https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/860cd6201c68ff728e2ab87d9325ccf3.pdf 4dd6b745907266e3043e449f5cfcf38f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tuzon Family Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Modesto Orlando Tuzon Rita Louise Tuzon Description An account of the resource Modesto Jarmillo Tuzon was born in the municipality of Santo Domingo in the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines on June 15, 1907. In 1926, he immigrated to the United States to study music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He specialized in the mandolin and eventually toured the Pacific coast playing at Filipino dance halls and other small venues. Later in life, he played with a small band composed of other Filipino men at Filipino community events in Watsonville. Until the late 1950s, Modesto was also a migrant farm laborer. He primarily worked in the fields alongside his cousins, Leon and Cipriano Lazo and Leon and Paul DeOcampo, in the Pajaro Valley and Arroyo Grande, California. Linda Ardell (Kyle) Craner was born in Idaho on June 11, 1937. The Craner family migrated through California from San Francisco to Arroyo Grande before settling in Pacific Grove. During the 1950s, Modesto met Ardell at a diner in Arroyo Grande. In 1954, the two traveled to Mexico to get married. The exact dates of their meeting and marriage are unknown. After their marriage, the Tuzons moved to the Pajaro Valley where they lived in rural Pajaro off Lewis Road before eventually moving to a neighborhood in Las Lomas. They had three children: Modesto Orlando Tuzon (b. 1956), Denise Lane Tuzon (b. 1958 - d. 1959), and Rita Louise Tuzon (b. 1959). After settling in the Pajaro Valley, Tuzon farmed sugar pea fields on the Lazo family property and then transitioned to a job as a tractor driver for Sears Schumann Farms. Linda Ardell was a reading specialist at Hall School in Las Lomas where the library is now named in her honor. Music filled the Tuzon household. Modesto played mandolin for his entire life and was often accompanied by his wife, who was a singer, and his children. While growing up, Modesto Orlando and Rita worked in Watsonville before attending college and pursuing careers outside of agriculture and the Pajaro Valley region. Rita has two children: Jared Kyle Stone (b. 1998) and Sophia Denise Stone (b. 2002). Modesto passed on October 19, 1981, and Ardell on January 31, 2013. The Tuzon Family Collection was contributed to Watsonville is in the Heart by Modesto and Ardell Tuzon's children, Modesto Orlando and Rita Tuzon, in 2021. The collection contains forty-three items in total. It includes two oral history interviews with Modesto Orlando and Rita during which they reflect on their father's migration and labor histories, his passion for music, and their family's experiences navigating mixed-race identity. It also contains forty-one material culture items including photographs of Modesto playing music and his Philippine bandurria. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Modesto Orlando Tuzon Rita Louise Tuzon Location The location of the interview Tuzon Residence, Los Angeles, CA Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .mp4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:50:27 Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview [00:00] Biographical Information [02:24] Modesto Tuzon’s migration to the US to pursue musical education in San Francisco and his farm work with cousins Leon and Cipriano Lazo and Leon and Paul DeOcampo [5:56] Modesto Tuzon’s family background [11:13] Modesto Tuzon’s experiences as a musician, farm worker, and his extended friends and family network [17:12] Modesto Orlando and Rita Tuzon’s experiences as mixed-race, half-White and half- Filipino [24:03] Racial and social dynamics in Watsonville and Pajaro Valley [26:35] Modesto Orlando and Rita Tuzon’s differing and converging gendered experiences [26:53] Mixed-race identity and experiences of White women in the Filipino community [35:59] Linda Ardell Craner’s family background and career [43:35] Modesto Tuzon and Linda Ardell Craner’s relationship and marriage [49:48] Modesto Tuzon’s experiences as a farm worker in the Pajaro Valley [55:05] Memories of the Tuzon family home and manong in their family network [57:47] Modesto Orlando’s experience learning about the 1930s Watsonville Race Riots from his father [1:05:26] Rita Tuzon’s navigation of gendered expectations and the Watsonville Filipino Community [1:14:19] Rita Tuzon’s children’s mixed-race identities and connections to their family history URL <span style="font-weight: 400;">Link to audio recording on escholarship: </span><a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/56x6w1jj#supplemental" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Modesto Orlando and Rita Louise Tuzon interviewed by Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Modesto Orlando Tuzon and Rita Louise Tuzon interviewed by Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez Part 1 of 2 Description An account of the resource In this interview, originally recorded in-person, Modesto Orlando Tuzon and Rita Louise Tuzon speak with Watsonville is in the Heart team member, Dr. Kathleen “Kat” Cruz Gutierrez. Modesto Orlando and Rita discuss their father, Modesto Jaramillio Tuzon Sr.; his migration to the United States to pursue music education during 1926; his work as a farm laborer in central California; his experiences playing music at Filipino events, small venues, and for his family; and his marriage to their mother, Linda Ardell Craner in 1954. They provide an overview of their mother’s family’s migration to central California from Idaho and her career as a reading specialist at Hall School in Las Lomas, California. Modesto Orlando and Rita also speak about their extended family and friend network in Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley and reflect on their differing experiences growing up mixed-race. Finally, Modesto Orlando discusses interviewing his father about the 1930s Watsonville Race Riots and Fermin Tobera for a paper he wrote as a college student. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Modesto Orlando Tuzon Rita Louise Tuzon Dr. Kathleen "Kat" Cruz Gutierrez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 16, 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and greater Pajaro Valley. All oral history interviews are donated to WIITH by the narrators. Copyright is held by WIITH. Oral history interview recordings and transcripts are available for unrestricted use and reproduction by educators and researchers. Please note that the recordings on this website are provided via escholarship. For access to oral history audio files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are an oral history narrator and would like to remove your interview from the archive website, please contact the project director. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context TUZ.2021.54 Agriculture Arroyo Grande Las Lomas Lewis Road Musicians Race Riots San Francisco Watsonville High School