Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 342.2, Antonio Lozano

Combined Interviews

Su niñez en San Pedro, Coahuila; experiencias como villista bajo de Eugenio Aguirre Benavides; su participación en los ataques de Torreón, San Pedro, Paredón, y Zacatecas; Villa y Felipe Angeles; las Influenza Española de 1918; la devaluación del peso.

Born in Zacatecas, grew up in San Pedro, Coahuila; children's games, youth sports; fought as a Villista under Eugenio Aguirre Benavides; description of attacks on Torreon, San Pedro, Paredon, and Zacatecas; incidents involving Villa and Felipe Angeles; 1918 Spanish Flu; peso devaluation; comments about his son's employment in the Unites States.

Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 253, Juana B. Zuniga

Combined Interviews

La Revolucion Mexicana; emigracion a los Estados Unidos; la Depresion; experiencias en Salt Lake City.

Interview No. 430, Bill Morrow

Combined Interviews

Personal background; business activities; El Paso-Cd. Juarez relations.

Interview No. 280, Ruben B. Salcido

Combined Interviews

Biography; the Depression; World War II; discrimination.

Interview No. 275, Thomas Enriquez

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; educational and job experiences; the Chicano Movement, his thoughts about it and his involvement in it; thoughts on illegal aliens. RESTRICTION states, "Not for release to any government agency without prior approval."

Interview No. 252, Conrado Mendoza

Combined Interviews

Biografia; emigracion a los Estados Unidos y los problemas confrontados aqui; El Paso en un principio; experiencias de trabajo en California; la Depresion; I y II Guerras Mundiales; impresiones sobre los Estados Unidos; la palabra "Chicano".

Interview No. 288, Jose Lopez Portillo

Combined Interviews

Platica Inaugural.

Interview No. 282, George E. Barnhart

Combined Interviews

Biography; the Mexican Revolution; Prohibition; Jim Gilett and John Wesley Hadin; the Depression; World War II; Judge Roy Bean.

Interview Nos. 301.1 -- 301.6, Mrs. Moses D. Springer, Mr. Benjamin Fineberg, Mrs. Benjamin Fineberg, Mr. Perlmutter, Hymer Rosen, Joe Aaronson, Necha Silver

Combined Interviews

Development of Jewish community in El Paso, Holocaust, Israel, and other related topics.

Interview No. 277, Father Alfred Galvan

Combined Interviews

Biography; religion, politics, and ethnic relations.

Interview No. 254, Severiano Torres Ortiz

Combined Interviews

Su vida en Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico; experiencias en la Revolucion Mexicana y con los Cristeros; Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial; su vida politica en Cd. Juarez; comentarios sobre la politica de Mexico.

Interview No. 269, Catalina Aranda

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; la Revolucion Mexicana; la Prohibicion; la Influenza Espanola; Segunad Gerra Mundial.

Interview No. 268, Juan Garcia

Combined Interviews

Biografia; su vida en El Paso, Texas; experiencias en el ejercito; la Prohibicion; devaluacion de el peso; opiniones sobre los Chicanos en El Paso; extranjeros ilegales.

Interview No. 262, Edmundo Padilla

Combined Interviews

Su vida de nino; la vida como agricultor; la primera alberca de Ciudad Juarez; la Revolucion Mexicana; la pelicula muda de la vida de Pancho Villa; breves comentarios sobre la Segunda Gerra Mundial, la Ley Seca de los Estados Unidos, y la epoca de los Braceros en los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 265, Pedro Saucedo

Combined Interviews

Biography; work experiences; discrimination; Mexican American supervisors at the railroad and their practices in dealing with other Mexican Americans and Anglo workers; dispute over wages paid to Mexican Americans at ASARCO; opinions about the Chicano Movement. ***The transcript of the interview has been translated into English by the transcribers.

Interview No. 251, Soledad Olivas

Combined Interviews

Biografia; vida en Sur El Paso; su envolvimiento en la Campana Pro la Preservacion del Barrio.

Interview No. 270, Armando A. Sanchez

Combined Interviews

Biography; rumrunners and bootleg joints during Prohibition; incidents in his Army career during World War II; his job of teaching infantry tactics, weaponry and survival tactics to U.S. and foreign troops; discrimination in Texas; the word "Chicano"; future plans.

Interview No. 255, Francisco Sanchez

Combined Interviews

Biografia; experiencias como Bracero.

Interview No. 273, Gloria Martinez

Combined Interviews

Biography; World War II; El Paso in the 1940's and 1950's; the word "Chicano"; illegal aliens.

Interview No. 276, Maria S. Garcia

Combined Interviews

Biography; social customs in the 1930's and 1940's; Prohibition; thoughts on the Chicano Movement; illegal aliens.

Interview No. 263, Roberto Gomez

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences with discrimination; Pachuco Riots in Los Angeles; discrimination in Civil Service; general outlook of the Chicano.

Interview No. 258, Enriqueta R. Lopez

Combined Interviews

Biography; educational experiences; the word "Chicano;" ethnic discrimination; history of La Hacienda Cafe; political involvement in the community.

Interview No. 259, Manuel T. Estrada

Combined Interviews

Biography; life in South El Paso during the 1930s.

Interview No. 279, Magdaleno Cisneros

Combined Interviews

Political involvement; the Chicano community and politics; illegal aliens.

Interview No. 272, Juana Román, Lupe Mendías

Combined Interviews

Las Minas de Shafter, Texas; la Revolucion Mexicana; la Influenza Espanola; la Depresion; eventos politicos recientes. Redactada por la investigadora. Partes de la entrevista estan en Ingles.

Interview No. 278, Felipe Rodriguez

Combined Interviews

Biografia; El Paso y Cd. Juarez antiguos; experiencias del trabajo; la palabra "Chicano". Nota: Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador, incluyendo algunos terminos dialecticos usados en el Norte de Mexico y el suroeste de los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 274, Luis O. Varela

Combined Interviews

Biography; early life in Clint, Texas; The Depression; the Mexican Revolution; World War I & II; Prohibition. *Most of the Interview is a mixture of English and Spanish and therefore the foreign phrases are not underlined.

Interview No. 256, Art Alba

Combined Interviews

Biography; life in South El Paso; discrimination; work with the Probation Department; community involvement.

Interview No. 267, El Pasoan

Combined Interviews

Biography; discrimination; the word "Chicano"; the Chicano Movement; the Depression; World War II; illegal aliens.

Interview No. 436, Sr. X

Combined Interviews

Experiencias como preso politico en Mexico, D.F., en 1968.