https://www.braceroarchive.org/items/show/3259
creator: Carol Beecher
contributor: Carol Beecher
rights: You are being asked to contribute your story to the Bracero History Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the Bracero program. Your participation in the project will allow future historians, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of this program and its effect on the people involved. You must be 13 years of age or older to submit material to us. Your submission of material constitutes your permission for, and consent to, its dissemination and use in connection with the Bracero History Archive in all media in perpetuity. If you have so indicated on the form, your material will be published on the Bracero History Archive website (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated). Otherwise, your response will only be available to approved researchers using the Bracero History Archive. The material you submit must have been created by you, wholly original, and shall not be copied from or based, in whole or part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain. Further, such material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws. By submitting to the Bracero History Archive you release, discharge, and agree to hold harmless the Bracero History Archive and persons acting under its permission or authority, including a public library to which the collection might be donated for purposes of long-term preservation, from any claims or liability arising out of the Bracero History Archive's use of the material, including, without limitation, claims for violation of privacy, defamation, or misrepresentation. The Bracero History Archive has no obligation to use your material.

https://www.braceroarchive.org/items/show/3257
creator: Domingo Cardenas
contributor: Domingo Cardenas

Zenon Martinez Banda
subject: bracero
description: Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Zenon Martínez Banda was born in Lagunillas, San Luis Potosí, México; his father worked on a milpa; as a boy, he helped his father work in the fields growing corn and green beans; he was never formally educated; while in his early twenties, he enlisted in the bracero program; as a bracero, he labored in the fields of Arizona, California and Montana cleaning, pruning and picking cotton and tomatoes; during his time with the program, he married and had three children; he and his wife later had two more children, five in total. Summary of Interview: Mr. Martínez recalls hearing people talk favorably about the bracero program and wanting to enlist; while in his early twenties, he decided to join the bracero program; he describes the requirements and necessary paperwork to enlist; additionally, he recounts going through the center in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and entering the United States through Hidalgo, Texas; he also went through the center in Chihuahua and Sonora, México and entered through El Paso, Texas and Nogales, Arizona, respectively; Zenon also describes the medical exams and fumigation procedures he underwent; as a bracero, he labored in the fields of Arizona, California and Montana cleaning, pruning and picking cotton and tomatoes; he goes on to detail the various worksites, housing, accommodations, living conditions, provisions, routines, payments, deductions, treatment, contract lengths and recreational activities; although he usually obtained forty-five day contracts, he did work for six months in Wilcox, Arizona and one year in Peoria, Arizona; during his time with the program, he married and had three children; he and his wife later had two more children, five in total.
creator: Kuchle, Itzel
creator: Martinez Banda, Zenon
date: 2008-01-12
rights: Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso
language: spa

Ysabel Duron
subject: bracero
creator: Duron, Ysabel
contributor: Cristóbal Borges
rights: Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso
language: spa

Youths roughouse as braceros wait in line and buses pass them at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.09.21; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.09.21; Roll #: 9
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Young men prepare sandwiches for braceros at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.03.34; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.03.34; Roll #: 3
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Young men prepare sandwiches for braceros at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.03.31; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.03.31; Roll #: 3
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Young men prepare sandwiches for braceros at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.03.30; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.03.30; Roll #: 3
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Young men prepare sandwiches and pan dulce for braceros at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.03.33; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.03.33; Roll #: 3
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Young men prepare sandwiches and pan dulce for braceros at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.03.32; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.03.32; Roll #: 3
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Yolo Payment Scale
subject: Payment Scale
description: Payment scale based on hours and crop for Yolo Growers Inc. typed in English and Spanish.
creator: Dionisio Hernandez Canchola
source: Manuel Doblado
publisher: UTEB
date: 2009-08-03
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: UTEB
language: eng

Working on the Farm
subject: farm
description: Two men using a tractor to move hay bales.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: UTEB
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: UTEB
language: eng

Workers
subject: Photo
description: Workers using horses to move a structure.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: eng

Work Contract - back
subject: Contract
description: Back page of Standard Work Contract with terms for Jose Guadalupe Blanco Ortega, 1957.
creator: Jose Guadalupe Blanco Ortega
creator: US Department of Labor
source: Durango
publisher: UTEP
date: 2003-00-00
contributor: Steve Velasquez
rights: UTEP
language: eng

Work Contract
description: Work contract written in Spanish and issued by the Secretary of Labor for the United States. it was issued to J.C. Quezada Morales on November 28, 1952. It is signed by the Secretary of Labor and includes a fingerprint from J.C. Quezada Morales.
creator: J. Carmen Quezada Morales
source: Manuel Doblado
publisher: UTEP
date: 2009-08-03
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: UTEP
language: eng

Work Contract
subject: Contract
description: Continuation of Standard Work Contract for Jose Guadalupe Blanco Ortega, from 1957 to 1958 for northern California. Signed in El Centro, California.
creator: Jose Guadalupe Blanco Ortega
creator: US Department of Labor
source: Durango
publisher: UTEP
date: 2003-00-00
contributor: Steve Velasquez
rights: UTEP
language: eng

Work certification letter
subject: Work certification letter, 1956
description: Bracero Work Certificate Letter from the Arroyo Grande Farm Labor Association dated July 1956.
creator: Servando Penaloza Munoz
creator: Arroyo Grande Farm Labor Association
source: Mexico City
publisher: UTEP
date: 2002-05-31
contributor: David Villarreal
rights: UTEP
language: eng

Wonda Lou Wonicar
creator: Sam Haskin
date: 2008-09-25
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: EN

Women work and care for children in a braceros family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
description: Women framed by an arch work and care for children in their San Mateo, Mexico, bracero family home.When the cost of living outstripped wages in villages like San Mateo Atenco, many men enrolled as braceros. Families stayed behind. Original Caption: This is one of the two rooms for a family of nine people living in San Mateo - - about 20 miles south of Mexico City. Other room is a kitchen, work room, and storeroom. When work is available in the village, a Mexican laborer may earn about 10 pesos per day Because of this, the wageearner of the family here wants to go to the U.S. as a farm laborer where he may earn much more anywhere from 4 weeks up to 6 months.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.08.12; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.08.12; Roll #: 8
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: Print NAD-2004.0138.57.02. See Nadel Captions B, #35. See also Nadel Footnotes, 4.

Women work and care for children in a braceros family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.08.11; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.08.11; Roll #: 8
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 4.

Women wash clothes and care for children in the courtyard of a bracero family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.13.05; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.13.05; Roll #: 13
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 4.

Women wash clothes and care for children in the courtyard of a bracero family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.13.04; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.13.04; Roll #: 13
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 4.

Women wash clothes and care for a child in the courtyard of a bracero family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
description: Original Caption: " In the village of San Mateo, about 20 miles south of Mexico City, approximately 150 braceros leave their homes per hear to work in the United States. The population of the village is about 2500. When work is available, a Mexican farmer may earn 10 pesos a day, on which he must support a family of 9 people."
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.13.03; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.13.03; Roll #: 13
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: Print NAD-2004.0138.57.05. See Nadel Footnotes, 4.

Women talk and work at home with children in a braceros family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.08.10; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.08.10; Roll #: 8
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 4.

Women prepare food and drink for braceros as they wait to be processed through the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
description: Local vendors which were mostly women sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Monterrey Processing Center or to be processed inside.
creator: Leonard Nadel
source: The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.16; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.16; Roll #: 4
publisher: National Museum of American History
date: 1956-00-00
contributor: National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
rights: Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
relation: See Nadel Footnotes, 1.