A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

Alfred Armendarez Interview

2019.003.002

Sound

2000 interview with Alfred Armendarez in which he discusses his early life, including his earliest memory: the 1930s fire at Elephant Orchard Packing House. Armendarez discusses both citrus picking and packing in Redlands as well as his family's experience picking grapes in August. As Armendarez recalls life growing up in Redlands he briefly mentions Lincoln School, Redlands High School, Sylvan Plunge, and the House of Neighborly Service. Armendarez was drafted right out of high school and recalls his experience in the Navy and the transition into civilan life in which he went back to agricultural work for a brief time before working at Universal Rundle until they closed in 1982. Armendarez shares his songbook with old songs dating back to the 1940s and discusses some of the organizations he was involved in such as LULAC and the Menudo Club.

Agribusiness

Americanization

Citrus Fruit Industry

Citrus Fruit Industry, Labor

Community life in Redlands

Education

Grape Industry

Great Depression

I-10 Freeway

Korean War

Lincoln Elementary School (Redlands)

Mexcian American Stories and Interviews

Mexican American History

Mexican American Military Service

Music

Racial/Ethnic Discrimination

World War II

Redlands (Calif.); Orange (Calif.)

1930s-1990s

Antonio Vasquez

July 11, 2000

Alfred Armendarez

Audio Cassette

English

Side A 46:52
Side B 03:57
Total 50:09