Washington County Oral Histories

Jose Jaime oral history recording on Latino migrant labor in Washington County

An audio recording of an oral history of Jose Jaime regarding Latino migrant laborers and the Bracero program in the 1940s-1960s. Topics include: his oldest brother's work as a bracero in California beginning in the late 1940s; another brother's work as a bracero in Arizona; hearing about work in America while living in Mexico; reasons for leaving Mexico; meaning of the word 'bracero'; Jose's arrival in Washington County, Oregon in 1965; migrant laborers being hired by Tektronix; several churches subsidizing 12 families so that they could settle permanently in the county; abuses of migrant laborers; how the Hispanic community enriches the county. This recording is accompanied by a transcript.

Jaime, Jose

Bracero collection

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Hispanic Americans -- History

Washington County (Or.)

1 sound file (27 min.)

English

WCM_OH_325

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Five Oaks Museum

Dehn, Beth

MP3

Sound