Interview, Gustalo Nunez

Name/Title

Interview, Gustalo Nunez

Entry/Object ID

R2021.38.10

Scope and Content

Oral History Interview for Vine Avenue with Gustalo Nunez As a child, Gus dealt with a number of sicknesses, the most serious being polio when he was about 11. It was a mild case, but he spent two weeks in the hospital, and he remembers being sad about all the children in iron lungs. Gus was one of ten children, and he reminisces about he and his brothers being picked up on the corner of 31st street in a truck to go work on farms for the day. “Depending on how big you were, if there was something tall or high, he’d pick the big kids. And if it was something like strawberries or beans, pick the little kids. Did that for about three or four years.” He goes on to talk about his children, how he went from studying engineering to studying law, and his proudest moment, being elected Lorain County’s first Hispanic judge.

Collection

Latino Lorain History Project

Acquisition

Accession

2021.38

Source or Donor

Tober, Bethany

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Credit Line

Latino Lorain History Project

Oral History Details

Interview Date

Aug 10, 2021

Oral History Notes

A full transcription is available at the Lorain Historical Society. Please contact us for research inquiries.