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38:57 Interview with Padrica Mendez Interview with Padrica Mendez	Interview with Padrica Mendez Padrica Mendez (71) talks with niece Padrica M. Mendez (44) about her Afro-Cuban heritage, and her career as an opera singer and fashion designer. favorite foods ethnic foods family characters immigration stories family naming and nicknames family traditions ethnicity appearance workday life apprenticeships craft skills and procedures bosses customers and clients coworkers job satisfaction illness singing favorite songs anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences memories of growing up school day memories social beliefs and practices town life neighborhood life urban life community businesses community organizations community history schools teachers college achievements and awards graduation parents black beans gumbo paella steaks salad cuban food santiago cuba tailor padrica puerto rican la villa puerto ricans cubans music afro-centric body structure fashion design caucasians calves behinds knees opera design fashion carmen jones negro spirituals gregorian chants aida creation catholic church festival arts and crafts family business the bach festival kindergarten black experience community jacksonville florida fulbright columbia james weldon johnson jack and jill kindergarten conservatory rome italy santa cecilia From - UM Libraries 0 likes 1 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Mendez, Padrica Mendez, Padrica M. Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date December 15, 2009 Creation Place Jacksonville (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 chc52460000220001001
39:22 Interview with Connor Barnas Interview with Connor Barnas	Interview with Connor Barnas Connor Barnas (44) and her sister Jeanna Houston talk about sisterhood and how, throughout their lives, their personalities have complemented each other. illness mental illness injuries bicycling marriage coming of age birth death weddings childhood games skits dress-ups painting dancing personal experiences anecdotes (humorous but true stories) jokes school day memories memories of growing up earliest memories memories of former times traumatic memories legacy town life college schools parents siblings grandparents spouse children extended family rib coat rack hat rack scratches seizure suicide hill steely dan babylon sisters barbie hyacinth raft shenanigans sisterhood love night terrors ceiling fan window screen bed wetting bunk beds blue room yellow room cats oriental gardens jacksonville florida atlanta georgia los angeles california new york assumption nick aunt nancy david anthony helen harriet augustus frida magdalena abuelo cinnamon pepper sugar From - UM Libraries 0 likes 0 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Barnas, Connor Houston, Jeanna Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date November 26, 2009 Creation Place Jacksonville (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 chc52460000200001001
38:55 Interview with Herinio Roig Interview with Herinio Roig	Interview with Herinio Roig Krystal Roig (28) interviews her father Herminio Jesus Roig (62) about his immigration from Cuba to the U.S., and how he has made a living in the U.S. ethnic foods immigration stories ethnicity family traditions family trips and excursions workday life apprenticeships craft skills and procedures bosses money job satisfaction marriage death anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences jokes school day memories memories of growing up historical events/people political beliefs and practices economic beliefs and practices social beliefs and practices discrimination town life neighborhood life urban life community businesses community organizations community characters influential people community history prison life schools teachers college achievements and awards spouse children siblings parents extended family roast pig christmas eve spanish cuban galicia barcelona europe meter reader water and sewage lead specialist roof painter mechanic farmer attorney construction jacksonville florida coming to america emigration wealthy bank poor house fort lauderdale aviation school english put back a grade fidel castro equality republican democrat saving lucrative work goals race the bridge of northeast florida florida power and light armed forces duval prison low income african american possibility homicide grades loans tuition uncle wife maine ronda roig ricky and lucy i love lucy From - UM Libraries 0 likes 0 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Roig, Herinio Roig, Krystal Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date November 19, 2009 Creation Place Jacksonville (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 chc52460000190001001