| Title |
Esperanza and Gavino Aguayo, No. 1, 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; Discrimination against Mexican Americans; Emigration and immigration--Social aspects |
| Access Rights |
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| Description |
Transcript (102 pages) of part 1 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 |
Esperanza Aguaya (b. 1932) recalls her parents and their stories about various revolutions in Mexico. She explains how her parents came here from Mexico intending to stay one year and never went back. She and her brother, Gavino, remember their childhood in Bingham, a small mining town in Utah. Topics discussed include the differences in what girls and boys were allowed to do, street games, Hispanic culture, school, neighbors and friends from various ethnic groups, living conditions in Bingham, and racial/ethnic discrimination. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
102 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/s64j2mvp |
| Topic |
Mexican Americans; Emigration and immigration--Social aspects |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893604 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j2mvp |
| Title |
Page 59 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893557 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Esperansa y GAvino Aguayo sl:7 Not like they 're try i ng to do here now. I just don't think that- I've got. My other sister , Lola , she ' s a teacher. Now , she teaches bilingua l and I j u s t don ' t think that ' s a good way-- EA But she teaches it more or less f or the k i ds t o learn a second language. Now, bat's not wrong. That's not wrong. GA That's all right. Like I've said. The whole - the heritage, I think that's good too. But I don'tthink necessarily that you have to .. Justhold back on what you're supposed to learn. Because this, you know .... L I understand .. What do you remember about school, when you think about it back then in Bingham. GA I remember. To me, I think the biggest difference now - I can only remember about 3 or 4 tachers in theschool at a time. You know, you don'thave that big groupthat you have now. Of teaching. L You don't have as many teachers. GA As many. You know. And maybe, like said, the fact that a teacher stayed with her class for so long. You know, it wans't 30 minutes and then you run off to another room and another class It was, you stayed in1hat class and the teacher had to do this and then you changed your book and you learned this . . And,-- L They didn't have .Periods? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j2mvp/893557 |
