Farmers-ranchers. Their recollections concerning the Italian immigrant experience and their life as second generation Italians around Pueblo, Colorado. Education; old world customs; nativism; development of the Ciruli Brothers produce business;…
For the North Texas Immigrant Rights Movement Oral History Project. Fort Worth city councilman. Childhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and Fort Worth; family’s immigration narrative; education in Fort Worth public schools, Texas Christian University…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Argentina-born daughter of Spanish diplomats and immigrant to Denton. Family history; immigration narrative; first impressions of the U.S. and of Texas; struggles to learn English and…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Canadian-American immigrant to suburban Flower Mound, Texas. Childhood and education in Montreal and at Queen’s University in Ontario; experience as member of Anglophone minority and as a Jew in…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Venezuela-born immigrant to suburban Lewisville, Texas. Family history; parent's immigration from Spain to Venezuela; childhood and education in Caracas, including Simon Bolivar University;…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Northern Ireland-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas. Childhood and education in Moygashel, Northern Ireland; career with a local clothing manufacturer; service in British Army and experiences with…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to suburban Carrollton, Texas. Childhood and education in Bangalore, Madurai, and other locations throughout India; 1994 arranged marriage to a family friend living in New…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Canadian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, and UNT undergraduate student. Childhood and education in Halifax, Nova Scotia; parent’s decision to immigrate to the U.S.; comparison and contrast of…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Russian-born immigrant to suburban Plano, Texas. Childhood and education in Kazan, Russia, Poland, and Izhevsk, Russia; parents’ work as geophysicists; perceptions of glasnost and perestroika;…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman’s University. Childhood and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents’ move to South…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Thai-borne immigrant to Denton, Texas, and restaurateur. Childhood and education in rural Suphan Buri and urban Ranong and Bangkok, Thailand; decision to immigrate to U.S.; enrollment at North…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Argentinian-born immigrant to Roanoke, Texas. Childhood and education in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, Brazil; parents’ backgrounds; life under military dictatorship; perspectives on Cold War;…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Chinese-born immigrant to Denton, Texas. Childhood in Sichuan Province; family life; marriage; decision to give up high-powered, well-paying job to immigrate to U.S.; difficulties of immigration…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas; graphic designer, business owner, and beauty pageant winner. Childhood, home life and school in Tehran, Iran; Al Zahra University in Tehran; coming to…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Zimbabwean-born immigrant to North Texas. Politics in Zimbabwe; Robert Mugabe; Rhodesia; farm seizures; HIV-AIDS; English as a Second Language; U.S. immigration policy; education at Richland…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Palestinian-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, UNT professor. Childhood in Jerusalem under the British mandate; experience as a Christian in Palestine; decision to study international relations…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Israeli-born immigrant to Dallas area. Her immigrant experience; Israeli history; modern Middle East; Intifada; U.S. immigration policy; education at Brookhaven College; Judaism; Jewish sects;…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mongolian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, surgical technician. Granddaughter of Dorj Cembel, first state governor for the Bulgan State and Selenge State in Mongolia. Born and raised in Ulan…
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Lebanese-born immigrant to Lewisville, Texas. Life in Lebanon; family history; life during the Lebanese Civil War; knowledge of the U.S. before immigrating; obtaining a U.S. visa; arrival in New…
