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Articles 1411 - 1440 of 1937
Full-Text Articles in History
Interview No. 469, Lorenzo Franco
Interview No. 469, Lorenzo Franco
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; su escuela en San Pedro, Coahuila; recuerdos de Francisco I. Madero y la Revolucion Mexicana en Coahuila; experiencias como preso de los federales; la Gripa del 1918; experiencias laborales; la devaluacion del peso en 1976; su opinion sobre indocumentados.
Interview No. 753, María C. Cardozo
Interview No. 753, María C. Cardozo
Combined Interviews
Sus memorias de la Revolución Mexicana. Comenta acerca de las actividades de personas tratando de cruzar ilegalmente cercas de su casa que está localizada al lado del Río Grande.
(Nota: Este transcrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada al igual que la persona desarrollando la entrevista los usaron)
Tells of her memories about the Mexican Revolution and comments on the activities of persons illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. near her home which is located close to Rio Grande.
Interview No. 709, Customs Inspector
Interview No. 709, Customs Inspector
Combined Interviews
His personal experience while growing up; his efforts in search of a better working position and his accomplishments
Interview No. 451, Natividad Valles
Interview No. 451, Natividad Valles
Combined Interviews
Su vida en Ojinaga, el este de Texas, Carlsbad, Nuevo Mexico, y El Paso, Texas; experiencias laborales, familiares, y domesticas; la Gripa del '18; la Depresion; su vida de pensionada.
Interview No. 645, Sidney Kim
Interview No. 645, Sidney Kim
Combined Interviews
Mr. Kim tells of his coming to the U.S. mainland in 1916, his problem with cold weather in Nebraska, and subsequently living in San Francisco. At the time of WW I, he and a friend leave San Francisco for Los Angeles. These two young boys move to Tijuana looking for work. Mr. Kim's friend returns to the USA while Kim has to stay in Mexico as he lacks proof of U.S. Citizenship.
Mr. Kim enlists in the army of Pancho Villa and is assigned to cook for him. Due to jealousy of the Mexican cooks and his desire to go …
Interview No. 331, Sarah Watley
Interview No. 331, Sarah Watley
Combined Interviews
Part of Women's Week presentation. Dr. Watley talks on "Minority Women and Feminism."
Interview No. 330, Kathleen Staudt
Interview No. 330, Kathleen Staudt
Combined Interviews
"Sex Equality: What Next?" Part of Women's Week presentation. Dr. Staudt gives statistics on inequalities and discrimination that continue to exist in our society today, with emphasis on job discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, educational stereotyping, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Interview No. 553, Genaro Hernandez
Interview No. 553, Genaro Hernandez
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; su historia laboral; los anos de la Depresion y su repatriacion a Mexico; las epocas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, La Ley Seca y la Gripa de 1918.
Interview No. 501, Salvador Mercado
Interview No. 501, Salvador Mercado
Combined Interviews
Descripcion de incidentes que surgieron cuando el Ku Klux Klan quiso revisar la frontera en San Ysidro en busca de indocumentados. **Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador, incluyendo terminos dialecticos usados en el suroeste de los Estados Unidos.
Interview No. 724, Anonymous
Interview No. 724, Anonymous
Combined Interviews
He describes zoot suits; tells what life was like in south El Paso in the 1930s and 1940s; talks about gang fights, local jails, and boxing in the Golden Gloves.
Interview No. 449, Salomon Chavez
Interview No. 449, Salomon Chavez
Combined Interviews
Experiencias como el primer jugador de beisbol latino en Texas; experiencias en la causa civica; discriminacion y su experiencia como empleado del Border Patrol.
Interview No. 703, Tom Rogers
Interview No. 703, Tom Rogers
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918; the Mexican Revolution; Pete Kern; the Depresion; rationing during World War II; opinion on illegal aliens; assorted recollections of early El Paso; Elephant Butte Dam; the Prohibition era.
Interview No. 496, Anonymous
Interview No. 496, Anonymous
Combined Interviews
Childhood experiences as a street vendor; discrimination; smuggling activities and his stay in prison; opinion on undocumented workers. (Also included are the lyrics to some Mexican songs.)
Interview No. 503, Xerxes Wolff R.
Interview No. 426, Alice B. Cummings
Interview No. 426, Alice B. Cummings
Combined Interviews
Early life in Van Horn; supposed murder of her father for homesteading in the Green River area; Pascual Orozco's body at Van Horn; Anglo American attitudes toward Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution; reflections on teaching at Alamo School in El Paso (predominantly Mexican American) from the 1940s to the 1970s; Anglo/Mexican relations.
Interview No. 487, Dr. Jerry M. Hoffer
Interview No. 487, Dr. Jerry M. Hoffer
Combined Interviews
Talk on his geothermal research, "The search for Hot Water in West Texas". (On 7-inch reel only.)
Interview No. 372, Roberto Gafare Ch.
Interview No. 372, Roberto Gafare Ch.
Combined Interviews
Nacido y criado en Sur El Paso; sus problemas en las escuelas, empezo a trabajar de muy joven; tuvo varios trabajos, incluyendo su trabajo en la construccion, en la agricultura, y como custodio; un accidente que tuvo con un tranvia; su ultimo trabajo.
