Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories
Identifier
Oral history 00068
Files
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Creation Date
1-1-1987
Description
Guadalupe Barrera talks about her early childhood experiences and how her family subsisted on what they planted.
From interviewer Rolando Peña: "Life Account of Guadalupe Barrera I interviewed Mrs. Guadalupe Barrera in her home in Mission Tx. on April 6, 1987. Mrs. Barrera was born in 1904 in La Bana. She was the youngest of a family of seven. She recalled very little about her father and remembers only that he died when she was five years old. During her childhood, there were no such things as radios much less T.V.'s. Her education level reached only the sixth grade because she had to drop out to tend to her ailing mother. During the beginning of WWI, her family moved to Mexico. Her leisure time was spent in church. She was married in 1925 to Virgilio Barrera and has been married to him ever since. In 1948 the Barrera family moved back to Texas and has resided in Mission ever since. It was a pleasure talking to Mrs. Guadalupe Barrera. I learned much about life in the past and how hard it was Just to survive."
Format
Compressed from a .wav format into a .mp3 access format at 128kbps.
Length
00:27:17
Language
Spanish
Notes
Interview conducted in 1987 by Rolando Pena. Digital transfer completed on 27 September 2013 from the original analog cassette tape.
Recommended Citation
Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories Collection; Guadalupe Barrera, 1987. ELIBR-0027. University Library, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rgvoralhistories/28