Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Francisco and Casimira Gomez

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Francisco and Casimira Gomez (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Francisco Gomez was born in Pueblo Diario, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1907. He came to the United States in 1922 and Minnesota in 1927 and worked for 23 years at the Armour Packing Company in St. Paul. Later he and his wife, Casimira Gomez, retired to a small farm in Hollandale. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Francisco Gomez's early years in the United States; his move to Minnesota; community on St. Paul's West Side; advice to younger people; family history; holiday celebrations and Mexican food. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.

Dates

• 07/26/1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Gomez, Francisco
• interviewee: Gomez, Casimira
• interviewer: Moosbrugger, Grant

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.24

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 8 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:50:04 running time

Subjects

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