Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 545, Héctor Chánez Aragón

Combined Interviews

Biografia; educacion formal; experiencias como indocumentado cuando era nino; un incidente de discriminacion en Lubbock, Texas; la palabra 'Chicano'; su opinion sobre el Movimiento Chicano; el Chamizal; devaluacion del peso; Operacion Interpretacion; su opinion sobre la guerra de Vietnam y la politica de Estados Unidos y de Mexico.

Interview No. 311, Arturo O. Pena

Combined Interviews

Biography; school experiences; dating patterns among peers; employment experiences; the Depression; involvement in LULAC; the word "Chicano"; illegal aliens.

Interview No. 490, Cerefino Anchondo Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; work with unions; the Chicano Movement; politics.

Interview No. 502, Mercedes C. Orpinel

Combined Interviews

Biografia; su vida en Zacatecas; la Revolucion Mexicana; Villa, Madero; sus impresiones de El Paso y Juarez; la epoca de la Ley Seca en Estados Unidos; su opinion sobre los Chicanos.

Interview No. 320, Herminia M. Chavez

Combined Interviews

Biography; educational experiences; childhood and teenage years; work experiences; discrimination; thoughts on the Chicano Movement.

Interview No. 308, Estella Duran Vega

Combined Interviews

Biography; both parents of miners backgrounds; educational background; dating patterns among peers; employed as seamstress during WWII, farm worker, registered nurse; impact of Spanish flu, Prohibition, the Depression, peso devaluation; political awareness; opinion of Chicano Movement; views on the illegal alien, the Ku Klux Klan.

Interview No. 321, Juanita Gastello

Combined Interviews

Childhood and school experiences in Guadalupe, Arizona; Yaqui religious and social customs; thoughts on illegal aliens and the word "Chicano"; Yaqui history.

Interview No. 422, Nelle S. Hatch

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; the founding of Colonia Juarez by the Mormons; the peon system in Northern Mexico; the Mexican Revolution, especially in the Casas Grandes region; Maximo Castillo; Felipe Angeles; Pancho Villa and his relationship with Lem Spilsbury, Mrs. Hatch's brother; Spilsbury and Dave Brown, Mormon scout for the Pershing Punitive expedition; intermarriage and other relations between Anglo and Mexican Mormons; Mexican students who attended the Mormon academy in Chihuahua; Colonia Juarez after the Revolution; the Mormon colonies today.

Interview No. 300, The Chicano/Mexican Immigrant Interface In The U.S.

Combined Interviews

Session of the meeting of the Latin American Studies Association in Houston, Texas.

Interview No. 708, Zaré Gonzalez

Combined Interviews

La Revolución Mexicana; relaciones étnicas; la Ley Seca; la Depresión; constumbres sociales; relaciones fronterizas; datos biográficos.

The Mexican Revolution; ethnic relations in Del Rio; Prohibition; the Depression; social customs; border relations, biographical data.

Interview No. 555, Sergio Gonzales, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Talks about his childhood in Del Rio, Texas; how he became County Judge; about the LULAC; the Ku Klux Klan; the years of the Depression; and relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 606, Alfredo Villegas

Combined Interviews

Su involucramiento en la Revolución Mexican;se casó con "La Adelita", quien fue una famosa soldadera o mujer soldado de la Revolución Mexicana; su vida en Del Río; peleando la descriminación contra los Mexico-Americanos.

Involvement in the Mexican Revolution; marriage to "La Adelita" famous soldadera, or, woman soldier; living in Del Rio, Texas; fighting discrimination against Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 305, First Ladies Carter And Lopez Portillo

Combined Interviews

Recording of some of the proceedings of the meeting of the first ladies of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Rosalynn Carter and Carmen Lopez-Portillo.

Interview No. 727, Pedro Perret

Combined Interviews

Semi-retirada persona de negocios. Comenta acerca de su crecimiento en Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras; recuerdos de la Revolución Mexicana; educacion (escuelas) en los Estados Unidos; experiencias como persona de negocios independiente. (NOTA: Este tránscrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada los usa.)

Tells of growing up in Eagle-Pass Negras, recalls the Mexican Revolution, and recounts experiences as an independent businessman

Interview No. 725, Juan J. Gaítan

Combined Interviews

Estuvo en el ejército de Estados Unidos en el Departamento de Aviación por 4 años. Vivió 11 años en Los Angles, CA después de retirarse del ejército. Trabajó en una agencia de General Motors en Los Angeles, CA. Hizo algo de capital y se fue a Del Rio, TX y puso una gasolineriao Posteriormente se dedicó a la política y asumio los puestos de Regidor de la Ciudad y Mayor Interino. Después de seis años en la política le fue propuesto el puesto de investigador del Departamento del Trabajo, el cual acepto (su trabajo actual). Habla de la Depresión, de …

Interview No. 699, Julio Santoscoy

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; datos históricos sobre Piedras Negras; como llegaron antecedentes de gente negra a Múzquiz; la Revolucion Mexicana; relaciones entre Eagle Pass y Piedras Negras; inmigración; la devaluación del peso; el MOvimiento Chicano; el Ku Klux Klan.

