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Interview No. 394, Anónima
Interview No. 394, Anónima
Combined Interviews
Nacida en Parral (Chih.), lugar en el que vivio con su familia, se caso y fue a vivir a Cd. Juarez (1958). Tiene pasaporte (con visa americana), lo que le facilita su cruce a El Paso. Desde que vino a la frontera ha trabajado en El Paso. No ha tenido problemas con migracion. Trabajo en algunas casas, en las que fue bien tratada. Piensa que siempre ha tenido mucha suerte. Cuenta de experiencias de amigas (ilegales). Le gusta E.U., sus tiendas. Desea conseguir su residencia en E.U.; tiene familia americana. Temores. Cuenta como (injustamente) migracion quito pasaportes a mujeres mexicanas, …
Interview No. 360, Proceedings Of Symposium On Border Fence
Interview No. 360, Proceedings Of Symposium On Border Fence
Combined Interviews
Speakers: Charles Saba, INS; Tom Hestfall. Mayor of El Paso; Joseph Nalven, San Diego; others.
Interview No. 564, Sigrid Wynykoski
Interview No. 564, Sigrid Wynykoski
Combined Interviews
School recollections at El Oro mining camp near Mexico City; the Mexican Revolution and her family's exile to the U.S.; shipwreck during trip to U.S. and experiences in Canada and New York; return to Mexico and again to the U.S.; Europe (WWI era); move to El Paso; animosity toward Mexicans during revolution period; brief comments on Prohibition and Depression years.
Interview No. 408, Guadalupe Perez
Interview No. 408, Guadalupe Perez
Combined Interviews
Nacida en Cd. Juarez, en donde ha vivido siempre con su familia. Trabajo en R.C.A. y AMPEX (de Mexico). En busca de mejor salario vino a El Paso como trabajadora domestica (ilegal). Migracion la detuvo las dos primeras veces que intento cruzar ilegalmente, sintio miedo por lo desconocido. Cuenta el procedimiento usado por ella y otros ilegales para cruzar a El Paso. Desea terminar sus estudios y continuar con una carrera. Cuenta sobre el destino que da al dinero que gana.
Interview No. 371, Conference: The “Maquiladora” Industry In Mexico: Current Status And Prospects
Interview No. 371, Conference: The “Maquiladora” Industry In Mexico: Current Status And Prospects
Combined Interviews
Tape I, Side A: Ed Wygard, Teotli, 30 minutes; Tape I, Side B: Teotli, Dick Michel, 21 minutes. Tape II, Side A: Gols, Schickling, 25 minutes (fades). Tape II, Side B: Blank. Tape III, Side A: Leon Opalin, 23 minutes. Tape III, Side B: Dick Bolin, 30 minutes. Tape IV, Side A: Bolin Christman, 30 minutes. Tape IV, Side B: Christman, Jackie Mitchell, 10 minutes; (fades).
Interview No. 641, Gerardo Chávez
Interview No. 641, Gerardo Chávez
Combined Interviews
Bigraphical data; life of his family on an hacienda before the Mexican Revolution; life on a small village in Mexico where he grew up; migration to the border area; problems in the classroom with native speakers of Spanish; Border Spanish; life in the United States compared to life in Mexico; feelings upon becoming a United States citizen.
Interview No. 359, Lalo Corral
Interview No. 359, Lalo Corral
Combined Interviews
Childhood and school days in El Paso; military service; employment in El Paso; 1954-present; activities as member of steelworkers union Grievance Committee; strikes by steelworkers at ASARCO, especially strike of 1967-1968; impact of undocumented workers and Green Carders on the El Paso economy; wage scales in El Paso compared to other parts of the United States.
Interview No. 328, Hortense Mciver
Interview No. 328, Hortense Mciver
Combined Interviews
Biographical data; school years; the Depression; move to El Paso in 1938; World War II; how became member of the Sierra Club, the American Friends Service Committee, and the El Paso United Nations organization; protest against the El Paso Electric Company; impressions of El Paso in the past 40 years.
Interview No. 384, Francisco Martinez Parga
Interview No. 384, Francisco Martinez Parga
Combined Interviews
Experiencias Revolucionarias Platica de matanza de Federales y matanza de mujeres en Camargo. Perdio a su madre en la gripa del '18. Se vino a E.U. despues de el '18. Obtuvo residencia en 1928 y ciudadania en 1940. Estudio en Bowie, Villas, Tech (en la nocturna). Vivio en Chihuahuita. Platica de una inundacion en 1928. Platica sobre el "Wyoming gang", otras pandillas y barrios en El Paso. Sus experiencias laborales, la Depresion, la Prohibicion, discriminacion, trabajo como electricista aereo en la II Guerra Mundial, etc.
Interview No. 500, Wilma Rudolph
Interview No. 536, Oscar Tejeda
Interview No. 536, Oscar Tejeda
Combined Interviews
Interview conducted while Mr. Tejeda is on patrol, including information on INS funding, routine, trails used by undocumented persons, apprehension of aliens.
Interview No. 460, Carlota Mota
Interview No. 460, Carlota Mota
Combined Interviews
Datos biograficos; la Revolucion Mexicana y los Villistas; Juarez desde 1923.