Oral History Collaborations

In part one of the interview, originally recorded in person, Loren Cawaling speaks with Dr. Steve McKay, a member of the Watsonville is in the Heart team. Throughout the interview, Loren and Steve discuss various photographs from the Cawaling Family Collection. In these conversations, Loren shares memories of various members of his family's extended kinship network, including many manong. Loren emphasizes the close, familial relationships he and his family had with many manong. In the interview, Loren also discusses his father and mother, Florencio and Aladina Cawaling's migration from the Philippines as well as their agricultural and cannery labor. He also speaks about his father's and other Filipino men's hobbies including purchasing cars, fishing, cockfighting, cooking, and gardening as well as his family's leisure activities such as going to local beaches, visiting the labor camps, and attending family and social organization gatherings. At the end of the interview, the recording abruptly ends. It begins again in the second interview "Loren Cawaling interviewed by Dr. Steve McKay Part 2 of 2."

In part two of the interview, Loren and Steve pick up their conversation from "Loren Cawaling interviewed by Dr. Steve McKay Part 1 of 2." In this interview, Steve uses "photo elicitation" to provoke Loren's memories through photographs of his family which are a part of the Cawaling Family Collection. He speaks about his manong "uncles," Disgracias Inguillio and Salvador Maagma. He also discusses his mother, Aladina Cawaling's love of gardening as well as his parents' labor in agricultural fields.