Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Matthew Casillas

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Matthew Casillas (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Matthew Casillas was born Aug. 24, 1931, the fourth of ten children. He was educated locally and entered the armed services. For ten years he lived and worked in California, where he went to college and earned a degree. He returned to St. Paul and went into business for himself in 1965. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: St. Paul's West Side community; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; the Neighborhood House; new programs by and for Mexican Americans in the local community; family history; family ties; and community cohesiveness. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Much traffic noise from Concord Street. Three or four interruptions from customers entering to do business required recesses from the interview.

Dates

• 06/23/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Casillas, Matthew
• interviewer: Moosbrugger, Grant

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.10

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

• 00:37:12 running time

Subjects

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