Ernie Orona, recorder, 1969
File — Box: 2, CD: 209
Scope and Contents
Nicanor Sanchez, b. 1911, La Constancia, NM. (Cobos notes for CD 209 in folder). 1. La merced de Tome (Tome Land Grant, water, flour mill, land there inherited from father, does not know how father acquired it, women had rights to land grants); 2. Instruccion publica (public school, education, father learned Spanish only, had little schooling, speaker went through fourth grade, they started teaching English in school after he stopped attending, he learned English at work, Bilingual education); 3. Conversacion (La Llorona, women, scared bad kids); 4. Datos personales (personal information, 58 years old).
Mr. Baca, b. 1911, Adelino, NM. (Poor recording). 1. Conversacion (La Llorona, his family from Toledo, Spain, wife's name is Sanchez); 2. Semana Santa en Tome (Holy Week, changes in services from when he was a child to currently, sermon of stations of the cross, Estevan Torres from Pajarito); 3. Instruccion publica (public school education, mid 1930s, English taught in school, had an Anglo American teacher from local Connelly family, Los Lunas, Los Pinos area); 4. Conversacion (identification of local groups, different culture of the Mexicans, Spaniards, Hispanics); 5. Conversacion (recorder asks about Father Jean Baptiste Ralliere, of Tome, man is 70 years old, tells about Salazar and Sanchez family history, land, La Constancia); 6. Fiestas en Tome (September 18, mass, festival); 7. El alcalde de Tome (the Pawnee, Native American Indian people from Oklahoma came to Tome to trade, became friends with Isleta and Checali? people of New Mexico, inter marriage between Native American Indians and Hispanics. The mayor of Tome promised his daughter, Maria, to prince of Comanches for good trade relations, on day of their marriage, Maria got smallpox and died); 8. Los caballeros de la Misa (knights of the Mass, rifle, cat, deer, Native American Indian); 9. Conversacion (dichos, sayings, ovens indoors, outside oven horno, biscochitos, biscoches, cookies, simbonete type of sweet bread, pan dulce, food, cooking; cars, automobile of Salazar family, wagon trains, riding in horse and buggy); 10. Cambalache (explanation of convenio or trade, ribete, monetary portion of a trade, commerce, money, barter).
Felicitas Montano, b. 1893, Tome, NM. 1. Datos personales (personal information, born where he lives now, 74 years old); 2. Conversacion (involved member of the community, local history, events); 3. Juegos de ninos (girls could not go outside, played with dolls, children, leisure, grabbed by the ear as punishment; speedily recites Carachiles verse from a game, children); 4. Pipis y gallos (game used hands, recites verse from game); 5. La cascara panda (panda shell, game, held hands, went in circles, children); 6. La bola (pelota, ball game); 7. Adivinanza (riddle, I left my house white, turned green in field, returned to my house way I left, answer wheat); 8. Versos de corrido (recited, fair to poor recording); 9. Versos de la Indita del Rio Grande (good to fair recording, 1884 river breaks, flood in Tome, poor women); 10. La varseliana, varsoviana, (good to fair recording, baile, cotidio, type of dance with accordion, guitar and violin, speaker sings a song from dance); 11. Conversacion (food, cooking, nixtamal and tortillas); 12. Conversacion (Penitentes were present in the past during Holy Week, Semana Santa, have all died and were buried in Marques?); 13. Relato (poor recording, speaker discusses her grandfather, who apparently killed 30 men?); 14. Matrimonios (wedding, marriage, dresses, customs, church mass, flowers, song, band); 15. Las Posadas (Navidad, Christmas play).
Mr. Baca, b. 1911, Adelino, NM. (Poor recording). 1. Conversacion (La Llorona, his family from Toledo, Spain, wife's name is Sanchez); 2. Semana Santa en Tome (Holy Week, changes in services from when he was a child to currently, sermon of stations of the cross, Estevan Torres from Pajarito); 3. Instruccion publica (public school education, mid 1930s, English taught in school, had an Anglo American teacher from local Connelly family, Los Lunas, Los Pinos area); 4. Conversacion (identification of local groups, different culture of the Mexicans, Spaniards, Hispanics); 5. Conversacion (recorder asks about Father Jean Baptiste Ralliere, of Tome, man is 70 years old, tells about Salazar and Sanchez family history, land, La Constancia); 6. Fiestas en Tome (September 18, mass, festival); 7. El alcalde de Tome (the Pawnee, Native American Indian people from Oklahoma came to Tome to trade, became friends with Isleta and Checali? people of New Mexico, inter marriage between Native American Indians and Hispanics. The mayor of Tome promised his daughter, Maria, to prince of Comanches for good trade relations, on day of their marriage, Maria got smallpox and died); 8. Los caballeros de la Misa (knights of the Mass, rifle, cat, deer, Native American Indian); 9. Conversacion (dichos, sayings, ovens indoors, outside oven horno, biscochitos, biscoches, cookies, simbonete type of sweet bread, pan dulce, food, cooking; cars, automobile of Salazar family, wagon trains, riding in horse and buggy); 10. Cambalache (explanation of convenio or trade, ribete, monetary portion of a trade, commerce, money, barter).
Felicitas Montano, b. 1893, Tome, NM. 1. Datos personales (personal information, born where he lives now, 74 years old); 2. Conversacion (involved member of the community, local history, events); 3. Juegos de ninos (girls could not go outside, played with dolls, children, leisure, grabbed by the ear as punishment; speedily recites Carachiles verse from a game, children); 4. Pipis y gallos (game used hands, recites verse from game); 5. La cascara panda (panda shell, game, held hands, went in circles, children); 6. La bola (pelota, ball game); 7. Adivinanza (riddle, I left my house white, turned green in field, returned to my house way I left, answer wheat); 8. Versos de corrido (recited, fair to poor recording); 9. Versos de la Indita del Rio Grande (good to fair recording, 1884 river breaks, flood in Tome, poor women); 10. La varseliana, varsoviana, (good to fair recording, baile, cotidio, type of dance with accordion, guitar and violin, speaker sings a song from dance); 11. Conversacion (food, cooking, nixtamal and tortillas); 12. Conversacion (Penitentes were present in the past during Holy Week, Semana Santa, have all died and were buried in Marques?); 13. Relato (poor recording, speaker discusses her grandfather, who apparently killed 30 men?); 14. Matrimonios (wedding, marriage, dresses, customs, church mass, flowers, song, band); 15. Las Posadas (Navidad, Christmas play).
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