Bruce Aiken interview about Fort Brown History, Part 2 of 4
Title:
Bruce Aiken interview about Fort Brown History, Part 2 of 4
Description:
Part 2 of the interview with Bruce Aiken, a local historian in Brownsville, who talks about the history of Fort Brown in the early 20th century. Aiken explains the relocation of Black people in the Brownsville area and shares describes the reasons soldiers had to stay in the Rio Grande Valley area. Aiken finishes the interview explaining the conflicts among soldiers between Mexico and United States after World War II. Footage of pictures related to Bruce Aiken's life which shows soldiers, Fort Brown views, and places around Brownsville and Matamoros.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector) and Aiken, Bruce (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1998-04-21
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 247. Duration of content within the file is 56 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.