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Mesa County Oral History Project ➔ Oral History with Jean and Benerita Urruty

Oral History -- Audiocassette

Identifier:

134.1978

Description

Basque Immigrant; Coming to America; Coming through Ellis Island; working with sheep; Comparing the two lives he lead in Basque and in America

Content Date:

1910 – 1978

Interview Date:

March 11 1978

Rights:

Related collection

Mesa County Oral History Project The Mesa County Oral History Project began as a joint project of the Museums of Western Colorado and Mesa County Libraries (MCL) in 1975.

What IS Oral History?
An oral history is an audio or video recording of a person speaking about their personal, lived experience of historical events.

Note that in some cases, the same OH numb...

Related people

Jean Urruty (narrator)
Benerita Dolores Velazquez Urruty (narrator)
Evelyn H. Kyle (interviewer)
Jim Kyle [1918-2001] (interviewer)

Related place

Mesa County (references)