Biographical data; the Mexican Revolution; relations between Eagle Pass; immigration;the devaluation of the peso; the Chicano Movement; the Ku Klux Klan.

Interview No. 341, Mamie T. Finan

Combined Interviews

Background; experiences as a colonist in Mexico; experiences during and after the Mexican Revolution; meeting Charles Lindberg and Luz Corral de Villa; life on ranches in Mexico; the Depression years; social customs; Good Neighbor organization; discrimination.

Interview No. 706, Beatriz V. De Riddle

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; la época de la Revolución Mexicana; recuerdos de Eagle Pass y Piedras Negras cuando era joven y costumbres sociales; el ambiente económico de la frontera; la devaluación del peso.

Biographical data; the Mexican Revolution; recollections of early Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, including social customs; border economy; the peso devaluation,

Interview No. 340, J. A. Bonnet

Combined Interviews

Recollections of the Mexican Revolution; growing up in Eagle Pass, Texas; smuggling activities in Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras; the Prohibition years; the Depression.

Interview No. 506, Emenecio E. Ramirez

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; como y porque se acerco al Partido Raza Unida; experiencias como un joven desilucionado y sus problemas con la ley; su rehabilitacion; como fue que su esposa fue esterilizada; su filosofia personal acerca del Movimiento Chicano. **Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador, usando terminos dialecticos usados en el estado de Texas. Incluidos con esta entrevista, unas canciones y poemas escritos por el Sr. Ramirez.

Interview No. 607, Alejandro Riojas

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos. La Revolución; Eagle Pass a los principios del siglo XX: la influenza española de 1918; relaciones étnicas; la Ley Seca; la discriminación; relaciones entre Piedras Negras y Eagle Pass.

Biographical data; the Mexican Revolution; Eagle Pass in the early 1900s; the 1918 Spanish Flu; ethnic relations; Prohibition; discrimination; relations between Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass.

Interview No. 299, National Chicano/Latino Conference On Immigration

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of conference held in San Antonio, Texas.

Interview No. 537, John H. Shaffer

Combined Interviews

Recollections of shootouts with smugglers on the Rio Grande in the 1930s.

Interview No. 287.4, Organization Of U. S. Border Cities (Ousbc)

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of meeting held in San Diego, California.

Interview No. 298, William Kunstler

Combined Interviews

Talk given at UTEP for the Lyceum Series. Includes criticism of the legal system in the United States, racism vs. ethnic minorities, and the Bakke Case (focus on the presentation).

Interview No. 417, Herbert E. Cooper

Combined Interviews

Biography; recollections about growing up in Mexico and relations with Mexicans; educational experiences in El Paso; Texas National Guard; his work as an attorney in relation to undocumented workers.

Interview No. 1767, Christina Paredes

Combined Interviews

In 1924, Christina Paredes worked at Farah for 35 years in San Antonio St. Christina recalls the work environment not being all positive during her years at Farah. Christina mentions that they were strict with hiring people and the process like taking their birth certificate; you had to be 17 or 18 years old and could not be older than that or else they would not hire them. Christina also said that they would encourage people to bring their families and work as well.

Christina Paredes then goes on and talks about people she remembers, like her friend Carmen who …

Interview No. 646, Arthur Adams

Combined Interviews

Experiences as a Border Patrol agent,1948-1957; working with Chinese illegal

aliens, 1950s; experiences with the U.S. Customs Service .

Interview No. 1760, Parra

Combined Interviews

Parra started working at Farah in the Spring of 1968, she then quit for two years and came back in 1969. She decided to go back because his son wanted to go to college and Parra wanted to support him monetarily. After a couple of years, she started to get tired of the continuous bad treatment, soon after the strike began.

As soon as she started to work for Farah, she noticed the different and superior type of treatment each worker received. Parra remembers some of the workers would go out with managers to try and get a raise. She …

Interview No. 609, Richard Ross

Combined Interviews

Join the Marine Corps and due to accident was discharged honorably in Houston. He has dedicated most of his time doing sketches. He especially finds pleasure doing so in Mexico, do to the typical decorations and customs. he relates his experiences in an encampment in Mexico.