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Interview No. 712, Col. Vicent M. Lockhart

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; work as a newspaperman in Virginia and Texas; experiences during WWII with the 36th Divison; his work with the CIA, especially his experiences in Vietnam; his activities after retirement. (Also included are two tapes of radio communications and partial transcripts of same recorded during the Tet Offensive of 1968 in Saigon, maps of Saigon, and several articles about Col. Lockhart from his scrapbook.

Interview No. 604, Sarah Weddington

Combined Interviews

"Women and politics: What is Washington Doing to you?"

Interview No. 629, John O. West

Combined Interviews

Presentation on El Paso ghosts.

Interview No. 630, Fred R. Ponce

Combined Interviews

Life of a Mexican immigrant.

Interview No. 720, Mary Lou Armendariz

Combined Interviews

The role of Mexican-American women in politics, particularly voter registration drives and assistance in Raymond Telles Campaign for Mayor of El Paso

Interview No. 653, Lucy Acosta

Combined Interviews

Life history; LULAC activities in the 1950s; the Raymond Telles campaign for Mayor in El Paso; reactions to President Kennedy.

Interview No. 544, The Great Debate: Gen. William Westmorel And Carl Strokes

Combined Interviews

Former Army Chief of Staff debates with Cleveland's first Black Mayor and NBC Political analyst on defense spending and social programs. Included is a paper written by Kim Vernon based on the debate.

Interview No. 543, A Look Over The Shoulder: Women In The History Of U.T. El Paso

Combined Interviews

Panel moderated by Prof. Jean Miculka: Florabelle Rogers Harris, Lucille Ponsford, Ti-lman, Mirtle Ball, Charlotte Foster Hansen, Eleanor Duke, and Bulah Liles Patterson.

Interview No. 605, Joseph Magoffin Glasgow

Combined Interviews

TAPE I: Biographical data; childhood recollections and early El Paso; moving around the country with his family; how he came to enter Viest Point; experiences as part of the Army of Occupation in Europe following World Viar I; brief histories of the Magoffin and Glasgow families. including his Scottish. Irish. French and Spanish ancestors; the Mexican Revolutionary era; the Chinese community in El Paso
TAPE II: The Escobar Revolution of 1929 and his experiences while stationed in El Paso
at the time; Juarez and Prohibition; experiences during his tour of duty in
Brest. France in 1919 and having a close …

Interview No. 542, John-Steiner Vera

Combined Interviews

Speech, "Gender Differences in Teaching Style."

Interview No. 548, Manuel Carrillo

Combined Interviews

Narracion sobre algunas de sus fotografias.

Interview No. 746, Prisciliana Torres Rentería

Combined Interviews

Nació el 5 de enero de 1901 en la ciudad de Camargo, Chihuahua. Cuenta de anecdotas de la Revolución, cuando era ella muy pequeña aún. Se vino para El Paso y trabajó de sirvienta antes de casarse. Al casarse dejó de trabajar de sirvienta. Su esposo trabajó por mucho tiempo en Asarco. Cuando él murió, ella puso una tienda pequeña (adaptada en su casa), vendiendo sólo leche, huevo y pan en un principio. Posteriormente extendió un poco la tienda. En el mismo tiempo, debido a la falta de hombres por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, trabajó desempeñando trabajos para hombres en …

Interview No. 635.1, Mary Rita Crowson

Combined Interviews

Recollections about El Paso streetcars.

(Another interview on streetcars with Joe Armendariz immediately follows Crowson interview on the tape.)

Interview No. 635.2, Joe Armendariz

Combined Interviews

Recollections about El Paso streetcars.

(Another interview on street cars immediately precedes Armendariz interview on the tape.)

Interview No. 521, Border Governors Conference

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 731, Josefina C. Rodríguez

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; growing up in Clint, Texas and ethnic relations there; work experiences in San Luis; how she became involved in politics; problems having a career and being a wife and mother; experiences as mayor; her ideas on education and problems she will deal with as a member of the school board.

