Box 2
Container
Contains 35 Results:
Valentine Arambula, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 31
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin (Valdez, Colorado, 1911), biographical background of father, coal mining in Colorado, Victor American Co. (1928), working for the Colorado Fuel and Iron at Crested Butte, moving to Utah, influx of Mexicans to Utah from surrounding states, treatment received while in Utah (discrimination), inspector for Kaiser Co., discrimination in schools, biographical background of wife, Ludlow Massacre, name prefers referring to racial origin, discussion on word, "Chicano",...
Dates:
1972
Mr. Juan Flores, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 32
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin (Santa Barbara, Mexico, 1900), working as a musician in Mexico, coming to the United States, working in the sugar beet fields in Montana, coal mining in Walsenburg, Colorado, mining strike in Walsenburg, Colorado (1923), acquiring a job in the Bingham Mines, working in the roundhouse in Salt Lake City, illness and hospitalization. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Margie Archuletta in Midvale, Utah. 24 pages.
Dates:
1972
Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Gonzalez, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 33
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin Mr. Gonzalez (Jalisco, Mexico 1907), working on father's farm as a youth, revolution, working for Sur Pacific Company in El Paso, working for the railroad in San Francisco, working for the water service in Los Angeles, mining in Yuma, Arizona, relationship among different nationalities, working for National Tunnel Mines in Bingham (1928), working on a farm in California during the Depression, living conditions in Bingham, social activities in Bingham, difference...
Dates:
1972
Filomeno Ochoa, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 34-35
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin (Sonora, Mexico, 1899), education, working on the railroad track in California, working in the mines in Nevada, move to Bingham (1923), woring in the mines at Bingham, working with other nationalities, discrimination experiences, conditions in Bingham in 1923, background of wife, mining in Bingham, different nationalities in Bingham, living in a company house, influx of Mexicans during WWII, discussion on word "Chicano", opinion of Caesar Chavez, law, Mexican...
Dates:
1972
Jesusita Aparicio, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 36
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin (Michoacan, Mexico, 1903), the effect of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, immigration into the United States, settling in Utah, differences among Mexican-American people, Mormon convert, discussion on the word "Chicano", Mexican civic center, Mexican consul, superstitions, customs and manners. Spanish language transcript. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Margie Archuletta in Salt Lake City, Utah. 27 pages.
Dates:
1972
Jose Rubel Trujillo, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 37
Scope and Contents
Origen (Nuevo Mexico), sus padres, sus abuelos, cuentos de su abuelo, La Guerra Civil, Guerras con Los Indios, educacion, aventura a otros estados, aprendiendo hablar Ingles, La Depresion, empleos, Borreguero, Molino de Uranium, descriminacion. Spanish language transcript. Interviewed by Katarina Trujillo in Heber City, Utah. 23 pages. Origin, parents, grandparents, stories told by grandfather, Civil War, Indian Wars, education, seeking jobs in other states, learning to speak...
Dates:
1972
Jose Rubel Trujillo, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 38
Scope and Contents
Origin, parents, grandparents, stories told by grandfather, Civil War, Indian Wars, education, seeking jobs in other states, learning to speak English, The Depression, employment, sheep herder, uranium mill, discrimination. English translation. Interviewed by Katarina Trujillo in Heber City, Utah. 22 pages. Discrimination (continued), employment in other states, discrimination, World War II, The Depression, the C.C. Camps, superstitions of New Mexico, spirits of the dead, saints,...
Dates:
1972
Nicolas Gonzalez, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 39
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin (Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1900), Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, immigrating to the United States, working as a janitor in a laundry, trouble with the law, traveling in the United States, thinning beets in Iowa, working for the Northwestern Cement Company. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 29 pages.
Dates:
1972
Nicolas Gonzalez, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 40
Scope and Contents
Arrested for stealing, working in a pants company, working on the railroad, history of New Mexico, discussion on ward "Chicano" and Chicano movement, history of New Mexico, meaning of Cuatro Cienegas, older Mexicans in Utah, Mexican consul, rights of the people. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 27 pages.
Dates:
1972
Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Montoya, 1972
File — Box: 2, item: 41
Scope and Contents
Biographical background, origin (Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1914), herding goats on a Navajo reservation, herding sheep in Colorado, working in a shipyard, move to Utah (1949), working for the D & RG railroad, working for the Ute railroad, herding sheep, move to Salt Lake, Depression, discussion on word "Chicano", origin of Mrs. Montoya (Rito, New Mexico, 1920), involvement with the Union of the Poor. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 35 pages.
Dates:
1972