Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with David B. Limon

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with David B. Limon (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: David B. Limon was born in 1886 in Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, Mexico. He came to the United States in 1913, arrived in St. Paul in 1923 and worked for the Burlington Northern Railroad for thirty-eight years, retiring in 1961. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His work for the railroad; picking cotton in Texas; Mexican remedies for physical ailments; his home and family life; and advice for others. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.

Dates

• 08/05/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Limon, David B.
• interviewer: Barela, Victor

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.36

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Mexican-American Oral History Project' <OH 49>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:21:19 running time

Subjects

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