| Title |
Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 2, numbers 11 through 20 |
| Alternative Title |
Emilio Jaime Vasquez, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer, February 28, 1971; Father Jerald Merrill, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Vincent Mayer, November 5 and 29 and December 31, 1971; Mrs. Lula C. Jácquez, Old San Acacio, Colorado, an interview by John R. Tapia; Mr. and Mrs. Enor Martínez, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martínez [June 2, 1972]; Mike Meléndez, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John Gallegos, Bernice Martínez, and Vincent Mayer, June 3, 1972; Mrs. María Feliz Martínez de Maestas, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Bernice Martínez and Mrs. Teodora Martínez, March 15, 1973 |
| Creator |
Vasquez, Emilio Jaime, 1931- ; Merrill, Jerald, 1924- ; J Jácquez, Lula C., 1919- ; Martínez, Enor, 1940- ; Martínez, Mrs. Enor, 1942- ; Meléndez, Mike, 1946- ; Martínez de Maestas, María Feliz, 1883- |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Mayer, Vincent, 1944- ; Martínez, Bernice; Tapia, John Reyna; Gallegos, John; Trujillo, Katarina; Martínez, Teodora |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1971-02-28; 1971-11-05; 1971-11-29; 1971-12-31; 1972-06-02; 1972-06-03; 1973-03-15; 1973-08-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-01-15 |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5437633/ ; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
| 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; Catholic Church--Clergy--Utah--Biography; Mexican American women--Utah |
| Keywords |
Migrant workers; Farm labor; Agricultural laborers; Discrimination; Catholic priests; Catholic Church; Guadalupe Mission; Guadalupe Center; Catholic traditions; SOCIO; Teachers; Head Start; Senior citizens; University of Utah; Mexican American college students; Shepherds |
| Description |
Transcript of interviews held in 1971, 1972, and 1973 at Salt Lake City and Old San Acacio, Colorado, with various Hispanic residents of Utah: Emilio Jaime Vasquez (b. 1907); Mrs. Lula C. Jácquez (of Old San Acacio, b. 1919); Mr. and Mrs. Enor Martínez (b. 1940 and 1942); Mike Meléndez (b. 1946); and Mrs. María Feliz Martínez de Maestas (b. 1883); also two interviews with Catholic priest Father Jerald Merrill (b. 1924), who worked with Hispanic parishioners. From: Spanish Speaking Peoples in Utah, oral histories, Interviews no. 11 - 13, 16, 18 - 20 |
| 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/s6h43g65 |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans--Biography; Mexican Americans--Social conditions; Mexican American women; Chicano movement; Clergy (Canon law) |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1040760 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h43g65 |
| Title |
Page 17 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_sspu |
| ID |
1040483 |
| OCR Text |
Show INTERVIEW: Emilio Jaime Vasquez Page 14 VM: or less---well, other than to work, why, you know, why they'd want to come up to Utah? EV: Well, most of them that, I've talked to some of the fellows that are about my age, and they've said that, that whenever they---they were from, there's hardly any work, and living conditions was real poor. So, when they come out here, they find that to----there's plenty of work---a little bit better money---and chances for advancement on the jobs, which a lot of them have---have advanced quite a bit that I've noticed, they're kept up, and a lot of them situated around here have nice ho~es, and raising their family, put them through school. VM: Do they ever talk about New Mexico as say opposed to here? I mean you know, I mean other than say economic conditions. EV: No, other than they say that they like it here on account of the conditions are better, they get treated better. They're treated much better, they're given more of more of a chance, a better chance than they did over there, they hardly went to school or could afford to go to school, or were close to the schooling but they had a lot of trouble. VM: Now, do you see any sort of difference, say, in between your ge neration, or say, the older Mexicans i( they're either from Mexico, or the older Mexicans who come in from the other |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h43g65/1040483 |
