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Additional Braceros Resources in the OSU Libraries Collections Table of Contents Additional Braceros Resources in the University Archives In addition to the original Bracero photographs, the University Archives contains other sources of information pertaining to Bracero workers in Oregon. Extension Service Records (RG 111) - The
county extension office annual reports for those counties in which
Braceros worked during WWII often include a section on how many
workers were utilized in the county and the types of work done.
Some of the reports also include narrative on problems that the
workers encountered. See osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/rg/rg111des.html The Farm Labor Emergency project records within the Extension Service Records contain numerous brief references to Bracero workers and how they were utilized in Oregon. The project records also include a U.S. Department of Agriculture publication, A History of the Emergency Farm Labor Supply Program, 1943-1947, by Wayne D. Rasmussen [USDA Agriculture Monograph no. 13], 1951. This work contains a chapter on Bracero workers from a national perspective. Fighters on the Farm Front: A Story of the 1943-46 Oregon Emergency Farm Labor Program, Oregon State College Extension Circular 492, Jan. 1947. This publication provides a detailed overview of the various groups that helped to cultivate and harvest Oregon's crops during WWII, including the Bracero workers. Includes good statistical information on a statewide basis. This publication is also available in the Valley Library at S537 .O7 A54 and online. Alderman Family Farms Films - film footage
shot on one of Oregon's largest row crop farms in the 1940s and
1950s, located near Dayton, Oregon. Includes footage of Bracero
workers who helped on the farm in the mid 1940s. A VHS copy of the
films is available for viewing. See osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/film/p214.html Farm Labor Memorabilia Collection file - Includes Erasmo Gamboa's October 1982 Pacific Northwest Quarterly article, "Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest, 1943-1947." His article used several of the Bracero photographs from the OSU Archives. This file also includes "Sugestiones To Apple Pickers," a Spanish language brochure published by Oregon's Extension Service in August 1943. See this brochure online. Bibliography of Braceros Materials in the Valley Library The Valley Library's holdings include many journal articles and monographs that pertain to Mexican and Mexican-American workers, including the Braceros, in the United States. ARTICLES: Vargas, Zaragosa. "IN THE YEARS OF DARKNESS AND
TORMENT: THE EARLY MEXICAN AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, 1945-1963." Garcia, Alephonso. "BEET SEASONS IN WYOMING: MEXICAN-AMERICAN
FAMILY LIFE ON A SUGAR BEET FARM NEAR WHEATLAND DURING WORLD WAR
II." Cohen, Deborah. "CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: THE MEXICAN
STATE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES AND ITS OWN CITIZEN-WORKERS,
1942-1954." Grove, Wayne A. "COTTON ON THE FEDERAL ROAD TO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: TECHNOLOGY AND LABOR POLICIES FOLLOWING WORLD
WAR II." Durand, Jorge; Massey, Douglas S.; and Charvet,
Fernando. "THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF MEXICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE
UNITED STATES: 1910-1996." Ferrat, Carlos Rico; Thelen, David, interviewer.
"MEXICO, THE LATIN NORTH AMERICAN NATION: A CONVERSATION WITH CARLOS
RICO FERRAT." McGarvie, Mark. "A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF IMMIGRANT
CONTRACT LABOR ON THE MILWAUKEE ROAD." Grove, Wayne A. "THE MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM,
1942-1964: GOVERNMENT-ADMINISTERED LABOR MARKET INSURANCE FOR FARMERS." Zatz, Marjorie S. "USING AND ABUSING MEXICAN FARMWORKERS:
THE BRACERO PROGRAM AND THE INS." Valdes, Dennis N. "LEGAL STATUS AND THE STRUGGLES
OF FARMWORKERS IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO, 1942-1993." Martin, Philip L. "FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND
MIGRATION: THE CASE OF MEXICAN MAQUILADORAS." Driscoll, Barbara A.; Salgado Andrade, Eva, transl.