Interview No. 528, Prof. Ruben Rocha Ch.

Combined Interviews

Conferencia presentada en U.T. El Paso, titulada "Cronica grafica-historica de las ciudades mas antiguas del estado de Chihuahua."

Interview No. 654, "La Frontera" Collection

Combined Interviews

See following sheet for list of interviewees

Interview No. 519, Al (Armond) Jackson

Combined Interviews

The Mexican Revolution and Pancho Villa; job experiences; the Depression; Prohibition; World War II. See also Interview no. 172

Interview No. 499, Soledad O. Salas

Combined Interviews

Biografia; la Revolucion Mexicana; su migracion a Estados Unidos; experiencias laborales en El Paso; la Depresion en Estados Unidos; su naturalizacion para hacerse ciudadana de Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 518, Carolina L. Villanueva

Combined Interviews

Migracion de su familia de Chihuahua a Cd. Juarez y El Paso durante la Revolucion; experiencias laborales de sus padres; recuerdos de Pancho Villa; la Depresion; epoca de la Ley Seca en Estados Unidos; Segunda Guerra Mundial y su efecto acerca la migracion de Mexico a Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 515, Manny

Combined Interviews

Biografia; experiencias laborales en Cd. Juarez como cigarrero; experiencias cruzando la frontera; trabajos que tuvo en Los Angeles, El Paso, y Cd. Juarez; opiniones sobre la vida en Mexico.

Interview No. 517, Anacleto Madrid, Juanita Madrid

Combined Interviews

La migracion de la Sra. Madrid y su familia a Cd. Juarez y El Paso de Chihuahua durante la Revolucion Mexicana; Ciudad Juarez en los 1910s; los juegos; epoca de la Ley Seca en Estados Unidos; actividades de recreo; la Revolucion Mexicana; la Depresion.

Interview No. 516, Col. Cruz R. Alvarez

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; youth years and dating patterns; employment experiences, including that as a teacher (first to use bilingual education methodology); experiences in Spain as a translator and secret service agent; the history of the Southwestern New Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; the Spanish Flu; Prohibition; the Depression; WWII; Chamizal dedication.

Interview No. 541, Fidel Ramos

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; historia general de la region agricultural del Condado de El Paso, Texas.

Interview No. 514, Ricardo Santiesteban

Combined Interviews

Recollections of Mr. Santiesteban in trying to recover an alleged buried treasure in Chihuahua.

Interview No. 566, Reynaldo Lopez R.

Combined Interviews

Tells how he joined the Bracero Program; experiences and duties as a bracero; anecdotes of the braceros and working living conditions in the pear ranch; duties in the Navy; countries he visited while in the Navy; experience in Vietnam where he was almost awarded the Purple Heart; some prejudices he encountered; deferential attitudes of the Mexicans when dealing with "gringos."

Interview No. 565, Cruz Rivera

Combined Interviews

Born in Julemes, Chihuahua on May 3, 1986; came to El Paso in 1916; acquired his passport in 1918 at El Paso's port of entry; served in the military during WWI but never fought in Germany due to declaration of peace one week after he signed up; stationed in Santa Barbara, California; migrated throughout the U.S. experiencing many different jobs, from laborer to shipyard worker; settled in Canutillo and married sweetheart on nine years.

Interview No. 424, Maria Cuevas

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; la muerte de su madre cuando tenia ocho anos, cuando tuvo que encargarse de sus tres hermanos; la muerte de su padre cuando tenia 14 anos, cuando tuvo que encontrar trabajo; experiencias trabajando como domestica; problemas con la discriminacion de parte de mexicanos y problemas con la inmigracion; sus dos matrimonios y sus tres hijas.

Interview No. 434, Dr. Mario Garcia

Combined Interviews

UTEP History Department Seminar Talk, "Americans, All: Manuel Ruiz, Jr. and the Mexican American Struggle for Civil Rights, 1940-1947."