Spring 2014 Interviews

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Title

Spring 2014 Interviews

Description

These interviews were conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST 428N (Spring 2014). This course was led by Professor Thomas Castillo of the History Department, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies (formerly the Center for the History of the New America).

These were part of the original series of online oral histories the Center gathered. Therefore, the transcripts appear different than that of later interviews. Additionally, many of these interviews were also filmed. Please contact us for access to available video files.

Publisher

Center for Global Migration Studies (formerly The Center for the History of the New America)

Date

Spring 2014

Rights

The full rights of these oral history interviews were given by the interviewees to the University of Maryland, College Park. These interviews may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

Type

Oral History

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