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Interview No. 366, Richard C. Vandewater
Interview No. 366, Richard C. Vandewater
Combined Interviews
Born near Dona Ana, New Mexico, in Shalam Colony (home for orphan children run by his family): family history; childhood and school recollections in El Paso (came to El Paso in 1903); experiences as a paper boy in South El Paso, later as a messenger boy for BH&SA railroad; Diaz-Taft meeting in 1909; brief comments on the Mexican Revolution; Juarez during Prohibition; experiences on railroad and as a caddy; comments on some prominent El Pasoans of the early years; Garrett; shootouts in El Paso; early voting procedures; George Ashley; former high school classmates; comments about his wife; inter-ethnic marriages; Harry …
Interview No. 354, Olga T. Aiken
Interview No. 354, Olga T. Aiken
Combined Interviews
Recalls the Mexican Revolution; Anglo American/Mexican relations; Ft. Brown incident.
Interview No. 473, Pamela Lee Wong
Interview No. 473, Pamela Lee Wong
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; childhood recollections, including ethnic relations in her grade school in California; drug problems in her high school in Portland, Oregon and other high school experiences; opinions on Mexican and Mexican American men, and being married to a Mexican; comparisons between life in the United States and Mexico; her husband's civic work in Sacramento, California.
Interview No. 444, Andres Ortiz
Interview No. 444, Andres Ortiz
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; experiencias educacionales en las escuelas Smelter y Villas, donde estudio bajo maestras norteamericanas; la Gripa del '18, que causo la muerte de su cunada; experiencias trabajando siete dias sin descanso; la Depresion; la politica de los mexicanos-americanos.
Interview No. 503, Xerxes Wolff R.
Interview No. 426, Alice B. Cummings
Interview No. 426, Alice B. Cummings
Combined Interviews
Early life in Van Horn; supposed murder of her father for homesteading in the Green River area; Pascual Orozco's body at Van Horn; Anglo American attitudes toward Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution; reflections on teaching at Alamo School in El Paso (predominantly Mexican American) from the 1940s to the 1970s; Anglo/Mexican relations.
Interview No. 438, Memoirs From South Texas
Interview No. 438, Memoirs From South Texas
Combined Interviews
About 25 interviews conducted by students from Pan American University in the late 1970s, many in Spanish. Mexican Americans from this part of Texas recount a variety of experiences since 1910, including the Mexican Revolution, Immigration, labor issues, ethnic relations, and other topics.
Interview No. 554, Ed Quinn
Interview No. 554, Ed Quinn
Combined Interviews
Experiences as a management person in a twin plant; views of life in Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras; Spanish language radio on the border.
Interview No. 422, Nelle S. Hatch
Interview No. 422, Nelle S. Hatch
Combined Interviews
Biographical information; the founding of Colonia Juarez by the Mormons; the peon system in Northern Mexico; the Mexican Revolution, especially in the Casas Grandes region; Maximo Castillo; Felipe Angeles; Pancho Villa and his relationship with Lem Spilsbury, Mrs. Hatch's brother; Spilsbury and Dave Brown, Mormon scout for the Pershing Punitive expedition; intermarriage and other relations between Anglo and Mexican Mormons; Mexican students who attended the Mormon academy in Chihuahua; Colonia Juarez after the Revolution; the Mormon colonies today.
Interview No. 555, Sergio Gonzales, Jr.
Interview No. 555, Sergio Gonzales, Jr.
Combined Interviews
Talks about his childhood in Del Rio, Texas; how he became County Judge; about the LULAC; the Ku Klux Klan; the years of the Depression; and relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans.
Interview No. 417, Herbert E. Cooper
Interview No. 417, Herbert E. Cooper
Combined Interviews
Biography; recollections about growing up in Mexico and relations with Mexicans; educational experiences in El Paso; Texas National Guard; his work as an attorney in relation to undocumented workers.
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. 429, Francisco Macias
Interview No. 429, Francisco Macias
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; recuerdos de sus dias en la escuela Grandview (Rusk, hoy en dia) y relaciones entre anglosajones y mexicanos alli; su trabajo como lechero y problemas que tuvo; la formacion del Latin American Progressive Union en 1946; su opinion sobre la palabra Chicano y el progreso de personas de habla espanola en El Paso; la eleccion de Raymond Telles como presidente municipal de El Paso en los 1950s.
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. 416, Fernando Oaxaca
Interview No. 416, Fernando Oaxaca
Combined Interviews
Recollections of young adulthood in El Paso; work experiences after college in the private sector and later with the government; assessment of Mexican American progress or lack of it; the Chicano Movement.
Interview No. 322, William Rivera
Interview No. 322, William Rivera
Combined Interviews
Biography; past job discrimination in El Paso; educational and job experiences; Anglo/Mexican relations; lack of Mexican American representation in politics; experiences at UTEP.
Interview No. 421, Laura Calamia
Interview No. 421, Laura Calamia
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; Anglo/Mexican relations; Diaz-Taft meeting; the Mexican Revolution; the Depression; entertainment and social life in early El Paso; Prohibition; tuberculars who came to El Paso to improve their health.
Interview No. 223, Jose A. Estrada
Interview No. 223, Jose A. Estrada
Combined Interviews
Biography; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences with private companies and the federal government; experiences as a Customs Inspector; attitudes toward the Bicentennial; views on the Chicano Movement and bilingual education.
Interview No. 235, Hortencia Villegas
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. 208, Eligio "Kika" De La Garza
Interview No. 208, Eligio "Kika" De La Garza
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in mission, Texas; Mexican American achievement; views on the Raza Unida Party; ideology; opportunities for Mexican Americans in the United States; views on the Chicano Movement and the Plan of Aztlan.
Interview No. 183, Aurelia Phillips
Interview No. 183, Aurelia Phillips
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; Anglo/Mexican relations in El Paso, attitudes toward Chicanos; Diaz-Taft meeting; Mexican Revolution, including Madero, Villa, and "refugiados"; Depression; Prohibition; impressions of El Paso today.
Interview No. 211, Fred Morales
Interview No. 211, Fred Morales
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in South El Paso, including schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences with the Immigration Service; activities as a VISTA volunteer; gangs in South El Paso.
Interview No. 167, Ralph Murillo
Interview No. 167, Ralph Murillo
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences; Black and Chicano movements; Anglo/Mexican relations in El Paso; the G.I. Forum; Raza Unida Party; LULAC and its future.
Interview No. 204, Jesus J. Estrada
Interview No. 204, Jesus J. Estrada
Combined Interviews
Biography; segregation of schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; social mores of the 1940's; work with juvenile delinquents; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.