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Title
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Jose Jaime oral history recording, Part 1
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Description
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An audio recording of an oral history of Jose Jaime. Jose Jaime was born in 1942 in Temascaltepec, Mexico in the state of Morales. Jose was the youngest of 10. His family of farmed, but had considerable difficulty supporting themselves and were affected by the Campesino Movement under the leadership of Emeliano Zapata. He attended Seminary in Cuernavaca, and came to Mount Angel in 1963 to graduate college. He worked between Mexico and the US through the Catholic Church and community organizing. Jose worked for the Valley Migrant League in 1965, and returned to continue his studies in theology.
In this interview, Jose describes working for the Valley Migrant League and the beginnings of Centro Cultural in Cornelius. He discusses some issues of migrant labor and camp conditions, and the various administration changes that occurred while Centro Cultural was establishing itself in the community. Near the end of the interview Jose discusses leaving the ministry, returning to Washington County to marry, work as a probation officer and later at OHSU.
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Contributor
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O'Rourke, Michael
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O'Rourke, Michael
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Creator
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Jaime, Jose
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Date
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2001
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Is Part Of
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Latino Oral History collection
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Format
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Audiocassettes
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Identifier
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WCM_OH_2
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Subject
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Hispanic Americans -- History
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Rights
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In Copyright
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Extent
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1 sound cassette (1 hr., 34 min.)
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Spatial Coverage
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Washington County (Or.)
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Cornelius (Or.)
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Type
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Sound
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Source
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Washington County Museum
