Tiburcio Reyes, Sr., La Yarda Interview
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Title
Tiburcio Reyes, Sr., La Yarda Interview
Subject
La Yarda (Lawrence, Kan.)
Mexican Americans -- Housing -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Mexican Americans -- History -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Description
Tiburcio Reyes, Sr. was interviewed by Helen Krische in 2006 as part of an oral history project to document the La Yarda and Mexican-American communities in Lawrence, Kansas. La Yarda was a neighborhood of worker housing provided by the Santa Fe Railroad for Mexican-American railroad workers; located near the Kansas (Kaw) River, the neighborhood was largely destroyed by a major flood in 1951. Tiburcio grew up in East and North Lawrence; his father was one of a number of Mexican-American railroad workers who settled in Lawrence before 1950. Tiburcio describes his family's migration from Mexico to Lawrence, and their work to establish the Tropicana and El Matador restaurants in North Lawrence; at the time of the interview, Tiburcio owned and operated the El Matador Cafe with his daughter and grandchildren. He discussed his military service during the Vietnam War, and his thoughts about immigration. Tiburcio also discusses experiences of discrimination and segregation faced by the Mexican-American community in Lawrence.
Creator
Reyes, Tiburcio, Sr.
Source
La Yarda Oral History Project
Publisher
Watkins Community Museum (Lawrence, Kan.)
Date
2006
Contributor
Krische, Helen
Raymond, Emily
Peralez, Silvia
Rights
Published with the permission of Tiburcio Reyes, Jr., on behalf of Tiburcio Reyes, Sr. This work is the intellectual property of the Watkins Museum of History, Lawrence, Kansas. The public may freely copy, modify, and share this Item for noncommercial purposes if they include the original source information. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Relation
To access the video and audio recordings of this interview, go to https://archive.org/details/15-treyes-sr-2006.
The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.
Additional research on the La Yarda community is held at the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas.
Format
MP4 (video recording)
MP3 (audio recording)
PDF (transcription)
Type
Oral History
Identifier
15-TReyesSr-2006.mp4 (video)
15-TReyesSr-2006.mp3 (audio)
15-TReyesSr-2006.pdf (transcription)
Coverage
Lawrence (Kan.)
1920s - 1970s
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Krische, Helen
Raymond, Emily
Interviewee
Reyes, Tiburcio, Sr.
Original Format
MP4
Duration
00:41:25 (video)
00:37:13 (audio)
Bit Rate/Frequency
95 kbps
3323 kbps
Collection
Citation
Reyes, Tiburcio, Sr., “Tiburcio Reyes, Sr., La Yarda Interview,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed October 9, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/1833.
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