| 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 93 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893062 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E& G Aguayo 3-12-85 sS:44 GA I've alwys said thatp:-obably the best experi4nce I everhad was in the army. becuase I did learn there to take care of myself. AndI think a lot of it's carried over. It's - Justlike everything else, when thre's no one around todepend on, except yourself, youlearn quick. (alughs) But I never really had not rouble at the hob like that As I said, I've alwyas been, I think even if you talk tothe foreman up there, r -think they'll tell you that I was eonsidered a good worker. I never laid off. Every once in a while. AEI I don't think you ever took a sick day ever. GA That' why I had so much. You know, whenI had sick leave and all that. Even when they first started, you a:>ubd't accumulate ie. If you took it, youknow, if you did take it, you lost it. Well, I lost some of that first because I - get laid off. You know, I wasn't sick. And I didn't - I wasn't or anything like that.But everyone thought I was nuts and then when I started accunulating, of course, later on, when bey'd seen - you know, when I - when I quit and I had 100 or something days - rt was 14,000 dollars. I thought, maybe I should have saved some (laughs) But I never --I L You didn't think youwere so crax-. GA No, whenthey see that it accumulates. Alot of them used to tell me, you better take it. They're going to get rid of it. Well maybe |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs/893062 |
