| Title |
Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 7, numbers 71 through 80 |
| Alternative Title |
Dave Sierra, Phoenix, Arizona: an interview by Greg Coronado, Jr., February 9, 1973; Mr. Bernardo "Bernie" Sandoval, Phoenix, Arizona: an interview by Greg Coronado, Jr., February 7, 1973; Edith Melendez, Midvale, Utah: an interview by Greg Coronado and Bernice Martinez, May 2, 1973; Mrs. Margarita Eresuma, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview Bernice Martinez, February 6, 1973; Mrs. Maria Salazar, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview Bernice Martinez, February 11, 1973; Otoniel Sanchez, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview Bernice Martinez, February 17, 1973; Eufemio and Josefina Salazar, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview Bernice Martinez, March 10, 1973 |
| Creator |
Sierra, Dave, 1973- ; Sandoval, Bernardo, 1938-; Melendez, Edith, 1925- ; Eresuma, Margarita, 1910- ; Salazar, Maria, 1913- ; Sanchez, Otoniel, 1910- ; Salazar, Eufemio, 1888- ; Salazar, Josefina Martinez, 1907- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Martínez, Bernice; Coronado, Greg, 1946-2012 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1973-02-06; 1973-02-07; 1973-02-09; 1973-02-11; 1973-02-17; 1973-03-10; 1973-05-02 |
| 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/ ; Los Angeles. Los Angeles County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5368361/ ; San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5392171/ ; Beeville, Bee County, Texas, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4673258/ ; Mesa County, Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5430806/ ; Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5830062/ |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--California--History; Mexican Americans--California--Biography; Mexican Americans--California--Social conditions; Mexican Americans--Texas--History; Mexican Americans--Texas--Biography; Mexican Americans--Texas--Social conditions; Mexican Americans--Utah--History; Mexican Americans--Utah--Biography; Mexican Americans--Utah--Social conditions;Mexican Americans--Wyoming--History; Mexican Americans--Wyoming--Biography; Mexican Americans--Wyoming--Social conditions; Chicano movement--Utah; Chicano movement--California; Chicano movement--Texas |
| Keywords |
Miners; Coal mines; Coal 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; American G.I. Forum; Veterans; Forumeer; Mormon Church; Mexican American Mormons; Shepherds |
| Description |
Transcript of interviews held in 1973 at Salt Lake City and Midvale, Utah, and Phoenix, Arizona, with several Hispanic residents of Utah: Dave Sierra of San Jose, California (editor of Forumeer); Bernie Sandoval of Phoenix; Edith Melendez of Midvale (b. 1925); Mrs. Margarita Eresuma (b. 1910); Mrs. Maria Salazar (b. 1913); Otoniel Sanchez (b. 1910); Eufemio Salazar (b. 1888); and Josefina Martinez Salazar (b. 1907). 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/s6vd8p4h |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans--Biography; Mexican Americans--Social conditions; Chicano movement |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1038868 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vd8p4h |
| Title |
Page 232 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1038711 |
| OCR Text |
Show INTERVIE\v: Sa lazar Page 8 the kitchen. So anyway thase people were from Mexico and the woman was very light complexion. She looks like a gabacha, and she had a little boy. The little boy must have been, oh, he probably was twelve, and the way we make tortillas, and the way the Mexicans make tortillas is different. Well, in those times, well now I make tortillas like the Mexicans do, but in those times I made my tortillas big and thick. So the little boy started picking on me one day. He says, 'Las Manitas ronosos hacen tortillas como pastel.' I was hurt, so when my husband come home I said you better call your employer to correct his brother even though if I am a Manita, I am a Manita, y 1 que est£ Manita no es m~s que una bendida y que est~ Manita no tiene bandera, all those kind of things. They were Mexicans from Mexico they don't have residence here whatsoever at all, or ciudadanfa aqu{ en los estados unidos and this is what it hit me wrong. Why should they criticize me, but as the years went by I learn to live with the Mexicans too. I think this is where I learn my good Spanish. I got acquainted with them and then in 1936 we went to Basin, Wyoming, and there were no Manitos there. The people that were there working as migrants were all Mexicans. So I made friends with them and were good friends. They were nice people, like me I learn to talk like them. I was very proud of them. Some of them were very, very good with me there was no difference when I learn what they were there was no difference. In fact, there is no difference between a negro and me as far as |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vd8p4h/1038711 |
