An extended version of the video produced to commemorate fifty years of the Los Fresnos Volunteer Fire Department which was founded in 1948. The video includes additional pictures. Chief Robert Walsdorf, who joined the Fire Department in 1954, talks about the first years of the Fire Department. David Meyn, former chief, talks about the phone calls and communication in the early years of the Fire Department. Mike Meyn, a former firefighter, who talks about the involvement of women in the department. Marshal Geronimo Sheldon gives a bilingual workshop on fire prevention to the Alfredo Villarreal Elementary school. Finally, the video includes footage of an open house and a banquet for the celebration at the Fire Department.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1998-10-21
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 2438. Duration of content within the file is 26 minutes, 20 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.