Collection Timeline

1989 to 1992

1989
Application for an oral history project to capture first-hand, from those who have lived the experience, new and/or more in depth information about the history and development of the Hispanic community in Idaho.

1991
Alfredo Valenzuela Oral History Interview Audio
Pablo Barbosa Oral History Interview Audio
Summary of interview with Victoria Archuleta Sierra.
Interview with Victoria Archuleta Sierra.
Interview with Abel Vásquez.
Librado Salinas Oral History Interview Audio
Leonel Sanchez Oral History Interview Audio
Oscar García Oral History Interview Audio
Interview with Juanita Huerta.
Summary of interview with Juanita Zazweta Huerta.
Henry Peña Oral History Interview Audio
Summary of interview with Jesuscita Salazar.
Jesuscita Salazar
Summary with interview with Antonio A. Aguilar.
Antonio A. Aguilar
Maria (Mary) R. López
Summary of interview with Maria (Mary) R. López.
Summary of interview with Thomas Murillo.
Thomas Murillo
Summary of interview with Epigmenio J. Rosales.
Epigmenio J. Rosales
Jose R. Rodríguez Oral History Interview Audio
Interview with Rita Pérez.
Celia Herrera (Sally) De La Garza
Felicitas García Oral History Interview Audio
Elvira Varela Oral History Interview Audio
Interview with Antonio (Tony) H. Rodríguez.
Summary of interview with Antonio (Tony) Hernández Rodríguez.
Ofilia Ramos Oral History Interview Audio

1992
Juanita Zazueta Huerta at home in Pocatello, 1992 (Photo by Ana Peña.)
Victoria Archuleta Sierra at home in Pocatello, 1992. (Photo by Ana Peña.)
Antonio Hernández Rodríguez owns El Charro restaurant in Nampa. (Photo by Rick Ardinger.)
Rita Pérez sits second from right on her father's knee (Photo courtesy Juanita Castillo).
Abel Vásquez in his office as Canyon County Commissioner, 1992. (Photo by Rick Ardinger.)
"Voces Hispanas = Hispanic Voices of Idaho: Excerpts from the Idaho Hispanic Oral History Project" by the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Idaho Humanities Council, and written in part & edited by Erasmo Gamboa. 1992.
Antonio Hernández Rodríguez was instrumental in organizing committees in southern Idaho migrant labor camps to celebrate traditional Mexican fiestas and other cultural events. During the late 1950s, this Twin Falls committee of volunteers helped organize Mexican Independence Day festivities (photo #76-102.65/A courtesy Idaho State Historical Society).
Victoria Archuleta Sierra enlisted in the U.S. Army at Pocatello and served as a nurse during World War II (photo courtesy the narrator).