Businessman, musician. His recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family’s Mexican foods business. Immigration of his parents and grandparents from Mexico, 1919; employment of his father with Swift & Co., Fort Worth; opening of the family grocery store, 1941; economic importance of Swift & Co.

Nurse. Her experiences as a Mexican American and information about the history of the Mexican American community of Denton, Texas. Her parent’s efforts to integrate their family into the Anglo community; her youth in Tioga, Texas; the family’s move to Denton, May, 1957; early work experiences after graduation from high school; employment at the Denton State School; nursing scholarship at Texas Woman’s University; comments about her parent’s backgrounds; her return to the Mexican culture and involvement in Familias Unidas.

Insurance executive, banker, farmer. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Cotton farming; banking; Mexican-Anglo relations; small town social life.

Homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1900-30. Cattle ranching; small town social life; Mexican-Anglo relations.

Retired carpenter, farmer, municipal employee. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the Coastal Bend area of south Texas, 1910-50. Life on the Taft Ranch; President William Howard Taft’s visit; agrarian social life; Mexican-Anglo relations; comments about African Americans.

Farmwoman, homemaker. Her observations on land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-70. Small town social life; agrarian life; Mexican-Anglo relations; King Ranch.

Farmwoman, homemaker. Observations on land speculation, settlement, and development of the coastal bend area of South Texas, 1910-20. Agrarian social life; Ku Klux Klan; flu epidemic of 1919; Mexican-Anglo relations.