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US History Free Primary Sources

This is a guide with links to digital primary sources, mainly archives and other organizational collections.

20th Century

Bracero History Archive

"The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964. Millions of Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America."


Farmworker Movement Documentation Project

Documents related to the United Farm Workers movement led by Cesar Chavez. Includes historical documents, primary accounts from volunteers who worked with Chavez, and secondary essays.