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Della Turner, recorder, 1971-1972

 Item — Box: 1, CD: 5

Scope and Contents

Turner: Mrs. Frances Jaramillo (Part II, El viejo que se caso con una jovencita, women).

Turner: Mrs. Frances Jaramillo, b. 1905, La Ladera, NM. Los dos conejos - (folk story, animal fable, moral for children, greedy villain rabbit drowns in the well trying to get all the cheese).

Turner: Mrs. Cristina Rubi, b. 1913, Belen, NM. 1. La hormiguita (folk tale, agglutinate, about a baby ant whose leg is broken by a snowflake, the ant complains to the snow, the wind and the elements in trying to fix her leg, insect story); 2. La princesa con dos pretendientes (fair recording, song in story, folk tale, both a princess and the queen love a commoner, love song in context of the story, women).

Turner: Ernesto Blea, b. 1913, Belen, NM. 1. La muchacha que se subio a un manzano (anecdote, the girl who steals apples from a neighbor's yard, advised to get them from tree, not ground, children, women); 2. Dos hermanos, (folk tale, son overfeeds mother and kills her, tricks local priest into free burial, funeral, church, religion, other episodes, variant of Pedro de Urdemalas).

Turner: Edwin Berry, b. 1915, Belen, NM and Tome, NM. Good to fair recording. 1. Local stories in English and Spanish, folk poetry, prayers, folk songs; 2. Story of the sale of the Tome Land Grant; tierra, la merced, corrido, El circo de Tome; El corrido de aqui y de alli (some family genealogy, his mother was Leona Sanchez y Gallegos, father was Manuel Atocha Baca y Vigil, mother's brother was Aurelio Sanchez y Gallegos); 3. Rezos (En el monte murio Cristo, and an alabado, prayers to El Senor, Cuando para el anciano San Joaquin, good recording, alabado, was composed by Demetria Olona, of Tome); 4. Guadalupita, song and commentary (includes a native Hispanic ballad - Indita de Cleofas Griego).

Turner: Adela Lerma, b. 1883, Albuquerque, NM. Te vas porque quiero que te vayas (good recording, cancion romantica, popular contemporary love song, Mexico, women).

Turner: Jorge Pascual Garcia, b. 1906, Peralta, NM. Good recording. 1. Los cuatro hermanos (Part I, folk tale, brothers going out and seeking their fortunes, adventures, a shoemaker, hunter, astrologer and thief, one marries the king's daughter).

Dates

  • 1971-1972

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English, Spanish

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451