Maurice S. Cordova, 1973

File — Box: 6, Folder: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (San Acacio, Colorado), farmwork, working in Pueblo Army Depot, looking for work in the shipyards in California, going to vocational school, attending Adams State College, looking for a teaching job, involvement in politics, working as a delinquent tax collector, working in the welfare department, jobs available in San Acacio, Catholic Church in Old San Acacio, food stamp program, Community ActionPprogram, low-income housing, retaining the Spanish language, Chicano movement. Interviewed by John R. Tapia in San Luis, Colorado. 36 pages.

Background, work in Colorado and California, high school, teaching at Chama, civil service discrimination, tax collector job, politics, welfare job, influence of World War II. Interviewed by John R. Tapia in San Luis, Colorado. 14 pages.

Community Action Agency (CAA), housing committee, legal procedures in order to build, insufficient funds to build a swiming pool, maintaining the Spanish language, the word "Chicano." Interviewed by John R. Tapia in San Luis, Colorado. 8 pages.

Dates

1973

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