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Interview No. 1115, María Cantor
Interview No. 1115, María Cantor
Combined Interviews
Mrs. Cantor briefly recalls her childhood and the financial difficulties her family endured; she recalls that her father decided to enlist in the bracero program in 1946; she recalls how difficult it was for her father to become a bracero; her father was contracted approximately four or five times; she mentions that he went through a processing center in Empalme, Sonora, México; as a part of the process, he was medically examined, vaccinated and deloused; she goes on to talk about his payments and his correspondence with her mother; as a bracero, her father worked for the railroad and labored …
Interview No. 1117, Vicente Ramírez
Interview No. 1117, Vicente Ramírez
Combined Interviews
Mr. Ramírez briefly recalls his childhood and the financial difficulties his family endured; in 1955 he heard about a call for braceros and decided to quit his job for the chance to work in the United States; he traveled to the processing center in Empalme, Sonora, México; he details the harsh conditions he and other men endured while waiting there; in addition, he talks about how painful the physical exams were and how rudely they were conducted; as a bracero, he completed several contracts and labored in the fields of Salinas, California; he briefly details the living conditions, provisions, duties, …
Ua1b2/1/5 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Charles Anderson
Ua1b2/1/5 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Charles Anderson
WKU Archives Records
Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Charles Anderson, retired Vice President for Information Technology.
Interview No. 1116, Isidoro Ramírez
Interview No. 1116, Isidoro Ramírez
Combined Interviews
Mr. Ramírez recalls growing up in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, México, and attending formal schooling for a brief period; he states that his parents worked in agriculture, and that he began laboring with them at an early age; additionally, he remembers hearing about the Bracero Program from men who had returned from the Unites States, and deciding to enlist at age twenty-one; he details his experience in the contracting center of Empalme, Sonora, México, how he had to wait three weeks to sign his contract, and the humiliation of the medical exams; furthermore, he describes his trip to the border, and the …
Ua1b2/1/4 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Ray Buckberry
Ua1b2/1/4 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Ray Buckberry
WKU Archives Records
Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Ray Buckberry, WKU alum.
Interview With Colonel Gao Moua, Peter Chou Vang
Interview With Colonel Gao Moua, Peter Chou Vang
Hmong Oral History Project
Interview with Colonel Gao Moua discussing his experiences as a Hmong soldier working with General Vang Pao during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.
Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.
Interview With Arthur Bruce Boenau, June 9, 2005, Arthur Bruce Boenau, Michael J. Birkner
Interview With Arthur Bruce Boenau, June 9, 2005, Arthur Bruce Boenau, Michael J. Birkner
Oral Histories
Arthur Bruce Boenau was interviewed on June 9, 2005 by Michael Birkner about his life and time as a professor of Political Science at Gettysburg College. He discusses his childhood, his experiences during World War II and the Korean War in the Counterintelligence Corps, and finally his memories of the faculty, administrators, and students at Gettysburg.
Length of Interview: 94 minutes
Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete …
Interview With Jim Anderson, Paul Hillmer
Interview With Jim Anderson, Paul Hillmer
Hmong Oral History Project
James Anderson is Ramsey County Department of Human Services’ Planner for Immigrants, Refugees, and the Homeless. He spent about ten years working in Thailand in various capacities, helping Hmong and Cambodian refugees under the auspices of the International Rescue Committee.
Interview No. 1144, Juan Sanchez Abasta
Interview No. 1144, Juan Sanchez Abasta
Combined Interviews
Mr. Sanchez briefly recalls his childhood and family; his father worked as a foreman for the railroads in México and helped his son gain employment there; Mr. Sánchez had worked on the railroads for sometime before hearing of the Bracero Program; because the program needed experienced railroad workers, he went to México, Distrito Federal, to begin the hiring process; he gives a detailed description of all the medical examination procedures, including vaccinations, delousing, and x-rays; in 1942, his first contract took him to work in California for South Pacific; for his second contract, he only had to get x-rays, and …
James B. Crooks, James B. Crooks, Elinor A. Scheirer
James B. Crooks, James B. Crooks, Elinor A. Scheirer
Creating a University: UNF Oral History Project
UNF Oral History Project Interview of James B. Crooks by Elinor A. Scheirer on May 25, 2005
Dalman, Curly Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Geoffrey Reynolds
Dalman, Curly Oral History Interview: General Holland History, Geoffrey Reynolds
General Holland History
No abstract provided.
Interview With Mai Lee, Mai Neng Vang
Interview With Mai Lee, Mai Neng Vang
Hmong Oral History Project
Interview with Mai Lee discussing Hmong culture and experiences with Hmong refugee resettlement.
Interview conducted by student interviewer, Mai Neng Vang.
Interview No. 1668, Dorothy Vale Roberts
Interview No. 1668, Dorothy Vale Roberts
Combined Interviews
Dorothy Vale Roberts was born near Pittsburgh, PA, in 1920; she graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University); she describes applying for a job with the Civil Aeronautics Administration (now Federal Aviation Administration) in 1943 when Pittsburgh was building a new airport; she recalls her training in Flushing, Queens, NY, and later being assigned to Niagara Falls, NY with Bell Aircraft; she mentions she was transferred each time she was promoted, worked primarily as an airport traffic controller until she got married in 1949. Mrs. Roberts details her experiences at Niagara Falls, explains it was a small airport; …
Interview With Timothy J. Carson, David Spiegel, Timothy J. Carson, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Interview With Timothy J. Carson, David Spiegel, Timothy J. Carson, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Legal Oral History Project
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TImothy J. Carson (W '70) has practiced in Philadelphia for forty years in the field of public sector law, especially public finance. He is currently a partner at Dilworth Paxson LLP. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel.
Interview With Keith Vang, Paul Hillmer
Interview With Keith Vang, Paul Hillmer
Hmong Oral History Project
Keith Vang was born in Long Cheng, Laos, but his family left in 1972 for Vientiane. After the fall of Long Cheng in 1975, Vang’s family fled to northern Laos, where they lived until they surrendered to the communists in 1978. His family fled to Thailand in 1979. Keith’s father was a shaman, and much of his story tells of his father’s role as a shaman and the struggles his family faced when they came to the United States, converted to Christianity, and faced the growing demand by the local Hmong immigrant community for his father to return to practicing …
Interview With Poj Noj Her, Peter Chou Vang
Interview With Poj Noj Her, Peter Chou Vang
Hmong Oral History Project
Interview with Poj Noj Her discussing Hmong culture and experiences with Hmong refugee resettlement and being the wife of a Hmong soldier who was also a prisoner of war.
Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.
Interview With Long Yang, Peter Chou Vang
Interview With Long Yang, Peter Chou Vang
Hmong Oral History Project
Interview with Long Yang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s as well as refugee resettlement in Thailand and the United States.
Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang; translated and transcribed by Mai Vang.