University of Texas at El Paso

Born in Mexico; came from a large family, many of whom died during the Spanish Flu of 1918; the Mexican Revolution and various personalities; came to the United States in 1925 and worked with the Sante Fe Railroads in Oklahoma; has worked in Chicago, New York, Indiana, and Buffalo; worked as a Bracero in 1954; opinions about undocumented workers in the United States and personal observattions about M?xico.

Tigua Indian discusses tribal history, customs, and way of life

Recollections Soccorro and San Elizario area which include history, culture, folklore and traditions of the area.

Mr. Martinez grew up in Emetepec Hidalgo. He worked as a bracero in Califonia and Texas; picking orange, lemon, tomato, green pepper, carrot, celery and cotton. Activities he did from 1951 to 1956.

Mr. Lopez grew up in Petatlan, Guerrero. He worked as a bracero in California, Texas, New Mexico and Arkansas: picking tomato, cantaloupe, sugar beet, and cotton. Activities he did from 1954 to 1962.

Personalities and events of the Mexican Revolution, including Pancho Villa and Francisco I. Madero, the Spanish Flu of 1918. Barber for Pancho Villa.

Mr. Guevara Rodriguez grew up in Valle de Santiago Guanajuato. He worked as a bracero in Texas, California, Kansas City, and Montana; picking cotton, strawberries, corn, and harvesting lettuce, asparagas and sugar beet. Activities he did from 1949 to 1964.

Member of Otomi Indian tribe biographical data, including his family and life in the tribe; joined the Mexican Army as a young man; the Diaz-Taft meeting in El Paso in 1909' the Mexican Revolution; El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in 1920; labor experiences in Texas, Michigan, and Illinois; the Escobar Revolution and the Cristero Revolt.

Life in Mexico before the Mexican Revolution; his participation in the Revolution with Villa's army under Mart?n L?pez; work experiences in the United States; the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918.

Mr. Solano was born on August 27, 1939 in Tilxapotla, Morelos. He grew up as a farmworker on his family's land. He has a basic formal education. He remembers discrimination that the braceros went through both in Mexico (Empale, Sonora) & in the US (Stockton). He experienced discrimination in church. He worked in California and Arizona.