| 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 262 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1039177 |
| OCR Text |
Show I TERVIEW: Romero Page 3 the same thing. He would go from the correo I understand up to Arroyo Seco. I heard of no difficulty he had from anyone trying to rob the mail. As far as I can recall, I heard no word about the Indians, who at that time were very friendly. I understand the Indians from Taos were Navajo. I understand that the Navajos in Taos became friends when they formed a pact with the Mexicans, or the Spanish. At that time they would go from Pueblo de Taos, to Taos, on foot; that is, the Indians would go on foot. It was about six miles from Pueblo de Taos which it was called, they would come to the stores. There was always stores there. I know McCarthy, for example, who had a big store there, McCarthy in Taos, and also a Gerston, who was a Jew who was there also, he had a lot of employees, who were also Jews. And there was another big store there, now what was his name? I don't remember at this time ... but actually the Indians there were very well known and very friendly with us, and we never had any difficulty with them as I remember. I don't recall of any known Indian with any fame at that time, I'm sure of course that they had their own chiefs there in Taos. JT: What other employment did you have? BR: At that time that I'm talking about I was the deputy marshall. I combined the duty of first deputy marshall with the duty of |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z2w60/1039177 |
