| Collection Name: |
U.S.-Mexico Border Labor History |
| Repository Name: |
University of Texas, El Paso. Library. Special Collections Department. Institute for Oral History [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
El Paso, Texas, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.dmc.utep.edu/oralh/Labor.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1978-1980 |
| Description: |
A two-year study funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities added 95 interviews with workers on both sides of the Rio Grande, from El Paso-Ciudad Juárez to Brownsville-Matamoros. Interviews chronicle fifty years of employment history along the border. This nationally recognized collection has been utilized extensively by scholars since its completion in 1980. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
95 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Economics; Politics |
| ASP Subjects: |
Brownsville, TX; Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico; El Paso, TX; Employees; History; Labor; Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Mexican-American Border Region; Oral history; Rio Grande; Work; Work environment |
| Other Subjects: |
Border |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002133 |
