| 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 235 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1036819 |
| OCR Text |
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| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw75ss/1036819 |