| Title |
Esperanza and Gavino Aguayo, No. 2, Hispanic Oral Histories, Accn 1369 |
| Creator |
Aguayo, Esperanza, 1932-; Aguayo, Gavino |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Date |
1985-02-06 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Bingham, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Utah--Interviews; Aguayo, Esperanza, 1932- --Interviews; Aguayo, Gavnio--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Kennecott Copper Corporation; Emigration and immigration--Social aspects |
| Access Rights |
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| Keywords |
WWII; World War II |
| Description |
Transcript (102 pages) of part 2 of 2 of interviews by Leslie Kelen with Esperanza and Gavnio Aguayo, on February 6, 1985 and February 25, 1985. |
| Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 1369, Hispanic Oral Histories, 1984-1987 |
| Abstract |
The interview continues with Gavino's being drafted in 1943 at the age of eighteen and sent to New Zealand. He talks about combat in New Guinea and the Philippines, the behavior of conquered Japanese during occupation, and the condition of Japanese cities. Other topics covered include women working for Kennecott, postwar working conditions at the mine, unions and strikes, being evicted from company houses to make room for mine expansion, employment practices at Kennecott, Father Miersman, accidents and safety, family marriage customs, and Mormon religion and culture. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
123 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv46923 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s60w0kgs |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans; World War (1939-1945); Kennecott Copper Corporation; Emigration and immigration--Social aspects |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893095 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs |
| Title |
Page 41 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893010 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E&G Aguayo 3-4-85 sS:39 And I don't think it was within a month after I come to work, an- I lost everything. See, I couldn't get othing. Becuase I was on a strike. Mostly, what I feel is that I always said to myself, boy, you're dumb. Why don't you wait. wait a while more. EA Relax GA (alughs) L Was it a tough strike. GA Yeah. Yeah. L What made it tough .. GA I think the fact that there wasn't any money (laughs) I can remember going to Tooele - maybe it wasn't that bad, Cause I can remember going to Tooele and they offered me a job and it was out on that railroad that goes through there, working~ that track and I rernrneber it was summer. And I remember the sun beats so hot on it, I thought to myself, this isn't worth it. So I didn't take it. So maybe it wasn'ta s tough as whatI thought. But I remember going out there and everybody was saying, oh, go out there. You're a serviceman. You've got - they give you credit. So many points like that, you get in government. They offered me one all right. But it - for me, wasn't worth it. LHow did the company take the strike. Did the company try to break the strike. GA I've never been in a strike where the company really made a hard effort to strike like, you know, bringing in strike breakers. Now, I'vebeen in some where there'sbeen near riots. One we had |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs/893010 |
