Oral History Commons^™

Interview No. 290.3, Cleto L. Rodríquez

Combined Interviews

Thoughts on the Bicentennial; his work with SER, biographical information; educational experiences; discrimination; experiences in the military; events that led to his receiving the Medal of Honor; World War II as a turning point for Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 290.2, José Lopez

Combined Interviews

Biography and his early life and boxing career; experiences in the Merchant Marine; experiences in the Army; events that led to his receiving the Medal of Honor; his experiences after receiving the Medal, his work with the Veterans Administration, and his return to active service in the Army; experiences in Korea; discrimination; thoughts on the Chicano Movement; personal comments.

Interview No. 334, Ramona Gonzalez

Combined Interviews

Biografia; sus empleos diferentes en El Paso; discriminacion en empleos de El Paso; la decada de los 1920's; el matrimonio entre angloamericanos y mexicanas en El Paso; problemas etnicas entre la iglesia mormona en El Paso.

Interview No. 249, Jesus Perez

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; su trabajo como minero en Mexico; su parte en la Revolucion Mexicana; emigracion a los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 527, Carl Hertzog

Combined Interviews

Informal comments about the following: Tape 1: Tom Lea; Dr. Haldeen Braddy of U. T. El Paso, Thoreau; old timers of the Southwest; Joseph Wood Crouch; W. A. Hawkings; La Luz, New Mexico; Betty Seymour; the Matthews family, Watt Matthews, and the book Interwoven about the Lamb's Head Ranch; Buck Shewitz; J. Frank Dobie; Frank Fields; book design; Carl Van Dale; typography; Price Daniel; Price Daniel, Jr.; Will and Watt Reynolds. Tape 2: J. Evetts Haley; Ben Green; Matthews family; José Cisneros, including his biography, Red River Valley book by Neville, trips taken with Hertzog, his family; Magoffin/Glasgow family, his …

Interview No. 238, Francisco Mercado

Combined Interviews

Biografia; experiencias de su juventud en un rancho en Zacatecas; su vida en Cd. Juarez; experiencias como trabajador indocumentado en Estados Unidos. Nota: Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador, incluyendo algunos terminos dialecticos usados en el norte de Mexico y el suroeste de los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 230, Myrna J. Deckert

Combined Interviews

Biography; discrimination; day-care services; activities of the YWCA to improve social level of people in El Paso.

Interview No. 229, Pbro. Isidro Payan Melendez

Combined Interviews

Historia de la Mision de Guadalupe; problemas con la reconstruccion de la Catedral de Ciudad Juarez; situacion religiosa y social que ha resultado de la interaccion con El Paso.

Interview No. 250, David L. Carrasco

Combined Interviews

Mr. Carrasco's work with the U.S. Border Commission and his work in Latin America; current border issues and possible solutions for the future; Cd. Juarez-El Paso relations and problems faced by both cities.

Interview No. 231, E. V. Ayala

Combined Interviews

The prison system in such institutions as the Federal Prison Camp at Florence, Arizona and the Federal Detention Center in El Paso; illegal aliens.

Interview No. 225, Rev. Jesse Munoz

Combined Interviews

Biography; views on border problems; Green Card workers; Farah Strike.

Interview No. 243, Bill Morrow

Combined Interviews

Talk on Border relations in El Paso-Ciudad Juarez; the Border Commission; how the Intercity Group was formed; views on Mexican politics; the importance of El Paso-Ciudad Juarez now and in the future.

Interview No. 223, Jose A. Estrada

Combined Interviews

Biography; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences with private companies and the federal government; experiences as a Customs Inspector; attitudes toward the Bicentennial; views on the Chicano Movement and bilingual education.

Interview No. 222, Belen B. Robles

Combined Interviews

Biography; experiences with discrimination; the Women's Liberation Movement; the Chicano Movement; her role as National Vice President of LULAC; extensive statement of the history of LULAC in El Paso and throughout the Southwest.

Interview No. 220, Lic. Rafael Gonzales Garduno

Combined Interviews

Su trabajo con la Aduana Mexicana; interesantes experiencias en este campo; contrabando; Operacion Intercepcion; maquiladoras; Articulos Gancho.

