Past Projects
Bracero Oral History Project
The Institute of Oral History expanded the collection of interview materials outside of the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez region with the Bracero Oral History Project. The Bracero program, a federal guest worker program initially intended to address labor shortages during World War II, brought more than two million Mexicans to the United States to work. The Institute of Oral History launched the Bracero Oral History Project to collect interviews systematically with individuals throughout the United States and Mexico who were involved in the Bracero program. The IOH collected over 702 interviews. To view the transcripts, and listen to the recordings please go to www.braceroarchive.org