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Gilbert Garcia, recorder, 1973

 Item — Box: 1, CD: 9

Scope and Contents

Garcia: Nestor B. Sanchez, b. 1890, Belen, NM. 1. Encuentro con un oso (mentira, tall tale, Nestor meets a bear that almost killed him, put his hand into animal's mouth and choked it); 2. El tren de los Sanchez (relato, wagon train, commerce, trade, trail, great grandfather Vicente Sanchez and his brother Gumesindo Sanchez ran wagons from Valencia, New Mexico east to Kansas and west to Prescott, Arizona, buffalo hunts, customs, life and work on the wagon road).

Garcia: Gilbert Garcia, b. unknown, Belen, NM. Versos de los estados (good to fair recording, folk song, late nineteenth century song, joking about Gilberto's great grandfather, with commentary, fragment).

Garcia: Nestor B. Sanchez, b. 1890, Belen, NM. 1. El nuevo alumno (anecdote, as a boy from the mountains he should be shy and somewhat ignorant, turns out to be smarter than the teacher, education, school); 2. Donde esta Dios? (anecdote, teacher and sharp student's reply); 3. Costumbres de casorio (nineteenth century New Mexico marriage customs, wedding, women); 4. Carta para pedir novia (nineteenth century traditional letter to ask parents for a girl's hand, reply, customs, women); 5. Versos de chiquiao (folk poetry, dance game, at Manzano, New Mexico, with commentary, mentions Ross Garcia, Juanito Salas and Casimiro Lujan); 6. Jupis en Manzano (customs, folk poetry, making and wearing hoop skirts, dresses, clothing, women); 7. Un muchacho y su burro (anecdote, a boy, his donkey and clever reply to two lawyers); 8. La tela 'e rayadilla (anecdote, poor woman makes dresses for daughters from mattress fabric, women); 9. Versos de chiquiao, folk poetry, good to fair recording; versos de chiquiado with Rosalia, fair recording; 10. Ali Baba y los Cuarenta Ladrones (folk tale, same as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Arabian Nights, and fragment of another folk tale); 11. El doctor Sabelotodo (folk tale, an old couple, their cook who steals their money and the know it all doctor who gets him to confess, thief, robbery).

Dates

  • 1973

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