A documentary of the history of the shrimping industry in the bay area of Brownsville, Texas. Harris Lasseigne, a shrimp business owner, talks about the history of shrimping in Brownsville. Lawrence Pompa, a shrimp boat maintainance man, talks about the regular service in a shrimp boat. John Bateau, a shrimp boat capitan, talks about how to navigate a boat at the sea. Other interviewees include Aars Kaan, Buster Harris, Clyde Hebert, Tony Lewis, Joe Teachout, Fred Vidos, and Gordon William.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector), Pompa, Lawrence (interviewee), Bateau, John (interviewee), Lasseigne, Harris (interviewee), Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (producer), Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (director), and Camargo, Ricardo (technical director)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1997-11-25
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 2346. Duration of content within the file is 28 minutes, 50 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.