Textbook Hearing at the Texas State Board of Education / Frank and Mary Yturria: Stewards of the Land
Title:
Textbook Hearing at the Texas State Board of Education / Frank and Mary Yturria: Stewards of the Land
Description:
Compilation: A textbook hearing at the Texas State Board of Education, July 2002. Maricela Flores, who works at the University of Texas at Brownsville, talks about the role of women in society and their inclusion in textbooks. Lupita Ramirez, from the Colonia Cameron Park, discussed the need for greater representation of Mexican American people and culture in textbooks. Tomas Gomez talks about the lack of information of the pre-Colombian era and the influence of Latin America in the United States. A documentary about Mary and Larry Yturria and their contributions to the South Texas area. Mr. and Mrs. Yturria talks about the influences in their life which led them to advocate for the conservation of wildlife in South Texas. Other intervierwees include Richard Moore, Jim Chapman, Linda Laack, John Martin, and Larry Ditto.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector), Flores, Maricela (speaker), Ramirez, Lupita (speaker), Gomez, Tomas (speaker), Yturria, Mary (interviewee), and Yturria, Frank (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
2005-11-01
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, Austin, Texas, United States of America, and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 282. Duration of content within the file is 14 minutes. 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.