When I first reviewed the interview assignment, it was frightening to know I was going to be an interviewer. Little did I know I would benefit from this assignment when I interviewed my mother in law Gloria Vigil. Gloria was born in San Luis, Mexico on Aug 20 1955. Gloria’s earliest memory is when she started her journey to America at age 21. Gloria’s family tree starts in Mexico but during the 1920’s her great grandparents moved to the United States in search for a better life and had Gloria’s mother. However, during the 1930’s when the Great Depression rose, so did unemployment for Hispanics. They were one of the first Mexican families who migrated back to Mexico. For Gloria’s younger sibling’s, her mother was able to get them citizenship.
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“While historian and history students can use traditional documents to reconstruct the past, everyday people fall through the cracks in the written record” (Walbart). It brings a historic event to life with personal experience for society to relate. However, because personal interviews, also known as oral history, are a personal point of view it may not be sufficient evidence for historians to use as a resource. Historic textbooks give more statistical detailed information about the event instead of points of view, this would give the reader an idea of what that person saw and felt during that event. Interviewing my mother in law made me appreciate her more and I was very thankful she allowed me to ask her personal questions. When it comes to personal experience not everyone is happy to go back in time when something heartbreaking may have occurred. Before the interview, Gloria mention she didn 't think she was interesting enough for an interview. We laughed it off, but I explained her interview will help understand what affected the 20th century. This experience has made me closer to my mother in law, and I have to agree, talking to elders about the historic events they witnessed makes history more
“While historian and history students can use traditional documents to reconstruct the past, everyday people fall through the cracks in the written record” (Walbart). It brings a historic event to life with personal experience for society to relate. However, because personal interviews, also known as oral history, are a personal point of view it may not be sufficient evidence for historians to use as a resource. Historic textbooks give more statistical detailed information about the event instead of points of view, this would give the reader an idea of what that person saw and felt during that event. Interviewing my mother in law made me appreciate her more and I was very thankful she allowed me to ask her personal questions. When it comes to personal experience not everyone is happy to go back in time when something heartbreaking may have occurred. Before the interview, Gloria mention she didn 't think she was interesting enough for an interview. We laughed it off, but I explained her interview will help understand what affected the 20th century. This experience has made me closer to my mother in law, and I have to agree, talking to elders about the historic events they witnessed makes history more