Barbara Warburton, who was born in Wisconsin, talks about the history of her family and the importance of education during her life. Her mother taught in a Navajo reservation where Warburton learnt the value of education. She moved to Brownsville, Texas in 1943 where she taught biology at the Junior College and Senior High School. In the early 1960s, Warburton read an article that came out in the National Biology Teachers Associations where it mentioned the importance of doing fieldwork in junior colleges. In 1963, the Junior College of Brownsville received three cabins that students could use for field work. Alumni share their recollections of Barbara Warburton. Other interviewees include Juliet V. García, Paula Gomez, Eloisa Thelma Gonzalez, Tony Gonzalez, Manuel Guajardo, Larry Löf, Alma Solis, and Martha Warburton.
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America, Wisconsin, United States of America, and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
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Assigned production number 2365. Duration of content within the file is 58 minutes, 40 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).
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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.