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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. 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. 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. 707, Jim Paschall
Interview No. 639, James M. Day
Interview No. 639, James M. Day
Combined Interviews
Biographical information about growing up in Brownwood, Texas, including
education and ethnic relations; views about El Paso, Cd. Juarez, illegal
aliens and the border region.
Interview No. 730, Roberto Escudero
Interview No. 730, Roberto Escudero
Combined Interviews
Originario de Bazuchil, Chihuahua. Cruzó la frontera como mojado aproximadamente 9 veces. Tuvo exito en dos. Fue contratado como bracero y recibió muy mal trato como mojado, como bracero. (Nota: Este transcrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada los usó.)
Interview No. 538, Roque Orozco
Interview No. 538, Roque Orozco
Combined Interviews
Fue bracero en Lake Huron; cruzo la frontera disfrazado de militar; llevo armas de contrabando a Guadalajara; vivio en Ojinaga y trabajo en el gobierno.
Interview No. 621, Mike Limon
Interview No. 621, Mike Limon
Combined Interviews
Su vida en el sur de El Paso, taxista durante la depresión, sepultero durante la
gripa del '18 y vendedor de licor "bootlegger" durante la Prohibición. Trabajó en
sitios famosos como el 98 y el 1181.]
His life in South El Paso; experiences as a taxi driver during the Depression and afterwards; the Spanish flu; the prohibition era.
Interview No. 728, Eloisa Carvalho
Interview No. 728, Eloisa Carvalho
Combined Interviews
Biographical information; recollections of old El Paso; work as Assistant to the Probation Officer; her involvement in various political campaigns; problems of senior citizens; improvements in living conditions for Mexican-Americans.
Interview No. 638, Jesús Martinez
Interview No. 638, Jesús Martinez
Combined Interviews
Su vida en México; experiencias laborales en los Estados Unidos; La Depresion;
la epoca de La Ley Seca; su repatriacion a México.
Life in Mexico; experiences in the United States; the Depression; bootlegging experiences during Prohibition; his repatriation to Mexico.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 484, F. R. Cuellar