Records, 1953-1966.

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Records, 1953-1966.

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Consists of correspondence, printed material, and scrapbook material concerning the Maid of Cotton contests and the Bracero labor program.

2,103 leaves

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7124020

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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El Paso Valley Cotton Association

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Association of cotton farmers concerned with the promotion of cotton in the Texas counties of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson. The association sponsored the area's Maid of Cotton contest and also handled the contracting of farm labor through the Bracero program from 1955-1965. This was a program designed by Mexican president, Avila Camache and U.S. president, Franklin Roosevelt to allow Mexican laborers (braceros) to serve as agricultural workers in the southwestern United States during World W...

Maid of Cotton Pageant (Texas)

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National Farm Labor Users Committee

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Western Growers Association

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