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Handwritten letter of work recommendation for Heleodoro Martinez Solis signed 04/04/1955.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sally Gutierrez McQuinn was born in México, and her parents came to the United States in 1920, when she was only a few months old; she was raised in Gilroy, California; in 1941, she was married; shortly…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Nicolás Saldaña was born on a small ranch just outside of Tlaltenango, Zacatecas, México; he has three sisters and one brother; as a child he helped work the land and care for the animals; in 1957, he enlisted…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Rivera López was born on October 7, 1934, in Corrales, Juchitlán, Jalisco, México; he is the eldest of his five brothers; from 1942 to 1953 his father worked in the bracero program; in 1956, against his…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Heriberto Rivas Lugo was born on July 4, 1935, in Arivechi, Sonora, México; he is the eldest of his five sisters and three brothers; his parents were agricultural workers; although he liked school, he was…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rafael Covarrubias was born in Tlaltenango [de Sánchez Román], Zacatecas, México; he was the youngest of his two sisters and four brothers; his parents owned a small ranch, where they worked the land; when he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Pedro Benítez was born in the state of Sinaloa in México; when he was about two years old, his mother died while giving birth to his younger sister; shortly thereafter, his grandmother began to take care of him…

Letter on behalf of Guadalupe Cano Quiroz to Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles signed August 4, 1961

Image of Farm Labor Contract for Guadalupe Cano Quiroz and the San Joaquin Farm Production Association signed May 12, 1960

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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, Chihuahua…