Interview with Mariano Cortéz
IntervieweeInterview with
Mariano Cortez
Puerto Rican, 1931 - 2012
InterviewerInterviewed by
Ruth Glasser
American
InterviewerInterviewed by
Amanda Rivera-López
TranslatorTranslated by
Ruth Glasser
American
Date2000 May 23
Mediumdigitized audio cassette tape
DimensionsDuration (side 1): 44 Minutes, 59 Seconds
Duration (side 2): 16 Minutes, 4 Seconds
Duration (total runtime): 1 Hour, 1 Minute, 3 Seconds
Duration (side 2): 16 Minutes, 4 Seconds
Duration (total runtime): 1 Hour, 1 Minute, 3 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineGift of the CHS Exhibitions Department
DescriptionAudio cassette tape of an interview with Mariano Cortéz. Interviewed by Ruth Glasser and Amanda Rivera-López on May 23, 2000. The interview is conducted in Spanish.
Mariano Cortez was born in Cidra, Puerto Rico and left home when he was 13 to work in restaurants in San Juan. He then went to New Jersey and returned to Puerto Rico in 1952, then in 1953, he returned to Connecticut to work on the tobacco farms in Windsor. He only worked on the tobacco farms for a few months before looking for other opportunities. He worked washing dishes and in construction before working at both the Underwood Typewriter and Royal Typewriter factories. In 1962, he opened a clothing store at 1335 Main Street in Hartford primarily serving the Puerto Rican community. He was involved with the creation of the Puerto Rican Parade in Hartford. He discusses politics in the Puerto Rican community. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church. He describes changes that occurred in Hartford over the years. He was involved with local baseball teams.
Mariano Cortez was born in Cidra, Puerto Rico and left home when he was 13 to work in restaurants in San Juan. He then went to New Jersey and returned to Puerto Rico in 1952, then in 1953, he returned to Connecticut to work on the tobacco farms in Windsor. He only worked on the tobacco farms for a few months before looking for other opportunities. He worked washing dishes and in construction before working at both the Underwood Typewriter and Royal Typewriter factories. In 1962, he opened a clothing store at 1335 Main Street in Hartford primarily serving the Puerto Rican community. He was involved with the creation of the Puerto Rican Parade in Hartford. He discusses politics in the Puerto Rican community. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church. He describes changes that occurred in Hartford over the years. He was involved with local baseball teams.
Object number2013.27.14
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.
Subject Terms
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Puerto Ricans
- Oral history
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Family
- Marriage
- Children
- Education
- Factories
- Tobacco farms
- Tobacco workers
- Clothing trade
- Stores, Retail
- Construction workers
- Parades
- Politics, practical
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Hartford, Conn.)
- Sports
- Baseball
- Baseball players
- Spanish language
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Audiocassettes
- Hartford
- Nuestras Historias Project [2000]
- Nuestras Historias - Our Histories Project
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