University of Texas at El Paso
Biography
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. The school was founded in 1914 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, and a practice mineshaft survives on the mountainous desert campus. Following a reorganization of the University of Texas in 1920, the school was renamed the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas. It became Texas Western College of the University of Texas in 1949, and The University of Texas at El Paso in 1967.
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Pablo Silvas, 1970 January 1, 2006 November 14
Tigua Indian discusses tribal history, customs, and way of life.
Oral History Interview with Rafael Dominguez, 1970 January 1, 2006 November 14
Tigua Indian discusses tribal history, customs, and way of life
Oral History Interview with Ramon Duran, 1978 July 27, 2006 November 15
The Mexican Revolution, migrant workers in the United States; Prohibition; Bracero Program.
Oral History Interview with Ramona Natai, 1970 January 1, 2006 November 14
Tigua Indian discusses tribal history, customs, and way of life.
Oral History Interview with Reynaldo Lopez, 1980 July 27, 2006 November 16
Bracero Program; experiences and duties as a bracero; anectodes of the braceros and working and living conditions on a pear ranch; duties in the Navy; Vietnam, where he was almost awarded the Purple Heart, some of the prejudices he encountered; deferential attitudes of the Mexican when dealing with "gringos."
Oral History Interview with Román Jimenez, 1979 July 26, 2006 November 15
Biographical data; experiences in school; went to M?xico with his family in 1924, where he worked as an office boy; after retuning to the United States worked in construction in Colorado, and later went to New York where he worked for the railroad as an interpreter for braceros; present employment experiences.
Oral History Interview with Sister Mary Nell Moon, 1978 January 1, 2006 November 16
Recollections Soccorro and San Elizario area which inlude history, culture, folklore and traditions of the area.
Oral History Interview with Trinidad J. Granillo
Tigua Indian discusses tribal history, customs, and way of life.
Oral History Interview with Victor Martinez Alem, 2003 June 28, 2006 November 16
Father did not want him to work as a bracero, finally paid for a "coyote" to get his contract in Empalme, Sonora; waited for one month there and got help from an officer to finally get contracted; he picked apricots, peas, lettuce; remembers humilliating spraying with pesticides, naked in from of the female secretaries while signing contract.
University of Denver vs. University of El-Paso-Texas Women's Basketball Game, 2002 November 22
The bulk of the records in this collection have been generated by the Media Relations unit, which is an administrative unit within the University of Denver Division of Athletics and Recreation. These records include: media guides, game programs, team rosters, press releases, photographs, and related promotional materials.
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- Athletes 28
- Athletics 28
- Basketball 28
- Basketball players 28
- College sports 28
- College students 28
- Colorado 28
- Denver (Colo.) 28
- Women's basketball 28
- Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 16
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 7
- Tiwa Indians 6
- Tiwa Indians -- Customs and practices 6
- Tiwa Indians -- History 6
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 4
- Biography 2
- Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) 2
- El Paso (Tex.) 2
- Mexico 2
- Agricultural laborers 1
- Basketball coaches 1
- History 1
- Migrant labor 1
- Otomi Indians 1
- Sonora (Mexico : State) 1
- Strikes and lockouts -- El Paso (Tex.) 1 + ∧ less