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Oral History Interview with Michael Flight, 2009-2010

Description: Interview with Michael Flight, Argentinian-born immigrant to Roanoke, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Flight's personal experiences of childhood and education in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, Brazil, being a university student, and the September 11, 2001 attacks and aftermath. Additionally, Flight discusses his parents' backgrounds, life under military dictatorship, perspectives on the Cold War, the Argentinian government's inability to … more
Date: November 2, 2009
Creator: Park, David & Flight, Michael
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Florencia Arrechea, January 7, 2016

Description: Interview with Florencia Arrechea, a Argentinian-American immigrant from Necochea, Argentina. Arrechea discusses growing up, major differences between living in Argentina and the US, Argentinian politics and culture, immigrating to Texas, different jobs she has worked, thoughts on American citizens versus immigrants, Hispanic-American issues, and her hopes for the future.
Date: January 7, 2016
Creator: Treadway, Will & Arrechea, Florencia
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Claudio Durand, October 30, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Claudio Durand, an Argentinian-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas, entrepreneur, and businessman. Durand shares concerning his childhood in Buenos Aires; educational and work history; living in Puerto Rico; visits to New York; immigration process; differences between Argentina and the United States; becoming American; and his thoughts on current immigration laws.
Date: October 30, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Durand, Claudio, 1938-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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