Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Luis Martinez

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Luis Martinez (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Luis Martinez was born Sept. 6, 1931, in Raymondville, Texas. He first came to Minnesota with his family in 1935. He followed crops in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan before settling in East Grand Forks, Polk County, in 1953. He worked at several auto dealerships before becoming self-employed as an auto dealer in 1973. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Work and business experience, including how he became the manager of an auto dealership; family history; his Spanish-language radio programs on Crookston and East Grand Forks stations; and his role in establishing the first school for migrants in the Red River Valley.

Dates

• 07/15/1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Martinez, Luis
• interviewer: Saucedo, Ramedo J.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.39

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 21 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:01:11 running time

Subjects

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