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The Abeyta family of Abeytas, New Mexico, has preserved tradition in this handwritten record. They have maintained their own manual of child rearing practices, expressions, devotions, verses, arithmetic and records of births and deaths of family members. While the copy held by the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library was made from the 1908 Abeyta copy, the original text dates from an earlier period based on the births recorded in the manuscript., 1807-1943
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Collection consists of photocopies of a handwritten history and other documents involving the Abeyta family of Abeytas, New Mexico. The items are apparently from a "manual" for family members with sections on behavior at home and at school, vices and virtues, and education. Other sections contain religious verses, medicinal remedies, a record of family births and deaths, and a text of the folk play Los Postores, often performed during the Christmas season. Material is both in English and in...
Dates:
1807-1943