Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Amparo Valencia, 1979 June 21, 2006 November 15
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Identifier: UTEP365
Abstract
Born in Baja California and reared in Sonora; her family left Guaymas during the Mexican Revolution; recalls years (1914-1916) of poverty, hunger and famine in Sonora; unsuccessful attempts by her widowed mother and her children to emigrate to the United States in the late 1910's; eventual emigration to the United States.
Dates:
1979 June 21; Digitization: 2006 November 15
Oral History Interview with José Ramirez
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Identifier: UTEP368
Abstract
Member of Otomi Indian tribe biographical data, including his family and life in the tribe; joined the Mexican Army as a young man; the Diaz-Taft meeting in El Paso in 1909' the Mexican Revolution; El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in 1920; labor experiences in Texas, Michigan, and Illinois; the Escobar Revolution and the Cristero Revolt.
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