Robert Lopez, recorder, 1969
Item — Box: 1, CD: 46
Scope and Contents
Lopez: Frank Ocano, b. 1925, Albuquerque, NM. Cobos noted good language quality on these. Un burro trampo a Tio Ramon (relato, story, Uncle Ramon thrown from donkey and pinned down for several hours).
Lopez: David Luna, b. 1918, Albuquerque, NM. 1. La marrana y el tio Ramon (anecdote, while Uncle Ramon is sleeping in an unfinished addition to his home, a sow and all her piglets move in and give him a hard time, pigs); 2. Tio Ramon y los huevos (anecdote, relatives tell how he was particular about his eggs, boiled in hot oil, each much have eight bubbles and each one punctured, breakfast, food, cooking).
Lopez: Jose Garcia, b. 1909, Albuquerque, NM. Good recording. 1. Tio Ramon y el burro manadero (anecdote, Uncle Ramon is saved from a mad sick donkey, mentions Puerto de Luna and Ocate, New Mexico); 2. El burro blanco (relato, story of Uncle Ramon, walking along, apparently lost, he said no, just seeing where his donkey will lead him); 3. El Tio Bone (relato, background on who is Uncle Bonifacio, stories, good recording says Cobos.
Lopez: Benito Garcia, b. 1910. Good recording. 1. Las hijas del difunto Pantaleon (anecdote, Pantaleon is dead, two of his daughters dating two young men, they meet in a barn, burro kicks one man, who thinks it is the old man clubbing him, they take off scared); 2. El dijunto Alejandro y la burra de Abelino (Alejandro asks his friend Abelino for his donkey so can go see girl Usulita, the donkey chokes to death from its own strap when tied, she is sorry for the animal, Alejandro says not to worry because it not his anyway, Ursula, women, Bone Claus).
Lopez: Frank Ocano, b. 1925, Albuquerque, NM - Eastern New Mexico, Mora, Mosquera, Harding, Colfax, etc. 1. Trabajo en conjunto, customs (during father's days how relatives, neighbors cooperated on community projects, work, wages, horses, water, irrigation, crops, molino); 2. El Caballo, El Dorado (relato, story of Tio Ramon, has to pay a bill, considers selling a beloved family horse, El Dorado): 3. La mata de moradilla (witch story, relative claims she is bewitched by a woman giving her some tea, brew, drink); 4. Las bolas de lumbre, witch story, personal sightings of balls of light that come and then disappear, throughout the countryside, fireball phenomenon, places mentioned Canon Largo, Sabinoso, Rio Mora); 5. Trabajo del rancho (customs, ranching work, length of work day, Encinal); 6. El caballo (relato, his father used an old broken horse, el Dutch, reddish horse, to meaure off land, one step equal to a yard, tierra, mention of Antonio Romero and Park Well); 7. La ollita de china (relato, story of a delicate china pot found in the ruins of the Conrado house); 8. Los Laumbach, los Korte, etc. (genealogy, family history, settlers in area, Laumbach are German, Korte are English, mention of Buena Vista); 9. El difunto Pedro y el baleado (relato, his father is camping out, herding cattle, at night hears someone coming, shoots gun, only hears footsteps and cries); 10. Los Troys, hijadero, etc. (shepherding, economics and methods of herding, family sheep ranching, life in New Mexico 1890s, mention of Logan, Roy, Ojo del Cedro) 11. Los lobos (relato, wolves would decimate sheep, stock, animals, killed wolves by poison, shooting); 12. Don Epimenio y el bolillo (nickname for an American, blonde, relato, story of Don Epimenio, from Wagon Mound, is heading to Las Vegas, meets a blonde haired man, speaks in English thinking he is an American, later finds out he is Hispanic, language); 13. Ataque de indios (local history, Frank's great grandfather is killed by Native American Indians in attack on his camp, is buried somewhere between Springer and Taylor, unmarked grave, death, funeral, burial); 14. El difunto Pedro y su buena memoria, relato (Frank described good memory of his father, who told of the open lands, around Mora, Buena Vista, saw the buffalo roaming on the Llano Estacado, Great Plains, animals, lobos, lagunas, frontier); 15. Las tierras cerca del rio o aguas naturales, settlement patterns, how early Hispanos selected certain lands for farming, ranching, river, natural springs, wate, irrigation, resources, ignored others, very little lena, used carbon, charcoal, etc.); 16. El puente del Rio Colorado, Red River?, (bridge built over river, toll crossing, private, charge per animal, 1918, local and family history, mentions commissioner Mr. Hughes, Sabino Lopez, Gilllie Lopez, Felipe Lopez, Wagon Mound, Mora County); 17. El indio Calabaza y el oro escondido (treasure story, Native American Indian from Santo Domingo area, Cochiti tribe, asks to search for gold treasure hidden in the Mora area vicinity by a group of army soldiers). Cobos notes for CD 46 in folder. He noted Frank Ocano great for language study.
