https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/7c6f9847114b45778cbba7b652f50dfd.pdf d01e150f98786213fa80eda7f3d008c4 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 [0:00] Linda Ardell Tuzon’s education in Filipino culture, including Filipino food and songs [8:28] Modesto Tuzon’s music and band [17:15] Linda Ardell Tuzon’s personality and career as an educator [23:03] Ethno-racial and social dynamics in Watsonville and Las Lomas [26:01] Neighborhood and community relations, including sharing food [30:11] Modesto Tuzon’s heart condition [34:55] Farm workers’ and their families’ exposure to pesticides [40:39] Family dynamics between Modesto and Linda Ardell Tuzon [45:34] Linda Ardell Tuzon’s feelings of exclusion from the Filipino community [49:26] Filipino cultural traditions passed down in the community [53:01] Tuzon family participation in Filipino Community events [58:41] Tuzon family’s extended friend and family network [1:07:04] Modesto Orlando and Rita Tuzon’s differing gendered experiences growing up and in their relationship with their father [1:13:07] 1930s Watsonville Race Riots and silences about traumatic histories [1:20:43] Tuzon family’s rural home on Lewis Road [1:31:58] Varieties of labor available to women and children [1:40:57] Modesto Tuzon’s opinion of United Farm Workers (UFW) [1:45:12] Undocumented farm workers and the Lazo farm 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 Kathleen “Kat” Cruz Gutierrez Part 2 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 mother, Linda Ardell Tuzon’s integration into the Filipino community and culture through food and music as well as her feelings of exclusion from the Filipino community as a white woman. Modesto Orlando and Rita also discuss their father, Modesto Tuzon’s band, the genres of music he played, and the Filipino songs they learned to sing as children. Additionally, they speak about Modesto Tuzon’s farm labor and the families’ exposure to dangerous agricultural pesticides. Finally, they reflect on community silences surrounding the 1930s Watsonville Race Riots; their fathers’ and other manongs’ opinions of the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement; and undocumented migrants who worked in Pajaro Valley fields alongside Filipinos. 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 June 28, 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context TUZ.2021.55 Agriculture Las Lomas Lewis Road Musicians Race Riots United Farm Workers Watsonville High School