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Title: Magdalena Maiz-Pena oral history interview, 2002 September 12
Creator: Maiz-Pena, Magdalena
Date Created: 2002-09-12
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Biculturalism, Hispanic American families, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Spanish language--Study and teaching, Voluntarism, All Souls' Day
Description: Magdalena Maiz-Pena, a Spanish professor at Davidson College, talks about her life growing up near the Mexican-Texan border. Being born in Monterrey, Mexico, Ms. Maiz-Pena lived traveling between the United States and Mexico as she had family on e...

Title: Teresa Villamarin oral history interview, 2002 September 20
Creator: Villamarin, Teresa I. (Teresa Isabel)
Date Created: 2002-09-20
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Feminism, Sexism, Latin Americans--Social conditions, Poor, Poverty, Voluntarism, Immigrants--Political activity
Description: Teresa Villamarin discusses immigrating from Bogota, Colombia as a teenager with her family to New York City for better opportunities, and her eventual journey to Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses the conservative culture of her native Colo...

Title: Thereasea Delerine Elder oral history interview 1, 1993 June 25
Creator: Elder, Thereasea D. Clark (Thereasea Delerine Clark), 1927-2021
Date Created: 1993-06-25
Subjects--Topical: African American nurses, Public health nursing, Health attitudes, Health and race, Discrimination in medical care, Teenage pregnancy, Children--Health and hygiene, Pollution--Health aspects, Voluntarism
Description: Thereasea Elder recounts her life and career as a public health nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before going into public health, Mrs. Elder was a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, the region's only hospital for African Americans. She disc...