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Interview No. 1310, Enriqueta Quintero May 2006

Interview No. 1310, Enriqueta Quintero

Combined Interviews

Mrs. Quintero describes her hometown and what her life was like growing up; she explains that the young women of her home town were taken by force by the local men; in 1949, at the age of fourteen, she decided to marry in order to avoid the men of her town; in 1950, she gave birth to a daughter; her husband returned to the United States the following year; she describes his family as well-to-do; Mr. Quintero was a bracero in California until 1964; she details the suffering he endured and the low pay that he received while working as …

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Interview No. 1314, Manuel Romero May 2006

Interview No. 1314, Manuel Romero

Combined Interviews

Mr. Manuel Romero talks about his hometown and working in agriculture and with livestock while growing up; he and his sisters were orphans; he was sent to live with his godfather; he details the harsh treatment he endured while living with his godfather; he owned several ranches in Mexicali, Mexico but he sold some of the land because he did not have water to irrigate; he briefly talks about U.S.- Mexico relations and irrigation; in 1954, he heard about a call for braceros; in 1957, he traveled to the processing center in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; he details the harsh conditions …

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Interview No. 1315, Manuel Salamanca May 2006

Interview No. 1315, Manuel Salamanca

Combined Interviews

Mr. Manuel Salamanca recalls the humble beginnings of his childhood and how he and his siblings suffered; he discusses the advice his eldest brother gave him and his reasons for moving to the United States; Mr. Salamanca discusses the harsh treatment he endured at the hands of his sister-in-law; he went without food for several days because she did not want to raise him; in 1942, at the age of eighteen, he heard about a call for braceros; he traveled to the processing center in Mexicali, Mexico; he briefly discusses the processing center; as part of the process, he was …

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Interview No. 1319, Adolfo Valdez Verduzco May 2006

Interview No. 1319, Adolfo Valdez Verduzco

Combined Interviews

Mr. Valdez Verduzco talks about his hometown of Casa Blanca, Sinaloa, Mexico and what his life was like growing up; his parents moved from Sinaloa to Mexicali, Mexico in search of employment; in 1946, he crossed into the United States illegally; in 1954, he went through the hiring process to become a bracero; in addition, he mentions going through centers in El Centro, Bella Vista, and Santa Clara, California, Mexicali, Mexico and Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; his first contract took him to work in the potato fields of Stockton, California; he returned to Mexico and renewed his contract in Empalme, Sonora, …

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Interview No. 1313, Daniel Rodríguez Rea May 2006

Interview No. 1313, Daniel Rodríguez Rea

Combined Interviews

Mr. Daniel Rodríguez Rea briefly talks about his hometown and working in agriculture; in 1949, he left his hometown and began working in the cotton fields of Texas; he eventually relocated to Mexicali, Mexico; in 1954, Mr. Daniel Rodríguez Rea went through the hiring process to become a bracero; he mentions going through the center of Mexicali, Mexico; he recalls the process was difficult and potential braceros were required to pay twenty-five dollars in order to get in line; he also describes the medical exams and required documents; as part of the process, he was medically examined and deloused in …

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Interview No. 1320, Juan Virgen Díaz May 2006

Interview No. 1320, Juan Virgen Díaz

Combined Interviews

Mr. Virgen Díaz recalls his childhood; he remembers hearing stories about his father working as a bracero in the United States; his father encouraged him to join the bracero program; they traveled to the processing center in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; he recalls the entire process, including lists of eligible workers, waiting times and transportation; he details the harsh conditions he and other men endured while waiting there; the center was overcrowded, they slept in barracks constructed of cardboard and on the floor; both he and his father were stripped, examined, and deloused on both sides of the border; in addition, …

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Interview No. 1316, Alejandro S. Arredondo May 2006

Interview No. 1316, Alejandro S. Arredondo

Combined Interviews

Mr. Arredondo briefly talks about his hometown and what life was like growing up; he initially learned about the Bracero Program in Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico; his brother was already in the United States and he wrote to him about the program; Mr. Arredondo travelled to Culiacán, Mexico in search of employment; from there, he traveled to Mexicali, Mexico; while in Mexicali, Mexico, he worked in the fields picking cotton; he crossed into United States illegally and he picked cotton as an undocumented worker; on several occasions, he and other undocumented workers were detained by immigration officials and were sent back …

