Chicano/a Research Collection
This collection highlights photographs from the Chicano/a Research Collection. Collections are added as permissions are secured, and resources for digitization become available.
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- Creators: Quesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998
- Creators: Hermanos Prado
In this interview, Dora Quesada discusses her family's history in Arizona and work in cattle ranching, mining, and freighting; her education; learning English and her family's use of Spanish and English; religion; her career as a military nurse, civilian nurse, and public school teacher; racism in the medical and educational fields; her political activity and work to oppose the Gosnell land swap; and her interest in and work to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
In this recording, Dora Quesada discusses her work to oppose the Gosnell land swap, her parents' teaching that political activism is a necessity, her early political activity, the Latin American Club of Arizona, and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
In this recording, Dora Quesada discusses her career, including her experiences as a military nurse, time as a civilian nurse, and later work as a public school teacher. Among the subjects she covers are racism in the medical and educational fields; conflicts with other medical professionals; the breakdown in relationships between parents, teachers, and school boards beginning in the 1960s, which she attributes to defensiveness on the part of parents; teaching methods and class sizes; political issues involved in teaching; and advocacy to end exploitation of and improve conditions for students.
In this recording, Pedro Flores con los Hermanos Prado perform "Los Tres Mojados."
José and Francisca (Ocampo) Quesada are seated; standing (left to right) are Alice Quesada, Joséfina (Quesada) Alvarez, Dora Quesada, and Eugene Quesada. Tempe, Arizona.
