Oral History Interview with Isabel Higbee and Sylvia Manzanares

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NarratorHigbee, IsabelManzanares, SylviaInterviewerWells, ChrisDate2005-02-18DescriptionOral history interview with Isabel Higbee and Sylvia Manzanares. Higbee was born in 1916 in New Mexico, and her daughter Manzanares was born in Trinidad, Colorado. Higbee's father was a Spanish soldier who settled after the Spanish American War on a homestead in New Mexico, and her husband worked as a miner in Colorado until his death in 1949. Higbee describes cultural celebrations, her career in insurance and accounting, and her volunteer work as a probation officer. Manzanares shares her experiences with racism in school, her education and her practice as a lawyer. CollectionDe Donde EresOral HistoriesSubjectHispanicsMinoritiesDry farmingGreat Depression, 1929Miners and MiningSpanish languagePovertySt. Mary's High SchoolDiscriminationRacismLanguageENESLocationColorado Springs (Colo.)Trinidad (Colo.)Duration0:43:13Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/PublisherPikes Peak Library District

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Date Digital2006-08-05Resource Typesound, interview FormatvideoOriginal FormatDVD

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