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Interview No. 1318, Juan Topete May 2006

Interview No. 1318, Juan Topete

Combined Interviews

Mr. Topete recalls the humble beginnings of his childhood and how much he suffered; at the age of eighteen he and Margarita Becerra set out to Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico; along the way, he met a man who knew his father and he traveled to meet him; his father told him to return Margarita to her home and he sent him to the U.S.; he crossed into the U.S. through Mexicali, Mexico; he paid a man $125.00 to take him to Oakland, California; he worked for the railroad while in Oakland; he was deported to Mexicali, Mexico where he sold secondhand …

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Interview No. 1324, Tomás Pelayo May 2006

Interview No. 1324, Tomás Pelayo

Combined Interviews

Mr. Tomás Pelayo briefly recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties he and his family endured; as a young man, he traveled to the United States in search of adventure; he heard about a call for braceros and he returned to Mexico in order to join the program; he recalls the process, including lists of eligible workers, waiting times, and transportation to and from the center; in addition, he mentions going through the center in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; on another occasion, he traveled to Hermosillo, Mexico where he picked two thousand kilos of cotton in order to obtain a letter …

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Interview No. 1322, Antonio Molina Rodríguez May 2006

Interview No. 1322, Antonio Molina Rodríguez

Combined Interviews

Mr. Antonio Molina R. briefly recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties he and his family endured; when he was ten years old, he helped his family by working as a cobbler; in 1957, he and his wife traveled from Guadalajara to Mexicali, Mexico; in 1958, he traveled to the United States, in search of employment; his goal was to earn one thousand dollars and return to Guadalajara, Mexico to begin a contracting company; he met a representative from CROM and he enlisted in the bracero program; he traveled to the processing center in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; he recalls the …

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Interview No. 1326, Roberto M. González May 2006

Interview No. 1326, Roberto M. González

Combined Interviews

Mr. Roberto M. González briefly recalls his family and childhood; after growing tired of working with his father, he traveled to Mexicali, Mexico with a friend; he heard about a call for braceros and decided to enlist; he recalls that one of the requirements for the braceros was to have calloused hands; he paid ten dollars in order to be added to the list of eligible workers; on another occasion, he was required to pick two thousand kilos of cotton in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico; he traveled to the processing center in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico; he was sent to El …

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Interview No. 1325, Antonio García B. May 2006

Interview No. 1325, Antonio García B.

Combined Interviews

Mr. Antonio García B. briefly recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties he and his siblings endured; he remembers hearing stories about the bracero program and he decided to enlist; in 1954, he went through the hiring process to become a bracero; he recalls the entire process, lists of eligible workers, waiting times, and transportation to and from the center; he recalls that one of the requirements for the braceros was to have calloused hands; in addition, he mentions going through the centers in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; he also describes the medical exams and required documents; …

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Interview No. 1321, Alfredo Angulo Castro May 2006

Interview No. 1321, Alfredo Angulo Castro

Combined Interviews

Mr. Alfredo Angulo Castro recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties he and his family endured; he was a racehorse jockey at the age of five; in 1949, at the age of nineteen, he traveled to the United States; his godfather was the foreman for a company in Holtville, California; in order to work for the company, he returned to Mexico and joined the bracero program; he recalls going through the processing center in Mexicali, Mexico; as part of the process, he was medically examined, shaved, and deloused; he worked twelve to twenty-four hour shifts as an irrigator in the …

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The Guardian, May 24, 2006, Wright State University Student Body May 2006

The Guardian, May 24, 2006, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Sixteen page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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Interview No. 1312, Pedro Rivera May 2006

