Narcisco Martinez: El Huracan Del Valle, Part 1 of 5
Title:
Narcisco Martinez: El Huracan Del Valle, Part 1 of 5
Description:
Part 1 of 5 of Narciso Martínez oral history. Martínez, nicknamed \El Huracan del Valle\, recalls when he started playing the accordion, his parents, the difficulties of getting an education, growing up with 7 other siblings, and his marriage. He also remembers growing up in Brownsville, Texas and starting his musical career.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector) and Martínez, Narciso, 1911-1992 (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1991-11-12
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 Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 404. 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.