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Interview No. 410, Esperanza Avila

Combined Interviews

Born and reared in San Luis Potosi; entire family moved to Ciudad Juarez; has worked in a bakery and a small restaurant in Ciudad Juarez; has worked as a domestic in El Paso, obtained residency passport in 1954; talks about how she used to cross to the United as an undocumented person; current employment.

Interview With Jules Hall - Oh 069, Jules Hall

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In his May 10, 1979 interview with Kenneth M. Nelson, Jules “Butch” Hall recounts his time in service and the role he played in Rock Hill’s Black Panther Party. Hall also compares Friendship College to Winthrop College and shares efforts to educate the black community. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

Interview No. 556, E. Nicky Cunningham

Combined Interviews

Artist and retired school teacher. Born on November 12, 1889 near Toledo, Illinois. Family moved to Oklahoma in 1902; started school at 4 years of age and later was mostly self-taught; met Quanah Parker while she was a child in Oklahoma. Moved to Oklahoma Panhandle in 1905; finished four years worth of high school and three years worth of college between 1909-12 at Goodwill Oklahoma Agricultural Co11ege, while she worked her way through school to support herself; first teaching experiences in the 1910's; teaching in E1 Paso, especially in the South El Paso area; started the first grade school library …

Interview No. 394, Anónima

Combined Interviews

Nacida en Parral (Chih.), lugar en el que vivio con su familia, se caso y fue a vivir a Cd. Juarez (1958). Tiene pasaporte (con visa americana), lo que le facilita su cruce a El Paso. Desde que vino a la frontera ha trabajado en El Paso. No ha tenido problemas con migracion. Trabajo en algunas casas, en las que fue bien tratada. Piensa que siempre ha tenido mucha suerte. Cuenta de experiencias de amigas (ilegales). Le gusta E.U., sus tiendas. Desea conseguir su residencia en E.U.; tiene familia americana. Temores. Cuenta como (injustamente) migracion quito pasaportes a mujeres mexicanas, …

Interview No. 360, Proceedings Of Symposium On Border Fence

Combined Interviews

Speakers: Charles Saba, INS; Tom Hestfall. Mayor of El Paso; Joseph Nalven, San Diego; others.

Interview No. 408, Guadalupe Perez

Combined Interviews

Nacida en Cd. Juarez, en donde ha vivido siempre con su familia. Trabajo en R.C.A. y AMPEX (de Mexico). En busca de mejor salario vino a El Paso como trabajadora domestica (ilegal). Migracion la detuvo las dos primeras veces que intento cruzar ilegalmente, sintio miedo por lo desconocido. Cuenta el procedimiento usado por ella y otros ilegales para cruzar a El Paso. Desea terminar sus estudios y continuar con una carrera. Cuenta sobre el destino que da al dinero que gana.

Interview No. 564, Sigrid Wynykoski

Combined Interviews

School recollections at El Oro mining camp near Mexico City; the Mexican Revolution and her family's exile to the U.S.; shipwreck during trip to U.S. and experiences in Canada and New York; return to Mexico and again to the U.S.; Europe (WWI era); move to El Paso; animosity toward Mexicans during revolution period; brief comments on Prohibition and Depression years.

Interview No. 371, Conference: The “Maquiladora” Industry In Mexico: Current Status And Prospects

Combined Interviews

Tape I, Side A: Ed Wygard, Teotli, 30 minutes; Tape I, Side B: Teotli, Dick Michel, 21 minutes. Tape II, Side A: Gols, Schickling, 25 minutes (fades). Tape II, Side B: Blank. Tape III, Side A: Leon Opalin, 23 minutes. Tape III, Side B: Dick Bolin, 30 minutes. Tape IV, Side A: Bolin Christman, 30 minutes. Tape IV, Side B: Christman, Jackie Mitchell, 10 minutes; (fades).

Interview No. 641, Gerardo Chávez

Combined Interviews

Bigraphical data; life of his family on an hacienda before the Mexican Revolution; life on a small village in Mexico where he grew up; migration to the border area; problems in the classroom with native speakers of Spanish; Border Spanish; life in the United States compared to life in Mexico; feelings upon becoming a United States citizen.

Interview No. 359, Lalo Corral

Combined Interviews

Childhood and school days in El Paso; military service; employment in El Paso; 1954-present; activities as member of steelworkers union Grievance Committee; strikes by steelworkers at ASARCO, especially strike of 1967-1968; impact of undocumented workers and Green Carders on the El Paso economy; wage scales in El Paso compared to other parts of the United States.

Interview No. 328, Hortense Mciver

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; school years; the Depression; move to El Paso in 1938; World War II; how became member of the Sierra Club, the American Friends Service Committee, and the El Paso United Nations organization; protest against the El Paso Electric Company; impressions of El Paso in the past 40 years.

Interview No. 384, Francisco Martinez Parga

Combined Interviews

Experiencias Revolucionarias Platica de matanza de Federales y matanza de mujeres en Camargo. Perdio a su madre en la gripa del '18. Se vino a E.U. despues de el '18. Obtuvo residencia en 1928 y ciudadania en 1940. Estudio en Bowie, Villas, Tech (en la nocturna). Vivio en Chihuahuita. Platica de una inundacion en 1928. Platica sobre el "Wyoming gang", otras pandillas y barrios en El Paso. Sus experiencias laborales, la Depresion, la Prohibicion, discriminacion, trabajo como electricista aereo en la II Guerra Mundial, etc.

