Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 344, Elbert Flannagan

Combined Interviews

Early life in San Angelo and El Paso, Texas in the teens and twenties; Zork Hardware Company; World War I experiences in France; Sam Dreben; S.L.A. Marshall; munitions sales and the Mexican Revolution; impressions of Francisco Villa; Otis Autman; experiences as a hardware salesman in Mexico in the 1920's; Ben and Stephen Aguirre; Ciudad Juarez during Prohibition; General George Patton (then a Capitan); Colonel Gaujot.

Interview No. 343, Thomas Gonzalez

Combined Interviews

Childhood in Oklahoma; entered military service at the age of sixteen; experiences during World War II in Asia.

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. 306, H. E. Van Surdam

Combined Interviews

Athletics in El Paso in the early 1900s; how started the Texas School of Mines in 1913; development of the symphony in El Paso; experiences as a football player at Wesleyan; experiences coaching and invention of the forward pass; officiating at football games; writing a sports column for the Hoosic Falls (New York) Standard Press and the Washington County Post since 1930.

Levi Bartels 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. 435, Trabajadoras En Maquiladoras

Combined Interviews

Aproximadamente 25 horas de entrevistas con trabajadoras en maquiladoras en Cd. Juarez; grabaciones de conversaciones de grupos de trabajadoras; aproximadamente 2 horas de entrevistas con empleados.

Interview No. 445, Tv Documentary On Undocumented Immigrants To The United States

Combined Interviews

Audio portio of program which examines reasons for Mexican migration to the United States and how migrants function in U.S. society.

Interview No. 438, Memoirs From South Texas

Combined Interviews

About 25 interviews conducted by students from Pan American University in the late 1970s, many in Spanish. Mexican Americans from this part of Texas recount a variety of experiences since 1910, including the Mexican Revolution, Immigration, labor issues, ethnic relations, and other topics.

Interview No. 458, Humberto Pradilla A.

Combined Interviews

Huelgas en la escuela preparatoria; guerrillas con Camilo Torres; dando clases en la universidad en Colombia; cruzo a Venezuela una vez sin papeles.

Interview No. 454, Socorro And San Elizario, Texas

Combined Interviews

Topics from the collection include: Adobe (M, R, S); Antiques (G); Aztec Tribe (Q); Muertos (H, I, L); Easter: 'Way of the Cross' (E); El Paso Times (W); Ghost Stories (A, B); Grutas (O); Historical Sights (G); Holidays (F); Making corn tortillas with a metate (Y); Matachines (EE); Missions (G, I, L, BB); Moon Ranch (C); Rodeos (T); San Elizario History (AA); Santos (G); Socorro History (K); Weddings (U); Wood-carving (Q, S); Wood lay (N). Many of the interviews may also contain general overviews of Socorro and San Elizario general history.

Interview No. 484, F. R. Cuellar

Combined Interviews

Life of a Mexicano.

Interview No. 455, Music From Performance By Rosa Guerrero

Combined Interviews

Music representing several world cultures.

Interview No. 461, Dr. Octavio Garcia

Combined Interviews

Born in Mexico; person reads a summary of Dr. Garcia's life, prepared by a staff person at Pan American University; the Mexican Revolution, when Dr. Garcia's family took refuge in the United States; his medical practice in South Texas.

York County Multiethnic Heritage Project Collection - Accession 186, York County Multiethnic Heritage Project

Manuscript Collection

The project, which began in July 1976, and ended June 30, 1977, focused on ethnic groups in the area: Southern Appalachian, African-American and Native American. The collection includes a wide variety of material that could be used for research on York County and for instructional purposes by teachers. The collection consists of magazines, newspaper clippings, books, audio tapes, video cassettes, slides, transparencies, and copies of historical documents such as letters and land records.

Interview No. 480, Antonio Maldonado

Combined Interviews

Experiencias durante la Revolucion Mexicana.

Interview No. 342.1, José Ramírez

Combined Interviews

Su niñez cerca de San Pedro, Coahuila; el ferrocarril en Coahuila, la Revolución Mexicana; anecdotas acerca de Venustiano Carranza; la Influenza Española de 1918; la devaluación del peso; opinions acerca de varios tópicos.

Born in Coahuila; childhood and youth years on an hacienda near San Pedro; railroads in the area during the early years; the Mexican Revolution; attack on San Pedro in 1914 by Villistas; banditry and government efforts to eradicate it; exodus of the rich from Torreon; anecdotes about Carranza; 1918 Spanish Flu; peso devaluations; opinions on various current topics.

Tape in Spanish.

Interview No. 546, Julio Limon S.

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; informacion sobre la Revolucion Mexicana; opinion sobre la devaluacion del peso y los indocumentados. (Este transcrito contiene terminos dialecticos usados en el sureste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada los uso.)

Interview No. 757, Carmen Mares

Combined Interviews

Su educación en Cd. Juárez; sus trabajos como doméstica en Cd. Juárez; los braceros; cómo adquirió su residencia en Estados Unidos; sus trabajos como doméstica en Estados Unidos; sus experiencias con sindicatos laborales.

(Nota: Este transcrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada al igual que la persona desarrollando la entrevista los usaron.)

Born and raised in Juarez, she tells of her experiences as a hotel maid and domestic in Mexico and the United States, and the acquisition of her Green Card.

Interview No. 704, María De La O

Combined Interviews

Life history of Maria de la 0; recollections of Francisco Villa; the Depression; Prohibition.

*Note: The interview is mainly in Spanish but the transcript has been translated into English.

Interview No. 760, Miguel Martínez

Combined Interviews

Su vida en México; como se hizo bracero; como adquirió su tienda; el costo de vida actualmente.

(Nota: Este transcrito contiene términos dialécticos usados en el suroeste de Estados Unidos y han sido escritos tal y como la persona entrevistada al igual que la persona desarrollando la entrevista los usaron)

Tells about his experiences working as a farmer and shopkeeper in Mexico and how he became a bracero in the United States.

Interview No. 547, Josefina Galván

Combined Interviews

La Revolucion Mexicana; su vida como senorita joven; su negocio; la Influenza Espanola de 1918.

Interview No. 554, Ed Quinn

Combined Interviews

Experiences as a management person in a twin plant; views of life in Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras; Spanish language radio on the border.

Interview No. 640, Eutimia B. Mercado

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos; el nivel social de su familia en México; las características de El Paso durante los principios del siglo XX; sus diversos empleos en El Paso.

Biographical data; her family's social standing in Mexico; El Paso during the early part of 20th Century; her work experiences in El Paso.

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.