Mrs. Katherine Chavez, 1973

File — Box: 4, item: 131

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background, origin (Pueblo, Colorado), formal education, coming to the United States during the Mexican Revolution, father's employment, mother's employment, traveling to Bingham, education in Bingham, social activities, Mexican consul, different denominations in Highland Boy, businesses in Highland Boy, marriage to Mr. Chavez, working in a boarding house, doing farm work, recruiting Mexican labor, helping Mexicans with problems, conflicts between farmers and Braceros, discussion of the word "Chicano" and the Chicano Movement. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Riverton, Utah. 42 pages.

Dates

1973

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