (2) and Francisca Rodriguez (1) between 1947-1949. The amounts are for $63, $40, $30.

Money order receipts of funds sent by Gonzalez to Mexico from 1947 to 1949. Rosario Ramirez received the first two. Sra. Francisca Rodriguez received the third one. The amounts were $21, $21, and $24.

Money order receipts drawn from 1947 to 1949 of funds sent to Mexico. Receipts are to Rosario Ramirez (2) and Arnulfo Velasco (1). The amounts are $100, $26, and $35.

Letter of good credit for Vincent Borchard to bring in Mexican immigrant workers.

Mexican Passport of Roberto Garcia Sanchez with stamp of the National Defense signed by Jose Ramirez Ceballos.

Alien laborer's identification card of Luis Estrada's father. It shows information about the organization. Written on bottom in blue ink are the numbers 815216. MICA.

Alien laborer's identification card of Luis Estrada's father. Printed by the Alliance of National Workers of Mexico in the United States.

Non Resident Alien's Border Crossing Identification Card, for Jose Gamez

Letter for employment or letter of recommendation for Catarino Casillas Rodriguez,written by C.R. Strattman of the New York Central System, 1944.

Alien Laborer's Permit and Identification Card for Santos Nunez Sotelo, from 1954. Association identified as Lepanto Growers Association, Arkansas.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Carlos Villagomes was born on November 18, 1932, in Uriangato, Guanajuato; he is the eldest of his five siblings; while going to school, he helped his father work the land, and as a result received very little…


Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Nicolás Martínez was born on September 9, 1926, in Puebla, México; he came from a family of campesinos, whose main crops were beans and corn; when he was roughly thirty-five years old, he enlisted in the…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aurelio Marín was born on July 27, 1941, in Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, México; he is the eldest of his five brothers and two sisters; he was formally educated for six years, and during that time he helped his…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Guadalupe Corral was born on September 25, 1943, in Delicias, Chihuahua, México; he was the youngest of five children, and his mother died when he was a baby; when he was three years old, his family moved…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sebastián Saucedo was born in Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua, México, on May 25, 1922; he is the third of six children; as a child, he helped his father work in the fields; consequently, he was never formally…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Belisrio Luna was born on June 26, 1936, in Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, México; he was the sixth of eleven children; his father died when he was six years old; he was forced to work in agriculture at the age of…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Hernández was born on November 10, 1929, in Jalisco, México; he was the youngest of five children; his father died when he was nine years old, and he began working on a farm shortly thereafter; ironically,…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Gabino Solís was born in 1928, in Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato, México; he went to school through the fourth grade, and while doing so, he would often help his father work the land; when he was eighteen, he enlisted…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ismael Osorio was born in June of 1923, in Chalcatongo de Hidalgo, Oaxaca, México; he went to school only through the sixth grade, because there were no secondary schools in his hometown; in 1944, he decided to…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Minerva C. Cheatum was born in El Paso, Texas; shortly after she was born her mother died, and she was consequently raised by her maternal grandparents in Clint, Texas; while still attending high school, she…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Lorenzo Maynes was born on August 10, 1924, in Clint, Texas; he grew up on a ranch where his father was the foreman, and he consequently learned the agricultural trade from his father; eventually, he himself…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Faye Terrazas was born on August 6, 1930, in El Paso, Texas; both of her parents were Mexican nationals who immigrated to the United States before she was born; in 1954, she began working as a clerk and typist…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Elías Bonilla was born on April 1, 1934, in Tornillo, Texas; his father was originally from Chihuahua, México, and his mother was originally from Coahuila, México; he was the eldest of five children; his father…
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