Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Arturo Zamora

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Arturo Zamora (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Arturo Zamora was born in Benjamin, Texas, in 1925, one of eleven children. He came to Cloquet, Minnesota, in 1931 with his parents and settled in 1938 near Hollandale, Minn., where his family has owned a farm since 1940. Zamora has worked at Wilson Meat Packing Co. in Albert Lea since 1945 and operates a restaurant near Albert Lea with his three brothers. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family and early life; work in the meatpacking industry; Club Azteca, League of United Latin American Citizens and Knights of Columbus in Albert Lea; and his restaurant.

Dates

• 07/15/1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Zamora, Arturo
• interviewer: Moosbrugger, Grant

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.72

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 5 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:13:49 running time

Subjects

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