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Full-Text Articles in Oral History
Interview No. 556, E. Nicky Cunningham
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
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
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. 564, Sigrid Wynykoski
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. 408, Guadalupe Perez
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. 371, Conference: The “Maquiladora” Industry In Mexico: Current Status And Prospects
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
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
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
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
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
Interview No. 536, Oscar Tejeda
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. 460, Carlota Mota
Interview No. 460, Carlota Mota
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; la Revolucion Mexicana y los Villistas; Juarez desde 1923.
Interview No. 526, Carlos Ferniza
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Interview No. 719, Rita Faudora
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
Interview No. 357, Convocation On Ministry To The Undocumented
Combined Interviews
No abstract provided.
Interview No. 356.1, Utep 65th Anniversary Ceremony
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
Interview No. 356.2, Henderson E. Van Surdam
Combined Interviews
Speech given at UTEP's 65th Anniversary ceremony.
Interview No. 355, Vernie A. Stembridge
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
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. 354, Olga T. Aiken
Interview No. 354, Olga T. Aiken
Combined Interviews
Recalls the Mexican Revolution; Anglo American/Mexican relations; Ft. Brown incident.
Interview No. 353, Cecilia Almaguer A.
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.
Interview No. 698, Harold D. Frakes
Interview No. 698, Harold D. Frakes
Combined Interviews
Impressions of migrant poverty along the border; incidents in connection with apprehension of aliens, including attempt on his life; work on the Canadian border with Hungarian refugees in 1956; work as u.s. Marshall during James Meredith's entry into the University of Mississippi in 1962, including violent confrontations with white protesters.
Interview No. 349, Anne Magee
Interview No. 349, Anne Magee
Combined Interviews
Recollections of her father as a Confederate soldier and Ku Klux Klan member; remembers her grandmother made Klan gowns; witnessed part of the Mexican Revolution in Brownsville, Texas; lived on a plantation where Mexicans were hired; lived on the border during Prohibition, the 1918 Flu Epidemic, and the Depression; social customs.
Interview No. 352, Julian Garcia