No. 869 Francisco Nicolas Santiago Ibarra, 2011

File — Box: 79, Folder: 2

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Scope and Contents

Francisco Ibarra was born in the mountains of Sierra Madre in Oaxaca, Mexico. His father was a farmer and a logger. Ibarra’s parents had a bad relationship, so his grandmother came to take his mother away. The children stayed with their father, but five years later, Ibarra’s mother returned to take him back to the city with her. He went to school and eventually became the number two student of the class. For a time, Ibarra worked as a houseboy for his uncle in Mexico City. Then he returned to Oaxaca where he worked as a security guard and went to school to become a rural teacher. During World War II, Ibarra came to the United States as a Bracero to help pick crops. He worked in Utah and southern California before getting a job with the Kennecott Copper Corporation in 1948. In 1953, Ibarra was drafted and sent all over Europe. When he returned, he used the GI Bill to attend a beauty culture school. Later, Ibarra started a beauty salon in Murray, Utah. He then decided to move to Sacramento, where he worked as a hair stylist for a big company.
Project: Ibarra oral history project.
Interviewer: Gregory C. Thompson.

Dates

2011

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