| Title |
John Florez, Hispanic Oral Histories, Accn 1369 |
| Creator |
Florez, John, 1932- |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Date |
1984-05-10 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Utah--Interviews; Florez, John, 1932- --Interviews; National Urban Coalition (U.S.) |
| Access Rights |
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| Description |
Transcript (190 pages) of an interview by Leslie Kelen with John Florez, on May 10, 1984. |
| Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 1369, Hispanic Oral Histories, 1984-1987 |
| Abstract |
Florez (b. 1932) talks about his father's experience as an immigrant, arriving in 1917 and working as a railroad and farm laborer. He recalls his childhood in the Depression when the family lived in an abandoned railroad car. Other topics covered include his mother as a healer, Hispanic culture, education, social and political activism, the Spanish-Speaking Organization for Community Integrity and Opportunity (SOCIO), Jim Baldwin, the National Urban Coalition, affirmative action, Senator Orrin Hatch, and what he learned from a lifetime spent in the political arena. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
190 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv46923 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6796bdk |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans; National Urban Coalition (U.S.) |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893498 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6796bdk |
