Copyright (c) 2009 University of Texas at El Paso All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.utep.edu Recent documents in DigitalCommons@UTEP en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:43:23 PST 3600 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/267 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/267 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:11:55 PST Biography; discrimination; the word "Chicano"; the Chicano Movement; the Depression; World War II; illegal aliens. El Pasoan http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/266 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/266 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:55:14 PDT History of the Chinese in the State of Sonora; the origin of the word "Chicano" (Chicano was used in Sonora to designate the offspring of a marriage between a Chinese man and a Mexican woman); personal experiences; Zoot Suit Riots; World War II; the Industrial Accident Board. Javier J. Valle http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/265 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/265 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:46:20 PDT Biography; work experiences; discrimination; Mexican American supervisors at the railroad and their practices in dealing with other Mexican Americans and Anglo workers; dispute over wages paid to Mexican Americans at ASARCO; opinions about the Chicano Movement. ***The transcript of the interview has been translated into English by the transcribers. Pedro Saucedo http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/264 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/264 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:30:32 PDT Life in San Elizario, Texas; the Depression, peso devaluation; thoughts on the word "Chicano" and those who use the name to describe themselves; illegal aliens; outlook for Mexican Americans. Eulogia Perez http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/263 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/263 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:18:43 PDT Biography; experiences with discrimination; Pachuco Riots in Los Angeles; discrimination in Civil Service; general outlook of the Chicano. Roberto Gomez http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/262 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/262 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:02:09 PDT Su vida de nino; la vida como agricultor; la primera alberca de Ciudad Juarez; la Revolucion Mexicana; la pelicula muda de la vida de Pancho Villa; breves comentarios sobre la Segunda Gerra Mundial, la Ley Seca de los Estados Unidos, y la epoca de los Braceros en los Estados Unidos. Edmundo Padilla http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/260 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/260 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:49:09 PDT Biografia; experiencias de cuando era nino viviendo en un barrio mexicano en El Paso; las "gangas"; experiencias de discriminacion que ha sufrido. Esta es una fiel rendicion del habla del narrador. Frank Scott http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/259 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/259 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:49:08 PDT Biography; life in South El Paso during the 1930s. Manuel T. Estrada http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/258 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/interviews/258 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:44:31 PDT Biography; educational experiences; the word "Chicano;" ethnic discrimination; history of La Hacienda Cafe; political involvement in the community. Enriqueta R. Lopez http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI3358891 http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI3358891 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:46 PDT A lacustro-aeolian system formed by the Pluvial Lake Palomas (PLP), the Samalayuca Dunes (SMD) and a connecting aeolian corridor is found in the central Chihuahuan Desert of North America approximately 50 km upwind (SW) of the binational Paso del Norte metroplex. The system is described by its three individual components. They comprise one of the largest paleo-lacustrine (Pleistocene) environments in the Chihuahuan Desert (PLP), one of the largest and least-studied sand seas of North America (SMD), and a newly described and geomorphically heterogeneous aeolian corridor connecting the two. The Chihuahuan Desert has been a major and underappreciated dust production region of North America. The PLP - SMD system includes many of the prime dust "hotspots" of the Chihuahuan Desert. The individual parts of the system are analyzed separately and specific emphasis is given to previously undescribed or unidentified sedimentological, geomorphological and geochemical characteristics. An assessment of the dust emission potential based on a reconnaissance of the sedimentological and surface textural conditions and dynamics of each of the PLP sub-basins and other specific areas is presented. These conditions support placing the lacustrine sub-system and its related alluvial and fluvial areas as a major mineral aerosol "hot spot" in North America. Sedimentological and geochemical properties of dust-producing sediments in eight PLP sub-basins (Bolson de los Muertos, central PLP, Laguna Santa Maria, Laguna El Fresnal, Laguna Guzman, Rio Casas Grandes Valley, Laguna Palomas, and Laguna de Patos) and one adjacent basin (Laguna Ascension) are also comprehensively described for the first time. The presented research identifies and describes the geomorphology, sedimentology and elemental concentrations of a newly described aeolian corridor connecting the PLP and SMD, adding to the scant scientific literature regarding these aeolian corridors. A revised geomorphic description and identification of dune types in the SMD (including two previously unidentified and undescribed dune forms) is also presented, as well as documentation of the complex interactions among the different types of dunes of the sand sea. Overall, this study elucidates the intricate linkage between the three areas as one geomorphic system and its combined effects on downwind populations as a mineral aerosol source. Miguel Dominguez Acosta Physical geography,Geology