Sánchez, H. Virgilio

Interview with Bernabe Solis.

Recollection of the Mexican Revolution and his opinion on Pancho Villa and Guillermo Baca; his emigration to the United States, the Spanish Flu of 1918, of which his mother died; the Depression.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Mexican Revolution, Battles of Zacatecas, Torreón, Camargo, the personalities of Villa, de Anda and Murguña; recollections of black American soldiers during the Revolutionary years.

Mexican Revolution, including being a prisoner of Pascual Orozco; coming to the United States as part of the División del Norte; work experiences at Fort Bliss, ASARCO, in California and South Texas; Lone Star Welfare Association.

The Mexican Revolution, migrant workers in the United States; Prohibition; Bracero Program.