Bertha Amador Mayer, 1972

File — Box: 1, item: 30

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Origin (Durango, Mexico, 1912), Villistas killing, Benito Juarez, move to Salt Lake, education, traveling, first impressions of the United States, learning to speak English, recreation, singing, Mexican Civic Center, traditions, Depression, life in a sections house. Interviewed by Margie Archuleta and Bernice Martinez in Bountiful, Utah. 39 pages.

Civic Center, Mexican consul, role of godparents, Guadalupe Mission, comparison of city and country life, speaking Spanish in the home, traditions, relationship with the law, Chicano movement. 37 pages.

Dates

1972

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