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Interview No. 464, Julio G. Perez
Interview No. 464, Julio G. Perez
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; experiencias educacionales y laborales; la Revolucion Mexicana, la Depresion, las Guerras Mundiales I y II; su interpretacion de la palabra 'Chicano'.
Interview No. 468, Juan Ortega S.
Interview No. 468, Juan Ortega S.
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; recuerdos de sus dias de escuela; experiencias cuando cruzo a Estados Unidos en 1962 y sus experiencias laborales; arreglo su pasaporte despues que se caso y le nacieron cuatro hijos en Los Angeles; su opinion sobre la palabra 'Chicano'.
Interview No. 467, Arturo Avila C.
Interview No. 467, Arturo Avila C.
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; experiencias educacionales y laborales desde que tenia cuatro anos; sus experiencias cuando cruzo como indocumentado en 1973; experiencias laborales en Estados Unidos; la devaluacion del peso en 1976; la palabra 'Chicano'.
Interview No. 311, Arturo O. Pena
Interview No. 311, Arturo O. Pena
Combined Interviews
Biography; school experiences; dating patterns among peers; employment experiences; the Depression; involvement in LULAC; the word "Chicano"; illegal aliens.
Interview No. 502, Mercedes C. Orpinel
Interview No. 502, Mercedes C. Orpinel
Combined Interviews
Biografia; su vida en Zacatecas; la Revolucion Mexicana; Villa, Madero; sus impresiones de El Paso y Juarez; la epoca de la Ley Seca en Estados Unidos; su opinion sobre los Chicanos.
Interview No. 310, Mr. Al Ratner, Mrs. Al Ratner
Interview No. 310, Mr. Al Ratner, Mrs. Al Ratner
Combined Interviews
Biography; early businesses in El Paso; families who lived on Hawthorne Street in Sunset Heights; Mrs. Ratner's background; early El Paso families; school experiences; General Escobar; refugee families who moved into the Sunset Heights area during the Mexican Revolution; Anglo/Mexican relations; the word "Chicano"; Golden Years and decline of Sunset Heights; El Paso during World War II and going to Juarez to purchase rationed items; gambling and prostitution; development of El Paso's Jewish community; Italian POW camp in El Paso at Washington Park; other comments on the history of El Paso.
Interview No. 420, Bernardo Villegas
Interview No. 420, Bernardo Villegas
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; school years; College of Mines; Mexican Revolution; job experiences; the Depression; Prohibition; the word Chicano; opinions on the Chicano Movement and undocumented workers; old El Paso streetcars; the Chinese community in El Paso; entertainment in old El Paso; some old-time El Paso doctors.
Interview No. 418, Angel Oaxaca
Interview No. 418, Angel Oaxaca
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; sus primeros trabajos en la ciudad de Chihuahua; su venida a El Paso; trabajos que tuvo en El Paso, incluyendo los que fueron en muebleria; la Depresion y la epoca de la Ley Seca; la palabra 'Chicano'.
Interview No. 252, Conrado Mendoza
Interview No. 252, Conrado Mendoza
Combined Interviews
Biografia; emigracion a los Estados Unidos y los problemas confrontados aqui; El Paso en un principio; experiencias de trabajo en California; la Depresion; I y II Guerras Mundiales; impresiones sobre los Estados Unidos; la palabra "Chicano".
Interview No. 275, Thomas Enriquez
Interview No. 275, Thomas Enriquez
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; educational and job experiences; the Chicano Movement, his thoughts about it and his involvement in it; thoughts on illegal aliens. RESTRICTION states, "Not for release to any government agency without prior approval."
Interview No. 273, Gloria Martinez
Interview No. 273, Gloria Martinez
Combined Interviews
Biography; World War II; El Paso in the 1940's and 1950's; the word "Chicano"; illegal aliens.
