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TITLE	Lopez Family History
INTERVIEWEE	Arthur John Lopez
SUBJECT	Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 19th century; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County;
Browse Topic	Business and industry Land and resources Family and community Society and culture Work and labor Native Americans Race and ethnicity
DESCRIPTION	Arthur (Johnny) Lopez tells of his grandfather immigrating from Mexico, of meeting his grandmother, who was a young Apache Indian girl rescued by the Padre at San Xavier Mission and planning to be a nun. They married and moved to Globe, where the Manuel Lopez worked as a woodsman in the Pinal Mountains, then later a shoemaker. Johnny relates stories of his parents, Chato and Maria, how they met, and he remembers growing up in a little house on Euclid Avenue among his extended family. This is a story rich with Mexican American culture in the early Globe mining community. He tells of cousins did their part in honoring the family name in the various wars.
INTERVIEWER	Joyce McBride
TYPE	Sound
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT	The opinions expressed in this interview are those of the interviewee only. They do not represent the views of the Gila County Historical Society Museum. Please contact the Gila County Historical Society Museum with questions about the use and reproduction of this resource.
DATE ORIGINAL	2009-07-20
Time Period	1890s (1890-1899) 1900s (1900-1909) 1910s (1910-1919) 1920s (1920-1929) 1930s (1930-1939) 1940s (1940-1949) 1950s (1950-1959) 1960s (1960-1969) 1970s (1970-1979) 1980s (1980-1989) 1990s (1990-1999) 2000s (2000-2009)
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Born digital
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER	Lopez, Arthur 07-20-09.mp3
Date Digital	2009
DIGITAL FORMAT	MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
File Size	32914.772 KB
DIGITIZATION SPECIFICATIONS	Recorded on an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder Model VN-960PC in HQ mode
REPOSITORY	Gila County Historical Society Museum