| Title |
Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 9, numbers 91 through 101 |
| Alternative Title |
Gene Hernandez, Burley, Idaho: an interview by Greg Coronado, June 6, 1973; Mr. Manuel F. Lopez, Burley, Idaho: an interview by Greg Coronado, June 7, 1973; Joe Romero, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martinez and Greg Coronado [May 20, 1973]; Tony Rodriguez, Lark, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martinez and Greg Coronado, May 20, 1973; Gerardo Melendez, Midvale, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martinez, May 23, 1973; Mr. Harold Nielsen, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer and Phil Nortarianni, July 20, 1973; Jesus Avila, Lark, Utah: an interview by Greg Coronado, May 6, 1973; Jesus Avila, Lark, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martinez and Greg Coronado, May 19, 1973 (part 2); Jesus Avila, Lark, Utah: an interview by Greg Coronado and Bernice Martinez, May 19, 1973 (part 3) |
| Creator |
Hernandez, Gene, 1919- ; Lopez, Manuel F.; Romero, Joe, 1901- ; Rodriguez, Tony, 1920- ; Melendez, Gerardo, 1925- ; Nortarianni, Phil, 1919- ; Avila, Jesus, 1927- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Martínez, Bernice; Coronado, Greg, 1946-2012; Mayer, Vincent, 1944- ; Nortarianni, Phil |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1973-05-06; 1973-05-19; 1973-05-20; 1973-06-06; 1973-06-07; 1973-07-20 |
| Date Digital |
2015-01-15 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5778244/ ; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/8604824/ ; Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5781061/ ; Lark, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5777063/ ; Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5587385/ |
| Subject |
Utah--Ethnic relations; Idaho--Ethnic relations; Mexican Americans--Utah--History; Mexican Americans--Utah--Biography; Mexican Americans--Utah--Social conditions; Mexican Americans--Idaho--History; Mexican Americans--Idaho--Biography; Mexican Americans--Idaho--Social conditions; Chicano movement--Utah |
| Keywords |
Miners; Copper mines; Copper miners; Discrimination; Great Depression; Ethnic relations; Chicanos; Farm labor; Agricultural laborers; Railroad workers; Mexican Revolution; Mexican traditions; SOCIO; Catholic Church; Guradalupe Mission; Mexican immigrants; Mexican American children--Education; Bartenders; Community Action Program; American G.I. Forum; LULAC; Civilian Conservation Corps; Puerto Ricans |
| Description |
Transcript of interviews held in 1973 at Salt Lake City, Sandy, and Lark, Utah, and Burley, Idaho, with several (mostly Hispanic) residents of Utah and Idaho: Gene Hernandez (b. 1919) and Manuel F. Lopez (b. 1901), of Burley, Idaho; Harold Nielsen of Sandy, Utah; Joe Romero (b. 1901) of Salt Lake City; Gerardo Melendez (b. 1925) of Midvale, Utah; and Tony Rodriguez (b. 1920) and Jesus Avila (b. 1927) of Lark, Utah. Some interviews are in Spanish |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng; spa |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
For description of each interview, see: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv23580 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro 10 for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6kw75ss |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans--Biography; Mexican Americans--Social conditions; Chicano movement |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1036884 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw75ss |
| Title |
Page 124 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1036708 |
| OCR Text |
Show Interview: T ny Rodriguez Page 16 TR: N , I don't think hardly any at all that I know. GC: When y u came here, were there dances or anything like here, or was it about the same? TR: Well they used to have dances here at the Gemmell Club, I don't really remember how often, but me and my wife used to go once in awhile there, maybe about two times a year, thats about all. GC: What kind of music did they play? TR: I don~t really remember about that, just music. BM: Has it Mexican music? TR: No, no it wasn't Mexican music. I don't know what you would call the other. BM: Your children all attended school at Bingham? TR: Yeah. BM: And they graduated from Bingham High School? TR: Yeah, all of them. Let's see, about four or five, let's see was Betty, Andy, Ernie, Rudy a and this year will be Dorine. BM: And two of them went on to college? TR: Well, yes, Ernie went to college, Lillian went to college, but Ernie didn't finish college and Lillian is still thinking about going back to college again. BM: Did they get a scholarship or did you did they earn their money to get into college? TR: I think Lillian went on a scholarship, I am not sure, either that or a minority group or whatever you call it and Andy she went on that she went to school too, but she went for those IBM machines you see, that's what she's doing over here at Hercules, key-punch operator that's what she said Lillian is working there too she is secretary there. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw75ss/1036708 |
