Hipolito Martinez, Tony Ortiz, Mary Ellen Torres, recorders, 1971
File — Box: 3, CD: 322A
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 591 recordings of folk songs, folklore and local histories collected by Ruben Cobos from 1944-1974 in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Also included in the collection are about 270 additional recordings of selected music - a few from New Mexico, many from Mexico and Latin America, and others from Spain, Europe and the U.S. The recordings vary in quality between good, fair, and poor. They contain both musical and spoken content. Most recordings are in Spanish, however, a few are in English. Others are Bilingual or represent the use of Spanglish.
The informants are mainly from New Mexico and Colorado, with a few from California, Texas and Mexico. The collections focuses heavily on spoken Spanish, with examples of poetry, riddles, proverbs, legends, anecdotes, folk tales, mysteries, prayers, nursery rhymes, games, jokes, language use, tricky words, tongue twisters, memories, local history and family history. The Spanish songs include alabados, entriegas for weddings and baptisms, inditas, corridos and ballads, pastores, posadas, love songs, folk dance music, etc. Traditions of Los Juanes and Los Manueles, Penitente morada practices, including women Penitentes, Holy Week songs and activities and the role of the church, santos and fiestas in the lives of the people are also included. There are also several lectures on folklore, music and culture by Cobos and other scholars, including Fray Angelico Chavez, Charles Briggs, Alfonso Ortiz, Arthur Leon Campa, Marta Weigle, Guadalupe Baca Vaughn, Anita Thomas and others. Included also are autobiographical accounts by Ruben Cobos and his wife Elvira.
Songs and stories about and for children, their health and education are included. Although the majority of the information is about Spanish and Hispanic traditions, the collection also provides some materials by and about non-Hispanics and the relationship between the races. A small amount of stories and songs relate to Apaches, Navajos, Pueblos, Mexicanos, African Americans, and Anglos (gringos).
Songs and stories by or about males show them in every walk of life, as rich and poor, old and young, as husbands, widowers, fathers, sons, relatives, compadres, friends, orphans, opponents, collaborators, kings, princes, commoners, giants, ranchers, cowboys, shepherds, farmers, woodcutters, shoemakers, vendors, railroaders, hunters, priests, doctors, teachers, politicians, attorneys, meteorologists, soldiers, witches, simpletons, gamblers, murderers, drunks, adulturers and thieves.
Recordings by and about women add value and perspective to the collection. Females are rich and poor, old and young, girl friends, lovers, adulteresses, wives, widows, mothers, comadres, church attendees, housekeepers for priests, nuns, princesses, queens, teachers, curanderas, cooks and witches. Some of the characters found in the collection are Cinderella, Genoveva de Brabanate, Goldilocks, Delgadina, La Llorona, Doña Cebolla, Dona Fortuna and the Virgin Mary, as well as San Antonio, San Pedro, Bartoldo, Don Cacahuate, Juan Charrasqueado, Pedro and Juan de Urdemalas, Ali Baba, Don Dinero, Tio Botitas and others.
The collection contains descriptions, traditions, local history and songs for New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Mexico. There are references to the Civil War in New Mexico, the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II. Stories tell of superstitions, supernatural, unexplained phenomenon, balls of fire and light, lightening, a comet, the sun, moon, finding treasure, ghosts, devils and magic. Additional topics include traditional food and cooking, health and home remedies. Included also are stories and references to insects, animals, birds, fish and snakes, as well as floods and storms, and automobiles and airplanes.
The informants are mainly from New Mexico and Colorado, with a few from California, Texas and Mexico. The collections focuses heavily on spoken Spanish, with examples of poetry, riddles, proverbs, legends, anecdotes, folk tales, mysteries, prayers, nursery rhymes, games, jokes, language use, tricky words, tongue twisters, memories, local history and family history. The Spanish songs include alabados, entriegas for weddings and baptisms, inditas, corridos and ballads, pastores, posadas, love songs, folk dance music, etc. Traditions of Los Juanes and Los Manueles, Penitente morada practices, including women Penitentes, Holy Week songs and activities and the role of the church, santos and fiestas in the lives of the people are also included. There are also several lectures on folklore, music and culture by Cobos and other scholars, including Fray Angelico Chavez, Charles Briggs, Alfonso Ortiz, Arthur Leon Campa, Marta Weigle, Guadalupe Baca Vaughn, Anita Thomas and others. Included also are autobiographical accounts by Ruben Cobos and his wife Elvira.
Songs and stories about and for children, their health and education are included. Although the majority of the information is about Spanish and Hispanic traditions, the collection also provides some materials by and about non-Hispanics and the relationship between the races. A small amount of stories and songs relate to Apaches, Navajos, Pueblos, Mexicanos, African Americans, and Anglos (gringos).
