Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Antonio and Petra T. Zepeda

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Antonio and Petra T. Zepeda (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Antonio Zepeda Cardona was born in San Juan de Allende, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1902. He came to the United States with his family in 1907 and was raised in Rio Hondo, Texas. He was married to Petra Trevino Zepeda in Mexico at age sixteen, and in 1923 they came to the United States. He worked for the railroad for three months then came to Minnesota to work in the beet fields. He died in 1977. Petra Trevino Zepeda was born in Cuatro Cienigas, Coahuila, Mexico in 1906. She helped her father harvest his crops and take them to sell in the marketplace in Piedras Negras. She married Antonio Zepeda at age thirteen. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Their childhood and immediate family in Mexico; courtship in Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; crossing the border; job history; their twelve children; people and festivals on St. Paul's West Side; and advice for younger people. Mr. Zepeda also explains techniques for harvesting sugar beets. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.

Dates

• 07/31/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Zepeda, Antonio
• interviewee: Zepeda, Petra Trevino
• interviewer: Barela, Victor

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.73

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:16:35 running time

Subjects

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