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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.

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Relations with the Indians, church of San Luis, employment, effect of the Mexican revolution, Catholic priests, New San Acasio, children. Interviewed by John R. Tapia in San Luis, Colorado. 15 pages. Spanish language transcript.

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Origin (Bingham Canyon, Utah, 1946), childhood, education, playing baseball, relationship with public school teachers, dating, college, Mrs. Melendez. Interviewed by Kathy Trujillo and JoAnn Gallegos in Salt Lake City, Utah. 39 pages.

Marriage to Kathy Melendez, philosophy of life, college life, military experience, Chicano advisor. 14 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...