| Title |
Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 3, numbers 22 through 30 |
| Alternative Title |
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Córdova, Dragerton, Utah: an interview by Vicente Mayer and Bernice Martínez [no date]; José Fidel Martínez, Midvale, Utah: an interview by Vicente Mayer and Bernice Martínez [June 8, 1972]; Mrs. Eduviges S. García, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by JoAnn Gallegos, Katarina Trujillo and Bernice Martínez, June 12, 1972; Clorinda Córdova, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martínez & Katarina Trujillo, June 13, 1972; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robles, Dragerton, Utah: an interview by Margie Archuletta and Vince Mayer, June 14, 1972; José Marcos Olivas, San Luis [i.e., Old San Acacio], Colorado: an interview by John R. Tapia, August 12, 1973 [in Spanish]; Mike Meléndez, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Kathy Trujillo and JoAnn Gallegos, June 15, 1972; Mrs. Bertha Amador Mayer, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Margie Archuletta and Bernice Martínez, June 14, 1972 |
| Creator |
Córdova, Richard, 1935- ; Martínez, José Fidel, 1909- ; García, Mrs. Eduviges S., 1904- ; Córdova, Clorinda, 1935- ; Robles, Albert, 1906- ; Olivas, José Marcos, 1882- ; Meléndez, Mike, 1946- ; Amador Mayer, Bertha, 1912- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Mayer, Vincent, 1944- ; Martínez, Bernice; Tapia, John Reyna; Gallegos, JoAnn; Trujillo, Katarina; Archuletta, Margie |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1972-06-08; 1972-06-12; 1972-06-13; 1972-06-14; 1972-06-15; 1973-08-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-01-15 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Dragerton, Carbon County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5538330/ ; East Carbon City, Carbon County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5538668/ ; Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5771826/ ; San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5437633/ |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Colorado--History; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Biography; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Social conditions; Mexican Americans--Utah--History; Mexican Americans--Utah--Biography; Mexican Americans--Utah--Social conditions; Chicano movement--Utah; Chicano movement--Colorado |
| Keywords |
Miners; Coal mines; Discrimination; Great Depression; Ethnic relations; Chicanos; Farm labor; Agricultural laborers; Railroad workers; Mexican Revolution; Mexican traditions; SOCIO; Catholic Church; Guradalupe Mission; Mexican American children--Education |
| Description |
Transcript of interviews held in 1972 and 1973 at Salt Lake City, Bountiful, Midvale, and Dragerton [East Carbon City], Utah, and Old San Acacio, Colorado with various Hispanic residents of Utah: Richard Córdova (b. 1935); José Fidel Martínez (b. 1909); Mrs. Eduviges S. García (b. 1904); Clorinda Córdova (b. 1935); Albert Robles (b. 1906); José Marcos Olivas (1882); Mike Meléndez (b. 1946); and Mrs. Bertha Amador Mayer (b. 1912). From: Spanish Speaking Peoples in Utah, oral histories, Interviews no. 22 - 30 |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| 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/s6cg1dtv |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans--Biography; Mexican Americans--Social conditions; Chicano movement |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1039558 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg1dtv |
| Title |
Page 250 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1039521 |
| OCR Text |
Show The following is an interview with Mrs. Bertha Amador Mayer, conducted by Margie Archuleta and Bernice Martfnez in ·Bountiful, Utah, on June 20, 1972. Part II NA: Mrs. Mayer, ·I would like to ask you, could you elaborate a little bit more on the Civic Center and some of the activities that you did there? MM: Well, I took very much, it was in 1935, 36, we were very active in the Civic Center. My husband was the president of the Civic Center and I was very much involved in the programs. We had dinners tG raise funds and we were very, we didn't make very much money, but we fed them good. We had tostadas and a lot of good things, but we didn't sell them for the price that we should have so we didn't make any money really. We had a second south where they used to have their meetings there for this beer joint and I used to take, bring the children and teach them how to dance and sing songs of Old Mexico. And, of course, I was involved in the whole thing and .my husband and people that worked with him and we took the whole program over the whole program, all children most of them children and, of course~ I took part in it too. I used to sing in it too. I used to sing old fashion songs like Estrellita and like I can't remember the song Amapola and all the old songs, I can't remember. MA: Besides the fund raising activities what other kind of activities did you have? I mean like •.. MM: At home? MA: No, at the Civic Center. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg1dtv/1039521 |
