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Interview No. 673, C. L. Sonnichsen
Interview No. 673, C. L. Sonnichsen
Combined Interviews
How he came to the Texas School of Mines in 1927; recollections of campus life including students, professors, and administrators; changes in students through the years; courses taught; Mexican Americans on the campus; why he decided to work with the Arizona Historical Society.
Interview No. 214, Chris P. Fox
Interview No. 214, Chris P. Fox
Combined Interviews
Relations between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; experiences as Sheriff; car-stealing racket in Mexico; Operation Intercept; impressions of the Chicano Movement; court suit on unequal education in El Paso; Anglo/Mexican relations; Stormsville; Prohibition; border relations
Interview No. 232, Modesto Gómez
Interview No. 232, Modesto Gómez
Combined Interviews
Experiencias con la discriminación durante la Primera Guerra Mundial y en el mundo de los negocios; actividades con LULAC; biografía, educación; puntos de vista sobre la historia y cultura mexicanas; puntos de vista sobre la cultura americana; aspectos generales de las historia de El Paso. (Experiences with discrimination in World War I and in the business world; activities with LULAC; biography; education; views on Mexcian culture and history; views on Anglo culture; general aspects of El Paso history.) Tape and transcript in Spanish.
Interview No. 170, Carl Hertzog
Interview No. 170, Carl Hertzog
Combined Interviews
Biography; job as printer in the 1920's; Ciudad Juárez during prohibition.
Interview No. 191, Elizabeth Kelly, Anne Kelly
Interview No. 191, Elizabeth Kelly, Anne Kelly
Combined Interviews
Early social, political, and economic relationships between Anglos and Mexicans in El Paso.
Interview No. 181, S. L. A. Marshall
Interview No. 181, S. L. A. Marshall
Combined Interviews
Biography; encounters with Pancho Villa; Felipe Angeles and Jose Vasconcelos; Albert Bacon Fal l; Pershing Expedition; Columbus Rain; Ciudad Juárez in the teens and 1920's; effect of the railroad on El Paso; Zack Lamar Cobb; Zack White; prominent men in El Paso in l9l5; sentiment in El Paso toward the Mexican Revolution; Pascual Orozco; orientals and blacks in El Paso during the teens; crossing the international bridge; Emil Holmdahl; Sam Dreben; General Pershing; prejudice against Mexicans; the El Paso Herald Post vs. the El Paso Times; friendliness of El Paso; Chris P. Fox; returning to El Paso after World …
Interview No. 87.1, Anne Kelly, Elizabeth Kelly, Mary Kelly Quinn
Interview No. 87.1, Anne Kelly, Elizabeth Kelly, Mary Kelly Quinn
Combined Interviews
Early El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; education and social customs; Mexican Revolution; Pancho Villa.
Interview No. 19.1, Chris P. Fox
Interview No. 19.1, Chris P. Fox
Combined Interviews
Biography; expansion of the city; the Rio Grande; social life and customs; neighborhoods and ethnic communities; El Paso during Prohibition, the Drepression, and World War II; history of Fort Bliss.
Interview No. 4, Frank Brito
Interview No. 4, Frank Brito
Combined Interviews
Personalities and experiences in his army career, especially with the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War.
Interview No. 24, Mrs. George Benson
Interview No. 24, Mrs. George Benson
Combined Interviews
Life in the Big Bend area of Texas during the early part of the 20th Century; ranching and homesteading.
Interview No. 25, Anton Berkman, John L. Waller
Interview No. 25, Anton Berkman, John L. Waller
Combined Interviews
Incidents at the College of Mines, particularly during the 1930's; pre-medical study; Department of Social Sciences; personalities of various administrators and professors; social life at the College.
Interview No. 13.1, Herbert Porras, Jr.
Interview No. 13.1, Herbert Porras, Jr.
Combined Interviews
Biography; childhood recollections of cultural differences in the 1930's; lack of job opportunities for Chicanos in El Paso; increasing political awareness of Spanish speaking people; role of LULAC in the Chicano community.
Interview No. 27, Chester Chope
Interview No. 27, Chester Chope
Combined Interviews
Early 20th Century El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; size and atmosphere of the two cities; personalities of members of the newspaper staff; political corruption; social life; Chinese population; Ciudad Juárez during Prohibition; Fort Bliss; Pancho Villa; improvements in transportation.
Interview No. 35, Eleanor Greet
Interview No. 35, Eleanor Greet
Combined Interviews
Career of Capt. Greet; importance of El Paso as a living place for tuberculosis patients at the turn of the century; leading families of early El Paso.
Interview No. 34, Modesto Gómez
Interview No. 34, Modesto Gómez
Combined Interviews
Account of early 20th Century El Paso, including saloons, schools, and city buildings.
Interview No. 26, Emmett Issacs
Interview No. 26, Emmett Issacs
Combined Interviews
Early recollections of his youth in the Organ-Las Cruces, New Mexico, area, including cattle ranching, Indians, homesteaders, Pat Garrett, frontier justice, stagecoach lines, mining, and the Lincoln County War.
Interview No. 12, Mr. Ernest E. Polk, Mrs. Ernest E. Polk
Interview No. 12, Mr. Ernest E. Polk, Mrs. Ernest E. Polk
Combined Interviews
Life in Texas in the early part of the 20th Century, including business, politics, and social life.
Interview No. 3, Henry D. Buchanan
Interview No. 3, Henry D. Buchanan
Combined Interviews
Incidents of El Paso history, especially the period of Ku Klux Klan strength during the 1920's; career as a priest, including his experiences as a chaplain during World War II; building of churches in the El Paso area.
Interview No. 17, Willis Walter
Interview No. 17, Willis Walter
Combined Interviews
Biography; incidents and personalities of New Mexico history, including Pat Garrett, Martin Lohman, and A. B. Fall.
Interview No. 1, Irene C. Lowe
Interview No. 1, Irene C. Lowe
Combined Interviews
Biography; incidents and personalities of El Paso during the 1930's; cultural and social activities; Ciudad Juárez during the 1930's; Prohibition; discrimination in El Paso.
Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.
Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.
Combined Interviews
Recounts immigration of family from Lithuania to U. S.; briefly sketches history of Jewish community in El Paso; father's role in founding Congregation of Mena Zion; arranged marriage of parents; opening of pawn shop in South El Paso, City Loan and Jewelry, by father and cousin Sam Ravel; shootings in El Paso at turn of century; purchase of ammunition, guns, and pistols by Pancho Villa; Columbus Raid; Pershing Expedition to Mexico; El Paso's red light district on Ninth Street in 1930s; physical examinations of prostitutes; comments on El Paso's recognition as health center for tuberculosis patients; recounts tuberculosis sanitoriums in …
Interview No. 2, Mrs. William Shapiro
Interview No. 2, Mrs. William Shapiro
Combined Interviews
El Paso during the 1940's; social and cultural activities; El Paso Symphony Orchestra; her involvement in the Conference for Human Welfare (group to promote integration in El Paso); strikers at ASARCO and Phelps Dodge refineries after World War II.
Interview No. 16, Margarita Terrazas
Interview No. 16, Margarita Terrazas
Combined Interviews
History of Terrazas family; Don Luis and Don Joaquín Terrazas; Silvestre Terrazas and the Correo de Chihuahua; Pancho Villa; Francisco I. Madero.
Interview No. 15, George F. Simpson
Interview No. 15, George F. Simpson
Combined Interviews
Incidents and personalities of early 20th Century El Paso, including the career of Capt. Greet, the Tenderloin District, and political corruption.