Aurelio Hurtado
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Loza, Mireya
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Velasquez, Steve
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content: Latino Winemakers Oral History Project Collection
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content: Latino Winemakers Oral History Project Collection / Born-Digital Interviews
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content: 1,194.74 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 1:58:22, wav)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2016-04-19
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content: Item NMAH-AC1516-BDA0011
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Aurelio begins his interview discussing his life in Jerez, Mexico, his reasons for migrating to the United States, and his father's life in Mexico. He speaks about going to college and his brothers who migrated as braceros. Aurelio lived in Los Angeles and later made his way to Napa Valley where he worked at Krug Winery. He was involved with the Mexican community in, and around, Napa. Through his work with the Comite Mexicano de Beneficiencia, he shifted to community activism, organizing, and was one of the founding members of the California Human Development Corporation and Clinica OLE.