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Interview No. 964, Bárbaro Chacón Delgado
Interview No. 964, Bárbaro Chacón Delgado
Combined Interviews
By the time Mr. Chacón became a bracero in 1946, thousands of people from the south of México had arrived in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to begin the hiring process; from Chihuahua, people were sent to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas; the ranchers came to Fort Bliss to take as many braceros as they needed for work; he recalls that as a direct consequence of World War II, people in the United States suffered from food shortages and other such difficulties; he also remembers that although he never personally suffered from racist aggressions or discrimination, groups like the Ku Klux Klan …
Grinwis, Millie Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Paul Trap
Grinwis, Millie Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Paul Trap
General Holland History
No abstract provided.
Murphy, Margaret Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Geoffrey Reynolds
Murphy, Margaret Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Geoffrey Reynolds
General Holland History
No abstract provided.
Interview No. 1055, Jesús Zamarrón
Interview No. 1055, Jesús Zamarrón
Combined Interviews
Mr. Zamarrón recalls his childhood in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México, and his field work with his father at an early age; he recalls that he received one year of formal education; at age eighteen, he worked in construction, and he remembers how he had to cut stones; he relates how he was hired as a bracero, and his trip to the United States; in the Bracero Program from 1957 to 1966, he recounts what his daily life was like, and how the work was carried out; he also discusses how the braceros got along with each other, …
Maine Folklife, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
Once again, folklorist Edward D. Sandy Ives has been recognized by his peers for his outstanding work. This time he received the Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership at the American Folklore Society meetings in New Mexico October, 2003. In presenting the award to Sandy Ives, Lee Haring remarked that he had known both Sandy and Kenny Goldstein for many years. He imagined what Kenny would have said if he'd been told an award was to be given to Sandy. He concluded that Kenny would have shouted, at the top of his lungs, "OF COURSE!"
Pollock, Herb Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Geoffrey Reynolds
Pollock, Herb Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Geoffrey Reynolds
General Holland History
No abstract provided.
Interview No. 1058, J. Guadalupe Verdín Arriaga
Interview No. 1058, J. Guadalupe Verdín Arriaga
Combined Interviews
Mr. Verdín recalls growing up in Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato, México, and working with his father in the fields; he remembers receiving formal education up to the fifth grade; he joined the Bracero Program in 1959, and relates his experience during the hiring process; additionally, he discusses how he was chosen to be a cook in the bracero camps, and what his life was like as a bracero; he also worked in Arizona and California picking cotton; these activities he did until 1967; after the Bracero Program ended, he returned to the United States as an undocumented worker; he describes …
Interview No. 1047, Vicente Ayala Arizmendi
Interview No. 1047, Vicente Ayala Arizmendi
Combined Interviews
Mr. Arizmendi recalls working in the fields of Tizapotla at an early age; he states that he never had the chance to attend formal schooling, and he learned to read and write as an adult; he describes joining the Bracero Program in 1956 after losing his crops and cattle; additionally, he details the work he did in Billings, Montana and California; he remembers working at a cannery, and picking corn, grapes, lemons, nuts, and pears; furthermore, he continues to explain why he labored as an undocumented worker after the program was terminated; he also discusses the problems he had with …
Interview No. 1059, Filiberto Villaseñor Ocampo
Interview No. 1059, Filiberto Villaseñor Ocampo
Combined Interviews
Mr. Villaseñor recalls growing up in Tizapotla, Morelos, México; his father was a baker, but he remembers never having had an interest for the profession; at the age of twelve, he states that he helped his father work in the fields; he describes his childhood as being very hard economically, and talks about the work he did as a youth; he details how he found out about the Bracero Program, and what the hiring process was like when he went through it in 1955; additionally, he relates his experience at the contracting centers in Empalme, Sonora, México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, …
Interview No. 1056, José Ramírez Solano
Interview No. 1056, José Ramírez Solano
Combined Interviews
Mr. Ramírez recalls growing up in Tizapotla, Morelos, México, and working from an early age on a farm; he remembers attending school to the third grade; later, he relates how he heard about the Bracero Program from men who went to the United States during the first years of the program; he joined the program in 1960, and describes the hiring process he went through in Empalme, Sonora, México; additionally, he details discrimination braceros suffered in Empalme and in the U.S.; he highlights how they were kicked out of church services, and how priest set up mass in Spanish for …
Interview No. 1065, Alberto De Loera
Interview No. 1065, Alberto De Loera
Combined Interviews
Mr. de Loera recalls his childhood and adolescence; in 1959, he decided to enroll in the Bracero Program; in order to begin the hiring process, he traveled from Aguascalientes to Empalme, Sonora, México; once he arrived at the processing center in Empalme, he underwent medical exams, including blood samples and x-rays; he also mentions that he was deloused and stripped in front of others as part of the medical procedures; upon being hired, he was transported by cargo train to the border along with thousands of other workers; the train had wooden benches, and he comments that the ride made …
Budgell, Melvin Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Budgell, Melvin Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Cooper, Dale Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Cooper, Dale Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Shaw, Greg Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Shaw, Greg Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Interview No. 1050, Gregorio Flores P.
Interview No. 1050, Gregorio Flores P.
