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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: María Dávalos was born on July 7, 1952, in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, México; she had six brothers and two sisters; when she was five years old, she began learning about farming from her father, and she continued…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Ramírez Delgado was born in Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, México, but he grew up in Gómez Palacio, Durango, México; he had five sisters and four brothers; as a child, he helped his father work in the fields;…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Hipólito Burrola Ruíz was born on November 25, 1936, on a ranch in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México; he is one of fourteen children; as a child, he would help his uncles in the fields; when he was twelve years old,…

Arturo Vargas Ríos was born July 4, 1929, in Rodeo, Durango, México; his mother, Amelia Ríos, was a housewife, and his father, Primitivo Vargas, worked in the fields; Arturo had four siblings; as a young man, he came to work in the United States…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: María L. Menchaca was born on November 20, 1942, on a ranch named Corrales de Rábago, in the municipality of Pénjamo, Guanajuato, México; her mother’s name was Natalia Espinoza Herrera, and her father’s name was…

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This happened in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This letter was written in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This letter was written in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.

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…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Raymundo Villa was born in Ysleta, Texas, on December 24, 1939; he had eight brothers and sisters; his father was the foreman on a farm near Ysleta; he initially became involved with the bracero program as an…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Guadalupe Mena Arizmendi was born on a ranch near Buenavista, Guerrero, México, on December 26, 1928; his family worked in agriculture, and he had little formal schooling; he married at age eighteen, and when he…

Handwritten letter from friend to Carlos Rosario Rosario, 1969.

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: Juan Aguilar López was born on August 21, 1931, in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, México; he is the youngest of four siblings; at an early age, he began working in agriculture with his family; he never received formal…

Luz María Ayala was born in 1943, in [Michoacán] México; she had seventeen siblings, but nine of them passed away; her father was a bracero; he was never formally educated, and consequently, he did not know how to read or write; prior to enlisting in…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rodrigo Flores was born on April 13, 1933, in Progreso, Chihuahua, México; he and his family moved to Parral, Chihuahua; while there, he went to school and learned to read and write; he soon dropped out of…

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

Letter written by Alberto Lemus Gonzalez to Catarino Casilla Rodriguez, Aug. 12, 1944.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Martínez was born on April 7, 1932, in Rincón de Romos, Aguascalientes, México; as a child, he helped his family with the farming duties, which took precedence over attending school; when he was twelve…

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: Horacio Andrejal was born on May 15, 1934, in Caborca, Sonora, México; he had three brothers and five sisters, and his parents worked in agriculture; his formal education extended only through the second grade;…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Evangelina Basua was born on a small ranch in Sinaloa, México, in 1948; she had three sisters and two brothers; her parents worked in agriculture, which she helped them with by the time she was roughly six years…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Selerina Landeros was born on ranch in Guanajuato, México, on February 13, 1921; she is the youngest of her twelve siblings; her parents were agriculturalists, and her father was a caretaker for several large…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Eva Ortiz was born April 5, 1934, on a ranch in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México; her mother, Teresa Orozco, was a housewife, and her father, Jesús Ruiz, worked on an ejido; Eva was the third born of her five…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Bernardino Vilchis was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, México; he grew up in a middle class family, and later worked as an electrician; he joined the bracero program in 1943, and worked in Arizona as a railroad…