Anonymous, recorder, Undated
Item — Box: 3, CD: 276
Scope and Contents
Margarito Medina, age 79. Begins at 0:07 and ends at 8:15. 1. His parents' names were Daniel Medina and Maria Griego Medina, paternal grandma was named Ana Maria Griegos, sister named Trinidad, Penasco, NM; 2. Begins at 0:07 and ends at 8:15. Cuento (fair recording, Part I, el Padre Lopez y la indita, etc., daughter, anoche mi hija tuvo un nino, partimiento, women, child birth, brujeria).
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Silviano Pacheco, age 76, Chamisal, NM. Parents named Faustine Pacheco and Silvio Vasquez. 17:04 1. Chiste de los caballos y las vacas (fair recording, joke, snake); 2. Local history (fair recording, he talks about how times have changed since when he was young, Chamisal, New Mexico, past and present, there was more respect and willingness to help one another); 3. Cuento de Juan (fair recording, Juan was a sheepherder and badly behaved, one day he told his sister to take care of the goats and he that he would watch over their grandma, results); 4. Respect and religion (fair recording, honor your Mom and Dad, family, discipline, morals).
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Anonymous female. Begins at 17:15 and ends at 27:25 1. Song (fair recording, guitar, una joven bella, love song, honor, crime, the judge declared him guilty of murde, women, muerte, death); 2. Song, De Mexico a Durango (fair recording, traveling, trip, camion pasajiero, dos de la tarde); 3. Song, El 24 de Junio (fair recording, cancion, feast day of St. John, San Juan, el Baptista, santo); 4. Song, Un domingo (fair recording, ganado, estrella del oriente).
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Jacinto Romero, age 69. Begins at 27:34 and ends at 37:50 1. Story (fair recording, personal experiences growing up, older brother named Alfredo Romero got into an accident in an acequia, he thought he had been burned, his Dad told him he would cut their feet off for playing in there, el Rancho Rinconada, family, discipline, parent, children); 2. Story about childhood (fair recording, his Mom had a small hammer and he hit his father with it, his father cried, family, children); 3. Adivinanza (fair recording, riddle).
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Moises Pacheco, age 79. Begins at 38:00 and ends at 39:10. Poem (fair recording, Elena, Rosario, Tomasita, verses).
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Anonymous male. Begins at 39:23 and ends at 54:09. 1. Story (fair recording, local history, talks about growing up, he would walk fifteen miles to school everyday, story about his dog, talks about work ethic and how to raise children to be hard workers, family, discipline); 2. Adivinanza (riddle, there was a king who captured men, got the father of a young man, he tried to free his Dad by answering the king's riddle but was not able to).
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Juan Gonzales Sandoval, age 76. Guadalupita, NM. Begins at 54:14 and ends at 58:17. Story (fair recording, there were two friends traveling, with their wagons, one was his grandfather, the two met, one was hauling and selling saints, santos, his wagon hit a rock and they fell and broke).
Scope and Contents
Mr. Trujillo, b. October. 8, 1888, baptized in Springer, NM Part I, Story, The King and the cat (good recording, the king could change into any animal and he turned into a rat and the cat ate him, talking cat, cont. on CD 277).
Dates
- Undated
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