Valentine Arambula, 1972

File — Box: 2, item: 31

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Valdez, Colorado, 1911), biographical background of father, coal mining in Colorado, Victor American Co. (1928), working for the Colorado Fuel and Iron at Crested Butte, moving to Utah, influx of Mexicans to Utah from surrounding states, treatment received while in Utah (discrimination), inspector for Kaiser Co., discrimination in schools, biographical background of wife, Ludlow Massacre, name prefers referring to racial origin, discussion on word, "Chicano", Julian Silas, Mexican union leaders. Interviewed by Floyd O'Neil and Vincent Mayer in Sunnyside, Utah. 24 pages.

Dates

1972

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