Ruben Cobos, recorder, 1972
Item — Box: 2, CD: 126
Scope and Contents
Tito Modesto Rivera, b. 1899, Rainesville, NM. 1. Los blancos (the Anglo Americans, neighbors reported him putting up too many trailers, mobile homes on his property and that the commissioners made him remove one he getting for his son, he so mad wanted to sue commissioners for calling him into criminal court); 2. Las leyes (laws are made by the people and not by one individual, felt discriminated against when buying some land, asked if it was zoned for mobile homes, trailer park, owners put him off, others put up mobile homes on the site Tito wanted to buy); 3. De compras en Las Vegas (family lived out in the country near Mora, used to go to Las Vegas shopping, NM to buy commodities, country stores sold things at a very high price and did not have all the articles Tito wanted to buy).
Cobos conversing with Mr. Tito M. Rivera. 1. En Las Vegas, New Mexico (Cobos said he lived in Las Vegas from 1938-1942, taught at Highlands University, when World War II started he left for service, said when he returned sometime later he had the feeling he was someone dead returning from the grave, people did not know him, nor did he know many of those he saw on the streets, mentions Tom McGrath. McGrath knows the town, saw it develop into modern city. Mentions class taught at college.
Tito Modesto Rivera, b. 1899, Rainesville, NM. 1. Trabajo de alguacil, sheriff (arrested many troublemakers in the town of Mora, New Mexico, while he was deputy sheriff, had to handcuff young men to telephone posts and kept them there even during snow storms, they begged him for release, promising to behave themselves, crime, conversation); 2. Vicente Romero de Mora (relato, while Tito was a deputy sheriff in Mora, the jailer Vicente Romero was referred to the sheriff as the controller because Tito was extremely good at controlling the troublemakers); 3. Los guajalotes (relato, Tito has seen salamanders fall from the clouds when it rains, they fall almost frozen then come alive and run off to hide, are attracted to camp fires, weather); 4. El oso (relato, his son was attacked by a medium sized bear, the young man shoots the bear within six feet as the bear charges, bullet hits him in the eyes, kills bear); 5. Los coyotes (coyotes shy away from people but can kill several sheep, not eat all the meat, sometimes coyotes kill the sheep just for the sake of killing them, conversation).
Ruben Cobos, b. 1913, Mexico. El coyote en Cuba, New Mexico (Cobos recalls how he once shot and missed a coyote while hunting in Cuba, New Mexico in 1930, conversation, discusses lions, bobcats, animals).
Tito Modesto Rivera, b. 1899, Rainesville, NM. 1. Corrido de Rivera (good to fair recording, sings part of a ballad of a man called Rivera, the protagonist goes to a wedding dance and steals the bride, Tito jokingly identifies himself with the Rivera of the ballad, ballad, commentary, marriage, humor); 2. Conversacion (Tito got married in 1924, used to tell stories, he had a book of cuentos once but does not recall the name of the book, refers to cuipa, juniper shaving, matorral brush, chaparral, conversation); 3. La trucha (from a short trip to California, Tito catches a trout that is so deep down in the sea that when he gets to Albuquerque is still pulling on the line, the fish is just coming out of the water back in California, tall tale).
Cobos conversing with Mr. Tito M. Rivera. 1. En Las Vegas, New Mexico (Cobos said he lived in Las Vegas from 1938-1942, taught at Highlands University, when World War II started he left for service, said when he returned sometime later he had the feeling he was someone dead returning from the grave, people did not know him, nor did he know many of those he saw on the streets, mentions Tom McGrath. McGrath knows the town, saw it develop into modern city. Mentions class taught at college.
Tito Modesto Rivera, b. 1899, Rainesville, NM. 1. Trabajo de alguacil, sheriff (arrested many troublemakers in the town of Mora, New Mexico, while he was deputy sheriff, had to handcuff young men to telephone posts and kept them there even during snow storms, they begged him for release, promising to behave themselves, crime, conversation); 2. Vicente Romero de Mora (relato, while Tito was a deputy sheriff in Mora, the jailer Vicente Romero was referred to the sheriff as the controller because Tito was extremely good at controlling the troublemakers); 3. Los guajalotes (relato, Tito has seen salamanders fall from the clouds when it rains, they fall almost frozen then come alive and run off to hide, are attracted to camp fires, weather); 4. El oso (relato, his son was attacked by a medium sized bear, the young man shoots the bear within six feet as the bear charges, bullet hits him in the eyes, kills bear); 5. Los coyotes (coyotes shy away from people but can kill several sheep, not eat all the meat, sometimes coyotes kill the sheep just for the sake of killing them, conversation).
Ruben Cobos, b. 1913, Mexico. El coyote en Cuba, New Mexico (Cobos recalls how he once shot and missed a coyote while hunting in Cuba, New Mexico in 1930, conversation, discusses lions, bobcats, animals).
Tito Modesto Rivera, b. 1899, Rainesville, NM. 1. Corrido de Rivera (good to fair recording, sings part of a ballad of a man called Rivera, the protagonist goes to a wedding dance and steals the bride, Tito jokingly identifies himself with the Rivera of the ballad, ballad, commentary, marriage, humor); 2. Conversacion (Tito got married in 1924, used to tell stories, he had a book of cuentos once but does not recall the name of the book, refers to cuipa, juniper shaving, matorral brush, chaparral, conversation); 3. La trucha (from a short trip to California, Tito catches a trout that is so deep down in the sea that when he gets to Albuquerque is still pulling on the line, the fish is just coming out of the water back in California, tall tale).
Dates
- 1972
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