Amavisca-Singh, JoAnn; Rios, Jorge (interviewee/interviewer). Yuma County Main Library, 2010-01-18T15:30:00
Interview Description
Facilitator Jorge Rios interviews JoAnn Amavisca-Singh about her family who were pioneers in Yuma, Arizona.
02:10 JoAnn remembers her childhood in Yuma--going to the movies on Saturday and playing with her sister.
09:40 JoAnn's parents.
18:30 Family's cattle and cattle drives. JoAnn remembers a time the family was stranded by high water during one of the drives down to Tecate.
27:18 Experience of growing up with a Hispanic name.
29:20 JoAnn's maternal grandmother, Lupe and her cooking. JoAnn's uncles who all served in World War II.
36:50 JoAnn's work among many men. The power of being a secretary.
40:01 JoAnn's two younger children.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-01-18T15:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Bosses
- Catholic school
- Children
- Community History
- Coworkers
- Death
- Discrimination
- Divorce
- Earliest Memories
- Ethnic Foods
- Extended Family
- Farm Life
- Franciscan
- Grandparents
- Hispanic
- Identity
- Job Satisfaction
- Marriage
- Mexico
- Neighborhood Life
- Nogales
- Parents
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Polio
- Recipes
- Schools
- Siblings
- Students
- Teachers
- Tortillas
- Town Life
- Traumatic Memories
- Urban Life
- War Stories
- Workday Life
- Yuma, Arizona
- appearance
- birth of first child
- cattle drive
- childhood games
- chile con carne
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- college
- community worthies
- craft, skills, and procedures
- Ethnicity
- fair-skinned
- gender
- horses
- illness
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- pioneer families
- prejudice
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
- secretary
- social beliefs and practices
- spouse
- tecate
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