University of Texas at El Paso ScholarWorks@UTEP Combined Interviews Institute of Oral History 5-15-2002 Interview no. 1038 Heleodoro Martínez Solís Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/interviews Part of the Oral History Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Interview with Heleodoro Martínez Solís by Violeta Domínguez, 2002, "Interview no. 1038," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Institute of Oral History at ScholarWorks@UTEP. It has been accepted for inclusion in Combined Interviews by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UTEP. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. University of Texas at El Paso Institute of Oral History Interviewee: Heleodoro Martínez Solís Interviewer: Violeta Domínguez Project: Bracero Oral History Location: Mexico City, México Date of Interview: May 15, 2002 Terms of Use: Unrestricted Transcript No.: 1038 Transcriber: Rosy Chivardi Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Heleodoro Martínez was born in Metepec, Hidalgo, México; he was the third of six brothers; at an early age, he worked in agriculture; as a teenager, he worked in construction; he joined the Bracero Program in 1951, and worked in California and Texas; there, he picked carrots, celery, cotton, green peppers, lemons, oranges, and tomatoes. Summary of Interview: Mr. Martínez recalls growing up in Metepec, Hidalgo, México, and working from an early age in agriculture and construction;