University of Texas at El Paso

The Mexican Revolution, early 20th Century; old Fort Bliss; growth of the city of EL Paso.

The Mexican Revolution; The Spanish Flu of 1948; her immigration to the United States in 1928 and return to Mexico three years later.

Mr. Flores was born in Miacatl?n, Morelos. He worked as a bracero from 1956 to 1963, in California and Texas.

Talk at Stanford University concerning Mexican agricultural workers in the Southwest.

Born in Tilzapotla, Morelos. He worked as a bracero in California, Wyoming and Nebraska.

The Mexican Revolution; Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918; came to the United States in 1918 and became resident in 1928; obtained his citizenship in 1940; attended night school; floods; gangs; job experiences; the Depression; Prohibition, discrimination; World War II.

Born in Durango; recollections of his chilhood and youth; job experiences; came to Ciudad Juárez in 1953; worked as a bracero in Pecos and Ysleta, Texas; accident while on the job; stories told to him by his father concerning the Mexican Revolution and smallpox in Mexico.

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

Recalls life as a laborer on a hacienda before the Mexican Revolution; discrimination he encounters in Kansas; the Battle of Aguascalientes; Villa, Carranza, and Madero; the Spanish Flu of 1918, the Depression; La toma de Zacatecas.

Mr. Flores was born in San Andres de la Cal, Morelos, Mexico in 1932. He worked in Texas picking cotton; in Arizona picking melon; talks in detail about working conditions in California picking various vegetables and fruits; also worked in Virginia (1980-1985) in tobacco fields.