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Alicia Quesada Interview

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.

Alicia Quesada Interview (Part I)

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;…

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.

Alicia Quesada Interview (Part II)

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…

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.

Alice Quesada Standing Near Her Home

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted)

Created1942 (year uncertain)

Description

Wickenburg, Arizona.

Quesada Family Portrait

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / Alvarez, Joséfina Ocampo Quesada, 1920- (Depicted) / Quesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998 (Depicted) / Quesada, Eugenio Reynaldo, 1927-2011 (Depicted) / Quesada, José Franco, 1875-1954 (Depicted) / Quesada, Francisca Ocampo, 1892-1975 (Depicted)

Created1950

Description

José and Francisca (Ocampo) Quesada are seated; standing (left to right) are Alice Quesada, Joséfina (Quesada) Alvarez, Dora Quesada, and Eugene Quesada. Tempe, Arizona.

Catholic Catechism Class in Front of the "Little Red Schoolhouse"

ContributorsO'Brien, Mary Patricia Hutchinson, 1872-1947 (Depicted) / Quesada, Francisca Ocampo, 1892-1975 (Depicted) / Ortega, Eva Rodriguez Ocampo, 1903-1991 (Depicted) / Ocampo, Marcella Andrea, 1907-1986 (Depicted) / O'Brien, Anthony Francis, 1913-2000 (Depicted)

Created1916 (year uncertain)

Description

Wickenburg, Arizona.

Carlos Fuentes Autographing "Old Gringo" for Alicia Quesada at the Mercado During a Reception Held in His Honor

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted) / Fuentes, Carlos (Depicted) / Munoz, Jose (Photographer)

Created1989-09

Attaches of the House of Representatives, 16th Legislature, Regular Session, Arizona

ContributorsQuesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Depicted)

Created1943 (year uncertain)

Description

Phoenix, Arizona.

Women at First Spring Formal

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.