| 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 49 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893018 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E&G AGu a yo 3-4-8 5 s 6 :47 what were you going to do . I f you didn ' t go out, you wouldn't get any of it. (laughs) So I sai d , t hey used to play us off against each other. They u sed to p lay the western mines agal·.nst Ch1.'lewhenthey used to own Ch·i le. Th e y closed themines here, and said, we stay closed. You know. They 've got refineries in Baltimore - they'd get the copper from Ch ile. And after they lost the mine n Chile, they had had-- they were a little stuck with what they had here, so then they had to pay more money. And by then, we had the contracts, you know, and atthe same time, more unification on the -- all the mines. Even different companies, you know. When steel workers finally organized Phelps Dodge and the C inspiration, everybody else in the same way. Then I think we got stronger than they were. If it wasn't for the price of copper really going to pot. I think we were set. Because we ,could-if we closed one done, there was nobody bringing in copper. Before then, they --all the companies used to own mines overseas. And there was no way you ould touch their mines. L No way you could have any impact on that. GA It's a - Now, I think it's swung back again (laughs) It isn't so much that the union got weaker and the company got stronger, it's just the fact that we know it and they know it the price isn't there. It just - there'snothing you can do about it. end will continue another day. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs/893018 |