Combined Interviews
Mr. Flores recalls growing up in Tepoztlán, Morelos, México; he states that, after one year of formal schooling, he worked with his father doing farming chores; additionally, he remembers working in construction as a young man; he discusses being a bracero from 1959 to 1961; furthermore, he talks about his time picking melons in Arizona, fruits and vegetables in California and cotton in Texas; he details his time as an undocumented worker in Virginia and Dallas from 1980 to 1985; moreover, he compares what life was like for him as a bracero with what he experienced as an undocumented worker.
Interview No. 1054, Miguel Ortega
Interview No. 1054, Miguel Ortega
Combined Interviews
Mr. Ortega recalls his childhood in Miacatlán, Morelos, México; he states that when he was twelve years old, he began working with his father in sugar cane fields; additionally, he remembers that he moved to Empalme, Sonora, México in 1957 to secure a bracero contract; he relates the help he received there while waiting to enlist in the program, and the process he encountered at the contracting center; furthermore, he remembers his trip to the United States-México border, and how he was treated at the processing center in El Centro, California; he details how the fumigation process was carried out, …
Interview No. 1049, Eleuterio Flores G.
Interview No. 1049, Eleuterio Flores G.
Combined Interviews
Mr. Flores describes his childhood in Miacatlán, Morelos, México, and his lack of formal schooling; he relates that his father taught him to read and write; he also recalls his time in the Ingenio Azucarero, a sugar cane plantation; additionally, he discusses how his experience with the plantation helped him secure work as a bracero; furthermore, he remembers that, in 1956, he got permission from his work to join the Bracero Program; he details the work he did in California and Texas, and states that he picked cotton and gathered several other crops.
Bloemendaal, William Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Bloemendaal, William Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Souter, Art Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Souter, Art Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Sjoerdsma, Edward Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Sjoerdsma, Edward Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Interview No. 1051, Sebastián Jaimes Gutiérrez
Interview No. 1051, Sebastián Jaimes Gutiérrez
Combined Interviews
Mr. Jaimes recalls his childhood and his early work in the fields; he explains how he attended school with a private teacher, and when two of his siblings died; additionally, he details his experiences before becoming a bracero, and how he once refused to marry a rich girl because he was poor; he discusses how he sold candies to survive in Empalme, Sonora, México while waiting to receive his first bracero contract; in 1952, he was hired as a bracero; he worked in Arizona and California; he states that, when his first contract was up, he returned to México and …
Lambers, Katherine Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Lambers, Katherine Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Interview No. 1057, Bernardo Treviño Cervantes
Interview No. 1057, Bernardo Treviño Cervantes
Combined Interviews
Mr. Treviño recalls his childhood in Saltillo, Coahuila, México, and his work as a child on the farm; he remembers going through the hiring process in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México, and signing his contract in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México; additionally, he describes his trip to the border, and being sprayed with pesticide at the United States-México border; he states that he worked as a bracero until 1964 in Michigan and Texas; there, he picked and irrigated cotton and cut cucumbers; furthermore, he details what his daily activities were like, and the good treatment he received in the United States; he relates …
Interview No. 1052, Víctor Martínez A.
Interview No. 1052, Víctor Martínez A.
Combined Interviews
Mr. Martínez recalls growing up in Miacatlán, Morelos, México; he remembers that, as a child, he helped his family with farming chores; they harvested corn, peanuts, and rice for self consumption and profit; he states that he stopped attending school at an early age due to the ill treatment he received from his teacher, and that he learned to read and write as an adult; additionally he discusses how his father opposed him going to the United States for work; due to this, he hired a coyote to take him to Empalme, Sonora, México so he could enlist in the …
Interview No. 1048, Felipe Corona
Interview No. 1048, Felipe Corona
Combined Interviews
Mr. Corona recalls the death of his father when he was eight years old, and how he helped his mother to sell rice in towns around Mazatepec, Morelos, México; he states that later he labored in sugar cane fields; additionally, he remembers that, in 1943, he was hired as a bracero, but decided to stay in México out of fear of what would happen in the United States due to the Second World War; he details why he signed up again for the Bracero Program in 1955, and discusses the treatment he received as a bracero; additionally, he details how …
Pieksma-Delange, Sergio Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Pieksma-Delange, Sergio Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Overway, Cherry Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Overway, Cherry Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Fynewever, Ruth Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Fynewever, Ruth Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel
Polio Survivors in Holland
Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.
Interview No. 988, Andrés Héctor Quezada Lara
Interview No. 988, Andrés Héctor Quezada Lara
Combined Interviews
Mr. Quezada quit school in order to go to the United States and work as a bracero; he was hired in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, but was sent to Querétaro, Querétaro to sign the job contract; his first contract took him to work in the Chicago Milwaukee Pacific Union railroads; after working there, he was sent to Kansas to work in the fields; while there, he organized a meeting to ask for better salary for the braceros; their pay was increased from 50¢ to 90¢ per hour; he was then sent to work in Missouri, where he had an accident while …
Interview No. 966, Raúl Enriquez González
Interview No. 966, Raúl Enriquez González
Combined Interviews
Mr. Enríquez recalls the privileges the people from Chihuahua, México, enjoyed during the hiring process; he raised cattle and worked in the cotton fields of the same ranch for six years; the ranchers he worked for spoke Spanish, and the rancher’s wife would bring him lunch while he was out working in the fields; although he also worked in Arizona and Texas, working in Colorado was the best experience he had as a bracero.