University Libraries Exhibitions and Displays

Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964

This exhibit explores the history of the Bracero Program, which offered Mexican men short-labor contracts to work in agricultural fields and in the railroad industry. Operated from 1942-1964, over 5 million workers came to the U.S. — the largest foreign worker program in U.S. history.

Follow in the footsteps of the braceros as they left their homes, traveled across the border, and performed important, but back-breaking work.

Cosecha Agridulce: El Programa Bracero 1942-1964

Recorra el camino que los braceros tomaron al salir de sus hogares, al cruzar la frontera y al desempeñar labores arduas pero importantes.

This exhibit is open August 22 - October 10, 2025 in the Mari Michener Gallery in the James A. Michener Library. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

This traveling exhibit was made possible thanks to the Greeley History Museum and the Smithsonian Institution.

Esta exposición itinerante ha sido posible gracias al Museo de Historia de Greeley y a la Institución Smithsonian.

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