Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 342.1, José Ramírez

Combined Interviews

Su niñez cerca de San Pedro, Coahuila; el ferrocarril en Coahuila, la Revolución Mexicana; anecdotas acerca de Venustiano Carranza; la Influenza Española de 1918; la devaluación del peso; opinions acerca de varios tópicos.

Born in Coahuila; childhood and youth years on an hacienda near San Pedro; railroads in the area during the early years; the Mexican Revolution; attack on San Pedro in 1914 by Villistas; banditry and government efforts to eradicate it; exodus of the rich from Torreon; anecdotes about Carranza; 1918 Spanish Flu; peso devaluations; opinions on various current topics.

Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 706, Beatriz V. De Riddle

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; la época de la Revolución Mexicana; recuerdos de Eagle Pass y Piedras Negras cuando era joven y costumbres sociales; el ambiente económico de la frontera; la devaluación del peso.

Biographical data; the Mexican Revolution; recollections of early Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, including social customs; border economy; the peso devaluation,

Interview No. 342.2, Antonio Lozano

Combined Interviews

Su niñez en San Pedro, Coahuila; experiencias como villista bajo de Eugenio Aguirre Benavides; su participación en los ataques de Torreón, San Pedro, Paredón, y Zacatecas; Villa y Felipe Angeles; las Influenza Española de 1918; la devaluación del peso.

Born in Zacatecas, grew up in San Pedro, Coahuila; children's games, youth sports; fought as a Villista under Eugenio Aguirre Benavides; description of attacks on Torreon, San Pedro, Paredon, and Zacatecas; incidents involving Villa and Felipe Angeles; 1918 Spanish Flu; peso devaluation; comments about his son's employment in the Unites States.

Tape in Spanish.