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Interview No. 931, Ralph Seitsinger
Interview No. 931, Ralph Seitsinger
Combined Interviews
Born in Kinross, Iowa. Family background ; college education and reasons behind his career choices; early job experience: Normal School Science teacher, Boy Scout executive, military service at Fort Bliss. Discusses political career: how Raymond Telles got him involved him in politics; his accomplishments as Alderman, his mayoral term.
Interview No. 937, María De Los Angeles Skatzes
Interview No. 937, María De Los Angeles Skatzes
Combined Interviews
Family origin. Mar village in Kwangtung Province, China. Turning to the United Sates, her father's youth, how he came to El Paso. Growing up in a multicultural home in El Paso's Chinese community.
Interview No. 930, Harvey Hilley
Interview No. 930, Harvey Hilley
Combined Interviews
Born in Socorro, Texas; second generation Texas; served in the United States Navy; participation in the local Cotton association. Discusses parents' background; the effects of the Great Depression; the CCC at Rio Vista; the effects of WWII on the Lower Valley; experiences with Braceros and previous Mexican agricultural workers; the role of Rio Vista in the Bracero Program; evolution of the cotton farming in the lower valley.
Interview No. 939, Melvin Potter Straus
Interview No. 939, Melvin Potter Straus
Combined Interviews
Discusses his family's political ties with the Democratic Party. How as a young boy was taught loyalty and discipline as party member. The Politics and the University.
Interview No. 928, Tom Diamond
Interview No. 928, Tom Diamond
Combined Interviews
Born in Fresno, California; enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private; attended Officer Candidate School and became Capital of Artillery. Memories of childhood and education; WWII memories; service in Australia, the invasion of Luzon, the surrender of Japan; service at Fort Bliss; Meetings with the Tiguas, experiences with tribal leaders of the 1960's; gambling and lawsuits and legal battlers.
Interview No. 936, Estine Davis
Interview No. 936, Estine Davis
Combined Interviews
Born in Troy, Texas, Childhood experiences; early work experiences; farm and segregation experiences; family relationships; encounters with racism; work experiences at Fort Bliss, and downtown El Paso; work ethics; El Paso community; Affirmative Action.
Interview No. 935, Peter De Wetter
Interview No. 935, Peter De Wetter
Combined Interviews
Born in New Rochelle, New York. Discusses family background including his mother and father first hand view of the Russian Revolution in Europe as a privilege society member. WWII experiences in the U.S. Army as a member of the intelligence Corps; business endeavors before and after serving a mayor including CEO of Beking Company.
Interview No. 929, James Franklin Scherr
Interview No. 929, James Franklin Scherr
Combined Interviews
Born in El Paso, third generation El Pasoan. Educational background; three generations of family history in El Paso; motivations for entering politics; events leading up to his nomination and election; achievements during tenure as Alderman; legal trends in El Paso.
Interview No. 933, Hortencia Cedillos
Interview No. 933, Hortencia Cedillos
Combined Interviews
Born in San Ignacio, Chihuahua, Mexico. Descendant of town's founders. Aunt to the town's present mayor; discusses family ancestry; life from child to adult including games, traditions, employment, travel, and social life; personal accounts of the Mexican Revolution 1910; religious traditions; cross-border issues; commerce, explanation of ejidos and colonias.
Interview No. 932, Arturo Otero
Interview No. 932, Arturo Otero
Combined Interviews
Born in Plaza de Otero, Chihuahua, Mexico. Descendant of town's founders. Discusses family ancestry; life from child to adult including games, traditions, employment, travel, and social life; personal accounts of the Mexican Revolution of 1910; relationship between town's people and Apache invaders.
Interview No. 934, Marvin Shady
Interview No. 934, Marvin Shady
Combined Interviews
Born in Larned, Kansas; earned journeyman card in International Typographical Union, member for 65 years. Family history as a strike leader/organizer. El Paso Labor Advocate, purchase of newspaper, international union, starting union brick plant.
Interview No. 945, Perla Wasserman
Interview No. 945, Perla Wasserman
Combined Interviews
Active Spanish Republican cause, Pro-allied, Socialist Party; discussed she aid to political prisoner and was put in jail. Opposes Peronism but has worked with leftist Peronists.
Interview No. 938, Teresa De Gilenberg
Interview No. 938, Teresa De Gilenberg
Combined Interviews
Served in the Liga de los Derechos Humanos, and as such visited political prisoner in the Villa Devoto jail in 1950s. She herself was imprisoned.
Interview No. 944, Clara Gertel
Interview No. 944, Clara Gertel
Combined Interviews
Born Poland and moved to Argentina in 1938. Maintained some Jewish traditions, such as certain foods. Escape to Argentina and joined the Union de Mujeres Argentinas, affiliated with the Community Party. Tells about how she went to exile in France (later in Mexico), and joined the Madres de la Plaza Mayo when she returned to Argentina.
Interview No. 942, Rosita Pascaner
Interview No. 942, Rosita Pascaner
Combined Interviews
Born in Parana, Entre Ríos, Argentina. Tells how her parent came to Argentina from Russia when they were very young. President of Women's Zionists organization, W120. Describes acquaintance with important female figures such as Berta de Gerchunolf, Clara de Filer, and Stanovsky sister, the Singerman sister, and Fanny de Carduner.
