Carlos and Katherine Chavez, 1973

File — Box: 4, item: 130

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Origin, background, moving to United States, working for Bessemer Steel Co., working in Montana (Betabeles), interactions between Mexicans and New Mexicans, differences in language, experiences during Villa's Revolution, working for Denver Rio Grand, draft deferment, women working for Kennecott, Bingham's way of life, Katherine Chavez background, school in Grand Junction, Mr. Chavez working in Bingham, Ohio Copper Mine in Copperfield, Kennecott strike (better wages), Mexican mayordomos. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. Spanish language transcript. 35 pages.

Dates

1973

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