Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 422, Nelle S. Hatch

Combined Interviews

Biographical information; the founding of Colonia Juarez by the Mormons; the peon system in Northern Mexico; the Mexican Revolution, especially in the Casas Grandes region; Maximo Castillo; Felipe Angeles; Pancho Villa and his relationship with Lem Spilsbury, Mrs. Hatch's brother; Spilsbury and Dave Brown, Mormon scout for the Pershing Punitive expedition; intermarriage and other relations between Anglo and Mexican Mormons; Mexican students who attended the Mormon academy in Chihuahua; Colonia Juarez after the Revolution; the Mormon colonies today.

Interview No. 300, The Chicano/Mexican Immigrant Interface In The U.S.

Combined Interviews

Session of the meeting of the Latin American Studies Association in Houston, Texas.

Interview No. 305, First Ladies Carter And Lopez Portillo

Combined Interviews

Recording of some of the proceedings of the meeting of the first ladies of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Rosalynn Carter and Carmen Lopez-Portillo.

Interview No. 555, Sergio Gonzales, Jr.

Combined Interviews

Talks about his childhood in Del Rio, Texas; how he became County Judge; about the LULAC; the Ku Klux Klan; the years of the Depression; and relations between Anglos and Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 606, Alfredo Villegas

Combined Interviews

Su involucramiento en la Revolución Mexican;se casó con "La Adelita", quien fue una famosa soldadera o mujer soldado de la Revolución Mexicana; su vida en Del Río; peleando la descriminación contra los Mexico-Americanos.

Involvement in the Mexican Revolution; marriage to "La Adelita" famous soldadera, or, woman soldier; living in Del Rio, Texas; fighting discrimination against Mexican Americans.

Interview No. 708, Zaré Gonzalez

Combined Interviews

La Revolución Mexicana; relaciones étnicas; la Ley Seca; la Depresión; constumbres sociales; relaciones fronterizas; datos biográficos.

The Mexican Revolution; ethnic relations in Del Rio; Prohibition; the Depression; social customs; border relations, biographical data.

Interview No. 341, Mamie T. Finan

Combined Interviews

Background; experiences as a colonist in Mexico; experiences during and after the Mexican Revolution; meeting Charles Lindberg and Luz Corral de Villa; life on ranches in Mexico; the Depression years; social customs; Good Neighbor organization; discrimination.

Interview No. 506, Emenecio E. Ramirez

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; como y porque se acerco al Partido Raza Unida; experiencias como un joven desilucionado y sus problemas con la ley; su rehabilitacion; como fue que su esposa fue esterilizada; su filosofia personal acerca del Movimiento Chicano. **Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador, usando terminos dialecticos usados en el estado de Texas. Incluidos con esta entrevista, unas canciones y poemas escritos por el Sr. Ramirez.

Interview No. 340, J. A. Bonnet

Combined Interviews

Recollections of the Mexican Revolution; growing up in Eagle Pass, Texas; smuggling activities in Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras; the Prohibition years; the Depression.

Interview No. 607, Alejandro Riojas

Combined Interviews

Datos biográficos. La Revolución; Eagle Pass a los principios del siglo XX: la influenza española de 1918; relaciones étnicas; la Ley Seca; la discriminación; relaciones entre Piedras Negras y Eagle Pass.

Biographical data; the Mexican Revolution; Eagle Pass in the early 1900s; the 1918 Spanish Flu; ethnic relations; Prohibition; discrimination; relations between Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass.

Interview No. 299, National Chicano/Latino Conference On Immigration

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of conference held in San Antonio, Texas.

Interview No. 287.4, Organization Of U. S. Border Cities (Ousbc)

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of meeting held in San Diego, California.

Interview No. 298, William Kunstler

Combined Interviews

Talk given at UTEP for the Lyceum Series. Includes criticism of the legal system in the United States, racism vs. ethnic minorities, and the Bakke Case (focus on the presentation).

Interview No. 417, Herbert E. Cooper

Combined Interviews

Biography; recollections about growing up in Mexico and relations with Mexicans; educational experiences in El Paso; Texas National Guard; his work as an attorney in relation to undocumented workers.

Interview No. 646, Arthur Adams

Combined Interviews

Experiences as a Border Patrol agent,1948-1957; working with Chinese illegal

aliens, 1950s; experiences with the U.S. Customs Service .

Interview No. 609, Richard Ross

Combined Interviews

Join the Marine Corps and due to accident was discharged honorably in Houston. He has dedicated most of his time doing sketches. He especially finds pleasure doing so in Mexico, do to the typical decorations and customs. he relates his experiences in an encampment in Mexico.

Interview No. 287.3, Organization Of U. S. Border Cities (Ousbc)

Combined Interviews

Proceedings of meeting held in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Interview No. 304, Kenneth Flynn

Combined Interviews

Views on problems of the border; the work of Project Bravo; uniqueness of Ciudad Juárez / El Paso; non-Mexican American ethnic groups in El Paso.