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The KUT Longhorn Radio Network Presents: Mexican American Experience Program Collection

Audio recordings including interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns in the series "The Mexican American Experience" and "A esta hora conversamos" from the Longhorn Radio Network, 1976-1982.

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The Mexican American Experience Collection

The Mexican American Experience Collection of the Longhorn Network

 

This collection consists of 198 recordings for two series of radio programs: The Mexican American Experience, which first aired in October, 1976, and A esta hora conversamos, which first aired in October, 1981. Both programs were part of the Longhorn Radio Network, a distribution service and production center of public service content for radio stations across Texas and the greater Southwest.

The contents of this collection include interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns. Topics covered on these programs include political activities of Mexican Americans, Mexican American folklore and folk medicine, corridos, Tejano music, Mexican American musicians, voting rights, education, health, farm workers’ unions and working conditions, and some Mexican and Central American topics.

The Mexican American Experience was first produced by Alejandro Saenz; writers included Andres Tijerina, Richard Goodman and Santos Reyes. Subsequent moderators and producers include Armando Gutierrez, Gloria Contreras, John Wheat and Rosa Linda Fregoso. Rosa Linda Fregoso was also the producer and interviewer for A esta hora conversamos.

These programs were recorded from 1976-1982. The tapes have been digitally preserved and organized into a searchable database.

The Mexican American Experience collection is made available thanks to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, with generous help from Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services and the Center for Mexican American Studies.

For inquires related to this collection, please contact the Benson at 512-495-4520 or via email at blac@lib.utexas.edu

 

Center for Mexican American Studies | Department of History | The Benson Latin American Collection