Andrew Parodi and Karen Olivo - Oral History Interview
- Title
- Andrew Parodi and Karen Olivo - Oral History Interview
- Interviewee
- Parodi, Andrew Olivo, Karen
- Interviewer
- Fernández, Natalia
- Description
- Karen Olivo and Andrew Parodi begin by chronicling Karen’s early life and her time spent living in Alaska. They continue by discussing how Karen met Arthur Olivo, her future husband, while attending De Anza Community College; Arthur’s work at Center for Employment Training in central California; and how Arthur and Karen began their relationship. The bulk of the interview begins when they explain Arthur’s decision to move to Oregon. During this part of the interview they detail their time working and living at Colegio César Chávez in Mount Angel, Oregon. They discuss the physical grounds of the college; the people they interacted with while they were there; events at the college; ethnic discrimination they endured; and the politics behind the closing of the college. Throughout the interview the two discuss aspects of Mexican culture and the family structure of the culture. They conclude by explaining the end of Arthur’s life and how having him in their life impacted them. Audio File via MediaSpace: http://media.oregonstate.edu/media/Andrew+Parodi+and+Karen+Olivo+Oral+History+Interview/0_k61jja2v
- Work Type
- oral histories (literary works) transcripts
- Date
- 2012-07-23
- Identifier
- Andrew-Parodi-Karen-Olivo-oral-history-interview-2012-07-23
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- Oregon Multicultural Archives, OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon Multicultural Archives Oral History Collection (OH 18)
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- Oregon Multicultural Archives OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2013-04-06
- Submission Date
- 2013-04-06