Oral History Commons^™

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. 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. 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. 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. 217.2, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 479, Yolanda Solorio O.

Combined Interviews

Vida de una empleada bancaria.

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 10, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter

Pete Seeger, along with Gordon Bok and Sally and Lou Killen, appeared to a full gym at the University of Maine, Orono, Feb[ruary] 29. It was a benefit for poor Clearwater, Pete's Hudson River conservation-promoting sloop, now in the Stonington yards for extensive repairs. Compensating for a bad cold, Pete did many tunes on his whistle and banjo although his voice sounded just find to me when he did sing. Gordon seemed in an exceptionally good mood, adding extra sparkle to an already perfect performance. The Killens sang their songs with the gusto and clarity that has been their trademark …

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 …

Interview No. 236, Francisco Holguin

Combined Interviews

Biografia; tradiciones historicas, sociales y religiosas del pueblo de Socorro; Semana Santa; la Gerra de la Sal de 1977; la historia del santo San Miguel. 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. 235, Hortencia Villegas

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 241, Dick Gregory

Combined Interviews

Talk given on UTEP campus through the University Lyceum Series. Includes views on modern American society, politics, and the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

Interview No. 234, Rene Mascarenas Miranda

Combined Interviews

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 287.1, Organization Of U. S. Border Cities (Ousbc)

Combined Interviews

Border mayors discuss the need to influence state and federal governments toward the solution of border problems. Held in El Paso, Texas.