Interview No. 258, Enriqueta R. Lopez
Interview No. 258, Enriqueta R. Lopez
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; the word "Chicano;" ethnic discrimination; history of La Hacienda Cafe; political involvement in the community.
Interview No. 278, Felipe Rodriguez
Interview No. 278, Felipe Rodriguez
Combined Interviews
Biografia; El Paso y Cd. Juarez antiguos; experiencias del trabajo; la palabra "Chicano". Nota: Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador, incluyendo algunos terminos dialecticos usados en el Norte de Mexico y el suroeste de los Estados Unidos.
Interview No. 267, El Pasoan
Interview No. 267, El Pasoan
Combined Interviews
Biography; discrimination; the word "Chicano"; the Chicano Movement; the Depression; World War II; illegal aliens.
Interview No. 264, Eulogia Perez
Interview No. 264, Eulogia Perez
Combined Interviews
Life in San Elizario, Texas; the Depression, peso devaluation; thoughts on the word "Chicano" and those who use the name to describe themselves; illegal aliens; outlook for Mexican Americans.
Interview No. 271, Ricardo Sanchez
Interview No. 271, Ricardo Sanchez
Combined Interviews
Biography; discrimination encountered in job experiences; the word "Chicano;" illegal aliens; the Chicano Movement; his writings.
Interview No. 266, Javier J. Valle
Interview No. 266, Javier J. Valle
Combined Interviews
History of the Chinese in the State of Sonora; the origin of the word "Chicano" (Chicano was used in Sonora to designate the offspring of a marriage between a Chinese man and a Mexican woman); personal experiences; Zoot Suit Riots; World War II; the Industrial Accident Board.
Interview No. 215, Mike Romo
Interview No. 215, Mike Romo
Combined Interviews
Biography; Anglo/Mexican relations in Brackettville and El Paso; early relations between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; origin of the word "Chicano"; last days of the Mexican Revolution; Ciudad Juarez during Prohibition; work with LULAC; impressions of the Chicano Movement.
Interview No. 294, Joe Moreno
Interview No. 294, Joe Moreno
Combined Interviews
The recent peso devaluation and its effects on the Mexican economy and El Paso Banks; former devaluations; representation of the Mexican Americans in the banking business; the word "Chicano"; biographical comments.
Interview No. 333, William Flores
Interview No. 333, William Flores
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; Anglo/Mexican relations in El Paso; experiences with LULAC; the word "Chicano" and the Chicano Movement; job experiences; discrminination.
Interview No. 212, Charles V. Porras
Interview No. 212, Charles V. Porras
Combined Interviews
Biography; shooting at Zeiger's Saloon in early El Paso; experiences at Beall elementary and El Paso High Schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences in the Navy; Young Men's Democratic Club; LULAC; Marcos B. Armijo Post; civil rights work; work with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration; Ciudad Juarez during Prohibition; the Mexican Revolution; the word "Chicano"; zoot-suit riots in Los Angeles; political campaign of Rep. Edward Roybal of California; attitudes toward the Chicano Movement.
Interview No. 196, Fernando Oaxaca
Interview No. 196, Fernando Oaxaca
Combined Interviews
Biography; the terms "Chicano"; origin of the name "Oaxaca"; school years at Lamar and El Paso High Schools; poverty in South El Paso; relations with Anglos over the years; experiences at Texas Western College and in the Army; the effects of World War II; beginnings in politics; conversion to the Republican Party; Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish Speaking.
Interview No. 188, Dr. Eugenio A. Aguilar, Jr.
Interview No. 188, Dr. Eugenio A. Aguilar, Jr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; the Depression, U.T. Austin; experiences in the infantry; views on the word "Chicano"; early Mexican American dentists in El Paso; political activities; effects of Ciudad Juarez dentistry on the profession in El Paso.
Interview No. 171, Héctor Bencomo
Interview No. 171, Héctor Bencomo
Combined Interviews
Biography; El Paso and Los Angeles from the 1930's to the 1950's; news media's role in politics; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.