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Contributing Institution:
Arhoolie Foundation
Title: Mendoza Family Interviews
Identifier/Call Number: AF.009
Physical Description:
21 Audio Interviews
32 audio cassette tapes, 1 DAT tape, 21 digital audio files
Date (inclusive): 1977-1988
Abstract: Oral history interviews conducted for the book
Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography by Chris Strachwitz and James Nicolopolous. Interviews feature Lydia Mendoza, her siblings, and several other individuals.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
, English
.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Collection is open for research.
Lydia Mendoza (1916-2007) was a singer-guitarist and one of the most prominent Mexican American recording artists of the twentieth
century.
Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autiobiography (1993) features direct oral testimony from Mendoza and her siblings Andrew, Beatriz, Juanita, Manuel, and María.
Chris Strachwitz (1931-2023) was a record producer, documentarian, and founder of Arhoolie Records. James Nicolopulos (1945-2010)
was a professor of Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin and an expert on the Mexican American corrido tradition.
[Item title], Mendoza Family Interviews. The Arhoolie Foundation, El Cerrito, California.
The collection comprises oral history interviews with Lydia Mendoza, her siblings, and other individuals knowledgeable about
Mendoza and her career. These interviews were conducted for the book
Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Norteño music
Mexican-American Border Region
Folk music–Mexico
Tejano music
Mexican Americans--Texas--Music
Mendoza, Lydia, 1916-2007