Ramirez, Olivia 2022-12-12
This interview features Olivia Ramirez and explores Mrs. Ramirez’s life. It recounts growing up in Lubbock, Texas as she describes attending school, church, and working as a child. The interview provides details on the Guadalupe neighborhood in Lubbock, Texas, including who owned the La Malinche restaurant, community improvement projects, and the neighborhoods reaction to the Lubbock tornado of 1970. The interview also describes her marriage to Gonzalo Ramirez, a Puerto Rican man who owned a restaurant in Lubbock.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Olivia Ramirez
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: December 12, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez
Length: 01:30:20 (1 hour 30 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and the history of Lubbock’s Guadalupe neighborhood; La Malinche restaurant; Housing assistance and growth; The Lubbock Tornado; working at a cleaners; her mother; Education; memories of growing up with her mother; How she met her husband; Moving into her current house; memories of the tornado; Augustin Medina and his newspaper
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace
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