Oral History Interview
Found in 759 Collections and/or Records:
Ada Lee Richmond Chisum Oral History, 6-20-1987
Adela Castilleja Oral History, 1987
Adela Castilleja tells about life in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and in Edinburg, Texas.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Oralia Betancourt. Digital transfer completed on 15 October 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Adela Weaver Oral History, 1987
Adela Weaver was born in 1908 in San Benito, Texas. Interview conducted in 1987 by Andy L. Perez. Digital transfer completed on 26 March 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.
Adolfo Ramirez Oral History, 1987
Adolfo Ramirez was born in 1919 in El Capote, Texas. He was married to Maria Julia Garcia Ramirez. Interview topics include education, hurricane (1933), tuberculosis, and migrant work. Adolfo died in 1988.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Corina Cantu. Interview ends abruptly. Digital transfer completed on 13 February 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.
Albino Guerra Oral History, 1987
Albino was born April 18, 1922 in San Carlos Ranch, TX. He died June 5, 2016 in Edinburg, TX. He is the son of the late Florencio and the late Sara (Saenz) Guerra. He was a veteran of the US Army, proudly serving in France during World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Esperanza Gonzalez De Guerra on 3/21/2009.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Jose Trinidad Molina. Digital transfer completed on 25 November 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Alexandro Gomez Oral History, 1987
Alexandro Gomez was born in 22 April 1909 in Cuidad Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He tells of flooding in northeastern Mexico, growing up on a ranch in Mexico, education, about his family, Carrancistas, and how they lived through the Mexican Revolution.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Linda Pena. Digital transfer completed on 19 November 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Alfonso Rene Ramirez Oral History, 1987
Alfonso Rene Ramirez was born in 1923 in Edinburg, Texas. He discusses where his family came from, what his parents did for a living, education, the Great Depression, families, sports he played in grade school, higher education in Edinburg, cultural arts in Edinburg, and what he studied.
Interview conducted by Douglas E. Erickson in 1987. Digital transfer completed on 22 July 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Alice Amada Aceituno Jensen Oral History, 1987
Alice Amada Aceituno Jensen, born 30 July 1935 in Santiago de Chile. She talks about: education, working in a law firm, becoming Christian, wanting to be a nun, working in ministry in Chile, obtaining a degree in psychology, working under the Assemblies of God organization, rehabilitating drug addicts and prostitutes, overall society, abuse, Royal Rangers, and church.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Nora Lisa Tellez. Audio cuts off [00:18:59] and starts back at [00:30:53].
Alice Fawcett Oral History, 1987
Alice Fawcett relates her life story, including migration from Ohio to Edinburg, Texas. The interview discusses Fawcett's career in education, including discrimination against students of Mexican descent. The interview also covers WWII and her husband's and son's military service. Interview conducted in 1987 by Douglas Erickson. Digital transfer completed on 6 November 2013 from the analog cassette tape.
Alice Savage Pfeifer Oral History, 1984
Born March 1, 1907, Alice Savage Pfeifer describes her memories of what life was like in the Rio Grande Valley. Savage discusses her childhood memories of her father Robert Lee Savage's general store, San Juan Hotel, railroad travel, and her siblings. She also shares memories of husband, Frank Pfeifer, and their nine children.
Interview conducted in 1984 by Robert E. Norton. Digital transfer completed on 5 February 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.
Alicia Cano Oral History, 1987
Alicia Cano talks about having Spanish parents. She mentions struggling in the U.S. and teaching children old morality customs.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Robert Andrew Nelson. Digital transfer completed on 9 October 2013 from the analog cassette tape.
Alicia Longoria Longoria Oral History, 2-1-1993
Alicia Longoria Longoria - Part 01
Alicia Longoria Longoria - Part 02
Amancio Chapa Oral History, 2-10-1990
Interview conducted on 10 February 1990 by Robert E. Norton. Digital transfer completed on 18 October 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Ana Hernandez Oral History, 1987
Ana Hernandez was born in 1905 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She talks about growing up as an orphan and the lack of education.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Robert A. Nelson. Digital transfer completed on 4 December 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Ana Mendiola Oral History, 1987
Interview conducted in 1987 by Juan Gonzalez. Digital transfer completed on 16 January 2014 from the original analog cassette tape. Side two of the tape is blank.
Andrea Hernandez Oral History, 1987
Andrea Hernandez was born in 1917 in Villaldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She relates her life experiences.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Laura Trevino. Digital transfer completed on 6 December 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Andres Silva Oral History, 1987
Andrés Silva was born in 1893 in Camargo, Tamaulipas (he is 94 at the time of interview). He speaks with another interviewee born in 1923 in Rio Grande City, Texas, who remains anonymous.
Silva discusses his father’s war experiences at length, as his father fought for Mexico's independence against the French.
Interview conducted in 1987 by Betty Lou Garza. Digital transfer completed on 6 March 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.
Andrew Champion Oral History, 8-22-1982
Andrew Champion relates the story of the Champion family, the history of Donna, Texas. Interview conducted on 22 August 1982 by Robert E. Norton.
Andrew Jackson Munger Oral History, 6-28-1987
Andrew Jackson Munger was born in 1909 in Munger, Missouri.
Interview conducted on 28 June 1987 by Johan Carl Seagren. Digital transfer completed on 24 January 2014 from the original analog cassette tape.