Jesus Castro, Vicente Martinez and Patricia Sanchez, recorders, 1971
Item — Box: 2, CD: 114
Scope and Contents
Castro: Moises Bessera, b. 1904, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El diablo en el baile (relato, Rafael is invited to a dance, a male goat enters the dance hall and frightens those present, Rafael invokes the holy names of Jesus and Mary and finds himself in an open field, faith, miracle, religion, devil); 2. Vida en el campo (relato, life on a large farm, ranch, when he was a boy, Native American Indians with their families passed through their land and worked for Mr. Bessera cutting weeds; worked for flour; Indian men brought in deer meat in exchange for commodities, Spanish Indian relations); 3. Los pastorcitos (relato, as boy he and other boys took flocks of sheep out to pasture, sometimes boys let the herds go alone, kids climb hills, push boulders into the plains, fight with slingshots, no one hurt, children); 4. Mano Andresito (relato, Mano has a large potato patch, Moises and boys pick potatoes without permission, throw potatoes at each other, his father finds out, stops these pranks, children, leisure, games); 5. Jose Lopez (relato, Moises and friends put on woolen hats like masks, come out from behind the pine trees, make hideous noises and frighten a boy, Jose, who runs home terrified, no one will admit to being involved in the prank, children, games); 6. Muerte de un fletero (relato, Moises had an uncle who was a store keeper, and killed a freight man in argument over price of goods brought to store, uncle was jailed but friends broke down jail door with telephone pole during the night, uncle fled to Trinidad, Colorado, died there, crime); 7. Muerte accidental (relato, Moises had uncle, Jose Ramirez, who took gun from a trunk and killed a young man by accident, uncle hid in oat and barley fields near his house, was never caught, went to Arizona, died there not too long ago, crime); 8. Arizona (no place as ugly as Arizona, went through state on way to California to see daughter, Paula, conversation; 9. Los robacaballos (relato, horse thieves, cattle rustlers, cattle rustling, from Arizona are caught by New Mexico lawmen in Velarde, New Mexico, Moises had uncle who loaned horse to gang leader when got out of jail, later had to retrieve horse by force, thieves,crime); 10. Los mineros (relato, Anglo American miners find a gold mine near La Jicarita, New Mexico, in Mora County, trade gold nuggets for commodities in Mora and are later killed and buried near Chacon, New Mexico); 11. El viejito que engano a sus hijos (folk tale, father growing old, borrows money temporarily from friend to show sons he is wealth, so sons and wives compete to take good care of him and inherit the money, humor, family, see CD 109 for similar tale).
Martinez and Sanchez: 1. Porfirio Padilla, b. 1902, Albuquerque, NM. 1. Conversacion (folk tales such as Bertoldo, Bertoldino, Don Cacahuate, Dona Cebolla, Cacaseno, Pedro de Urdemalas, etc., conversation); 2. Don Cacahuate (looks for a job but is very lazy, his wife, Dona Cebolla, gets angry and they quarrel, anecdote); 3. Don Cacahuate (Don Cacahuate tells his wife that he has tickets to go on a train to California, walking along the tracks Don Cacahuate says that no tickets are needed as they are already on the tracks, anecdote); 4. Don Cacahuate (anecdote, he and Dona Cebolla on the train); 5. Don Cacahuate (motocycles pass by and Don Cacahuate decides to show how close he can come to them without getting hit, seeing two lights coming down the road, the lights turn out to be those of a truck that runs him over, anecdote); 6. Don Cacahuate (Don Cacahuate asks his wife why a little boy is crying, the boy wants a tortilla, but wants something on it, anecdote); 7. El soltero (fair recording, comments on a bachelor's life and quotes from a song by that name, man married a widow, has a woman, a car, money, marriage, women, conversation); 8. Conversacion (one should not be jealous nor envious but happy with life as it is, conversation); 9. Conversacion (comment on how it is not easy to form a club, four thousand dollars were taken away from the minority leader, Reies Lopez Tijerina, he was backed by some priests and lawyers, but is in prison, advice, be careful with women, too, conversation); 10. Billy the Kid (turned in by a woman who betrayed him, the woman placed a piece of cloth on the door so that the