Merlin Barela, 1972

File — Box: 2, item: 51

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Truchas, New Mexico, 1918), parents' origin (Truchas, New Mexico), education, working in a C.C.C. Camp during the Depression (soil conservation), living conditions during the Depression, arrival in Utah, working in Bingham for a stock man, working in Bingham in the U.S. mines, army service, working for Kennecott, living conditions in Highland Boy, move to West Jordan, discrimination in job advancement at Kennecott, Blacks at Kennecott, discrimination, job discrimination, discrimination in the neighborhood, discrimination in school, encounter with Mormon religion, biographical background of parents, education, family traditions, Spanish language, Mexican cooking, weaving, dating and marriage, large families. Interviewed Mae Barela and JoAnn Gallegos in West Jordan, Utah. 21 pages.

Dates

1972

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