Interview No. 946, Cipe Linkovsky
Interview No. 946, Cipe Linkovsky
Combined Interviews
Tells how he became an actress in Argentina; began to act at an early age. Reasons towards going to Germany. Prohibition in interpreting some plays like "La Tregua". Expelled from the Communist Party; Progressive Party. Her Yiddish Theatrical career.
Interview No. 950, Bertha P. De Braslavsky
Interview No. 950, Bertha P. De Braslavsky
Combined Interviews
Her mother was an inventive who read cards, told jokes, sang, performed", and continued the traditions. Matilde de Chami absorbed these gifts. They lived in poverty when she was growing up.
Interview No. 947, Rosa Basedovsky
Interview No. 947, Rosa Basedovsky
Combined Interviews
Russian parents. Passover and High Holidays were the most important festivities. Became a teacher of primary schools grades. Experiences raising a family and teaching.
Interview No. 948, Adela Maldavsky
Interview No. 948, Adela Maldavsky
Combined Interviews
Born in Basavilbaso, Argentina. Discuss how she became active Jewish institutions; W120; Tells about her family life in Buenos Aires.
Interview No. 1662, Roberto Flores, Pedro Flores, Romelia Flores
Interview No. 1662, Roberto Flores, Pedro Flores, Romelia Flores
Combined Interviews
Mrs. Flores was born and raised in Smeltertown, her husband was a resident as well. She describes the lead poisoning problem, which Mrs. Flores believes was an attack against ASARCO. Their daughter was diagnosed with lead poisoning and had to seek medical treatment. Both family members remember there being smoke and pollution but did not see it as a risk because none of them suffered any illnesses. Mrs. Flores also describes healthy children and recalls being healthy, she is very skeptical of the lead poising cases. She also discusses the community being skeptical of poisoning. Flores discusses her daughter being …
Interview No. 1660, Andres Bustillos
Interview No. 1660, Andres Bustillos
Combined Interviews
Andres Bustillos was raised in Smeltertown. He attended El Paso High School and the University of Texas at El Paso. He describes Smeltertown as a place where everyone knew everyone. Bustillos discusses the ASARCO led poisoning case, where fumes were being carried in the air. ASARCO sent flyers and held meetings inside of churches which rose awareness. Bustillos discusses his father attending these meetings and seeing people suffering of lead poisoning. He also discusses the political actions taken by those of Smeltertown, such as going to city council. When city council suggested that people move out of Smeltertown, but the …
Interview No. 1661, Ruben Escandon
Interview No. 1661, Ruben Escandon
Combined Interviews
Ruben Escandon was born and raised in a neighborhood called “La Calavera.” This neighborhood was established before Smeltertown. He describes his childhood as being active and a great sense of community. The neighborhood had open spaces with allowed families to have livestock. The interview focuses around lead poisioning from ASARCO. He recalls being tested for lead poisioning, along with his neighborhood. His neighborhood was not affected as much as those who lived closer to the large smoke stack. Escandon describes how lawyers and politics effected the Smeltertown. People began to move out of the area to other parts of El …
Interview No. 1710, Yolanda Quiroz Gamez
Interview No. 1710, Yolanda Quiroz Gamez
Combined Interviews
Yolanda was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico. On June 30, 1967. Her parent’s names were Porfirio and Maria and they were also from Aguascalientes. His father used to work in the field before going to the city to find a job and her mother didn’t work. Yolanda’s grandparents used to talk to her about the Mexican Revolution and she learned a lot about Mexican culture thru them. Her grandmother told her that when her mother was little they had to hide her because in the times of the revolution young women would get raped by men and the only way that …
Interview No. 1708, Porfirio Quiroz Valenciano
Interview No. 1708, Porfirio Quiroz Valenciano
Combined Interviews
Porfirio Quiroz Valenciano was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico on May 5, 1930. He recalls he attended a private primary school in Aguascalientes and he used to come back and forth from this city to his parent's ranch and describes his daily schedule during that time. He remembers that he started to work when he was a teenager spending five years in Veracruz, then he came back to his family ranch in Aguascalientes and there is where he learned how to work. He recounts he went to the city of Aguascalientes to work as a mechanic, then went back to Veracruz …
Interview No. 1627, Gordon Mcgee
Interview No. 1627, Gordon Mcgee
Combined Interviews
He describes residency in internal medicine, due to his absences from family went into pathology; he recalls moving to El Paso in 1965 to work at Southwestern General Hospital; he explains how he met his wife, describes three children; he recounts President Kennedy being brought to his hospital in Dallas when he was shot, his opinions on his medical care. Dr. McGee discusses his early involvement with the TMA; he reveals origin and breakup of the Rainbow Group, combined pathologists and radiologists in El Paso; he mentions working with his partner in their laboratory business and goes over time as …
Interview No. 1705, Maria G. Gomez
Interview No. 1705, Maria G. Gomez
Combined Interviews
Maria Guadalupe Gomez describes her upbringing living El Paso and also her constant visits to her parents’ hometown of Ojo Frío, Chihuahua. Ms. Gomez was born in El Paso on 1969; She remembers her visits to Ojo Frío, which she describes as a very small ranching town in the desert with no more than a few hundred people. Her parents both worked as manufacturing workers but her father later worked for a grocery store and her mother worked for a restaurant. Ms. Gomez lived alongside her five other siblings. She completed her freshman year of high school and later attained …