Interview No. 221, Heriberta Salazar De Lopez

Combined Interviews

Biografia; emigrada de Matamoros, Coahuila a Ciudad Juarez; experiencias de trabajo en El Paso; experiencias con el Servicio de Inmigracion de los Estados Unidos; actitud hacia los Estados Unidos; actitud hacia los Mexico-Americanos; Chicanos; vida en Ciudad Juarez; diferencias en los patrones de vida de Mexico y los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 226, Aurora Mendoza

Combined Interviews

La Revolucion Mexicana; su vida en Mexico y en los Estados Unidos.

Interview No. 227, Customs Inspector

Combined Interviews

Life in Junction, Texas; school years; Anglo/Mexican relations in Junction; experiences in the Air Force; work with the federal government; work experiences while with the Customs Service in San Ysidro, California and El Paso, Texas; attitdes toward the Bicentennial.

Interview No. 228, Luciano Miranda Reyes

Combined Interviews

Vida y ambiciones de los ciudadanos mexicanos que viven en el interior del paisy las razones por las que llegan a las regiones fronterizas.

Interview No. 224, Rafael Valdespino Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biografia; discriminacion; economia nacional desde 1930 a la fecha; brutalidad policiaca en Ciudad Juarez; Catolicismo Romano; formacion del Second Ward Homestead Association; problemas en el Segundo Barrio; Concilio Pro Conservacion del Segundo Barrio y el Concilio de la Comunidad del Segundo Barrio.

Interview No. 217.1, Carl Barnett

Combined Interviews

Biography; Mexican aliens and their effect on El Paso economy and labor situation; ethnic relations in El Paso; juvenile aliens; views on the Chicano Movement; education; bilingual education.

Interview No. 217.2, Judge George Rodríquez, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Biography; Mexican aliens in El Paso in relation to crime; ethnic relations; views on the Chicano Movement.

Interview No. 219, Jose Roman, Jr., M.D.

Combined Interviews

The Bracero Program.

The Oral Folk History Surrounding The Life Of William Bernard "Big Six" Henderson, Peggy Boaz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The oral folk history of William Bernard "Big Six" Henderson is unique in that Henderson himself has been a contributing factor in keeping the tales of his moonshining experiences in the oral traditions of distinct areas of Kentucky, especially Cumberland County. Interviewing Henderson and apprehended and non-apprehended moonshiners allowed speculation into the concept that Henderson was indeed a folk hero. Using Dixon Wector's requirements for heroes, the hero performing unselfish service, acquiring a nickname, obtaining sympathy for handicaps, struggles, and failures, and reaching hero status after death, and providing examples of Henderson's encounters with moonshiners, verifies Henderson's hero status, except …

Interview No. 302, Discussion On Immigration

Combined Interviews

Jose Jaquez Medina (CASA), Agnes Lujan (Comite Contra la represion del gran jurado federal), and Ezequiel Lopez (ATM) discuss repression, discrimination, undocumented workers, unions, and their effect on Chicanos.

Discussion is in Spanish.

Interview No. 242, Dr. Jesus Castillo Acuna

Combined Interviews

Platica sobre problemas de la frontera, incluyendo los de la clase marginada; migracion a Ciudad Juarez; problemas de salud.

Interview No. 479, Yolanda Solorio O.

Combined Interviews

Vida de una empleada bancaria.

Interview No. 218, Juan Hernandez

Combined Interviews

Biography; life in the Segundo Barrio (South El Paso); the Chicano movement; comparison of life in the barrio with his present living conditions.

Interview No. 237, Robert Miller

Combined Interviews

Uniqueness of the Woolworth Store in South El Paso Street; day-to-day routines of the store; the impact on business brought about by the end of the streetcar line; merchants accusing Immigration Officers of Gestapo tactics; pilferage; illegal aliens.

An Interpretation Of The Florida Ex-Slaves' Memories Of Slavery & The Civil War, Dianna Zacharias

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is an analysis and interpretation of oral folk history preserved in the Florida Narratives, one state collection of ex-slave narratives from the larger Federal Writers' Project collection compiled in the 1930s. Fifty-four tales were extracted from this state collection and used as a basis for this study. These personal reminiscences, called memorates by folklorists, fell into two categories: slavery and the Civil war. The tales about slavery were compared to the theses and conclusions regarding slavery held by sociologists and The tales about the Civil War and emancipation were gathered by historians.

The comparison revealed that there …