Songs and stories by or about males show them in every walk of life, as rich and poor, old and young, as husbands, widowers, fathers, sons, relatives, compadres, friends, orphans, opponents, collaborators, kings, princes, commoners, giants, ranchers, cowboys, shepherds, farmers, woodcutters, shoemakers, vendors, railroaders, hunters, priests, doctors, teachers, politicians, attorneys, meteorologists, soldiers, witches, simpletons, gamblers, murderers, drunks, adulturers and thieves.
Recordings by and about women add value and perspective to the collection. Females are rich and poor, old and young, girl friends, lovers, adulteresses, wives, widows, mothers, comadres, church attendees, housekeepers for priests, nuns, princesses, queens, teachers, curanderas, cooks and witches. Some of the characters found in the collection are Cinderella, Genoveva de Brabanate, Goldilocks, Delgadina, La Llorona, Doña Cebolla, Dona Fortuna and the Virgin Mary, as well as San Antonio, San Pedro, Bartoldo, Don Cacahuate, Juan Charrasqueado, Pedro and Juan de Urdemalas, Ali Baba, Don Dinero, Tio Botitas and others.
The collection contains descriptions, traditions, local history and songs for New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Mexico. There are references to the Civil War in New Mexico, the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II. Stories tell of superstitions, supernatural, unexplained phenomenon, balls of fire and light, lightening, a comet, the sun, moon, finding treasure, ghosts, devils and magic. Additional topics include traditional food and cooking, health and home remedies. Included also are stories and references to insects, animals, birds, fish and snakes, as well as floods and storms, and automobiles and airplanes.
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.)
General
CD I of III. Similar to CD 20. Martinez, 1971: Anonymous man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 7:58. Chistes (fair recording, jokes, humor); 2. Verses (fair recording, riddle, chiste, humor); 3. Story (fair recording, two sons told their father the king that they were going to go out on their own, the king gave them three horses, story of their adventures).
General
Martinez, 1971: Elisa Hart, b. 1898 in Ranchos de Taos, NM. Begins at 8:00 and ends at 14:37. Chiste (fair recording, joke, humor, lena, seven words, Catholic church, Good Friday, Holy Week, Semana Santa); 2. Story (good recording, there were two men who rented a bed from an old lady).
General
Martinez, 1971: Anonymous man. CD I of III. Begins at 14:38 and ends at 16:25. Chiste (good recording, joke, humor, speaking Spanglish, codeswitchinging, Bilingual, Spanish, English, language).
General
Martinez, 1971: Agustina Vigil, b. 1924, Talpa, NM. Begins at 16:26 and ends at 16:44. Chiste (good recording, story, professor born in Mexico but was raised in U.S. so he did not know any Spanish, humor, language).
General
Martinez, 1971: Teodoro David Martinez, b. 1954, Talpa, NM. See similar on CD 20. Begins at 16:45 and ends at 19:46. 1. Cuento de Pepito (poor recording, story); 2. Pancho Villa (fair recording, chistes, Pancho Villa, humor, Mexico, pachucos, comida, food); 3. Un gringo en Mexico (fair recording, story, el gringo y los pachucos, joke played on a gringo, fighting).
General
Martinez, 1971: Agustina Vigil, b. 1924, Talpa, NM. Begins at 19:47 and ends at 20:18. Chiste, Dos viejitos y la muerte (fair recording, joke, humor, muerte, who goes first to death when it comes knocking).
General
Ortiz, 1971: Juan M. Lujan, b. 1883, Nambe, NM. Begins at 20:30 and ends at 22:23. Story, Cuento de brujas (poor recording, tecolote, witch).
General
Ortiz, 1971: Francisquita Lujan, b. 1891, Nambe, NM. Begins at 22:25 and ends at 24:52. 1. Maximas (fair recording, riddles, verses, bruja, advice); 2. Cuento de brujas (fair recording, story, witches); 3. Una mujer con tres hijas (fair recording, story, three daughters, cat jumps on table, humor, women).
General
Ortiz, 1971: Arturo Romero, b. 1917, Nambe, NM. Begins at 24:54 and ends at 30:56. 1. Story, El ranchero sordo, dos bueyes (good recording, short, tecolote, man who is deaf); 2. Story, Dos borregueros (good recording, a man wants to go to the dance); 3. Las mujeres de los borregueros, women (fair recording, story, sombrero, women, man shot him).
General
Torres, 1971: A.S. Torres, b. 1911, Tome, NM. Begins at 31:04 and ends at 45:37. 1. Chiste, El perico y el gato (good recording, humor, cat, the parrot played a joke on the man); 2. Story, La sopa de piedra (good recording, a man who walked from one place to another, rock soup).
General
Anonymous man. Begins at 45:41 and ends at 49:06. Story (good recording, Jesus, religious, planting wheat).
General
Anonymous man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 00:35. Story (good recording, humor).
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