Interview No. 500, Wilma Rudolph

Combined Interviews

Self Portrait.

Interview With Cynthia Plair Roddey - Oh 62, Cynthia Plair Roddey, Integration

Winthrop University Oral History Program

This interview, conducted on January 22, 1979, by Cynthia Wilson for The Johnsonian, the student newspaper of Winthrop University, documents the experiences of Cynthia Plair Roddey, the first African American student admitted to Winthrop College following desegregation.

Roddey reflects on her decision to attend Winthrop in 1964, citing convenience, family responsibilities, and access to graduate coursework in library science as primary motivations. She recounts her arrival on campus, her desire to minimize attention and avoid publicity, and the precautions taken by college officials and local authorities to ensure her safety. She also describes the strong support she received from …

Oral History Interview: John Sherman Cooper, John Sherman Cooper

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

In OH64-208, Senator John Sherman Cooper discusses his childhood, his education, community life, his political career, his legal career as a circuit judge, running for governor of Kentucky, his military career during World War II, the Marshall Plan, Congress, NATO, the United Nations, Communism, the Vietnam War, and serving as Ambassador to East Germany. He also discusses various political figures including Alban Barkley, Happy Chandler, chief Justice Frederick Vinson, Harry Truman, Joseph McCarthy, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy (and his assassination), and Barry Goldwater.

In OH64-208A, Cooper discusses the Vietnam War in depth. The interview also includes sections …

Interview No. 460, Carlota Mota

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; la Revolucion Mexicana y los Villistas; Juarez desde 1923.

Interview No. 536, Oscar Tejeda

Combined Interviews

Interview conducted while Mr. Tejeda is on patrol, including information on INS funding, routine, trails used by undocumented persons, apprehension of aliens.

Interview No. 526, Carlos Ferniza

Combined Interviews

Biografia; experiencias laborales en los Estados Unidos como indocumentado; la palabra 'Chicano'; devaluacion del peso en 1976; la falta de representacion politica para Mexicano-Americanos; su trabajo con el Depto. de Bomberos en Cd. Juarez; su opinion acerca de indocumentados.

Interview No. 468, Juan Ortega S.

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; recuerdos de sus dias de escuela; experiencias cuando cruzo a Estados Unidos en 1962 y sus experiencias laborales; arreglo su pasaporte despues que se caso y le nacieron cuatro hijos en Los Angeles; su opinion sobre la palabra 'Chicano'.

Interview No. 467, Arturo Avila C.

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; experiencias educacionales y laborales desde que tenia cuatro anos; sus experiencias cuando cruzo como indocumentado en 1973; experiencias laborales en Estados Unidos; la devaluacion del peso en 1976; la palabra 'Chicano'.

Interview No. 726, Louise Gates

Combined Interviews

Discusses her childhood in Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, with particular emphaiss on experiences during the Mexican Revolution; recalls the 1920's and 30's in El Paso, speakeasies and local distillers during the prohibition years and the Depression.

Interview No. 513, Baltazar Luevano L.

Combined Interviews

Biografia; sus estudios en un seminario en Mexico; experiencias laborales en Ciudad Juarez, incluyendo su trabajo como maestro en secundaria; problemas laborales.

Interview No. 358, Benjamin Fernandez

Combined Interviews

Talk given at UTEP.

Interview No. 719, Rita Faudora

Combined Interviews

Public schooling, Old Ft, Bliss, childhood entertainment (circuses, dog and pony shows), retail stores and proprietors, Mexican revolution, her 25 years as assistant to obstetricians and pediatricians in El Paso, prohibition and politics,

Interview No. 357, Convocation On Ministry To The Undocumented

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 356.1, Utep 65th Anniversary Ceremony

Combined Interviews

Recorded at Ft. Bliss. Speaker introduces distinguished guests; Dr. Templeton delivers speech on the beginning of the College of Mines; speech by Major General John J. Coler.

Interview No. 356.2, Henderson E. Van Surdam

Combined Interviews

Speech given at UTEP's 65th Anniversary ceremony.

Interview No. 355, Vernie A. Stembridge

Combined Interviews

Introduction of Dr. Stembridge, including biographical data; speech by Dr. Stembridge.

Interview No. 619, Abigail N. De Zayas

Combined Interviews

Vivió en Durango durante la Revolución. Vida en una hacienda en Durango. Su padre fue exiliado porque era Porfirista. Recuerda la gripa del '18 y la Depresión. Su esposo fue oficial federal y su hijo aduanal, quien murió a manos de unos contrabandistas por un

contrabando que había detenido. Ella es artesana destacando su trabajo de alfarería y costura del cual vivió mucho tiempo .

Interview No. 353, Cecilia Almaguer A.

Combined Interviews

Nacida en el Rancho de Alazan cerac de Brownsville, Texas; relata como las robaban gavillas de bandidos; expliva que se tuvieron que cambiar de Brownsville debido a que la molestia de los Rangers era mucha; cuenta como a un primo de ella lo mataron los Rangers sin ser culpable de nada; vivio en el valle durante la Depression, Prohibicion, etc.; servio como trabajadora domestica; su hijo fue soldadao de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.