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- Creators: Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020
- Creators: Bojorquez, Margaret Garcia, 1907-1957
- Creators: Campbell, Alan K., 1923-1998
ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Interviewee)
Created1998-05-07
Description
In this interview, Alicia Quesada discusses the Ocampo family's settlement in Wickenburg, Teodoro Ocampo's cattle ranch, her childhood memories, her family's involvement in the Wickenburg community, her professional life, her work to oppose the Gosnell land swap, and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Interviewee)
Description
In this recording, Alicia Quesada discusses the Ocampo family's settlement in Wickenburg; Teodoro Ocampo's cattle ranch; memories of her childhood, including education and daily chores; recreation, including picnics held on the desert; learning English and her family's use of Spanish and English; religion, including the growth of the Catholic Church; her work as a stenographer at the Arizona State Legislature and at Cox, Lockwood, & Lockwood; her family's involvement in the Wickenburg community, including the Latin American Club; and her move to Phoenix.
ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Interviewee)
Description
In this recording, Alicia Quesada discusses her professional life and the racial discrimination she faced; her employment with the Arizona State Senate, the Arizona Industrial Commission, Arizona State University, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the Social Security Administration; the Gosnell land swap and her work opposing it; and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
ContributorsCarter, Jimmy, 1924- (Depicted) / Yzaguirre, Raúl (Depicted) / Castillo, Leonel (Leonel J.) (Depicted) / Solomon, Joel Warren, 1921- (Depicted) / Campbell, Alan K., 1923-1998 (Depicted) / Olivarez, Graciela, 1928- (Depicted)
Created1977
ContributorsCarter, Jimmy, 1924- (Depicted) / Yzaguirre, Raúl (Depicted) / Castillo, Leonel (Leonel J.) (Depicted) / Solomon, Joel Warren, 1921- (Depicted) / Campbell, Alan K., 1923-1998 (Depicted) / Olivarez, Graciela, 1928- (Depicted)
Created1977
ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / Fuentes, Carlos (Depicted) / Munoz, Jose (Photographer)
Created1989-09
ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted)
Created1943 (year uncertain)
Description
Phoenix, Arizona.
ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / Marquez, Juanita Casares, 1925-1980 (Contributor)
Created1946-05-10
Description
Back row, 3rd from left, Maria Rodriguez; 5th from left, Juanita Casares. Front row, 2nd from left, Alicia Quesada. The Flamingo Club was initiated during the World War II period as a patriotic organization to support the war effort because Mexican American [?]. Flamingo Club, Westward Ho Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona.
ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / O'Shannon, Annie (Annie Pauline Contreras), 1924-2000 (Depicted) / Macias-Giorgio, Mary Contreras, 1922-2003 (Depicted) / Contreras, Raymond (Ramon Andres), 1928-2013 (Depicted)
Created1938
Description
Wickenburg, Arizona.