A video of Santiago Jimenez, Jr. performing at the Science and Engineering Technology Building (SETB), the University of Texas at Brownsville. David Champion, associate director of the Narciso Martínez Cultural Center, introduces Jimenez to the audience. Jimenez performs with his accordion different conjunto music, and, in between songs, he tells his family's history.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector), Jimenez, Santiago (interviewee), Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (organizer), and Champion, David (speaker)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1998-04-13
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 263. Duration of content within the file is 26 minutes, 35 seconds. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas at Austin does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder. Material copyrighted to Dr. Manuel F. Medrano and The University of Texas at Brownsville. The assets of UT Brownsville are now held by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
Origin Note:
Los del Valle oral history recordings transferred from The University of Texas at Brownsville to The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Digitized with funds from the Latin American Materials Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries.