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 Charles Armijo, 1973 January 30, 2006 November 14
The Mexican Revolution, early 20th Century; old Fort Bliss; growth of the city of EL Paso.
Oral History Interview with Concepcion Pulido, 2006 November 15, 2006 November 15
The Mexican Revolution; The Spanish Flu of 1948; her immigration to the United States in 1928 and return to Mexico three years later.
Oral History Interview with Eleuterio Flores Gonzalez, 2003 July 31, 2006 November 16
Mr. Flores was born in Miacatl?n, Morelos. He worked as a bracero from 1956 to 1963, in California and Texas.
Oral History Interview with Ernesto Galarza
Talk at Stanford University concerning Mexican agricultural workers in the Southwest.
Oral History Interview with Filiberto Villasenor Ocampo, 2006 September 26, 2006 November 20
Born in Tilzapotla, Morelos. He worked as a bracero in California, Wyoming and Nebraska.
Oral History Interview with Francisco Martinez, 1979 February 2, 2006 November 15
The Mexican Revolution; Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918; came to the United States in 1918 and became resident in 1928; obtained his citizenship in 1940; attended night school; floods; gangs; job experiences; the Depression; Prohibition, discrimination; World War II.
Oral History Interview with Francisco Uviña, 1979 August 14, 2006 November 15
Born in Durango; recollections of his chilhood and youth; job experiences; came to Ciudad Juárez in 1953; worked as a bracero in Pecos and Ysleta, Texas; accident while on the job; stories told to him by his father concerning the Mexican Revolution and smallpox in Mexico.
Oral History Interview with Gilbert Telles, 1978 January 1, 2006 November 16
Recollections Socorro and San Elizario area which include history, culture, folklore and traditions of the area.
Oral History Interview with Gregorio Aldana, 1978 June 13, 2006 November 15
Recalls life as a laborer on a hacienda before the Mexican Revolution; discrimination he encounters in Kansas; the Battle of Aguascalientes; Villa, Carranza, and Madero; the Spanish Flu of 1918, the Depression; La toma de Zacatecas.
Oral History Interview with Gregorio Flores Perez, 2003 August 6, 2006 November 16
Mr. Flores was born in San Andres de la Cal, Morelos, Mexico in 1932. He worked in Texas picking cotton; in Arizona picking melon; talks in detail about working conditions in California picking various vegetables and fruits; also worked in Virginia (1980-1985) in tobacco fields.
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