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Seasonal Farm Laborers Program

 Organization

Biography

found: Latin American Video Archives WWW, Dec. 30, 2003 (The agreement for the Seasonal Farm Laborers Program was signed by the governments of Mexico and the United States on July 23, 1942; Bracero Program)

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Victor Martinez Alem, 2003 June 28, 2006 November 16

 Item
Identifier: UTEPmor06
Abstract

Father did not want him to work as a bracero, finally paid for a "coyote" to get his contract in Empalme, Sonora; waited for one month there and got help from an officer to finally get contracted; he picked apricots, peas, lettuce; remembers humilliating spraying with pesticides, naked in from of the female secretaries while signing contract.

Dates: 2003 June 28; Digitization: 2006 November 16

Senator Dominick--Bracero Problem, 1965 March 10

 Item
Identifier: M085.10.0202.00095
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 10 of 11 Includes foreign relations trip materials, newsletters, radio scripts, press releases, weekly reports, and audio and video tapes.

Dates: 1965 March 10