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Interview with Henry Capiz

Capiz, Henry T.

Henry Capiz was born in St. Paul on Feb. 18, 1926. He was drafted into the Army in 1944, graduated from college in 1957 with a degree in pharmacy and became chief pharmacist at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Paul in 1960. He was president of a parent-teacher…

Interview with Luz and Virginia Campa

Campa, Luz

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Luz Campa was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1909. He came to Bridgeport, Texas, in 1914 and to Minnesota in 1929. In 1967 he opened a restaurant. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Life in Mexico, Bridgeport and Brownton - and how he got started in Minnesota.

Interview with Ann Zuvekas

Zuvekas, Ann

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Ann Zuvekas was director of Migrant Health Services, Inc., from 1974 to 1976. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Migrant Health Services, Inc., including its history, organization, funding, objectives, services, innovative projects and achievements, new programs,…

Interview with Antonio and Petra T. Zepeda

Zepeda, Antonio

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Antonio Zepeda Cardona was born in San Juan de Allende, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1902. He came to the United States with his family in 1907 and was raised in Rio Hondo, Texas. He was married to Petra Trevino Zepeda in Mexico at age sixteen, and in 1923 they…

Interview with Arturo Zamora

Zamora, Arturo

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

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…

Interview with Diana Villarreal

Villarreal, Diana

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Diana Villarreal was born in Texas in 1928 and moved to Minnesota in 1955. She is president of the Spanish Speaking Cultural Club, which was formed in 1971 by about four people and grew to a membership of about 25 within its first few years. SUBJECTS…

Interview with Bill Villarreal

Villarreal, Bill

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

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…

Interview with Maria J. Bosquez

Bosquez,Maria J.

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Maria J. Bosquez was born Maria de Jesus Gutierrez in Saqualco de Torres, Jalisco, Mexico, on May 30, 1906. She remembers the Mexican Revolution's effects on her home town. She took training and became a teacher. At age 21 she married Concepcion Bosquez…

Interview with Alberto Villarreal

Villarreal, Alberto
Moosbrugger, Grant

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Alberto Villarreal was born in Blue Earth, Minn., in 1933 and grew up in Iowa and Albert Lea, Minn. He has worked in a packing house, a foundry, construction, a hospital and a furniture store. Since 1960 he has been a member of the Albert Lea Police…

Interview with Jose A. Valdez

Valdez, Jose A.

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Jose Valdez was born in Texas in 1940 and moved to Minnesota to be director of the Minnesota Migrant Council. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Council history from 1969 to 1976 - its goals, structure, staff, function and funding - accomplishments - and possible…