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Box 2

 Container

Contains 35 Results:

Mrs. Maria Luz Solorio and Mrs. Bertha Mayer, 1972

 File — Box: 2, item: 42-43
Scope and Contents Biographical background, origin Solario (Acambaro, Guanajuato Mexico, 1911), Mayer (Zaragosa, Durango Mexico, 1912), St. Patrick's Church, Guadalupe Mission, education, relationship with others, family traditions, strictness with girls, dances, church traditions, closing of churches in Mexico, singing in LDS Wards, opinions of LDS Church, marriage, relationship to each other. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 33 pages. Spanish language, their children,...
Dates: 1972

Ramon Garcia, Jesus C. Rivas, and Nicolas Gonzales, 1972

 File — Box: 2, item: 44
Scope and Contents Biographical background of Mr. Garcia, origin (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1926), education, discrimination in school, working in the Salt Lake Macaroni Factory, working on the railroad, working in construction, background of Garcia's ex-wife, Greek Town (West Salt Lake), discussion on the younger generation, prejudice and gang fights, biographical background of Mr. Rivas, origin (Michoacan, Mexico, 1907), education in Mexico, working on the railroad in Sonora, Mexico, coming to the United States,...
Dates: 1972

Mrs. Rosa Sandoval

 File — Box: 2, item: 46
Scope and Contents Biographical background, origin (Fremont County, Colorado, 1937), biographical background of father, origin (Durango, Mexico), naturalized citizen at the age of 69, coal miner in Standardville, Utah, biographical background of mother, origin (El Paso, Texas), living conditions in Carbon County (1939), education, interracial marriages between Mexican and Italian, mining strikes in Colorado (1913), biographical background of brothers, education, filing anti-discrimination suit against Carbon...
Dates: 1972-1975

Vincent Mayer Sr., 1970

 File — Box: 2, item: 47
Scope and Contents Biographical background, origin (Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico, 1907), entry into United States (Douglas, Arizona, 1919), education, first impressions of United States, obtaining first job in United States (cotton picking, Phoenix), traveling experiences to Los Angeles, arrival into Los Angeles, jobs while in Los Angeles, shining shoes, dishwasher ar Ambassador Hotel, arrival into Salt Lake (1924), employment on the railroad (June 1925), Mexican old timers, minorities working on sections of the...
Dates: 1970

Mary and Carlos Trujillo, 1972

 File — Box: 2, item: 49-50
Scope and Contents Spanish language transcript. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Odgen, Utah. 25 pages.

Working for Hill Air Force Base, working for Brigham City, working in alfalfa fields, civilizing the Indians, working in the mines in Banhampton, New Mexico, moving to Utah to work in the mines. Spanish language transcript. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Ogden, Utah. 12 pages.
Dates: 1972

Merlin Barela, 1972

 File — Box: 2, item: 51
Scope and Contents Biographical background, origin (Truchas, New Mexico, 1918), parents' origin (Truchas, New Mexico), education, working in a C.C.C. Camp during the Depression (soil conservation), living conditions during the Depression, arrival in Utah, working in Bingham for a stock man, working in Bingham in the U.S. mines, army service, working for Kennecott, living conditions in Highland Boy, move to West Jordan, discrimination in job advancement at Kennecott, Blacks at Kennecott, discrimination, job...
Dates: 1972

Mrs. Rose Gurule, 1972

 File — Box: 2, item: 52-53
Scope and Contents Biographical background, origin (Vallecitos, New Mexico, 1930), education, work as a cleaning woman, churches attended, attending Bible school, volunteer work for the Red Cross, attending Weber State College, background of husband, comparison of college standards, teaching in Layton, other Spanish teachers, teaching migrant children, bi-lingual education, attendance of Spanish-speaking children, high school and junior high school drop-outs, students obtaining teaching positions, visiting New...
Dates: 1972