Floyd Herrera, Ricardo Otero, Claire Bulmer, Tomasita Montoya, recorders, 1973
Item — Box: 1, CD: 30
Scope and Contents
Herrera: Leandro Herrera, b. 1901, Chamita, NM. 1. Bertoldo (Part II, folk tale, more adventures); 2. El fallo de Salomon (Bible story, how King Solomon finds real mother of a baby, women); 3. Fabulas (short anecdotes dealing with Bertoldo and an animal fable is read); 4. Dime mi alma que has pensado (decima, poem of ten lines, songs, second decima, untitled, good to fair recording).
Otero: Anonymous. 1. Adivinanzas (good recording, five riddles, on keys, a turtle, a burlap sack, clouds and a white horse); 2. Versos del chiquiado, chiquiao, (good recording, folk poetry, five verses of the dance game); 3. Los huevos rancheros (good recording, anecdote, Anglo American mixes up words, in restaurant orders un ranchero con huevos, language); 4. La mejicana y la americana (good recording, Mexican, Anglo American friend orders perros calientes in a restaurant, hot dogs, women, language); 5. Adivinanzas (good recording, three informants recite four riddles, about a dove, a letter, a rope and sheep).
Bulmer: Anonymous (F). 1. Gregorita y Tomasito (good recording, local story, as children these two are captured by Navajos in raid on Lemitar, New Mexico, held as slaves by Navajos, as grown up Gregorio returns, moves to El Rancho. Fate of the girl is unknown); 2. La mama cuervo y el gavilan (good recording, folk tale, hawk eats babies of the mother crow); 3. Las hermanas de la caridad (good recording, Sisters of Charity, education, school, language, Territory of New Mexico, story of an American Sister of Charity not knowing Spanish trying to teach Spanish children, language; story of local woman who hired a Native American Indian woman to clean her house, job, maid and clever solution, women, intelligent poor and lowly, labor, work, employment).
Montoya: Ramon Martinez, b. 1904, Santa Fe, NM. La zorra y el cuervo (animal fable, the fox served the crow supper of soup on a flagstone, crow serves fox soup in a long necked jug he can't reach, almost inaudible).
Montoya: Petra Montoya, b. 1900, Santa Fe, NM. 1. Manuelito (folk tale, Jesus reveals self to a village stingy miser, Manuelito, asking for food, he refuses help, death of Manuelito, church, religious, recording garbled); 2. El cuento de Lara (folk tale, with magic pouch and pipe Lara completes a number of tasks, recording garbled); 3. El hombre que se queria casar con una mujer que no comiera mucho (girl eats lightly only in front of man to gain marriage, then return to normal habits, wedding, women); 4. Manuelito de Nuestro Senor Jesus (folk tale, continuation of above, more episodes, recording garbled); 5. El zapatero con muchas deudas (folk tale, shoemaker in debt fakes own death to avoid payment, friend overhears plan, spoils it); 6. La trabajadora del rey (folk tale, story of chambermaid, maid of the princess or who brings her young son to work in castle, no child care, and cruel king casts her boy out but as grown up he returns to court, finds his mother and marries a princess, women, children, family, labor, work, employment, job.).
Otero: Anonymous. 1. Adivinanzas (good recording, five riddles, on keys, a turtle, a burlap sack, clouds and a white horse); 2. Versos del chiquiado, chiquiao, (good recording, folk poetry, five verses of the dance game); 3. Los huevos rancheros (good recording, anecdote, Anglo American mixes up words, in restaurant orders un ranchero con huevos, language); 4. La mejicana y la americana (good recording, Mexican, Anglo American friend orders perros calientes in a restaurant, hot dogs, women, language); 5. Adivinanzas (good recording, three informants recite four riddles, about a dove, a letter, a rope and sheep).
Bulmer: Anonymous (F). 1. Gregorita y Tomasito (good recording, local story, as children these two are captured by Navajos in raid on Lemitar, New Mexico, held as slaves by Navajos, as grown up Gregorio returns, moves to El Rancho. Fate of the girl is unknown); 2. La mama cuervo y el gavilan (good recording, folk tale, hawk eats babies of the mother crow); 3. Las hermanas de la caridad (good recording, Sisters of Charity, education, school, language, Territory of New Mexico, story of an American Sister of Charity not knowing Spanish trying to teach Spanish children, language; story of local woman who hired a Native American Indian woman to clean her house, job, maid and clever solution, women, intelligent poor and lowly, labor, work, employment).
Montoya: Ramon Martinez, b. 1904, Santa Fe, NM. La zorra y el cuervo (animal fable, the fox served the crow supper of soup on a flagstone, crow serves fox soup in a long necked jug he can't reach, almost inaudible).
Montoya: Petra Montoya, b. 1900, Santa Fe, NM. 1. Manuelito (folk tale, Jesus reveals self to a village stingy miser, Manuelito, asking for food, he refuses help, death of Manuelito, church, religious, recording garbled); 2. El cuento de Lara (folk tale, with magic pouch and pipe Lara completes a number of tasks, recording garbled); 3. El hombre que se queria casar con una mujer que no comiera mucho (girl eats lightly only in front of man to gain marriage, then return to normal habits, wedding, women); 4. Manuelito de Nuestro Senor Jesus (folk tale, continuation of above, more episodes, recording garbled); 5. El zapatero con muchas deudas (folk tale, shoemaker in debt fakes own death to avoid payment, friend overhears plan, spoils it); 6. La trabajadora del rey (folk tale, story of chambermaid, maid of the princess or who brings her young son to work in castle, no child care, and cruel king casts her boy out but as grown up he returns to court, finds his mother and marries a princess, women, children, family, labor, work, employment, job.).
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
- From the Collection: Cobos, Rubén (Person)
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
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