Oral History Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo, July 3, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo, July 3, 2015

Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo. Billy Leo is the former mayor of La Joya, Texas. Filomena Leo was an educator for over 30 years and retired as the Superintendent of Schools for La Joya ISD. Mr. and Mrs. Leo discuss their experiences with politics and community leadership in South Texas. Mr. Leo discusses his father, Leo J. Leo's political career.
Date: July 3, 2015
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Leo, Billy & Leo, Filomena
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015

Interview with Gilberto Garcia and Jaime Garza in Mercedes, Texas. Garza and Garcia discuss their experiences with migrant farm work, racism, civil rights and labor activism in Texas.
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Garcia, Gilberto & Garza, Jaime
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jaime Garza, July 2, 2015

Interview with Jaime Garza, civil rights activist from Mercedes, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, education, activism, the Raza Unida Party and El Colegio Jacinto Trevino, the Brown Berets, the Chicano movement in Texas, and riots in Pharr, Texas in 1971.
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Garza, Jaime; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abel Ochoa, July 1, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Abel Ochoa, July 1, 2015

Interview with Abel Ochoa, educator from Donna, Texas. In the interview, Ochoa discusses his upbringing, education, military service, civil rights activism, and the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: July 1, 2015
Creator: Ochoa, Abel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015

Interview with Jesus Ramirez, a lawyer from San Juan, Texas. During his interview, Ramirez discusses his family background, Chicano activism, including the Edcouch-Elsa student walkout, and La Raza Unita.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Ramirez, Jesus & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, June 29, 2015

Interview with Narciso Aleman, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Aleman, Narciso; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, June 26, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, June 26, 2015

Interview with Ofelia de los Santos, a retired attorney from Edinburg, Texas. In her interview she discusses her civil rights activism in South Texas, community organization Valley Interfaith, La Raza Unida party, and women in the Chicano movement.
Date: June 26, 2015
Creator: de los Santos, Ofelia; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Amancio Chapa, June 6, 2015

Interview with Amancio Chapa, former mayor of La Joya, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood and education in Corpus Christi, the Chicano movement, the Raza Unida Party and politics in South Texas.
Date: June 25, 2015
Creator: Chapa, Amancio & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francisco Briones, June 25, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Francisco Briones, June 25, 2015

Interview with Francisco Briones, a civil rights activist from Alamo, Texas, near McAllen. In his interview, Briones discusses his early life, his education at Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and his activism in the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: June 25, 2015
Creator: Briones, Francisco; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maricela Lozano, June 24, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Maricela Lozano, June 24, 2015

Interview with Maricela Lozano, business owner from Elsa, Texas. In the interview, Lozano discusses her early life, experiences with discrimination at school, student walkouts, activism, and politics. Lozano discusses the 1968 Edcouch-Elsa student walkout.
Date: June 24, 2015
Creator: Lozano, Maricela; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Miguel de los Santos June 24, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Miguel de los Santos June 24, 2015

Interview with Miguel de los Santos, an educator from Edinburg, Texas. He discusses his childhood, education, his career as a school principal, and later a superintendent of schools in communities in Texas.
Date: June 24, 2015
Creator: de los Santos, Miguel & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruben Rosales, June 23, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Ruben Rosales, June 23, 2015

Interview with Ruben Rosales from Pharr, TX. In the interview, Rosales discusses his childhood, military service, experiences with segregation and discrimination, the Pharr riot of 1971 and its' aftermath, police brutality, the Chicano movement, and politics.
Date: June 23, 2015
Creator: Rosales, Ruben; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Antonio Orendain, June 22, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Antonio Orendain, June 22, 2015

Interview with Antonio Orendain, civil rights activist and founder of the Texas Farm Workers Union (TFWU), from McAllen, Texas. In the interview, Orendain discusses his childhood and family background, working with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and the National Farm Workers Association in California, migrant farm workers, founding the TFWU, and his long career as a labor activist.
Date: June 22, 2015
Creator: Orendain, Antonio & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013

Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, whose husband's ancestors were Texas Hill Country settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Starkey discusses her husband's family history. She also talks about coming to Kerrville for a job with her family.
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Starkey, Ethel Baker
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Paris Gum Factory] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Paris Gum Factory]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Paris Gum Factory, in McAllen, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: January 15, 2013
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 30, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 30, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 16, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 9, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 4, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 19, 2009
Creator: Martinez, Clarissa
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History