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Former border patrolman Delma Kyle discusses the deportation of Mexicans in the Lubbock area during the 1930s and describes Lubbock area labor camps.
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Delma Kyle
  
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
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'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' May 19, 1973
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Andrew A. Tijerina
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 35 minutes
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Work with Border Patrol reviewed,
 
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Immigration Law of 1924,
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Deportation and enforcement discussed,
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Lubbock County Border Patrol activities (1930s),
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Deportation problems and facts noted,
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Illegal aliens and braceros (1955-1964),
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Routes taken by illegal aliens and migrants given,
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Bracero program discussed,
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Lubbock labor camps located and described,
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Agricultural labor costs discussed.
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Agricultural labor costs (continued),
 
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Attitudes of farmers and Mexican-Americans toward "wetbacks" and the braceros recalled.
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1924-1964
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1924-1964
  
  

Revision as of 15:43, 4 May 2015

Former border patrolman Delma Kyle discusses the deportation of Mexicans in the Lubbock area during the 1930s and describes Lubbock area labor camps.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Delma Kyle

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: May 19, 1973

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Andrew A. Tijerina

Length: 35 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Work with Border Patrol reviewed, Immigration Law of 1924, Deportation and enforcement discussed, Lubbock County Border Patrol activities (1930s), Deportation problems and facts noted, Illegal aliens and braceros (1955-1964), Routes taken by illegal aliens and migrants given, Bracero program discussed, Lubbock labor camps located and described, Agricultural labor costs discussed.

Tape 1, Side 2: Agricultural labor costs (continued), Attitudes of farmers and Mexican-Americans toward "wetbacks" and the braceros recalled.

Range Dates: 1924-1964

Bulk Dates: 1924-1964


Access Information

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Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



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