"EL PROGRAMA DE BRACEROS: UNA PODEROSA ESTRATEGIA BILATERAL DE MIGRACION?" Hansen, L. O. "THE POLITICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC
CONTEXT OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL MEXICAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
(1942-1984)." Gamboa, Erasmo. "BRACEROS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
LABORERS ON THE DOMESTIC FRONT, 1942-1947." Wells, Merle. "TWENTIETH-CENTURY MIGRANT FARM
LABOR." Papademetriou, Demetrios G.; Martin, Philip L.;
and Miller, Mark J. "U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: THE GUESTWORKER OPTION
REVISITED." Gamboa, Erasmo. "MEXICAN MIGRATION INTO WASHINGTON
STATE: A HISTORY, 1940-1950." Gamio, Manuel; Galarza, Ernesto; and Castaneda,
Carlos E. "TRES ESTUDIOS ESPECIALIZADOS ACERCA DE LOS BRACEROS." Hernandez Rodriguez, Rogelio. "EL PROBLEMA DE
LOS BRACEROS EN EL PERIODO DE 1942 A 1946." Jones, Lamar B. and Rice, G. Randolph. "AGRICULTURAL
LABOR IN THE SOUTHWEST: THE POST BRACERO YEARS." Williams, Edward J. "OIL IN MEXICAN-U.S. RELATIONS:
ANALYSIS AND BARGAINING SCENARIO." Levenstein, Harvey. "SINDICALISMO NORTEAMERICANO,
BRACEROS Y "ESPALDAS MOJADAS." Kirstein, Peter N. "AGRIBUSINESS, LABOR, AND THE
WETBACKS: TRUMAN'S COMMISSION ON MIGRATORY LABOR." Slatta, Richard W. "CHICANOS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF OREGON'S CHICANOS." Stoddard, Ellwyn R. "A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF
THE "ALIEN INVASION": INSTITUTIONALIZED SUPPORT OF ILLEGAL MEXICAN
ALIENS IN THE U.S." Grubbs, Donald H. "PRELUDE TO CHAVEZ: THE NATIONAL
FARM LABOR UNION IN CALIFORNIA." Kiser, George C. "MEXICAN AMERICAN LABOR BEFORE
WORLD WAR II." Jones, Lamar B. "FARM LABOR: SHORTAGE OR SURPLUS?" Schirteer, Martin E. "THE MIGRANT WORKER." American Benedictine Review 1970 21(1): 56-78. Miller, Charlene. "LOS GOLONDRINOS." Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 1964 30: 51-71. Gilmore, N. Ray; Gilmore, Gladys W. "THE BRACERO
IN CALIFORNIA." Scruggs, Otey M. "TEXAS AND THE BRACERO PROGRAM,
1942-1947." Scruggs, Otey M. "THE BRACERO PROGRAM UNDER THE
FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, 1942-1943." BOOKS Kirstein, Peter N. "Anglo Over Bracero: a History
of the Mexican Worker in the United States from Roosevelt to Nixon." Servín, Manuel P. "The Mexican-Americans: an Awakening
Minority." Craig, Richard B. "The Bracero Program; Interest
Groups and Foreign Policy." Galarza, Ernesto. "Merchants of Labor: the Mexican
Bracero Story. An account of the Managed Migration of Mexican Farm
Workers in California 1942-1960. Chang, Grace. "Disposable Domestics: Immigrant
Women Workers in the Global Economy." Herrera-Sobek, María . The Bracero Experience:
Elitelore versus Folklore. Hancock, Richard Humphris. "The Role of the Bracero
in the Economic and Cultural Dynamics of Mexico; a Case Study of
Chihuahua." Gamboa, Erasmo.; Buan, Carolyn. "Nosotros: the
Hispanic People of Oregon; Essays and Recollections." McBride, John G. "Vanishing Bracero; Valley Revolution." Schmidt, Fred H. "After the bracero; an Inquiry
into the Problem of Farm Labor Recruitment." With the research assistance
of Patricia McFeely. A report submitted to the Dept. of Employment
of the State of California by the Institute of Industrial Relations,
University of California, Los Angeles. Gamboa, Erasmo. "Mexican
labor & World War II : braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947." VIDEOTAPES "The Oregon story: agricultural workers." |