Biographies

Title

Biographies
Juan and Josephine Martinez and Marcella Martinez Diaz p.8

Date

2012

Type

Document
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Topics

Loss of land in New Mexico
move north to seek employment
migrant farm work
in groups
winters in San Luis Valley
incidental employment
work for Works Progress Administration
1938-40
copper mining
problems of travelling by car or truck
housing
migrant workers
sheepherding
Goss-Grove neighborhood
employment for women (laundry)
religious practices at home
weddings
. baptisms
Easter
funerals

Places mentioned and source of information if given

Boulder Hispanic Families project
Cimarron
New Mexico; Clayton
New Mexico; Sugar City; Boulder;

Reference

BCLHP-MKM-477