Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Felicitas Herrera

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Felicitas Herrera (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Felicitas Herrera was born in Pirindaro, Mexico, in 1909 and came to the United States in 1920 by crossing the river at Laredo, Texas. She came to Minnesota to work in 1927 and continued to work throughout her life, while also being active in the Guadalupanas, who work to continue religious customs celebrating the fiesta day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. At the time of the interview she lived in St. Paul. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Mexico; various jobs in field work and meatpacking; religious life; and the Guadalupanas. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English. A photocopied newspaper column on Herrera is in the Mexican-American Project file in the oral history office.

Dates

• 08/05/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Herrera, Ms. Felicitas
• interviewer: Barela, Victor

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.31

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 33 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:31:16 running time

Subjects

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