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Interview with Manuel Quiroga

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Interview with Manuel Quiroga

Interview with Manuel Quiroga

Interview with Manuel Quiroga

Manuel “Manny” Quiroga (61) and wife Mercy Quiroga (57) share stories about their parents, how they got together, and their families in Havana, Cuba. They discuss how their fathers were…

family characters
immigration stories
family naming and nicknames
family in-jokes
family expressions
family trips and excursions
ethnicity
workday life
customers and clients
occupational traditions
first impression of america
marriage
first meetings
death
gardening
anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
personal experiences
earliest memories
school day memories
memories of growing up
memories of former times
legacy
historical events/people
political beliefs and practices
religious beliefs and practices
neighborhood life
town life
urban life
community businesses
schools
teachers
students
punishments
achievements and awards
siblings
parents
grandparents
spouse
extended family
los tres reyes
krispy kreme
florida
la havana vieja
spain
cuba
spaniard
caldera de tui
manuel quiroga
manny
jewelry
storage
tree
hedge
trim
plaid shirt
comb-over
fidel castro
lunch
corn kernels
bottle caps
tomatoes
diaper
cloth
pipes
pruning
funeral parlor
coffins
hotel
church
choir
usher
st. rose of lima
toys
los tiroleses
cars
havana
miami
donuts
poor
university of miami
dulce
great grandchildren
dylan
dario quiroga
josé maria
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Creator
Quiroga, Manuel
Quiroga, Mercy
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Spanish
Creation Date
January 06, 2010
Creation Place
Miami (Fla.)
Contributing Unit
University of Miami Libraries
Repository
Cuban Heritage Collection
Rights Statement
Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/.
Content Type
Sound
Local Identifier
chc52460000230001001