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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Elías García Venzor was born in Gran Morelos, Chihuahua, México, in 1925; his parents passed away when he was only seven years old; in 1950, he learned about the bracero program; he was married and had…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: María Guadalupe Gutiérrez was born in Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, México; she was formally educated through the third grade; her husband, Francisco Gutiérrez, was born in Lluvia de Oro, Chihuahua, México;…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Primitivo Bustamante was born on June 10, 1952, in Coahuila, Mexico; he had four brothers and four sisters; his father worked as a bracero during the late fifties in California, New Mexico, and Texas; despite…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Ortíz was born on March 7, 1938, in Ocampo, Guanajuato, México; he and his six siblings grew up very poor; rather than go to school, he helped his father work the land and care for animals; his mother…

Margarita López was born April 15, 1934, in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, México; her parents were laborers, and she had six siblings; she was formally educated through the sixth grade; later, in 1950, she married Higinio López; she was fifteen years…

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,…

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…

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

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

Ventury county worker card for Gregorio Martinez-Reyes in 1963. Do not make public until a release form is in order.

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

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

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

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