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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Raymundo Villa was born in Ysleta, Texas, on December 24, 1939; he had eight brothers and sisters; his father was the foreman on a farm near Ysleta; he initially became involved with the bracero program as an…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sam Sanchez was born on April 5, 1936, in San Elizario, Texas; he had twelve siblings, and his father was a farmer; upon graduating from high school, he joined the Marine Corps; when he finished his tour of duty…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Socorro O. Perez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas; in 1954, she began working as a clerk and typist at Rio Vista, a bracero processing center in Socorro, Texas; she continued working there until 1957, and…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Guadalupe Mena Arizmendi was born on a ranch near Buenavista, Guerrero, México, on December 26, 1928; his family worked in agriculture, and he had little formal schooling; he married at age eighteen, and when he…

Black and white photograph of a truck with people standing in the bed. They're holding American flags.

Picture of man with shovel releasing crop from a storage bin on the farm.

Baby photo of Belen Soto Moren standing on a chair outside.

Picture of Belen Soto Moreno and her cousin as young girls.

Picture of Belen Soto Moreno at her Holy Communion.

Belen Soto Moreno riding a bike.

Picture of Belen and friends with softball mits

Two men using a tractor to move hay bales.

Photo of four young girls.

Photo of a Man, two women and a small boy standing in front of bookshelves.

Man in field (plowing?) working with horses.

Workers using horses to move a structure.

Four children posing outside a building.

Two men posing in front of trees.

Photograph of Belen, Carmen and Ramon Soto as children.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sabas Luna was born in 1939, in Tlaltenango [de Sánchez Román], Zacatecas, México; his parents were campesinos whose main crop was corn, and he was the fourth of nine children; he was formally educated through…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Benito Fierro was born on March 20, 1932, in Julimes, Chihuahua, México; he was the third of nine brothers to be born, and they all learned the agricultural trade from their father; in 1953, he became a bracero;…

Bilingual phrase book or language guide. English for braceros and domestic employee's. Spanish for farmers and home makers.