Garcia, E.J.
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Title |
Garcia, E.J. |
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Abstract |
E. J. Garcia was born in San Antonio and moved to Houston in 1919 to work in the oil industry. Starting in 1925, he worked as an insurance agent for American National Insurance where he primarily sold life insurance policies to the Mexican-American community of Houston. Later on, Garcia also worked in the Goose Creek area and Fort Worth before returning to Houston. He describes his memories of World War I, the stock market crash of 1929, and the Great Depression and the impact of those events in Houston. Garcia also speaks about the forms of discrimination that Mexicans and Mexican-Americans experienced in the 20th century, noting that in his experience discrimination was much less prevalent in Houston than in the small towns of Texas. |
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Collection Name |
HMRC Oral History Collection |
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Date of Interview |
December 2, 1981 |
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Subject Terms |
Garcia, E. J.--Interviews ;
Mexican Americans ;
Oral histories |
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Interviewee |
Garcia, E.J. |
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Interviewers |
Kreneck, Thomas |
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Original Format |
Audio tape |
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Oral History Number |
OH333 |
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Language |
English |
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Ownership Notice |
The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be downloaded or published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project. |
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Geographic Subject Terms |
Houston (Tex.) |
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Era |
1910; ; 1920 ; 1930 ; 1980s |
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Length of Interview |
1 hour, 14 minutes |
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Type |
Sound ; Text |
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Format |
Compound resource consisting of audio recording and transcript. |
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Technical Specifications |
Flash Video (FLV) |
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Funding provided by |
TexTreasures Grant |
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