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Ernestine Armijo de Evermon, recorder, 1971

 File — Box: 2, CD: 204

Scope and Contents

Regina Alvarado de Cata, b. 1883, Antonito, Colorado. San Juan Pueblo, NM. (Good to fair recording). 1. La burra, Part II, cuento (female donkey is found); 2. La rana (frog, fly, water); 3. Entriega de novios (marriage, wedding); 4. Cancion, La mujer (song, women, beautiful angel from heaven, love, fresh rose, pretty, traitor).

Barbara Wills, b. 1939, San Juan Pueblo, NM. (Good to fair recording). Cancion de coplas (bells, kiss, Dona Clara, carnation).

Regina Alvarado de Cata, b. 1883, San Juan Pueblo, NM. Entriega de novios (fragment, wedding, marriage, no mother or father, just husband and wife, blessing).

Barbara Wills, b. 1939, San Juan Pueblo, NM. Cielito lindo (song, in Spanish and English with guitar, common Mexican ranchera song, new English part added at end).

Regina Alvarado de Cata, b. 1883, Antonito, Colorado. San Juan Pueblo, NM. 1. Seleccion (sings a song); 2. Seleccion (song, con versos); 3. Conversacion (indio and espanol, Native American Indian and Spanish, tells about the insults in Indian language that her Pueblo mother in law told her); 4. Cielito lindo (song, second).

Barbara Wills, b. 1939, San Juan Pueblo, NM. Cancion, Lady Lou's Saloon (women, in English, Anglo American song, warning men to stay away from the girl who shimmies and shakes, women).

Regina Alvarado de Cata, b. 1883, Antonito, Colorado. San Juan Pueblo, NM. 1. Cancion, Parody of mi ranchito (jokes about African Americans, Blacks, racism); 2. Cancion, Adios, ya me voy (song); 3. Indian song (chant in Native American Indian language, Pueblo); 4. Cancion, A la capotin (popular folk song of Honduras); 5. La Barbara (song); 6. Conversacion (in English, marriage, gender differences, Anglo, Spanish, women); 7. Cuento de Juan Chimprion (younger brother of poor family, rich neighbor, anger); 8. Conversacion (compliments between women, loss of eyesight due to intricate work on dolls).

Barbara Wills, b. 1939, San Juan Pueblo, NM. 1. Cancion, La rana (agglutinate song, each animal silences previous one, frog, fly, spider, broom, rat, cat, dog, the stick, fire, water, ox, knife, blacksmith, death, skip in recording, children, played twice); 2. Corrido del Dia de San Juan (June 24, celebration of city's name day, santo, San Juan Pueblo, dance, lover's jealousy, death, women).

Anonymous.(Good recording, male speaker) 1. El pescadito (song, children, child asks jumping fish if he would like to come play, fish replies his Mom told him if he left water he would die); 2. El chorrito (song, children, spout of water gets big and small, is in a bad mood and is hot, ant comes with his umbrella and is splashed); 3. La casita de los perritos (song, children, in old forest is a house filled with dogs and their professor, they love to learn); 4. Martinillo (Frere Jacques, song, children, go to sleep); 5. Cuento, El garbanzo y don Placido (Part I, Placido finds a garbanzo seed, plans to plant, harvest, and sell more seeds to buy some cows and house, he gives seed to a good lady friend to save for him as he searches for more things to collect, friend throws it out window and it is eaten by a chicken, Don Placido is upset, wants payment, she offers him a chicken, but he wants chicken and her chicks. He gives chicken and chicks to another woman to watch, but a cow steps on chicken, he is upset and wants a cow instead, cont. on CD 205).

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

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