Interview No. 1312, Pedro Rivera

Combined Interviews

Mr. Rivera Duran briefly talks about his hometown and what his life was like growing up; he briefly recalls his family and his childhood; he remembers hearing stories about the bracero program and decided to join; he went through the hiring process at San Luis de la Paz to become a bracero; he traveled from Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico to Mexicali; he briefly describes the transportation and the required documents; as part of the process, he was medically examined, vaccinated, and deloused; he spent most of his time in the San Fernando Valley and Escondido, California; he worked in the citrus …

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Ddasaccident551, Hd-Aid May 2006

Ddasaccident551, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On 24 May 2006, at 1045 hrs a PMN-02 detonated on [the Victim] deminer of MDG-18 while he was excavating a located signal. The located signal was a dispositioned PMN--2 mine. The deminer received multiple minor injuries on his face and also soils and smoke entered the eyes of the injured deminer. All steps of medical first aid were applied on the victim by the team medic. His eyes were washed by saline serum in the site as the soils and the dusts were removed from his eyes by the team medic then he was shifted to the Bagram Air …

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Military Development: Twenty-Five Years Of U.S. Military Aid To Egypt, 1980-2005, Matthew Robert Fomby May 2006

Military Development: Twenty-Five Years Of U.S. Military Aid To Egypt, 1980-2005, Matthew Robert Fomby

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Fostering Information Fluency: Two Student Centred Initiatives., Erika C. Linke May 2006

Fostering Information Fluency: Two Student Centred Initiatives., Erika C. Linke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Two initiatives have been undertaken at Carnegie Mellon University, one to address issues of accountability relative to information literacy and the other to learn more about graduate students’ information gathering behavior. In response to changing accreditation requirements, new evidence for student learning is being required. Thus a program to concentrate on the information literacy skills of undergraduates, particularly in major fields of study, has been started. The other initiative focuses on understanding the current information gathering behaviors of graduate students. Outcomes from this study are being incorporated into services directed at graduate students. Questions about how to address these needs …

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The Impact Of Co-Operative Engineering Library Services On Teaching And Research In Brazil., Maria Isabel Santoro, Olaio Villela, Teresinha Das Graças Coletta May 2006

The Impact Of Co-Operative Engineering Library Services On Teaching And Research In Brazil., Maria Isabel Santoro, Olaio Villela, Teresinha Das Graças Coletta

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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The Politics Of Embedding: Library As A Partner Not Support Service., Peter Stubley May 2006

The Politics Of Embedding: Library As A Partner Not Support Service., Peter Stubley

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The Library that considers itself to have the best services in the world may still find itself under-appreciated or – worse still – isolated, unless it delivers those services to its customers in a pro-active manner. Moreover, unless it actively engages with the strategic directions of both the over-arching institution and its individual units – the University and its academic Departments – it risks being ignored and marginalised from the core business of the institution. For too long libraries have, with a degree of modesty and satisfaction, considered themselves as ‘support services’ but now is the time to launch ourselves …

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B-On - A Portugese Consortium Experience., José Fernandes May 2006

B-On - A Portugese Consortium Experience., José Fernandes

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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Australian Educational Research Gateway: Disseminating Research-Based Knowledge And Professional Resources And Services To Improve Learning And Research., Sue Clarke May 2006

Australian Educational Research Gateway: Disseminating Research-Based Knowledge And Professional Resources And Services To Improve Learning And Research., Sue Clarke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (ACER) ACER's mission is to “create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning”. See web site www.acer.edu.au The ultimate goal of ACER’s work is to improve outcome for learners. Learners and learning are at the heart of our mission. The goal is to improve the quality of leaning (including the development of knowledge, skills, understandings, attitudes and values) across a wide variety of formal and informal contexts. As a research organisation, we attempt to do this through reliable, scientific research and through the development of products and services …

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Quality Assessment Program As Contribution For The Sibi/Usp Management., Adherbal Caminada, Adriana A. Barreiros, Adriana Cybelle Ferrari, Cristia Olaio Villela, Cybelle Assumpçao Fontes, Maria Imaculada Cardosa Sampaio, Rosa Maria F. Zani May 2006

