| Title |
Jess Argaz, Hispanic Oral Histories, Accn 1369 |
| Creator |
Argaz, Jess, 1940-;' |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Date |
1985-12-05 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans--Utah--Interviews; Argaz, Jess, 1940- --Interviews |
| Access Rights |
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| Description |
Transcript (47 pages) of an interview by Leslie Kelen with Jess Argaz, on May 31, 1985. |
| Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 1369, Hispanic Oral Histories, 1984-1987 |
| Abstract |
Jess Agraz (b. 1940) outlines his family genealogy and recalls growing up in Laredo, Texas. The family moved to Salt Lake City, where his father was attached to the Mexican consulate. He talks about going to school in Salt Lake and playing basketball before returning to Laredo to finish high school. He returned to Utah to attend the University of Utah and remained in Utah. He discusses his experiences at various places his father was assigned, contact with the Mormons, working at the Hotel Utah while going to college, and meeting his future wife. Other topics covered include the Catholic community in Salt Lake, being elected to the City Commission, and politics in Salt Lake City. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 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 |
| 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/s60w0tsq |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893304 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w0tsq |
