Eufemio and Josefina Salazar, 1973

File — Box: 3, item: 80

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Rincones, Colorado, 1888), working for the D & RG, working in the sugar beet fields, working for the Utah Transit Company, Depression, working at Deseret Industries, LDS Church, LDS families in Salt Lake City, going on a mission in 1943, discrimination, discussion on the word "Chicano", biographical background of Mrs. Salazar, origin (Tucson, Arizona, 1907), discussion on the word "Chicano", Spanish-speaking community in Salt Lake, Mexican-owned business, Mexican Consul, sheepshearing, working on the sugar beets, working in the Garfield American Refining Smelter Company, working for the Streetcar Company, doing odd jobs during the Depression, involvement with the LDS Church. Interviewed by Bernice P. Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 58 pages.

Dates

1973

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