Joe Yurcie, 6/16/?
File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
Summary of notes: Joe tells about his family from Yugoslavia and Slav families he knew in Gallup. Yugoslavian men coming over to America paid their own way. A family would fund a girl’s way, and then when she married her husband would have to pay them back for the cost of the trip. His father worked as a carpenter in the mines and told him a story of how insensitive a company official was who cared more about a mule dying than a man. Joe recalls his school days and working at the Gallup Mercantile Store cold storage unit making ice cream Eskimo pies and breaking a few so he could eat them. He had been a volunteer fire fighter and noted the difference in techniques of fighting fires in Gallup today and in his day. He lamented about the lawsuit and loss of his house and property to the new interstate highway cutting through town. He used to be a boxer for Mr. Guido Zacca and disliked him.
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Dates
- 6/16/?
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes (.5 cu. ft. containing 49 CDs, transcriptions, and notes)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu