Garcia, E.J.
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Title
Garcia , E.J .
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 discrimination was much less prevalent in Houston than in the small towns of Texas .
Collection Name
HMRC Oral History Collection
Date of Interview
December 2, 1981
Subjects
Garcia , E . J.--Interviews ; Mexican Americans ; Oral histories
Interviewee
Garcia , E.J .
Interviewers
Kreneck , Thomas
Original Format
Audio tape
Oral History Number
OH333
Language
English
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.
Geographic Coverage
Houston (Tex.)
Temporal Coverage
1910 ; ; 1920 ; 1930 ; 1980s
Length of Interview
1 hour, 14 minutes
Type
Sound ; Text
Technical Specifications
avi
Funding provided by
TexTreasures Grant
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