Interview with Joaquina Rodríguez
IntervieweeInterview with
Joaquina Rodríguez
(Puerto Rican, born 1920)
InterviewerInterviewed by
Ruth Glasser
(American)
InterviewerInterviewed by
Amanda Rivera-López
Date2000 May 31
Mediumdigitized audio cassette tape
DimensionsDuration (side 1): 47 Minutes, 27 Seconds
Duration (side 2): 40 Minutes, 53 Seconds
Duration (total runtime): 1 Hour, 28 Minutes, 20 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineGift of the CHS Exhibitions Department
Object number2013.27.7a-d
DescriptionAudio cassette tape of an interview with Joaquina Rodríguez. Interviewed by Ruth Glasser and Amanda Rivera-López on May 31, 2000. The interview was conducted in Spanish. A transcript of the interview is available in both English and Spanish.
Joaquina Rodríguez, born Joaquina Vargas Torruellas, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1920. She came to the United States in 1950. Starting in 1975, she began working with the Community Renewal Team in Hartford and stayed there until retirement. She discusses her family and children.
Her mother was a seamstress. Her father worked in agriculture as a sugar cane laborer. Her father was also a bomba musician and some of her cousins played plena.
She discusses her impression of Hartford. She had graduated from high school in Puerto Rico, but she also attended Barnard Brown School and Hartford High School in Hartford. She discusses working at la chicken, how much money she made, and the good working conditions. Her brothers opened a bodega and restaurant in Hartford. She discusses politics and her work helping to register voters.
2013.27.7a-d: two digital files, J-card, and tape
Joaquina Rodríguez, born Joaquina Vargas Torruellas, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1920. She came to the United States in 1950. Starting in 1975, she began working with the Community Renewal Team in Hartford and stayed there until retirement. She discusses her family and children.
Her mother was a seamstress. Her father worked in agriculture as a sugar cane laborer. Her father was also a bomba musician and some of her cousins played plena.
She discusses her impression of Hartford. She had graduated from high school in Puerto Rico, but she also attended Barnard Brown School and Hartford High School in Hartford. She discusses working at la chicken, how much money she made, and the good working conditions. Her brothers opened a bodega and restaurant in Hartford. She discusses politics and her work helping to register voters.
2013.27.7a-d: two digital files, J-card, and tape
Label TextListen to interview at http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19645806
NotesSubject Note: Through the Nuestras Historias - Our Stories project, the Connecticut Historical Society collected oral histories and photographs from a few of those who helped establish the Puerto Rican community in Hartford. It was an online exhibition presenting the story through the words and images of the pioneers themselves.Nuestras Historias was funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the State of Connecticut, Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Connecticut Historical Society.
Status
Not on view2000 May 10
2000 May 11
2007 June 7