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Garcia, Ignacio M.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1950-

Biographical History

Ignacio Garcia (1950- ) is a history professor at Brigham Young University.

Ignacio Garcia was born in 1950 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. He immigrated to the United States when he was six years old. He later served in the Vietnam War. Currently, Garcia works as a history professor at Brigham Young University specializing in Mexican-American history.

Citation:
Case file for MSS 8123 (born, 1950 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; immigrated to the United States; served in the Vietnam War; history professor at Brigham Young University; interviewed by Claire Woodward in 2012)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ignacio Garcia oral history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232572146]
Identifier: MSS 8123
Scope and Contents

Contains the oral history of a Brigham Young University history professor who immigrated to the United States from Mexico with his family in 1956. Also contains his memories of the Vietnam War. The date is 2012.

Dates: 2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ignacio Garcia oral history

Oral history interview with Ignacio Garcia, 2013 April 16

 Item — Volume MSS OH 2604: Series 52
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 52
Scope and Contents

Interview of Brigham Young University professor Ignacio Garcia administered by Redd Center intern Raffi Mercuri. Topics discussed in this interview include his insights on Provo's Latino community and his experiences with the Provo Tabernacle. Material dated April 16, 2013.

Dates: 2013 April 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Historic Downtown Provo Oral History Project transcripts

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Archival Object 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
Immigration and American Expansion 1
Mexico 1
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
Transcripts 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
 

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