Item 742: 00742_Rajguru_Uma_Immigration-India
Uma Rajguru is a retired medical technologist. She was born in Poona and raised in Bombay where she completed her BS. She earned her MS at UC Berkeley in 1965, returned to India and worked. After marriage, she and her husband, Anil, moved to Delhi and London, before settling in Houston in 1974. She has two sons, worked for over thirty years, and has lived in the greater Houston area since arrival. Her older son married a Mexican American woman. In the interview, Ms. Rajguru speaks in detail about her childhood in Poona, arranged marriage in India, the various regions of India and her social interactions in Houston.
Dates
- 1996-2017
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Open for research.
Oral history interviews are only available for use when the University of Houston Libraries is in possession of a release form signed by both interviewee and interviewer allowing for such access.
Extent
From the Collection: 25.0 linear feet
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Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository
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MD Anderson Library
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