Filomeno Ochoa, 1972

File — Box: 2, item: 34-35

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Sonora, Mexico, 1899), education, working on the railroad track in California, working in the mines in Nevada, move to Bingham (1923), woring in the mines at Bingham, working with other nationalities, discrimination experiences, conditions in Bingham in 1923, background of wife, mining in Bingham, different nationalities in Bingham, living in a company house, influx of Mexicans during WWII, discussion on word "Chicano", opinion of Caesar Chavez, law, Mexican consul, Mexican newspapers, strikes in Bingham. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Katarina Trujillo in Midvale, Utah. 27 pages.

Dates

1972

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