Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 707, Jim Paschall

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 755, Anonymous

Combined Interviews

Childhood in Mexico and in South El Paso; his father's death during the Mexican Revolution; early employment as shoeshine boy, news carrier, and Western Union messenger; dances during teenage years; marriage; and some experiences of 40 years as a taxicab driver in El Paso.

Note: Partial transcript only. Two tapes not transcribed.

Tape II- (not transcribed) Effects of prohibition, the Depression, and World War II on his life in El Paso.

Tape III- (not transcribed) Married life, retirement, comments on illegal aliens and additional information on early El Paso.

Interview No. 507, Bishop Emeritus Sidney M. Metzger

Combined Interviews

Biographical data; how he became interested in the priesthood; studies and experiences in Rome in the 1920s and 1930s; experiences as Asst. Bishop in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1941; experiences as Bishop of El Paso, including WWII era, labor issues from the 1950s to the 1970s (especially the Farah Strike), the lack of financial resources; the church and Mexican Americans (including acquiring vocations for the priesthood); discrimination; the Chicano Movement; illegal aliens; the organization of the Catholic Church; the Equal Rights Amendment; abortion; ordination of women to the priesthood; contraception; Black Catholics in El Paso; integration. **Also included are …

Interview No. 732, José E. Parada

Combined Interviews

Su niñez en Buenaventura, Chihuahua; vida de los campesinos en haciendas; batallas de la Revolución Mexicana; el caracter de Villa; los Colorados y las fuerzas irregulares; la influenza española; su historia laboral en México y los Estados Unidos; devaluación del peso. (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. 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. 443, Jose M. Veloz

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; vivio cerca de la fundicion de ASARCO durante la Revolucion Mexicana, cuando conocio a Villa, Carranza, y Calixto Contreras; la Gripa del '18; relata como la Cruz Roja tal vez envenenaba a los enfermos; emigrantes a Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 444, Andres Ortiz

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; experiencias educacionales en las escuelas Smelter y Villas, donde estudio bajo maestras norteamericanas; la Gripa del '18, que causo la muerte de su cunada; experiencias trabajando siete dias sin descanso; la Depresion; la politica de los mexicanos-americanos.

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. 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. 257, Josephine Wong, Grace Got, Herlinda Leong

Combined Interviews

Background; how their grandfather came to Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; schooling in the United States and Hong Kong; their late brother; immigration attorney Wellington Chew; experiences growing up in a Mexican cultural environment.

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. 442, Ramon Duran D.

Combined Interviews

La Revolucion Mexicana; trabajador migrante en Estados Unidos; experiencias durante la epoca de la Ley Seca en Estados Unidos; fue repatriado en 1929, pero regreso a Estados Unidos en 1956; experiencias como jefe de un campo de braceros.

Interview No. 441, Antonio Flores D.

Combined Interviews

Experiencias durante la Revolucion Mexicana; trabajo en un taller de armas de Pancho Villa, 1913-1915.

Wolters, Edward J Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College I And Ii, Conrad Strauch Jr.

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

Hillegonds, William C Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Conrad Strauch Jr.

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

Steffens, Henry J Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Conrad Strauch Jr.

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

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

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. 439, Candelario Ruiz

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; recuerdos de la Revolucion Mexicana y su opinion acerca de Pancho Villa y Guillermo Baca; su emigracion a Estados Unidos; la Gripa del '18, que causo la muerte de su madre; la Depresion.

Martin Rotman Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Glen Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Interview No. 448, Gregorio Aldana

Combined Interviews

Campesino en hacienda; bracero en 1913; discriminacion en Kansas; la Toma de Aguascalientes; conocio a Villa, Carranza, y Madero; su primera esposa murio en la Gripa del '18; residencia en Estados Unidos en 1926; hacia comida en grupo durante la Depresion.

Albert Slagh Oral History Interview: Polar Bear Oral History Project, Glen Johnson

Polar Bear Oral History Project

Records of an oral history project done with veterans of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-1919 (“Polar Bears”). The collection also contains general background materials pertaining to the Polar Bears. Includes interview transcripts, cassette tapes, articles, bibliographies, diaries, clippings, photographs, microfilm and a book. Accession No.: H88-0239.5 Provenance: Polar Bear Oral History Project Donor: Hope College History Department Photographs: 24 images Processed by: Craig Wright, February 1991 Catherine Jung, April 2007

Verbeek, John J Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Conrad Strauch Jr.

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

Stryker, Marian A Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College, Conrad Strauch Jr.

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

Interview No. 453, Severiano Torres O.

Combined Interviews

Su vida de chico durante la Revolucion; su ayuda al ejercito durante la Guerra Cristera; su trabajo de jefe de grupo en la carcel de Cd. Juarez y perito de transito; otras experiencias en Cd. Juarez y El Paso.

Ponstein, Lambert J Oral History Interview: Retired Faculty And Administrators Of Hope College I And Ii, Conrad Strauch Jr.

Retired Faculty and Administrators of Hope College

These records include the transcripts of oral histories conducted with retired faculty members of Hope College.

Interview No. 447, Maria Del Valle

Combined Interviews

Su vida de chica como hija de jefe politico en Villa Ocampo, Durango; la vida de hacendados y peones alli; relatos de hechos de Pancho Villa; su vida en El Paso; la muerte de su hijo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Interview No. 316, Inez Morales Agredo

Combined Interviews

Viaje con su madre a Venezuela; empleada como sirvienta, madre como lavandera; rutina en el trabajo; arresto; detencion en las carceles; deportacion; intencion de regresar a Venezuela sin documentos con otros colombianos a traves de las montanas.

Interview No. 318, Jose Alfredo Delgado

Combined Interviews

Huida de la casa; viaja a traves de la frontera hacia Venezuela; arresto en San Cristobal; detencion en las carceles venezolanas y deportacion; medio ambiente desfavorable en el hogar; conocimiento y experiencia en la medicina veterinaria; deseo de ganar dinero y comprar un carro; intencion de regresar a Venezuela.

Interview No. 452, Jose Romero

Combined Interviews

Su vida en San Diego de Alcala, Chihuahua; la Revolucion Mexicana; su participacion con Pancho Villa bajo Martin Lopez; experiencias con Madero; sus empleos en Estados Unidos; la Gripa del '18; su vida en la frontera.