Vara, Amelia Alice; Hernandez, Mary Kandy; Leal, Dawn (grandmother/mother/daughter). Discovery Green, 2009-12-18T16:30:00
Interview Description
Amelia Alice Vara (87) talks with daughter Mary Hernandez (65) and granddaughter Dawn Leal (37) about her service to her community.
02:30 Amelia talks about her mother and her father. Her father was a Spanish translator.
04:50 Amelia talks about her experiences in school. She remembers being segregated at school from her sister because they had differing skin tones.
16:10 Amelia talks about being President of the Galveston-Houston Diocese. She was the first Hispanic President.
26:20 Amelia talks about her involvement with the rodeo in Houston.
28:00 Amelia talks about her involvement with a charity called "Project Capable. "
30:00 Amelia explains why she has such a commitment to civic duty and helping her community.
Dates
- Creation: 2009-12-18T16:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Anniversaries
- Catholic Daughters
- Children
- Coming Of Age
- Community Businesses
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Corner Stores
- Coworkers
- Customers and Clients
- Death
- Denver Harbor Civic Club
- Denver Harbor Garden Club
- Discrimination
- Earliest Memories
- Ethnic Foods
- Failures
- First Meetings
- Genealogy
- Grades
- Hidalgo Park
- Identity
- Job Satisfaction
- LULAC
- Marriage
- McReynolds Junior High
- Mr. Cox Fence Company
- Neighborhood Life
- Occupational Traditions
- PTA
- Parents
- Poll tax
- Port Of Houston
- Project Capable
- Racism
- Ripley House
- Sacred Heart of Mary
- Schools
- Siblings
- Students
- Teachers
- Town Life
- Trends
- War Stories
- Weddings
- Wells Springs
- Workday Life
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- appearance
- apprenticeships
- community worthies
- craft, skills, and procedures
- economic beliefs and practices
- Ethnicity
- family members in history
- family naming and nicknames
- family traditions
- family trips and excursions
- illness
- influential people
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- mental illness
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- prejudice
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
- social beliefs and practices
- spouse
- women's institutes
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu