| 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 68 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893037 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E&G Aguayo 3-12-85 s2:18 know, if they don't want me to move in, I don't even want to botherwith it. He said, naw, this is not--we'll go out there, see if you likeit. Make the offer. And they were just like that. In fact, they wouldn't even tell me how to oome until I asked the people selling me, you know, I asked them about it one time. Oh, we got it when we had it. (laughs) But it did have one. _:a_ut _~hat~ _it. Theo~h~r ones, liker said, I didn't get as far as going to the sellers to see,hlt the dealers never said antying about them. But this one told.me rightoff thebat. Yeah. So it was. I guess if this had been a more high tone area~, It probably wouldhave been like that. But this was all ••.. just a housing tract. They might have put it in ebcause alot of other ~es had it. But it didn't really mean. IF you had tried to buy on the east side, probably they had their's, they wouldhave probably upheld them ... L Did the two of you during the 50s, run into discriminatiqn .•. GA Idon't think. I know it was there. I say, even where I worked, which has probably less discimrination than anywhere else, ah, I knew it was there. And even if it wasn't spelledo.it, you knew there were better jobs for Americans. And that t--when I come ---- ---·i-n=,- even- if it wasn_!_t_ _sp.elledout, -~- Like I k:00w •.• -__ end side two begin side three |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs/893037 |
