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Background, entry into the United States, fruit-picking in the San Fernando Valley, railroad, working in Utah, railroad gangs, Mexican labor recruitment, wages, ethnic minorities working on the railroad, Japanese in Salt Lake. Interviewed by Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 22 pages.

Scope and Contents Background, Mexican Revolution, entry into the United States, employment agents, West Second South (Salt Lake City), Garfield smelter, President Hoover, Wobbleys, Communists, Japanese, Guadalupe Mission, marriage to Margaret Gonzalez, beet fields, driving truck, mining in Bingham and Alta, Jim Marsh, Morrison Knudsen, Gibbons and Reed Construction Company, Catholicism, traditional family life, dancing, "Chicano," law enforcement, Mexican Consul, Lopez incident in Bingham. Interviewed by...

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Biographical data, arrival in Utah, education, work in the Depression era, Mexican community in Salt Lake City, railroad work, Mexican Civic Center, Guadalupe Mission, relief programs, relationship among minority groups, discrimination. Interviewed by Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 43 pages.

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Background, parents, childhood, arrival in Utah, working for the railroad, Mexican families in Salt Lake, Mormon influence, Carranza incident, recreation, Mexican soldiers in World War I, Hashimoto. Interviewed by Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 19 pages.

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Background, social activities, Mexican Blue Cross organization, Pino's Employment Agency, husband's employment, Spanish-speaking LDS people, Mexican-owned businesses, grocery business, restaurant, Greek Town. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 41 pages.

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See box six, folder five.

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Biographical information, ancestry, General Inez Chavez, Mexican revolution, arrival in the United States, sheep farm in Idaho, education in Utah, farming, wife's background, Guadalupe Mission, the Union Pacific railroad, discrimination, St. Patrick's Parish, Father Merrill, Father Collins, Father Galavis, return visit to Michoacan. Interviewed by Floyd O'Neil and Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 63 pages.

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Background, arrival in Carbon County, working in the coal mines and coke ovens, sheep shearing in Colorado, unions and the mines, the word "Chicano" and the Chicano movement, Jessie Castillo Jr., students in Utah and other states. Interviewed by Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 31 pages.

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Biographical information, arrival in Utah, recruiting of Mexicans by the LDS Church, education, farming, Mexican families in Eureka, life in Salt Lake City, working for the railroad, discussion of "Manito" and "Chicano," Mexicans working at Kennecott, politics, cultural differences among Mexican groups, working conditions in the western states, job discrimination, union difficulties. Interviewed by Vincent Mayer in Granger, Utah. 43 pages.

Scope and Contents Background, education, diocese, interest in Mexicans, Father Collins, Mexican priests and nuns in the mission, Guadalupe Mission and the Guadalupe Center, Guadalupe projects, Escalante Park, SOCIO, educational programs for youth and adults, Boy's Ranch, future prospects, problems facing Mexicans in Utah, activism. Interviewed by Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 57 pages. Effectiveness of government, differences between Mexicans of different areas, activism in Utah, Chicano...

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The transcripts for interviews 11-20 have been digitized and are available online. Please scroll through the digitized bound book for any of the following interviews: Emilio Jaime Vasquez, Father Jerald Merrill, Mrs. Lula C. Jacquez, Mr. and Mrs. Enor Martinez, Mike Melendez, and Mrs. Maria Feliz Martinez de Maestas.

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Origin (Old San Acacio, 1919), education, superstitions, penitentes, teaching, Headstart program, discrimination, Chicano movement, Anglos, social activities, senior citizens club, Mexican food. Interviewed by John R. Tapia in Old San Acacio, Colorado. 32 pages.

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See box six, folder four.

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Origin (Rodarte, New Mexico, 1940 and Christy, Colorado, 1942), biographical information, education in New Mexico and Wyoming, life in Utah, military service, Chicano movement, discrimination, discussion of "Manito" and "Mateo." Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 14 pages.

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Origin (Bingham Canyon, Utah, 1946), information about mother and father, education, military service, minority advisor at the University of Utah, ROTC, discrimination, opinion on the concept of "Chicano," Chicano students, future of minority programs. Interviewed by JoAnn Gallegos, Bernice Martinez, and Vincent Mayer in Salt Lake City, Utah. 32 pages.

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See box six, folder eleven. Spanish language transcript. 56 pages.

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The transcripts for interviews 22-30 have been digitized and are available online. Please scroll through the digitized bound book for any of the following interviews: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cordova, Jose Fidel Martinez, Mrs. Eduviges S. Garcia, Clorinda Cordova, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robles, Jose Marcos Olivas, Mike Melendez, and Mrs. Bertha Amador Mayer.

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Origin (Durango, Colorado, 1935), WPA program, education, working in the mines, Spanish-speaking people in Carbon County, discrimination, housing, relations with sheriff's department. Interviewed by Vicente Mayer and Bernice Martinez in Dragerton, Utah. 16 pages.

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Origin (Llano, New Mexico, 1909), farming in New Mexico, penitentes in Taos, working for the railroad and in the coal mines, recruitment of Spanish-speaking peoples, mine and mill unions, the Chicano movement, Bingham mining strike of 1964. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Vicente Mayer in Midvale, Utah. 25 pages.

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Origin (Morenci, Arizona, 1904), parents, education, Mexican revolution, employment, discrimination, relations with other minorities, traditions and superstitions, Chicano movement, Korea and Vietnam. Interviewed by JoAnn Gallegos, Katarina Trujillo, and Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. 33 pages.