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Mr. Juan Flores, 1972

 File — Box: 2, item: 32

Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Santa Barbara, Mexico, 1900), working as a musician in Mexico, coming to the United States, working in the sugar beet fields in Montana, coal mining in Walsenburg, Colorado, mining strike in Walsenburg, Colorado (1923), acquiring a job in the Bingham Mines, working in the roundhouse in Salt Lake City, illness and hospitalization. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Margie Archuletta in Midvale, Utah. 24 pages.

Dates

  • 1972

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 6.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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