Beginnings of the Waco Mutualista

ID: 2067 ~ Source: Arroyo, Tomás, Interviewed by Rebecca Jimenez, June 2, 1983, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX.~ View full interview.

This file appears in: Mutualista Hall (La Mutualista Sociedad de Jornaleros)

Tomás Arroyo explains the founding of the mutualista in Waco in 1924, when workers gathering under a tree for a break decided to establish a mutual aid society in their city.

This file appears in: Mutualista Hall (La Mutualista Sociedad de Jornaleros)

Mutualista Hall (La Mutualista Sociedad de Jornaleros)

By Ashley Yeaman

Mutualistas were first established in Texas during the late nineteenth century by Mexican immigrants. These mutual aid societies provided immigrants with a connection to their home country and a support network to meet basic needs as they forged a…