Quality Assessment Program As Contribution For The Sibi/Usp Management., Adherbal Caminada, Adriana A. Barreiros, Adriana Cybelle Ferrari, Cristia Olaio Villela, Cybelle Assumpçao Fontes, Maria Imaculada Cardosa Sampaio, Rosa Maria F. Zani

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

It addresses the relevance of the quality assessment processes as instruments of support for managing information services. It describes the implementation of the Product and Service Quality Assessment Program (PAQ) of University of São Paulo’s Integrated Library System (SIBi/USP), reporting two phases performed so far. Phase one, performed in 2002, assessed products and services of SIBi’ libraries by means of questionnaires and interview for data collection. Five electronic questionnaires were applied comprising the SERVQUAL – tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy dimensions and an interview was applied to library users, using three questions. Phase two of PAQ was performed in …

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Libraries And Weblogs: The Role Of New Phenomenon Blogs In Library Services, Research And Learning In Libraries., Tahereh Karami, Tahereh Oloumi May 2006

Libraries And Weblogs: The Role Of New Phenomenon Blogs In Library Services, Research And Learning In Libraries., Tahereh Karami, Tahereh Oloumi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of Libraries In The Context Of E-Science, Anne Trefethern May 2006

The Role Of Libraries In The Context Of E-Science, Anne Trefethern

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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North Central Risk Management Education Center, Beth A. Eberspacher May 2006

North Central Risk Management Education Center, Beth A. Eberspacher

Cornhusker Economics

The North Central Risk Management Education Center has been providing program leadership and coordination for risk management education in the North Central Region since 2001. This region includes the following states: Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The North Central Center is one of four Risk Management Education Centers in the United States. The other three centers are located at the University of Delaware, Texas A&M University and Washington State University.

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Interview No. 1290, José Mario Arredondo Salas May 2006

Interview No. 1290, José Mario Arredondo Salas

Combined Interviews

Mr. Arredondo worked on picking lettuce, pears and peaches as well as being a cook and gardener; he worked from 1949 to 1950 in Imperial Valley and from 1953 to 1961 in Yolo; Mr. Arredondo talks about working in agriculture on his father’s land; his father became ill when he was very young, forcing him to work the fields to help support his family; he discusses how he was married to his first wife for 5 months and had his first child; he talks about undergoing medical examinations and being stripped of his clothes and sprayed down as well as …

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Interview No. 1293, Manuel Chávez Romo May 2006

Interview No. 1293, Manuel Chávez Romo

Combined Interviews

Mr. Romo describes moving at a young age to San Juan de los Lagos because his father was going to help them get residency in the United States; he talks about growing up poor and that 11 of his siblings died because of the harsh winter conditions; at the age of 16 Mr. Romo attended school in Zacatecas where he studied to become a welder; he talks about his mother raising him and taking care of the few chickens and cows they had in order to survive; Mr. Romo speaks highly of his father and is very proud that his …

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Interview No. 1301, Bacelicia Meza De Peraza May 2006

Interview No. 1301, Bacelicia Meza De Peraza

Combined Interviews

Ms. Bacelicia Meza de Peraza recalls growing up in the most rural of areas, a ranch with no electricity and cars were never seen to pass by; both of her parents worked in agriculture and as a young teen she helped by harvesting carrots; at the age of 17 she moved to Mexicali with her aunt, where she worked selling magazines and books; it was in Mexicali where Ms. Bacelicia met her husband who had been a bracero for the past 10 years; she talks about them going on dates to the movies and around town; she mentions that her …

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Interview No. 1213, Francisco Ceceña May 2006

Interview No. 1213, Francisco Ceceña

Combined Interviews

Mr. Ceceña talks about his decision to enlist in the bracero program in 1954, out of financial necessity; he went through the contracting center in Mexicali, Baja California, México, and from there he was transferred to El Centro, California, before finally arriving at his worksite in Coachella, California; as part of the processing, he was fumigated and generally treated very poorly; as a bracero, he worked in California picking chile, corn, dates and tomatoes; he goes on to detail the various worksites, housing, accommodations, amenities, provisions, duties, routines, treatment, payments, deductions, remittances, friendships and recreational activities, including trips into town; …

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