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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.

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Origin (Pagosa Junction, Colorado, 1935), move to Utah, women in the mines, Good Shepard Church, education, Dragerton churches, social life, marriage, husband's employment, discrimination, SOCIO, relationship with law. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez and Katarina Trujillo in Dragerton, Utah. 30 pages.

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Origin (Walsemberg, Colorado, 1906 and 1912) Education, Carbon County, comparison between Colorado and Utah, retaining the Spanish language, recruitment for the mines, women in the mines, Chicano movement. Interviewed by Margie Archuletta and Vince Mayer in Dragerton, Utah. 18 pages.

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...