Oral history interview with Cristina Garza Zamora, 1998 [videorecording].

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Oral history interview with Cristina Garza Zamora, 1998 [videorecording].

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Cristina Garza Zamora discusses her family's active involvement in the New Braunfels community. She talks about redistricting the precincts in Comal County, her reasons for running for office, and the expense accounts for the county commissioners. She alludes to the political power of the New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, tells about her work with fellow commissioners Danny Shell and Jack Dawson and county judge Carter Casteel, and gives details about the changes she has brought about in the local park system. She refers to her work with the Faust Street Bridge project on the historic Camino Real (also known as the Old San Antonio Road), talks about her family's land holdings, and shares her concerns over her husband's illness. She comments on work of the Comal Independent Men's Association and mentions prominent New Braunfels Mexican Americans Lorenzo Camarillo and Cookie Barbosa.

1 videocassette(s) (VHS) (35 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 17 p. ; 28 cm.

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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Casteel, Carter.

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José Angel Gutierrez was born Oct. 25, 1944, in Crystal City, Texas. An activist, educator, organizer, and lawyer, Gutierrez co-founded the La Raza Unida Party and played many leadership roles in the early Chicano civil rights movement. He served as President of the Crystal City Independent School District Board in the early 1970s and as a County Judge for Zavala County, Tex. (1975-1980). In the 1980s, Gutierrez pursued a teaching career and moved to Oregon where he taught at Colegio Cesar Chav...

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Garza Zamora, Cristina,

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Cristina Garza Zamora was born Cristina Garza in 1935 in LaJoya, Texas. She attended Draughn's Business College in San Antonio and worked for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. She and her husband established the Laguna Zamora Scholarship Fund and were both active in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). In 1983, Ms. Zamora ran unsuccessfully for election to the Board of Trustees for the New Braunfels Independent School District. At the time of the interview, Ms. ...

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Draughn's Business College.

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League of United Latin American Citizens

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Organized in February of 1929 in Corpus Christi, TX. Composed mostly of Mexican-American citizens who believe that education is the foundation for the cultural growth and development for people of Latin American descent. Organization provides college scholarships, hot lunches for low-income and under privileged children, Christmas parties for under privileged and promotion of voter registration. From the description of Records, 1970-1989. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...