5 10 142 https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/f9b6458e322b66c9ca42c95be27d7e67.jpg c3a104b68d41294e080efd65958232e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fort Worth Stockyards Sign 2022 Description An account of the resource Fort Worth Stockyards Sign over Exchange Avenue Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 18, 2022 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Deed Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ No changes were made. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Worth_Stock_Yards_Entrance_Wiki_%281_of_1%29.jpg https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/f3542fca58e3af9e18ceae009294d589.jpg f2b24085fb9a645a2796a1e047a3d3f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis Zapata Campaign Placard Description An account of the resource This placard is from Loius Zapata's 1977 City Council of Fort Worth campaign. He represented the North Side. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Deed Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ No changes were made. From the Fort Worth Library Archives: Please note that any use of content downloaded or printed from this site is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact: history@fortworthtexas.gov Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fort Worth Public Library Digital Archives https://www.fortworthtexasarchives.org/digital/collection/p16084coll25/id/186/rec/221 https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/1580dc91c497ddaeff1bfce792b21473.jpg f6df0e18188345685cc55241e1e6c72f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tarrant County Courthouse Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 4, 2024 https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/9919b32b7f973a30e298c77e452ad607.png 74b9788c085eb1ce509a41b361c5a1c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (Bracero Contract), 1958 Description An account of the resource Mexican Farm Labor Agreement (Bracero Contract), 1958 https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3023 Description and Historical Context: This primary source is a 1958 Bracero Program work contract issued to Dionisio Hernandez Canchola, a Mexican laborer recruited to work in the United States under the terms of the binational Bracero agreement (1942–1964). The contract, written in both English and Spanish and bearing official stamps and signatures, outlines the conditions of Canchola’s employment, including wage rates, duration of labor, housing provisions, and the geographic destination for work. These contracts were created as part of a formal labor system agreed upon by the U.S. and Mexican governments to address U.S. agricultural labor shortages, especially in southern and southwestern states. The document shows how the Bracero Program, where the U.S. government and private growers structured temporary migration through standardized contracts, was formalized and bureaucratized. Created by U.S. labor officials and Mexican recruiters, these documents were often signed by workers in processing centers with little to no room for negotiation. Analysis and Significance: Canchola’s contract provides a window into how Latino migration to the U.S. South was shaped by both economic opportunity and state regulation. It tells us the economic motivation that drove workers like Canchola to leave rural Mexico—namely, the promise of higher wages and employment unavailable in their home communities. While the agreement promises a specific wage and employment period, Bracero testimonies often describe broken promises, poor living conditions, and lack of enforcement—highlighting the difference between official documentation and on-the-ground experience. For students of migration in the "Migrant South," this source gives evidence of the economic motivations behind Latino migration, as well as the United States’ complicity in regulating and profiting from this labor system. For the audience, the contract can raise the following important question: How did the terms in these contracts compare to lived realities? Bibliography: Cohen, Deborah. Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United States and Mexico. University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Gamboa, Erasmo. Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942–1947. University of Texas Press, 1990. Mitchell, Don. They Saved the Crops: Labor, Landscape, and the Struggle over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California. University of Georgia Press, 2012. https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/c80061f652ca3767bce5c8313e6f443c.PNG 1cc455bbff3a6a043744c2018284b3fe Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Henry W Warren Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Warren, Henry W. Reminiscences of a Mississippi carpet-bagger. Worcester, Massachusetts, Massachusetts: The Davis Press, 1914, 9. https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/267a9fce8efafa08a20c06c3c1b4353f.jpg f05f3f3f44c6c84b357fa302541171e2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis F Post Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/07fa9a3c6cc051267c875856f044533d.jpg 8447e2bda1ce7ac91a7d2f4672d15bbe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carpet bag Description An account of the resource Picture of a Reconstruction-era carpet bag https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/7580de5700c48078431d0bbd6472ca48.png 65adcdef6f219135b437c38627add7aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MAPS Alexander Barsemian Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.nilc.org/resources/healthcoveragemaps/ https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/18c171b020417c16078cf1361c222d9a.jpg 17246214a9cbafc28ab9d69d54331317 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cover Image Alex Barsemian Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/state-s-undocumented-immigrants-use-fewer-health-services-than-u-s-born-residents https://www.kudzu.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/6e0a9e03b3029305c64e1849cf5c8528.png c6325df3799f34f96cba1bb0d5cedc79 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Uptown Newspaper Clipping Subject The topic of the resource Lola Spring 2025 Project