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Oral History Interview with Claudio Durand, October 30, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Claudio Durand, an Argentinian-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas, entrepreneur, and businessman. Durand shares concerning his childhood in Buenos Aires; educational and work history; living in Puerto Rico; visits to New York; immigration process; differences between Argentina and the United States; becoming American; and his thoughts on current immigration laws.
Date: October 30, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Durand, Claudio, 1938-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kamran Khadivar, December 9, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Kamran Khadivar, a civil/structural engineer, businessman, and Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Khadivar discusses his childhood in Shiraz, Iran; coming to America at fourteen by himself; living with extended family in Texas; adjusting to America and learning English; parents’ escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution; education in America; work experience; continuing Iranian traditions in own family; opportunities provided in America.
Date: December 9, 2012
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Khadivar, Kamran, 1960-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview With Thanh Kim Huynh, December 8, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Thanh Kim Huynh, Vietnamese-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Huynh discusses concerning his childhood in Vietnam; memories of the Vietnam War; experiences as a helicopter pilot for the South Vietnamese Army; evacuation to Guam; transfer to the U.S.; life in America; culture shock; settlement in Dallas-Fort Worth area; immigration process as a refugee; considering America “home;” Dallas Vietnamese community. Appendix includes photos of Thanh Kim Huynh [3 pages].
Date: December 8, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Huynh, Thanh Kim, 1953-
System: The UNT Digital Library