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Interview with Arturo Zamora

Zamora, Arturo

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 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 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 Romaldo Jimenez

Jimenez, Romaldo

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Romaldo Jimenez was born in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1912 and left the country in 1926. He worked in Texas and Kansas and arrived in Walters, Minnesota, in 1933. At the time of the interview he was living in Albert Lea. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Working in the beet…

Interview with Jesse and Josephine G. Jimenez

Jimenez, Jesse

Mexican Americans -- Minnesota.

Jesse Jimenez was born in Hollandale, Minn., in 1935 and spent most of his childhood in southern Minnesota towns. He entered the service, then came back to Minnesota and worked in 1958, when he and Josephine Gallo Jimenez were married. The following year,…