Julietta Ortega, recorder, 1970
Item — Box: 1, CD: 31
Scope and Contents
Ortega: Mrs. Barbara Sanchez, b. 1913, Belen, NM. 1. Proverbs; 2. Chiste (see CD 1B).
Ortega: Eduplio Ortega, b. 1916, Bernardo, NM. 1. Adivinanza (riddle, about what the moon said to the sun); 2. Relato (story of man herding cattle in mountains, near Bernardo, killed by lightning); 3. Pedro de Urdemalas (folk tale, trying to win the princess, angers the king when he sells the hogs, lied that lost the pigs in the mud, tail, ears); d. Los astronomos (the astronomers (folk tale, weathermen and donkey, they fail but animal predicts rain accurately, weather, see CD 12).
Ortega: Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. Personal data, (autobiography, worked for railroad and as sheriff, lawman, was a good man, father was a judge).
Ortega: Mrs. Barbara Sanchez, b. 1913, Belen, NM. Tres pilas de metal, oro, plomo y hierro (relato, man found three piles of metal, gold, lead and iron, then soldiers came for him, incomplete, see CD 1B).
Ortega: Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. Relato (story, his father in law knew Elfego Baca and got him job in sheriff's office, lawman, law).
Ortega: Mrs. Barbara Sanchez, b. 1913, Belen, NM. Adivinanza.
Ortega: Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. 1. Conrad Hilton in San Antonio, New Mexico (relato, history of how Hilton came to San Antonio, New Mexico, started empire, Hilton Hotel, mining, pony express route San Antonio to Lincoln, area coal mines, rise and decline of population, other details); 2. Las minas de Magdalena, New Mexico (coal mines, Miera worked for Emory James, as sheriff and jailer in Socorro); 3. Elfego Baca (relato, Miera tells of Baca as sheriff of Socorro and Albuquerque, death, Baca family genealogy, mention of Francisco Baca, Tomas Montoya, Estanislao Montoya, A.B. Baca, Felipe Silva, Ezequiel Fajardo, Francisco Anaya, etc.; Miera got spanking from his Dad when he beat up several boys who were whipping his brother, etc.); 4. Personal data of informant (Juan, autobiography, taming horses in Las Cruces, in school at New Mexico State University, declines a football scholarship because he is too small for bigger players, education, plays baseball at San Antonio, looses an eye when ball hits him); 5. Vaquero en Kansas, cowboy, (local history, Miera works for Guy Hill and Melesio Miera, on cattle drive to Kansas City, remained there while fattening cattle for sale on market, sad lonely days, wine taken to Kansas and whiskey brought back, business, ranching, trade); 6. Historia personal (Juan, autobiography, working at home with two step mothers, women, learned cook, clean, sew, housekeeping, etc., had some property, sold it cheap during the Great Depression, wife miserly, not loan him money, borrowed from bank, banks going bankrkupt, went to school at School of Mines, Socorro, education, life in San Antonio, five sisters and two brothers, family, moved to San Antonio in 1926 after the death of his father, etc.).
Ortega: Eduplio Ortega, b. 1916, Bernardo, NM. 1. Adivinanza (riddle, about what the moon said to the sun); 2. Relato (story of man herding cattle in mountains, near Bernardo, killed by lightning); 3. Pedro de Urdemalas (folk tale, trying to win the princess, angers the king when he sells the hogs, lied that lost the pigs in the mud, tail, ears); d. Los astronomos (the astronomers (folk tale, weathermen and donkey, they fail but animal predicts rain accurately, weather, see CD 12).
Ortega: Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. Personal data, (autobiography, worked for railroad and as sheriff, lawman, was a good man, father was a judge).
Ortega: Mrs. Barbara Sanchez, b. 1913, Belen, NM. Tres pilas de metal, oro, plomo y hierro (relato, man found three piles of metal, gold, lead and iron, then soldiers came for him, incomplete, see CD 1B).
Ortega: Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. Relato (story, his father in law knew Elfego Baca and got him job in sheriff's office, lawman, law).
Ortega: Mrs. Barbara Sanchez, b. 1913, Belen, NM. Adivinanza.
Ortega: Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. 1. Conrad Hilton in San Antonio, New Mexico (relato, history of how Hilton came to San Antonio, New Mexico, started empire, Hilton Hotel, mining, pony express route San Antonio to Lincoln, area coal mines, rise and decline of population, other details); 2. Las minas de Magdalena, New Mexico (coal mines, Miera worked for Emory James, as sheriff and jailer in Socorro); 3. Elfego Baca (relato, Miera tells of Baca as sheriff of Socorro and Albuquerque, death, Baca family genealogy, mention of Francisco Baca, Tomas Montoya, Estanislao Montoya, A.B. Baca, Felipe Silva, Ezequiel Fajardo, Francisco Anaya, etc.; Miera got spanking from his Dad when he beat up several boys who were whipping his brother, etc.); 4. Personal data of informant (Juan, autobiography, taming horses in Las Cruces, in school at New Mexico State University, declines a football scholarship because he is too small for bigger players, education, plays baseball at San Antonio, looses an eye when ball hits him); 5. Vaquero en Kansas, cowboy, (local history, Miera works for Guy Hill and Melesio Miera, on cattle drive to Kansas City, remained there while fattening cattle for sale on market, sad lonely days, wine taken to Kansas and whiskey brought back, business, ranching, trade); 6. Historia personal (Juan, autobiography, working at home with two step mothers, women, learned cook, clean, sew, housekeeping, etc., had some property, sold it cheap during the Great Depression, wife miserly, not loan him money, borrowed from bank, banks going bankrkupt, went to school at School of Mines, Socorro, education, life in San Antonio, five sisters and two brothers, family, moved to San Antonio in 1926 after the death of his father, etc.).
Dates
- 1970
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