| 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 94 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893063 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E&G AGuayo 3-12-85 sS:45 they will then, bit I ended up with -- It's a - (aughs) But I think like I said, if a three day weekend or someting was coming. And if I had to go to work on a Tuesday and I'd been wt Sat. and Sunday, well I'd lay off moneday too, you know, turn in sick. They'd give-pu four days. O Or soemthing like that.Butit wasn't that often Sometimes a holiday comes in - right in the right spot where you can make a long- L Did you feel a commitment ot the company. To work. GA I think I did.Either a commitment ot the company or it was just the ±lea that I figured they're paying me. And I owed them that much. And they weren't really treating me bad or anyting. I always felt - I think I've always been a good worker up there for them. Like I aid, r ' kind of figure I owed them at least that. You know. I said, I was always the -- point where Iwould let htem. Youknow, £f someting was unsafe or something __ like that, I wouldn't go to thatpoint. Like I keep thinking awout theseniners, you know that got caught down that mine. oow if it really was happening that they ~reon production or something like that andthey had somehting- they let something go, that's going allite bit too :€1.r, just for money. Yo know, if there was anyting like that. That they let that go by it. I wouldn't-thre's a lot of times when I refused to do something. Andmost of the times, they'd agree You know, they're more liable to get |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0kgs/893063 |
