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- Creators: Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020
- Creators: Muñoz, Abel F. (Abel Florian), 1922-1998
- Creators: Cota, Bill (Guillermo Bravo), 1910-2000
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.
ContributorsMuñoz, Abel F. (Abel Florian), 1922-1998 (Depicted) / Muñoz, Solomon (Solomon Florian), 1921-2001 (Depicted)
Created1941
DescriptionFrom "Family Ties with Arizona Tinge"
ContributorsMuñoz, Abel F. (Abel Florian), 1922-1998 (Depicted) / Muñoz, Solomon (Solomon Florian), 1921-2001 (Depicted) / Grijalva, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Florian Muñoz), 1918-1995 (Depicted)
ContributorsMuñoz, Abel F. (Abel Florian), 1922-1998 (Depicted)
Description
Message reads "To Becky with all MY Love Abel Muñoz"
ContributorsGutierrez, Rebecca Muñoz (Rebecca Florian Muñoz), 1916-2000 (Depicted) / Muñoz, Abel F. (Abel Florian), 1922-1998 (Depicted)
Created1940
ContributorsMuñoz, Abel F. (Abel Florian), 1922-1998 (Depicted) / Perez, Lucinda (Lucinda Florian Muñoz), 1914-1982 (Depicted) / Perez, Toby O. (Toby Ortega), 1917-1978 (Depicted)
ContributorsAlvarado, Albert A., 1913-1988 (Depicted) / Wilson, Irma, 1895-1974 (Depicted) / Cota, Bill (Guillermo Bravo), 1910-2000 (Depicted)