| Collection Name: |
Mining in Mexico: The El Paso Connection |
| Repository Name: |
University of Texas, El Paso. Library. Special Collections Department. Institute for Oral History [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
El Paso, Texas, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.dmc.utep.edu/oralh/Mining.html |
| Description: |
Interviews explore the development of the mining industry in northern Mexico from the 1930s to the present. Topics include life in mining camps, working conditions, labor unrest, the function of foreign capital, political events that influenced the industry, and mining technology. These interviews, in both English and Spanish, constitute a significant archive providing rich primary source material to researchers and scholars in a variety of disciplines. |
| Broad Subjects: |
Economics |
| ASP Subjects: |
Labor; Mexican-American Border Region; Mexico; Mexico--Politics and government; Mine safety; Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources; Oral history; Work; Work environment |
| Other Subjects: |
Working conditions |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002134 |