Interview No. 700, Joe Aubin
Interview No. 700, Joe Aubin
Combined Interviews
Thirteen year veteran Patrol Agent relates his experiences along the United States-Mexican border in a candid manner. He describes the daily harrassment by aliens, attempts on his life, and insults from Mexican Americans in El Paso, Texas. He exposes his inner thoughts in the interest of providing historians the day to day thoughts of a typical agent along the border in 1960 and 1970s. Note: Edited somewhat by interviewer. Length
Interview No. 747, Lorenzo Aguilar
Interview No. 747, Lorenzo Aguilar
Combined Interviews
Nació en 1923 en Madera, Chihuahua. Cuenta de su papá, quien trabajó en el ferrocarril toda su vida y cuenta de anécdotas de la Revolución. Cursó la primaria en la escuela Lamar ,la secundaria en El Paso High, es tuvo dos años en Texas College of Mines y posteriormente se fue a estudiar a Albuquerque, Nuevo México, de donde se recibió. Cuenta de aspectos discriminatorios, los cuales nunca experimentó. Comenta acerca de la descendencia anglo- sajona de la familia de su esposa. Habla de los Gambusinos que es un club que se formó inicialmente (entre estudiantes ) cuando iba a …
Interview No. 345, Kenneth Segovia
Interview No. 345, Kenneth Segovia
Combined Interviews
Nacido en El Salvador de antecedentes mexicanos y salvadorenos; vivio en la Ciudad de Mexico por cinco anos; abandonado por su padre de nino (pero su padre regreso despues de un tiempo); ha pasado hambres; se hizo residente de los Estados Unidos en 1955; discriminacion en contra de mexicanos en El Paso; fue atraido a ideas socialistas desde muy joven; asistio a colegios en California y en UTEP; sus actividades en la comunidad en El Paso y California; sus trabajos en El Paso.
Interview No. 535, Eduardo S. Segovia
Interview No. 535, Eduardo S. Segovia
Combined Interviews
Su ninez en Juarez y El Paso; narra como vivia en un subsuelo cuando llego a El Paso; noto favoritismo en la escuela Burges hacia el americano y se cambio a El Paso Tech; vivio el "Pachuquismo" y describe la ropa usada entonces por los jovenes y las costumbres de la juventud durante esa epoca; experiencias en el servicio militar durante la guerra de Vietnam.
Interview No. 462, Marcos Diaz U.
Interview No. 462, Marcos Diaz U.
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; sus experiencias durante la Revolucion Mexicana, cuando fue prisionero de Orozco; cruzo a los Estados Unidos como parte de la Division del Norte; ha trabajado en Ft. Bliss, ASARCO, en California y en Sur Texas; formo la Lone Star Welfare Association, una organizacion para trabajadores.
Interview No. 344, Elbert Flannagan
Interview No. 344, Elbert Flannagan
Combined Interviews
Early life in San Angelo and El Paso, Texas in the teens and twenties; Zork Hardware Company; World War I experiences in France; Sam Dreben; S.L.A. Marshall; munitions sales and the Mexican Revolution; impressions of Francisco Villa; Otis Autman; experiences as a hardware salesman in Mexico in the 1920's; Ben and Stephen Aguirre; Ciudad Juarez during Prohibition; General George Patton (then a Capitan); Colonel Gaujot.
Interview No. 343, Thomas Gonzalez
Interview No. 343, Thomas Gonzalez
Combined Interviews
Childhood in Oklahoma; entered military service at the age of sixteen; experiences during World War II in Asia.
Interview No. 729, María Teresa Rojas De Romero
Interview No. 729, María Teresa Rojas De Romero
Combined Interviews
Recuerdos de su infancia; la familia como refugiados en El Paso durante la Revolución Mexicana; tráfico en el puente durante la Prohibición; la vida en El Paso en los 30's y 40's; vida social en Juárez; clubes sociales; la imagen de Juárez en el interior de México. (Nota: Este tránscrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada los usó.)
Childhood memories; family as refugees in El Paso during Mexican Revolution; life in El Paso during the 1930s and 1940s. Discusses social life in Juarez, social clubs, and …
Interview No. 306, H. E. Van Surdam
Interview No. 306, H. E. Van Surdam
Combined Interviews
Athletics in El Paso in the early 1900s; how started the Texas School of Mines in 1913; development of the symphony in El Paso; experiences as a football player at Wesleyan; experiences coaching and invention of the forward pass; officiating at football games; writing a sports column for the Hoosic Falls (New York) Standard Press and the Washington County Post since 1930.
Interview No. 461, Dr. Octavio Garcia
Interview No. 461, Dr. Octavio Garcia
Combined Interviews
Born in Mexico; person reads a summary of Dr. Garcia's life, prepared by a staff person at Pan American University; the Mexican Revolution, when Dr. Garcia's family took refuge in the United States; his medical practice in South Texas.
Interview No. 445, Tv Documentary On Undocumented Immigrants To The United States
Interview No. 445, Tv Documentary On Undocumented Immigrants To The United States
Combined Interviews
Audio portio of program which examines reasons for Mexican migration to the United States and how migrants function in U.S. society.
Interview No. 458, Humberto Pradilla A.
Interview No. 458, Humberto Pradilla A.
Combined Interviews
Huelgas en la escuela preparatoria; guerrillas con Camilo Torres; dando clases en la universidad en Colombia; cruzo a Venezuela una vez sin papeles.
Interview No. 435, Trabajadoras En Maquiladoras
Interview No. 435, Trabajadoras En Maquiladoras
Combined Interviews
Aproximadamente 25 horas de entrevistas con trabajadoras en maquiladoras en Cd. Juarez; grabaciones de conversaciones de grupos de trabajadoras; aproximadamente 2 horas de entrevistas con empleados.