| 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 97 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_hoh |
| ID |
893595 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI E&G Aguayo 2-25-85 s5:46 unions come in, then with WWII, when they needed the work and they didn't really bite the unions on it. All the jobs opened. And there was alot offoreigners. So you find a mine now the foreigners - they're the foremen, they're also the ones that hold the top jobs. Because a lot of machinists. Electicians, EA a lot of times, they said they couldn't pass the test. They never gave them the test to pass. GA It's changed alot. EA It's advanced. GA Mostof it, I think, had a lot to do with the war. Like I said, if it hadn't been for that, they probably wouldn't have-- it'd porbably taken longer, I don't know how long. But. EA We didn't really run across racial discrminatin, I don '·t thinK simply because we were in the majority. Zspeciolly in your grade school. Irnean, we were the majority. Both in your catholic religion a~d being a .Hexican. ! think I knew only two mormon families. AS a kid. And for a Mormon state--(laughs) Once you reached high school, it ~as a little different. Then you got bi3ge.r-Then you started hearing about semi.nary . GA (chuckles) EA and stuff like tl:at thatyou hadn't even he:ard about bafore until you hit high school~ Because you were the majority. L What your saying is the war really accelerated things. EA Oh, lots- |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j2mvp/893595 |
