Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Sebastian R. Jara

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Sebastian R. Jara (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sebastian Ramon Jara was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 1906 and immigrated to Texas a year later with his mother. He spent his next seventeen years on a ranch, "Los Quinientos Acres," near Edinburgh, Texas. He and his mother left the ranch after a feud, and he worked as a chauffeur in Edinburgh for some time. After another controversy, they ended up in North Dakota, where Sebastian Jara worked the beet fields for one year and later worked in a mill. Next they came to St. Paul, where they decided to remain. Before his retirement, Jara spent thirteen years as a church janitor. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family history; life as a young man in Texas; various jobs in Texas, North Dakota and Minnesota; education; Anahuac Society; personal experiences with the church; marriage and children; personal philosophy and advice to younger people. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.

Dates

• 08/08/1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Jara, Sebastian Ramon
• interviewer: Barela, Victor

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.33

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 14 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:00:23 running time

Subjects

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