Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Gonzalez, 1972

File — Box: 2, item: 33

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin Mr. Gonzalez (Jalisco, Mexico 1907), working on father's farm as a youth, revolution, working for Sur Pacific Company in El Paso, working for the railroad in San Francisco, working for the water service in Los Angeles, mining in Yuma, Arizona, relationship among different nationalities, working for National Tunnel Mines in Bingham (1928), working on a farm in California during the Depression, living conditions in Bingham, social activities in Bingham, difference between Mexicans from Mexico, New Mexico and Colorado, influx of Puerto Ricans (1942), biographical background of Mrs. Gonzalez, origin (Canadea, Sonora, Mexico, 1922),unions at Kennecott, Mexican bosses at Kennecott, discussion on word "Chicano", influence of Mormons, Mexican traditions, strictness with daughters, Spanish language, superstitions, moving out of Bingham, housing discrimination, different nationalities in Bingham, older Mexicans, Mexican Consul in Utah, traveling on his own, problems in the US today. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Midvale, Utah. 31 pages.

Dates

1972

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