{"id":116,"date":"2010-05-19T18:53:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T01:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2016-01-10T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T21:10:36","slug":"research-trip-to-california-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Research Trip to California, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sinfronteras\/4110950716\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2678\/4110950716_aa0c2b8ddb.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bracero History Exhibit at the Smithsonian (2009). Courtesy of the author\u2019s photo collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another week of archival research! This week I had the opportunity to meet up my mentor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csun.edu\/~hfchs006\/FacultyBios\/RodolfoAcuna.htm\">Dr. Rodolfo Acuna<\/a> at CSUN. I enjoyed the feedback about my research and his stories of struggles. Next stop was the CSUN\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/Collections\/SCA\/UAC\/index.html\">Urban Archives Center<\/a> to look at the Max Mont\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/college.usc.edu\/cdd\/civic\/bmus\/United%20Farm%20Workers.html#UnitedFarmWorkers-EmergencyCommitteetoAidFarmWorkers\">Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers<\/a> Collection. Also, I helped my brother locate Chicano Studies material in the Rodolfo Acuna Collection. Also, I met up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.josealamillo.com\/\">Dr. Jose Alamillo<\/a> at CSUCI to discuss his research on braceros in Ventura County. Jose is currently coordinating the bracero history project in the county which is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sites.si.edu\/exhibitions\/exhibits\/bracero_project\/main.htm\">Smithsonian\u2019s Bracero History Project<\/a>. He shared with me his research and interviews of braceros in Ventura County.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sinfronteras\/4110189593\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2599\/4110189593_27d439f3ab.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bracero History Exhibit at the Smithsonian (2009). Courtesy of the author\u2019s photo collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sinfronteras\/4110951910\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2583\/4110951910_958879dcd4.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bracero History Exhibit at the Smithsonian (2009). Courtesy of the author\u2019s photo collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have another week in Chiques left, which I\u2019m focusing on writing! Or maybe I will stop by the public library to look at newspaper microfilm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c\/s<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=116\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Research Trip to California, Part II\"><p>Another week of archival research! This week I had the opportunity to meet up my mentor Dr. Rodolfo Acuna at CSUN. I enjoyed the feedback about my research and his stories of struggles. Next stop was the CSUN\u2019s Urban Archives Center to look at the Max Mont\u2019s Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers Collection. Also, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ibJA-1S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":593,"url":"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=593","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":0},"title":"(RE)reading Occupied America\u2026","date":"December 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe role of Chicana\/o Studies is to organize and systemize the knowledge of people of Mexican descent, as well as to serve as a pedagogical tool to educate and motivate.\u201d Rodolfo F. 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I was finally able to find the following article, \"Mexican-American taking ever greater role in city,\" Oxnard Press-Courier, 24 Sep 1948. Which was cited in Jeffrey Maulhardt, Beans, Beets & Babies. Also, this week I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Archives&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5172\/5556913729_c2a9a28919.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":111,"url":"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=111","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":5},"title":"Research Trip to California, Part I","date":"May 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm in California for the month conducting research for my dissertation, Labor, Migration, and Activism: A History of Mexican Workers on the Oxnard Plain, 1930-1980. And plus I'm visiting my family and friends! This week, I'm in the SF bay area visiting archives and presenting at a conference. 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