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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Mauro González Gómez was born in La Boquilla, Municipio de Julimes, Chihuahua, México, in 1929; he helped his father work the land; in 1949, he learned about the bracero program and went to Chihuahua, Chihuahua…

Nicolás Martínez

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…

Ramón Grajeda

Bracero ID card

Front side of Bracero ID Card for Gregorio Corrales Rojas by MICA

Tags: bracero, Department of Justice, ID card, INS, MICA, rojas

Bracero ID card (back)

Gregorio Corrales Rojas' Backside of ID Card with his Mexican Address and Date of Birth. MICA.

Tags: 1956, bracero, card, ID, MICA, rojas

Coachella valley ID card

Coachella valley ID card of Gregorio Martinez-Reyes with thumb print. Needs release signed.

Tags: bracero, card, coachella, ID, valley

Coachella valley ID card (back)

Coachella valley ID card (back) in English. Needs release signed.

Tags: bracero, card, coachella, ID, Martinez-Reyes, valley

Bracero paycheck stub

Paycheck Stub for Guadalupe Cano Quiroz for August 1961 from the Santa Barbara Labor Association

Tags: Employee, Farmers Association, Paycheck Stub, receipt, Santa Barbara

Pedro Benitez

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Pedro Benítez was born in the state of Sinaloa in México; when he was about two years old, his mother died while giving birth to his younger sister; shortly thereafter, his grandmother began to take care of him…

Rafael Covarrubias

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rafael Covarrubias was born in Tlaltenango [de Sánchez Román], Zacatecas, México; he was the youngest of his two sisters and four brothers; his parents owned a small ranch, where they worked the land; when he…

Heriberto Rivas Lugo

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Heriberto Rivas Lugo was born on July 4, 1935, in Arivechi, Sonora, México; he is the eldest of his five sisters and three brothers; his parents were agricultural workers; although he liked school, he was…

Jesús Rivera López

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Rivera López was born on October 7, 1934, in Corrales, Juchitlán, Jalisco, México; he is the eldest of his five brothers; from 1942 to 1953 his father worked in the bracero program; in 1956, against his…

Nicolás Saldaña Sandoval

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Nicolás Saldaña was born on a small ranch just outside of Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, México; he has three sisters and one brother; as a child he helped work the land and care for the animals; in 1957, he enlisted…

Sally Gutiérrez McQuinn

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sally Gutierrez McQuinn was born in México, and her parents came to the United States in 1920, when she was only a few months old; she was raised in Gilroy, California; in 1941, she was married; shortly…