Asians in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Benigno Andrada

Titles: Asians in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Benigno Andrada (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Benigno Andrada came to Minnesota from the Philippines in 1928 at the age of 16. His first job was as a waiter at the Minneapolis Athletic Club. In 1930 he married a Norwegian-American woman, and they had three sons. His wife died in 1956, and in 1957 he married his second wife, Belen, a Filipino woman. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: In the first interview, Mr. Andrada discusses his adjustment to life in Minnesota, his family, his jobs and the Filipino community in the Twin Cities. In the second interview he tells about the Philippine Echo newspaper, work during the depression and World War II, Filipinos who worked on the farms near Albert Lea and Chaska, Minnesota and his return trip to the Philippines in 1966.

Dates

• 10/09/1978 - 11/01/1978 (Interviews conducted 10/ 9/1978 and 11/1/1978.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Andrada, Benigno
• interviewer: Mason, Sarah R.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 51
• Accession Number: AV1981.361.29

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Asians in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 51>

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 37 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:01:51 running time

Subjects

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