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Múzquiz, Virginia, 1925-2002. Oral history interview with Virginia Múzquiz, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Virginia Múzquiz, 1996 [videorecording].

Virginia Múzquiz begins with her personal and family background and that of her husband, Jesús Múzquiz. She tells about her limited basic education because she was a poor migrant farm worker, and reveals that during her long convalescence with tuberculosis beginning at age 17, she began studying English and other subjects. She discusses politics in Crystal City, Texas and her part in Juan Cornejo's election to city council (and selection as mayor) and Josés to Cornejo's affiliation with the Teamsters union and their role in organizing the United Farm Workers. She points to the work she and other Mexican American women did to register voters, pay poll taxes, and help with absentee voting, and refers to the 'Sentinela' newspaper [actually the 'Zavala County Sentinel'] in furthering their cause. She details her run for the Texas House of Representatives in 1964, notes the encouragement she received from the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASSO) to run for city council in Crystal City in 1965, and emphasizes her husband, a business entrepreneur, bore the cost of her campaign. She talks about the women's march in Del Rio with Enriqueta Palacios and Elvirita de la Fuente and tells about the student walk out from Crystal City High School (under the Crystal City Independent School District) to protest the race discrimination in the schools in 1969. She expounds on her thorough efforts at studying election code and serving as a poll-watcher in order to eliminate oppressive practices and voter intimidation. She explains her bid for County Clerk in Zavala County as a means to further political opportunities for the Mexican American population. She describes the efforts of Mexican American women within the Raza Unida Party and the women's trip to Fidel Castro's Cuba. She notes the power of the Barrio Club, considers her greatest triumph as County Clerk, and notes other mexican American women who have pressed for city council election in Crystal City. She Josés to Ross Perot and the effects of a third political party in American politics and debates the difficulties of unifying the Hispanic people due to the pull of the Democratic Party. She comments on a number of Hispanic baseball players and such prominent Mexican American politicians as Henry Cisneros, Albert Bustamante, failed Texas gubanatorial candidate Ramsey Muñiz, and Chicano movement activist Severita Lara. She speaks highly of Chicano movement activist Martha Cotera and explores Kay Bailey Hutchison's attitudes toward Mexican Americans.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (3 hr., 12 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 73 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/434459574 View

Ava Crofford "Portraits of Women" Photograph Collection AR. P. 009., 1978

Title: Ava Crofford "Portraits of Women" Photograph Collection 1978

Ava Crofford was a professional photographer in Austin, Texas. The collection consists of twenty-six of the photographs used in an exhibit titled "Portraits of Women", a collection of photographs of fifty outstanding women from the Austin community displayed in July 1978 at the Mexican International Photographers Conference.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00215/00215-P.html View

Martha P. Cotera.

Title: Martha P. Cotera. [1900]-

ArchivalResource: 1 vertical file folder ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38847052 View

Raza Unida Party (Tex.). Raza Unida Party collection, 1969-1979.

Title: Raza Unida Party collection, 1969-1979.

Consists of records of the Raza Unida Party (RUP), including records of some statewide committees, county organizations, and local precincts. Also includes notes, artwork, clippings, campaign literature, memorabilia, newspapers, and posters gathered from party members.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft. + 8 oversized folders.4 sound tape reels.40 photoprints.93 slides: col.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24005920 View

Cotera, Martha. Martha Cotera papers, 1964-

Title: Martha Cotera papers, 1964-

Reflects Cotera's interests and involvement with Mexican American, educational, and feminist organizations and issues. Includes manuscripts of works by Cotera and others.

ArchivalResource: 15 ft. + 2 oversized folders.3 sound discs : 45 rpm ; 7 in.1 ; 1/2 in. videocassette.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24005941 View