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[The Seabass Collection, No. 1 - A family gathering]

Description: This home video documents a family gathering. Family members play games, dance the limbo, and socialize.
Date: July 27, 1996
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 16 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Oral History Interview with Gilberto Torres, July 6, 2016

Description: Gilberto Torres grew up around Uvalde and the Winter Garden area. He recalled different instances of discrimination against people of Mexican descent, particular in school settings. Torres had a long career in the military and a prolonged tenure in the Uvalde County Commissioner's Court. He reminisced about his contentious relationship with other members of the court, and the sometimes heated exchanges between them.
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Torres, Gilberto
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Linton on July 25, 2016

Description: Berta Perez Linton was born in 1942 or 1943 in Brady, Texas. She attended schools in Melvin, Texas until 7th grade while her family lived in a ranch. Linton’s family then moved to San Angelo, Texas where she graduated from Central High School in 1961. Linton attended Angelo College for one year and a half before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. Linton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in elementary education in 1967. She taught bilingual education i… more
Date: July 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & Linton, Bertha
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Oscar Del Toro, July 21, 2016

Description: Oscar del Toro was born in Coahuila, México in 1964. At age 4, he and his family moved to Monterrey, where he came of age and lived until he moved to the United States in 2000. He fully described 12 year waiting period to immigrate to Pasadena. A businessman, he joined the Chamber of Commerce, which propelled him to become interested in politics. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for one of the at-large districts following the redistricting of Pasadena in 2013. He described the redistricting and h… more
Date: July 21, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Del Toro, Oscar
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Antonio Marin, July 15, 2015

Description: Interview with Antonio Marin, from El Paso, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his childhood, education, civil rights activism, community involvemen, and experiences with racism in south Texas.
Date: July 15, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marin, Antonio
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Carlos Marentes, July 15, 2015

Description: Interview with Carlos Marentes, a farm labor organizer and farm worker advocate from the Juarez-El Paso border region. He founded the Border Agricultural Workers Project and participates in local, state, and national organizations dealing with inequality and climate change. In his interview, Marentes discusses his early life and activism.
Date: July 15, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Marentes, Carlos
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Sandra Fuentes, Elvira Castro, JoElda Hinojosa, Beatriz Arizpe on July 28, 2016.

Description: Four co-chairs of The Border Organization (Organización Fronteriza) --a Del Rio-based group devoted to community organizing-- share their story about the group's mission and strategies. The interviewees talked about how they joined -- Sandra Fuentes and Elvira Castro are veterans from the organization and have been involved in numerous fights for local government accountability, while JoElda Hinojosa and Beatriz Arizpe joined recently when the group helped organize food service workers from the… more
Date: July 28, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve; Fuentes, Sandra; Castro, Elvira; Hinojosa, JoElda & Arizpe, Beatriz
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo, July 3, 2015

Description: Interview with Billy and Filomena Leo. Billy Leo is the former mayor of La Joya, Texas. Filomena Leo was an educator for over 30 years and retired as the Superintendent of Schools for La Joya ISD. Mr. and Mrs. Leo discuss their experiences with politics and community leadership in South Texas. Mr. Leo discusses his father, Leo J. Leo's political career.
Date: July 3, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David; Leo, Billy & Leo, Filomena
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

[News Clip: Mexico Storm]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 7, 1993, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Guillermo Glenn, July 16, 2015

Description: Interview with Guillermo Glenn, civil rights activist and political organizer from El Paso, Texas. In his interview he discusses his childhood, education, access to healthcare, political organizing, and activism in the Rio Grande Valley.
Date: July 16, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Glenn, Guillermo & Enriquez, Sandra
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Oscar Martinez, July 7, 2015

Description: Interview with Oscar Martinez, a retired Justice of the Peace from Laredo, Texas. Martinez discusses his childhood and family background, education, experiences with discrimination, service in the U.S. Air Force, and his activism and membership in LULAC.
Date: July 7, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Oscar; Enriquez, Sandra; Robles, David & Krochmal, Max
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Salvador Avila, July 24, 2015

Description: Interview with Salvador Avila, a civil rights activist from Canutillo, Texas. Mr. Avila discusses his early life, education, career, race relations and his involvement with civil rights and community organizations in the El Paso area.
Date: July 24, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Avila, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Gavino Fernandez, July 2, 2016

Description: Mr. Fernandez was born and raised in East Austin. He says the segregation of the era led to very little interaction with the Anglo community. He worked as a shoe shiner on 6th Street for a while; he recalled the complaints of Anglo business people about "loitering" by African American and Mexican American patrons of the bars and cantinas. Mr. Fernandez talked about the conditions at the schools in East Austin, and about student activism at Johnston High School. The second half of the interview … more
Date: July 2, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Fernandez, Gavino
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jovita Cazares, July 20, 2016

Description: Jovita Casarez was born in Acuña, across the border from Del Rio. After marrying, she and her family settled in Del Rio and started migrating to many different parts of the United States to work in the fields. After her husband was injured on the job in the 1970s, the family had to move to Madison, Wisconsin so that he could receive treatment. There, she started her career as an organizer after being hired by a farmworkers' rights organization. Upon their return to Del Rio, the Cazares establis… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Cazares, Jovita
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Jovita Cazares, July 19, 2016

Description: Jovita Casarez was born in Acuña, across the border from Del Rio. After marrying, she and her family settled in Del Rio and started migrating to many different parts of the United States to work in the fields. After her husband was injured on the job in the 1970s, the family had to move to Madison, Wisconsin so that he could receive treatment. There, she started her career as an organizer after being hired by a farmworkers' rights organization. Upon their return to Del Rio, the Cazares establis… more
Date: July 19, 2016
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Cazares, Jovita
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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[Bullfighting video footage, 1964]

Description: Video footage from the Agustin Lucas Bullfighting Collection. The video shows a bullfighting arena where multiple people are watching the bullfighting event or engaged in other festival activities and dining.
Date: 1964-07/1964-08
Duration: 14 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Lucas, Agustin
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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