| 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 70 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893568 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Esperanza y Gavina Aguayo 2-25-85 s2:18 EA Yes. L The boys--they could rorun. GA Yeah, they could. Actually, I remember a lot of times, you leave in the morning andyou don't come back til dark. You just went. EA Whereif you don't come back in an hour, boy,theyre out there looking for you. My Dad would go out looking for us, boy. My Mom would send him. Boy. Just get delayed and boy-- L That's incredible, the difference. EA Yeah. L It's just incredible hearing it. You know, you talked alittle bit about your parents' financial situation. How tight was it foryour parents. I mean, it sounds like it was really tight. GA ·r don't think we actually knew just how tight - I had an idea that it must have been worse than what we thought. Becuase I know for a long time, there, they really weren't working. You'd have b wait maybe 2 or 3 weeks, work a couple of days, things like that. And you know. So I do:-.t n~ally know. I think About the only thing that ~lped I think ~s the fact that they-the housing was company housing and it didn't cost that much. Andutilities. EA I think we paid 9 dollars arronth. GA _And utilities were free. It was company utilities. And probably the thingsdidn't cost as much as they do now becuase you know, everything else was down. But I just don't think. EA I think my mother cooked very simply, too. I know we ate alot of |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j2mvp/893568 |
