Galdos, Mario

Interview with Agustin Ramirez.

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.

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.

Member of Otomi Indian tribe biographical data, including his family and life in the tribe; joined the Mexican Army as a young man; the Diaz-Taft meeting in El Paso in 1909' the Mexican Revolution; El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in 1920; labor experiences in Texas, Michigan, and Illinois; the Escobar Revolution and the Cristero Revolt.