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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.