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Interview No. 633, Vicki L. Ruiz
Interview No. 633, Vicki L. Ruiz
Combined Interviews
Presentation, "Social Service in South El Paso: A History of Friendship Square."
Interview No. 569, Salvador Ramirez
Interview No. 569, Salvador Ramirez
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; growing up in south El Paso; how he came to attend Cathedral High School and his experiences there; experiences at the Texas School of Mines (U.T. El Paso); work with the El Paso Boys Club and Southside gangs; Project Bravo; MAYA; MACHOS; Colegio Cesar Chavez; the Chicano Movement.
Interview No. 251, Soledad Olivas
Interview No. 251, Soledad Olivas
Combined Interviews
Biografia; vida en Sur El Paso; su envolvimiento en la Campana Pro la Preservacion del Barrio.
Interview No. 259, Manuel T. Estrada
Interview No. 259, Manuel T. Estrada
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in South El Paso during the 1930s.
Interview No. 256, Art Alba
Interview No. 256, Art Alba
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in South El Paso; discrimination; work with the Probation Department; community involvement.
Interview No. 224, Rafael Valdespino Jr.
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. 237, Robert Miller
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.
Interview No. 235, Hortencia Villegas
Interview No. 211, Fred Morales
Interview No. 211, Fred Morales
Combined Interviews
Biography; life in South El Paso, including schools; Anglo/Mexican relations; experiences with the Immigration Service; activities as a VISTA volunteer; gangs in South El Paso.
Interview No. 195, Gaspar Cordero
Interview No. 195, Gaspar Cordero
Combined Interviews
Biography; Mexican Americans in El Paso; experiences with discrimination; the Casino Mexicano in El Paso; work with the Mexican Boundary Commission and ASARCO in Mexico; South El Paso; Ciudad Juarez in the 1920's and 1930's' views on the Bicentennial; future of Mexican Americans.
Interview No. 159, Freddy Morales
Interview No. 159, Freddy Morales
Combined Interviews
The causes and effects of the Bowie High School Incident.
Interview No. 140, Ramón Adame
Interview No. 140, Ramón Adame
Combined Interviews
Biography; educational experiences in Juarez and El Paso; experiences with narcotics and eventual self-rehabilitation; Aliviane, Inc; ethnic breakdown of drug users; relationship of marijuana and other drugs; life in El Paso during 1940s; pushers; his role in the drug organization; ease of bringing drugs accross the border; history of marijuana use in U.S. and Mexico; effects of marijuana.