| Title |
Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 1, numbers 1 through 10 |
| Alternative Title |
Jose Medel, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer, October 9, 1970; Louis Amador, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vince Mayer, Greg Thompson and Floyd O'Neil, December 3 and 8, 1970; Mrs. Francis Yañez, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer, May 21, 1971; Señor Santos Cabrerra, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer, January 4, 1971; Mrs. Ellen Córdova, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martínez, June 15, 1973; Mr. Francisco Solario, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Vincent Mayer, December 19, 1970; Jesús and Agapito Castillo, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer, June 13, 1971 |
| Creator |
Medel, José, 1907- ; Amador, Louis, 1908- ; Yañez, Mrs. Francis, 1886- ; Cabrerra, Santos, 1886- ; Córdova, Ellen, 1904- ; Solario, Francisco, 1910- ; Castillo, Jesús, 1924- ; Castillo, Agapito, 1923- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Mayer, Vincent, 1944- ; Thompson, Gregory C. (Gregory Coyne), 1943-; O'Neil, Floyd A.; Martínez, Bernice |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1970-10-09; 1970-12-03; 1970-12-08; 1970-12-19; 1971-01-04; 1971-05-21; 1971-06-13; 1973-06-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-01-15 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Utah--History; Mexican Americans--Utah--Biography; Mexican Americans--Utah--Social conditions; Chicano movement--Utah |
| Keywords |
Migrant workers; Farm labor; Railroad workers; Mexican Americans; Mexican Revolution; Labor movement; Catholic Church; Guadalupe Mission; Miners; Utah Copper; Chicano; Mexican Civic Center; Mexican consuls; Discrimination; Mexican immigrants |
| Description |
Transcript of interviews held in 1970, 1971 and 1973 at Salt Lake City with various Hispanic residents of Utah: Jose Medel (b. 1907), Lous Amador (b. 1908); Mrs. Francis Yañez (b. 1886); Santos Cabrerra (b. 1886); Mrs. Ellen Córdova (b. 1904); Francisco Solario (b. 1910); ; Jesús and Agapito Castillo (b. 1923 and 1924). From: Spanish Speaking Peoples in Utah, oral histories, Interviews no. 1 - 7, 8 - 10 |
| 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/s6mw46tt |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans--Biography; Mexican Americans--Social conditions; Chicano movement |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1038425 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw46tt |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1038102 |
| OCR Text |
Show INTERVIEH: Jose Hed l Page 5 VM: I mean was there any new problems in M~xico that they decided to come here? JM: They looking for work all the time, all over. This in 1929, in 1930 change around, old ones leave~ new ones come. They don't stay too long, maybe month or two month~ some stay thre~ and in 1930 was four Mexicans, one Italian, and one white man or American, whatever you call him. In 1931 he cut it down to three men, there's me and one Italian and one American. VM: That was at the beginning of the depression when the war ... JM: That was the start of the depression in 1931. VM: How many hours did you work at that time? JM: Eight hours, and a half. You gotta go to work on your own time and come back on your own time. He says if you don't like it you know what you can do, quit. We given half hour everyday our time. VM: A half hour to get out to the job. JM: We go about three miles, three and a half. VM: You had to walk out there on your own time~ JM: No, in the motor car. VM: Oh, I see but it was on your own time? JM: On our time you gotta put eight hours work. VM: What was the pay? JM: Same thing, three dollars and four cents, 38 cents an hour. VM: Did they cut back after this time, after '31? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw46tt/1038102 |
