Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 656, Luis R. Lujan

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; experiences as a student at U.T.E.P.; experiences working on the East Coast and in California; returning to El Paso and working at U.T.E.P.

Interview No. 657, Elouise Phelan

Combined Interviews

How Vet Village and the Vet Set club began; everyday life

in Vet Village.

Interview No. 650, Syd Cohen, Andy Cohen

Combined Interviews

Experiences playing professional baseball (Syd played in Mexico under the name ofPablo Garcia); coaching experiences at UTEP.

Interview No. 750, Joseph M. Ray

Combined Interviews

Ten cassettes include reflection and comments on the following topics:

1.- Board of Regents

2.- Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of UT Systems

3.- The Mother University in Austin

4.- Faculty Autonomy

5.- Quality of Faculty

6.- Quality of Students

7.- Library Endowment

8.- Athletics

9.- Public Involvement

10.- Seek and teach the truth and the importance of research

11.- Latin American Program

Interview No. 696, Melvin N. Harris

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; experiences with discrimination in Akron, Ohio and El Paso; experiences living in Juarez and problems encountered; experiences in the union and as president of the same, especially his leadership during the 1977 Darbyshire strike; subsequent problems with finding employment.

Interview No. 764, John Paul Savage

Combined Interviews

This is not an interview, but rather well-organized reminiscences. Biographical information includes much about early Socorro and El Paso. Describes his years as student at Texas School of Mines 1917-1921, student activities and faculty stories. Much information about mines in the Southwest and general info on mining industry.

Interview No. 355, Vernie A. Stembridge

Combined Interviews

Introduction of Dr. Stembridge, including biographical data; speech by Dr. Stembridge.

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. 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. 1748, Gisela Avalos

Combined Interviews

Her name is Gisela Avalos and she was fighting in the strike in May 9th. She says that they were fighting for their rights that she knew they were violating them. She also mentions that she had a husband in that time and he accepted to leave her because she needed to become a new person. She says that at the beginning they wouldn’t so anything about the company violating their rights, but they got tired and they went to the union to protest for women rights, but many men won’t listen to them and that had to be change. …

Interview No. 420, Bernardo Villegas

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; school years; College of Mines; Mexican Revolution; job experiences; the Depression; Prohibition; the word Chicano; opinions on the Chicano Movement and undocumented workers; old El Paso streetcars; the Chinese community in El Paso; entertainment in old El Paso; some old-time El Paso doctors.

Interview No. 129, John P. Savage

Combined Interviews

Early days of the University; experiences with the mining industry in Mexico during the 1920's and 1930's.

Interview No. 115, Fred W. Bailey

Combined Interviews

Early days of the College of Mines; experiences with the mining industry in Mexico; the Mexican Revolution.

Interview No. 92, Eugene O. Porter

Combined Interviews

Biography; some points of early El Paso area history; his experiences at the University; professors and administrators he has known; his outside activities, including the El Paso County Historical Society and Password.

Interview No. 85, Baxter Polk

Combined Interviews

Work as a Librarian; University professors and administrators he has known; acting as a hobby.

Interview No. 119, John Schaffer

Combined Interviews

Biography; the Mexican Revolution; early days of the College of Mines; the El Paso Natural Gas Company.

Interview No. 61, Denny Moses

Combined Interviews

Early days of the University and sketches of former University presidents

Interview No. 62, William F. Webb

Combined Interviews

Early days of the University and changes it has undergone.

Interview No. 45, Eugene M. Thomas

Combined Interviews

History of campus buildings, including design and construction.