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OH 1698

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1698
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Birth, childhood, and education in Puebla and Cholula, Mexico; family history, including grandparents’ migration from Spain and Italy; college experience at Universidad de las Americas; discovery of music history as a discipline of study; first impressions of U.S. on family visits; decision to study musicology in U.S. or Great Britain; one-year course of study in theology in Dallas; choir direction at a church in England; enrollment in UC-Davis graduate program; graduate school experience; comparison and contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas; acceptance of job offer from UNT; citizenship process.
Interviewer(s)Patrick Onspaugh
Physical Description51 pp.
Terms of UseOpen