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Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Alfonso de Leon

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Alfonso de Leon (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Alfonso de Leon was born in Antila de Nopales, Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1902. He traveled with a military band during the Mexican Revolution and in 1918 came to the United States, where he worked in a mine in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He got married in 1922 in Bridgeport, Texas, where their first child was born. From 1923 to 1929 he worked in beet fields in Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota. They moved to Minnesota in 1929, and he started working in the Armour Packing House. He became involved in Mexican-American community organizations and activities in St. Paul. He retired from Armour in 1965. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; life in Texas; work in the beet fields; the early Mexican-American community in St. Paul, including its organizations and festivals; his family; and personal views and philosophy of life. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English. This is an extremely valuable interview on the early history of the Mexican-American community on St. Paul's West Side.

Dates

  • 07/08/1975 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 49
  • Accession Number: AV1996.92.17

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 01:28:32 running time

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