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Provisions of Work Contract for Rodolfo Cruz Figueroa (Bottom Half) of front side of 1946 contract.

Bríjido Zaragoza Solís was born October 8, 1925, in Hidalgo, México; his parents were field workers, and he had five siblings; although he was never formally educated, his father taught him how to work in the fields and care for animals; in 1955, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Carlos Corella was born on October 2, 1933, in Clint, Texas, where he grew up; he graduated from high school and was drafted into the Army; he served from 1953 to 1955; after being discharged, he went to work…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Carlos Rosario was born on September 11, 1928, in Mazatepec, Morelos, México; he was the youngest of three brothers; his father was a sacristan at their local church; he worked sowing rice and driving herds from…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Carlos Sánchez Montoya was born on September 11, 1918, in Gómez Palacio, Durango, México; his family moved to Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, which is where he grew up; later as a teenager, his family moved to…

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: Catarino Jauregui Durán was born on March 22, 1934, in Nochistlán [de Mejía], Zacatecas, México; he had eight siblings, and his eldest brother was an undocumented worker for the railroads in San Francisco,…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Cayetano Loza Ornelas was born on August 7, 1918, on a hacienda in Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, México; his dad’s name was Doroteo Loza Muñoz, and his mother’s name was Manuela Ornelas Pérez; Cayetano had five…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Cayetano Vázquez was born on August 7, 1929, in Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, México; his father was a farmer, and he owned the land he worked; as a teenager, Cayetano worked in the mines of his hometown; in…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Cecilio Santillano was born on December 22, 1927, in El Dorado, Chihuahua, México; he was one of three siblings; at age eight, he began working with his father in agriculture; he joined the bracero program in…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ceferino Palomares was born on December 1, 1922, in Tampico, Tamaulipas, México; his father died when he was young, and his maternal grandfather cared for the family shortly thereafter; sometime later, his…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Celia Berton was born in El Paso, Texas, in December of 1934; upon graduating from Loretto Academy, she took a civil service exam; her qualifications for typing and stenography led to her to work for INS, the…

Samuel Chavira Medrano's certificate of recognition for successfully completing his contract.

Samuel Chavira Medrano's certificate of recognition for successfully completing his contract in 1954.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Cirilo Díaz Bojorquez was born on in Izapan, Jalisco, México; his mother died when he was six years old, and he was raised by his godparents in Baja California, México; at age fourteen he worked cutting radishes…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Cirino Flores was born in Tizayuca, Hidalgo, México; he is the youngest of three brothers; his mother died when he was four years old, and he grew up with his paternal grandparents; he worked in agriculture from…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Clemente Velázquez Lucio was born on a ranch named El Molino, in San Diego de Alejandría, Jalisco, México, on November 23, 1931; his father’s name was Santos Velázquez, and his mother’s name was María Guadalupe…

Contract for G.C.Quiroz to work in June-July of 1955. There's a large "Employment Terminated" stamped on it signed by Paz.

Image of Farm Labor Contract for Guadalupe Cano Quiroz and the San Joaquin Farm Production Association signed May 12, 1960

Work Contract with Valley Farm Housing extended two times but terminated in September 1957. Rodolfo Cruz Figueroa

Bracero Work Contract with Imperial Valley Farmers Association October 1956 to February 1957.

Bracero Work Contract with Imperial Valley Farm Association from September to October 1956

Bracero Work Contract signed by Rodolfo Cruz Figueroa on June 5, 1946 with a stamp on it saying "Irapuato, Gto."

Rodolfo Cruz Figueroa's Bracero Work Contract in Hidalgo, Texas in July 1960.

Bracero Work Contract for work in Big Spring, Texas. Signed in El Paso on July 21, 1961.