Lopez: David Luna, b. 1918, Albuquerque, NM. 1. La marrana y el tio Ramon (anecdote, while Uncle Ramon is sleeping in an unfinished addition to his home, a sow and all her piglets move in and give him a hard time, pigs); 2. Tio Ramon y los huevos (anecdote, relatives tell how he was particular about his eggs, boiled in hot oil, each much have eight bubbles and each one punctured, breakfast, food, cooking).
Lopez: Jose Garcia, b. 1909, Albuquerque, NM. Good recording. 1. Tio Ramon y el burro manadero (anecdote, Uncle Ramon is saved from a mad sick donkey, mentions Puerto de Luna and Ocate, New Mexico); 2. El burro blanco (relato, story of Uncle Ramon, walking along, apparently lost, he said no, just seeing where his donkey will lead him); 3. El Tio Bone (relato, background on who is Uncle Bonifacio, stories, good recording says Cobos.
Lopez: Benito Garcia, b. 1910. Good recording. 1. Las hijas del difunto Pantaleon (anecdote, Pantaleon is dead, two of his daughters dating two young men, they meet in a barn, burro kicks one man, who thinks it is the old man clubbing him, they take off scared); 2. El dijunto Alejandro y la burra de Abelino (Alejandro asks his friend Abelino for his donkey so can go see girl Usulita, the donkey chokes to death from its own strap when tied, she is sorry for the animal, Alejandro says not to worry because it not his anyway, Ursula, women, Bone Claus).
Lopez: Frank Ocano, b. 1925, Albuquerque, NM - Eastern New Mexico, Mora, Mosquera, Harding, Colfax, etc. 1. Trabajo en conjunto, customs (during father's days how relatives, neighbors cooperated on community projects, work, wages, horses, water, irrigation, crops, molino); 2. El Caballo, El Dorado (relato, story of Tio Ramon, has to pay a bill, considers selling a beloved family horse, El Dorado): 3. La mata de moradilla (witch story, relative claims she is bewitched by a woman giving her some tea, brew, drink); 4. Las bolas de lumbre, witch story, personal sightings of balls of light that come and then disappear, throughout the countryside, fireball phenomenon, places mentioned Canon Largo, Sabinoso, Rio Mora); 5. Trabajo del rancho (customs, ranching work, length of work day, Encinal); 6. El caballo (relato, his father used an old broken horse, el Dutch, reddish horse, to meaure off land, one step equal to a yard, tierra, mention of Antonio Romero and Park Well); 7. La ollita de china (relato, story of a delicate china pot found in the ruins of the Conrado house); 8. Los Laumbach, los Korte, etc. (genealogy, family history, settlers in area, Laumbach are German, Korte are English, mention of Buena Vista); 9. El difunto Pedro y el baleado (relato, his father is camping out, herding cattle, at night hears someone coming, shoots gun, only hears footsteps and cries); 10. Los Troys, hijadero, etc. (shepherding, economics and methods of herding, family sheep ranching, life in New Mexico 1890s, mention of Logan, Roy, Ojo del Cedro) 11. Los lobos (relato, wolves would decimate sheep, stock, animals, killed wolves by poison, shooting); 12. Don Epimenio y el bolillo (nickname for an American, blonde, relato, story of Don Epimenio, from Wagon Mound, is heading to Las Vegas, meets a blonde haired man, speaks in English thinking he is an American, later finds out he is Hispanic, language); 13. Ataque de indios (local history, Frank's great grandfather is killed by Native American Indians in attack on his camp, is buried somewhere between Springer and Taylor, unmarked grave, death, funeral, burial); 14. El difunto Pedro y su buena memoria, relato (Frank described good memory of his father, who told of the open lands, around Mora, Buena Vista, saw the buffalo roaming on the Llano Estacado, Great Plains, animals, lobos, lagunas, frontier); 15. Las tierras cerca del rio o aguas naturales, settlement patterns, how early Hispanos selected certain lands for farming, ranching, river, natural springs, wate, irrigation, resources, ignored others, very little lena, used carbon, charcoal, etc.); 16. El puente del Rio Colorado, Red River?, (bridge built over river, toll crossing, private, charge per animal, 1918, local and family history, mentions commissioner Mr. Hughes, Sabino Lopez, Gilllie Lopez, Felipe Lopez, Wagon Mound, Mora County); 17. El indio Calabaza y el oro escondido (treasure story, Native American Indian from Santo Domingo area, Cochiti tribe, asks to search for gold treasure hidden in the Mora area vicinity by a group of army soldiers). Cobos notes for CD 46 in folder. He noted Frank Ocano great for language study.
Dates
- 1969
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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu