Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 1, side A, 7/29/1977

Title:

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 1, side A, 7/29/1977

Duration: (min: sec):

31:25

Description:

Interview of Luís Salas by AP reporter James Mangan regarding Salas’s early life, entrance into politics, and disputed votes in Jim Wells County, Texas, during the 1948 Senate election. Topics: Salas’s relationship with Pancho Villa; Salas’s move from Mexico to Texas, early career, acquiring citizenship; Salas’s difficulties with local sheriff, Charlie Price; Salas’s entrance into politics; 1940, 1942 elections; election manipulation in the 1940s; Salas’s relationship with George Parr; relationship between George Parr and Coke Stevenson.

Contributor:

Salas, Luís; Mangan, James W.; Ewalt, Joe

Collection:

Papers of James W. Mangan

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Sound Recordings

Location Details:

Salas home in Houston, Texas

Subject:

Congressional elections; Texas; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Press

Archivist's General Note:

Written on cassette: “salas intvu” “recorded 7/29/77” “side 1”

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted