Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Bill Villarreal

Titles: Mexican-American Oral History Project: Interview with Bill Villarreal (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Bill Villarreal was born in Sabinas, Hidalgo, Mexico, in 1909 and came to the United States in 1923. He settled in Albert Lea in 1948. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His early years working in agriculture in the United States; his involvement in clubs and societies in southern Minnesota, including the League of United Latin American Citizens; his role in founding the Azteca Club; the education and careers of his children; the need for Mexican Americans to be organized; and philosophies and viewpoints on progress and reform of society and its subcultures. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.

Dates

• 07/27/1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Villarreal, Bill
• interviewer: Moosbrugger, Grant

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 49
• Accession Number: AV1996.92.70

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 8 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:46:16 running time

Subjects

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