Juan and Margarita Villalobos, 1973

File — Box: 3, item: 81

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Colatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, 1900), working for the South Pacific Railroad, arriving in Utah, working for Kennecott Copper Corporation, Spanish-speaking in Bingham, injury and treatment, return to Mexico, biographical background of Mrs. Villalobos, origin (Jalisco, Mexico, 1916), Father Sullivan and church activities, Catholics in Bingham, mining strike in Bingham (1945), Mexican organizations, discrimination in Utah, description of the mining area. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Greg Coronado in Midvale, Utah. Spanish language transcript. 29 pages.

Dates

1973

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