Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Interview No. 188, Dr. Eugenio A. Aguilar, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biography; the Depression, U.T. Austin; experiences in the infantry; views on the word "Chicano"; early Mexican American dentists in El Paso; political activities; effects of Ciudad Juarez dentistry on the profession in El Paso.

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. 170, Carl Hertzog

Combined Interviews

Biography; job as printer in the 1920's; Ciudad Juárez during prohibition.

Interview No. 191, Elizabeth Kelly, Anne Kelly

Combined Interviews

Early social, political, and economic relationships between Anglos and Mexicans in El Paso.

Interview No. 190, Moroni Flores

Combined Interviews

Biography; organization of ejidos in Mexico; Anglo Mormons vs. Mexican Mormons; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 415, Frank J. Galvan, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biography; schooling; discrimination he has encountered; the founding of LULAC; experiences in Brazil; his association with Lyndon B. Johnson; thoughts on the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 412, George Rodríquez, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biographical background; education; discrimination; work experiences; immigration law and immigration lawyers; El Paso Mayer; Bert Williams; United States-Mexico relations; El Paso-Cd. Juárez economy; South El Paso business; Chicano/Mexican relations; shoplifting; President Echeverría of Mexico and his attitudes on Mexicans leaving Mexico; politics; Mexican American politicians; justice for Mexican Americans in El Paso; the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 171, Héctor Bencomo

Combined Interviews

Biography; El Paso and Los Angeles from the 1930's to the 1950's; news media's role in politics; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 206, Fernando Cordoba

Combined Interviews

Biography; schools in El Paso; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 163, Henry Peña

Combined Interviews

Biography; the courts and Mexican Americans; views on Mexican American groups; Raza Unida Party; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 176, José Becerra

Combined Interviews

Experiencias como taxista en Tijuana; su vida en Los Angeles, California; experiencias como taxista en Cd. Juárez; comentarios sobre la vida fronteriza; datos biográficos.

Interview No. 177, Judge George Rodríguez, Sr.

Combined Interviews

Biography; El Paso in the 1920's and 1930's; Mexican Americans in El Paso; Mexican American politicians in Texas; prominent Mexican Americans in El Paso, past and present.

Interview No. 164.2, Juan Ramón Burciaga Chávez

Combined Interviews

Biografía; experiencias con turistas norteamericanos en Ciudad Juárez.

Biography; experiences with American tourists in Ciudad Juárez.

Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 164.1, Juan Manuel Araiza

Combined Interviews

Biografía; experiencias con turistas norteamericanos en Ciudad Juárez; puntos de vista sobre la subsistencia en Estados Unidos. Biography; experiences with American tourists in Ciudad Juárez; views on living in the United States. Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 178, Manny C. Morales

Combined Interviews

Biography; educational experiences; business opportunities for Mexican Americans; prominent Mexican American businessmen in El Paso; views on present-day Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 185, Ray Daguerre

Combined Interviews

Biography; differences between Sunset Heights, South El Paso, and Ciudad Juarez; Commissioner Lawson; Boundary Commission and Agrarian Claims Commission; border monumentation; Chamizal Dispute; irrigation network system.

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. 195, Gaspar Cordero

Combined Interviews

Biography; Mexican Americans in El Paso; experiences with discrimination; the Casino Mexicano in El Paso; work with the Mexican Boundary Commission and ASARCO in Mexico; South El Paso; Ciudad Juarez in the 1920's and 1930's' views on the Bicentennial; future of Mexican Americans.

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. 187, H. T. Satiesteban

Combined Interviews

Biography; ideas on bilingualism and biculturalism; discrimination; influential Mexican American politicians; Raza Unida Party; militancy; Bicentennial celebration; cultural problems of Mexican Americans who travel in Mexico; the future of Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 207, Fernando Villalobos

Combined Interviews

Biography; discrimination in schools and the business world; SBA in El Paso; business world in general; Mexican American businessmen in El Paso.

Interview No. 156, Paul Moreno

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences with discrimination; the Chicano Movement.

Interview No. 165, Conrad Ramírez

Combined Interviews

Minority business in El Paso; banks; biography; growing up in Alpine, Texas.

Interview No. 168, Dr. Fred Brewer

Combined Interviews

Biography; Mexican Americans in World War II; experiences as a POW; Bataan March; attitudes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 162, Frank Parga Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences at Texas Western College, 1961-1965; Chicanos in business; experiences with the National Guard; views on assimilation.

Interview No. 203, Paul Rey

Combined Interviews

Business in El Paso; his experiences in the military since World War II.

Interview No. 205, Max Weber

Combined Interviews

Biography.

Interview No. 295, Lorenzo G. Alarcon

Combined Interviews

Biography; the founding of San Elizario in 1683; the Salt War of 1877; Billy the Kid and the San Elizario Jail; Loretto School; first flour mill in San Elizario; church fire; oldest pecan tree in Texas.

Interview No. 152, J. C. Machuca

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; experiencias en el condado de Presidio, Texas; experiencias como empleado del Departamento de Migracion y escuelas publicas en El Paso; el establecimiento de LULAC en El Paso. Biography; experiences working in the County of Presidio, Texas; experiences working with the Department of Immigration and public schools in El Paso; the founding of LULAC in El Paso.

Interview No. 153.2, Mario Acevedo

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; la Revolución Mexicana; experiencias con la discriminación; época de la Ley Seca en los Estados Unidos; el Ku Klux Klan; el G. I. Forum. Biography; educational experiences; experiences with discrimination; Prohibition; the Ku Klux Klan; G. I. Forum. Tape and transcript in Spanish