| Title |
Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 13, numbers 135 through 146 |
| Alternative Title |
Cornelio Candelaria, Old San Acacio, Colorado: an interview by John R. Tapia, August 10, 1973; Duván Luján, Genaro Court, New Mexico: an interview by Greg Coronado, August 5, 1973; Duván Luján, Albuquerque, New Mexico: an interview by Greg Coronado, August 5, 1973; Dr. Hector P. Garcia, Corpus Christi, Texas: an interview by Greg Coronado [August 10, 1973]; Ben Romero Sr., Fort Garland, Colorado: an interview by John R. Tapia, August 13, 1973 [in Spanish and English]; Ben Romero Sr., Fort Garland, Colorado: an interview by John R. Tapia, August 14, 1973 [in Spanish and English] |
| Creator |
Candelaria, Cornelio; Luján, Duván, 1919- ; Garcia, Hector P., -1996.; Romero, Ben, 1882- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Coronado, Greg, 1946-2012; Tapia, John Reyna |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1973-08-05; 1973-08-10; 1973-08-13; 1973-08-14 |
| Date Digital |
2015-01-15 |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Luis, Costilla County, Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5437682/ ; San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5437633/ ; Fort Garland, Costilla County, Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5422141/ ; Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4683416/ ; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5454711/ ; Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5493811/ |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Colorado--History; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Biography; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Social conditions; Mexican Americans--Texas--History; Mexican Americans--Texas--Biography; Mexican Americans--Texas--Social conditions; Chicano movement--Texas; Chicano movement--Colorado; Chicano movement--New Mexico |
| Keywords |
Discrimination; Great Depression; Ethnic relations; Chicanos; Farm labor; Agricultural laborers; Railroad workers; Mexican Revolution; Mexican traditions; SOCIO; Catholic Church; Mexican immigrants; Mexican American children--Education; American G.I. Forum; Veterans |
| Description |
Transcripts of interviews held in 1973 with Cornelio Candelaria of Old San Acacio, Colorado; Dr. Hector P. Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, founder of the American G. I. Forum; and Ben Romero Sr., of Fort Garland, Colorado (in Spanish and English) |
| 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/s62z2w60 |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans--Biography; Mexican Americans--Social conditions; Chicano movement |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1039208 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z2w60 |
| Title |
Page 244 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1039159 |
| OCR Text |
Show INTERVIEW: Romero Page 2 La Seja, or rather Lim6n, Colorado, earning the first summer $15 a month. The second year we were paid $20 a month. The truth is that I and my companions came from Taos to Limon, Colorado on horseback and wagons, which were used during that time. We delayed from Taos to Lim6n, Colorado from 15 to 20 days. This is quite a change from today; now one leaves Taos and in three hours arrives at Lim6n, Colorado. After I left Taos to seek adventure, we determined to go to Wyoming in search of better work and salary. We arrived at Laramie, Wyoming and there we were hired to work in the yard of the Union Pacific one month . And there I got work with the Senator John McGill. And there I remained, I and another of my companions, and I worked there seven years, earning $35 a month. Afterwards, at the end of two years, I was already earning $50 a month. From that work, I would send to my parents all my money to such an extent that they saved all the remaining of my money so that when I returned to my birthplace after ten years of absence from Rancho de Taos, New Mexico, I contracted matrimony with Mrs. Eot{n Ortega in December of 1910. Of that matrimony, my wife gave birth to six children, three are still living: Benigno, Hijo; El{as, and Jos' Francisco Romero. JT: What is the origin of your ancestors, of your forefathers? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z2w60/1039159 |
