The Bracero History Archive is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Brown University, and The Institute of Oral History at the University of Texas at El Paso. Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Bracero Program, which brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the United States, ended more than four decades ago. Current debates about immigration policy-including discussions about a new guest worker program-have put the program back in the news and made it all the more important to understand this chapter of American history. This cooperative project sought to record the recollections of those involved in the program.
Submissions from 2006
Interview no. 1295, Adolfo González
Interview no. 1224, J. Cruz Gonzalez
Interview no. 1151, Lorenzo González
Interview no. 1075, Juan Guerrero Nava
Interview no. 1152, Francisco Gutiérrez, María Guadalupe, and Leticia Gutiérrez
Interview no. 1245, Martha Gutiérrez
Interview no. 1225, Esteban Gutierrez S.
Interview no. 1201, Severiano G. Villarreal
Interview no. 1226, Eusebio Hernandez
Interview no. 1296, Rafael Hernández
Interview no. 1237, Juan H. Perez
Interview no. 1153, Froylan Huerta
Interview no. 1216, Catarino J. Durán
Interview no. 1195, Rodolfo J. López
Interview no. 1194, Asterio L. León
Interview no. 1174, Aurelio L. Marin
Interview no. 1156, Maria L. Menchaca
Interview no. 1082, Alejo López
Interview no. 1298, Adelino López Gutiérrez
Interview no. 1068, Higinio López
Interview no. 1081, Margarita López
Interview no. 1171, Refugio L. Saldaña
Interview no. 1299, Carmen Lua
Interview no. 1170, Jose Luis Gazca
Interview no. 1173, Sabas Luna
Interview no. 1070, Luz Maria Ayala
Interview no. 1317, Luz María Sosa
Interview no. 1228, Leocadio Marquez
Interview no. 1300, Faustino Martínez
Interview no. 1155, Herminio Martinez
Interview no. 1175, Nicolas Martínez L.
Interview no. 1053, Alberto Mendoza Torres
Interview no. 1301, Bacelicia Meza de Peraza
Interview no. 1172, Marselina Meza Lo.
Interview no. 1176, Nemecio Meza
Interview no. 1326, Roberto M. González
Interview no. 1154, Alberto Miguel Marcial
Interview no. 1322, Antonio Molina Rodríguez
Interview no. 1302, Manuel Montes Robles
Interview no. 1231, Cipriano Moreno
Interview no. 1247, Melitona M. Santacruz
Interview no. 1229, Higinio Muñoz Martínez
Interview no. 1232, Mateo Murillo Lamas
Interview no. 1077, Elsa Murillo Rodríguez
Interview no. 1197, Francisco Murrillo Almaraz
Interview no. 1259, Jose M. Zepeda
Interview no. 1303, Federico Navarro Duran
Interview no. 1304, Rosa María Navarro
Interview no. 1305, Santiago Navarro
Interview no. 1307, Gregorio Nuñez