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MS.R.144
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Title: Gilbert G. Gonzalez interviews
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.144
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
Physical Description:
2.6 linear feet
(7 boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1975-1990
Date (inclusive): 1975-2004
Abstract: This collection contains sixty-three audio tapes of interviews by Gilbert G. Gonzales with individuals associated with the
citrus industry in Orange County in the first half of the twentieth century. These interviews were conducted for Gonzalez's
monograph,
Labor and Community: Mexican Citrus Worker Villages in a Southern California County, 1900-1950 (Urbana: Illinois UP, 1994).
Creator:
Gonzalez, Gilbert G., 1941-
The recordings were reformatted and copied onto compact discs (CDs) in 2011 for preservation and access purposes.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. Due to privacy and copyright concerns, these materials may not be duplicated or published.
Access to this collection is subject to restrictions due to privacy and copyright concerns. The audio recordings may only
be used in the UC Irvine Libraries Special Collections and Archives Reading Room and may not be duplicated.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains sixty-three audio tapes of interviews by Gilbert G. Gonzales with individuals associated with the
citrus industry in Orange County in the first half of the twentieth century. These interviews were conducted for Gonzalez's
monograph,
Labor and Community: Mexican Citrus Worker Villages in a Southern California County, 1900-1950 (Urbana: Illinois UP, 1994). The collection includes an interview with Felicitas Mendez, one of the parents involved
in the United States federal court case Mendez v. Westminster School District, which challenged racial segregation in Orange
County, California schools.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes -- 20th century.
Citrus fruit industry -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Mexican American agricultural laborers -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Mexican American agricultural laborers -- California -- Orange County -- Interviews
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Orange County -- Interviews
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Orange County -- Interviews
Orange County (Calif.) -- Archives
Orange County (Calif.) -- Biography -- Archives