sheriff would know when Billy the Kid was in the house, women, commentary); 11. Un consejo (Porfirio's father always gave him advice, act respectful, respect others' property, never argue with a woman, never hit a lady, women, if fight with wife, leave her alone awhile, come back, she would forget the argument); 12, El negrito (a young Black, African American, is in jail and is taken before the judge, accused of stealing chickens, says he steals chickens as a hobby, given 90 days, says to judge, that is okay, that is your job, anecdote); 13. La viejita (an old woman goes to the chicken coop for eggs, gets hit on the head by a man who she takes to court, he denies it, anecdote); 14. Adelaido Torres (story takes place in Socorro, a man goes into Torres's garage to steal chickens, he tells his wife, but she is no help, while Torres goes for help the thief takes the chickens, anecdote, thief); 15. Tesoro enterrado (a man is demolishing one house, a Box full of money is found by one of the workmen, Mariano Gonzalez, and is given to the owner of the torn down house, owner did not even thank him for his honesty, buried treasure); 16. Costumbres de antes (customs, parents showed children that they expected them to be courteous, they used their eyes and did not have to say anything to children who knew their parents were in command, discipline, family, customs).
Martinez and Sanchez: 1. Porfirio Padilla, b. 1902, Albuquerque, NM. 1. Conversacion (folk tales such as Bertoldo, Bertoldino, Don Cacahuate, Dona Cebolla, Cacaseno, Pedro de Urdemalas, etc., conversation); 2. Don Cacahuate (looks for a job but is very lazy, his wife, Dona Cebolla, gets angry and they quarrel, anecdote); 3. Don Cacahuate (Don Cacahuate tells his wife that he has tickets to go on a train to California, walking along the tracks Don Cacahuate says that no tickets are needed as they are already on the tracks, anecdote); 4. Don Cacahuate (anecdote, he and Dona Cebolla on the train); 5. Don Cacahuate (motocycles pass by and Don Cacahuate decides to show how close he can come to them without getting hit, seeing two lights coming down the road, the lights turn out to be those of a truck that runs him over, anecdote); 6. Don Cacahuate (Don Cacahuate asks his wife why a little boy is crying, the boy wants a tortilla, but wants something on it, anecdote); 7. El soltero (fair recording, comments on a bachelor's life and quotes from a song by that name, man married a widow, has a woman, a car, money, marriage, women, conversation); 8. Conversacion (one should not be jealous nor envious but happy with life as it is, conversation); 9. Conversacion (comment on how it is not easy to form a club, four thousand dollars were taken away from the minority leader, Reies Lopez Tijerina, he was backed by some priests and lawyers, but is in prison, advice, be careful with women, too, conversation); 10. Billy the Kid (turned in by a woman who betrayed him, the woman placed a piece of cloth on the door so that the sheriff would know when Billy the Kid was in the house, women, commentary); 11. Un consejo (Porfirio's father always gave him advice, act respectful, respect others' property, never argue with a woman, never hit a lady, women, if fight with wife, leave her alone awhile, come back, she would forget the argument); 12, El negrito (a young Black, African American, is in jail and is taken before the judge, accused of stealing chickens, says he steals chickens as a hobby, given 90 days, says to judge, that is okay, that is your job, anecdote); 13. La viejita (an old woman goes to the chicken coop for eggs, gets hit on the head by a man who she takes to court, he denies it, anecdote); 14. Adelaido Torres (story takes place in Socorro, a man goes into Torres's garage to steal chickens, he tells his wife, but she is no help, while Torres goes for help the thief takes the chickens, anecdote, thief); 15. Tesoro enterrado (a man is demolishing one house, a Box full of money is found by one of the workmen, Mariano Gonzalez, and is given to the owner of the torn down house, owner did not even thank him for his honesty, buried treasure); 16. Costumbres de antes (customs, parents showed children that they expected them to be courteous, they used their eyes and did not have to say anything to children who knew their parents were in command, discipline, family, customs).
Dates
- 1971
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