Gilbert Carrillo, Carlos Martinez, Jr., recorders, 1971, 1972
File — Box: 4, CD: 329A
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, 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.)
General
CD I of III. Carrillo, 1971: Mary Marquez, b. 1931, La Joya, NM. See CD 82. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 1:28. 1. Cuento, El nino con dientes (fair recording, story, there was a man going home from work on his horse but he found a bundle on the ground and saw that it was an infant, had teeth); 2. El viaje del borracho (fair recording, story, a drunk man was walking home and heard some ominous noises and a voice, he saw a woman with fire in her eyes).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Carolina Carrillo, b. 1921, age 50. La Joya, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 1:30 and ends at 4:16. Story, Un joven que queria casarse (poor to fair recording, a young man wanted to get married, he could not find a pure girl. His mother told him to go off on his horse and knock on doors and ask for posada for the night, but that he should ask for masa for his horse to eat. If they said no then he was to go on his way until someone would agree to let him stay and feed his horse masa. the boy found a home to stay in and asked the woman if he could marry her daughter and she said yes).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Juan Carrillo, b. 1911. La Joya, NM. Age 60. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 4:18 and ends at 6:47. Cuento, Que rezo yo? (fair recording, story, cuento about a woman who went to church in the dark to pray, the woman was scared by her granddaughter because she asked how to pray, thought she meant one of dead bodies was rising, she ran out of the church and her granddaughter ran after her).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Mrs. Juan Carrillo, b. 1911, La Joya, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 6:53 and ends at 10:59. 1. Cuento, La pajara y la zorra, pajaro y zorro (fair recording, story, cuento about el zorro and a bird, a wedding in the sky, the bird offered la zorra a ride to wedding but then he went as high as he could and dropped la zorra, humor); 2. Cuento, El puente que se quebro (fair recording, story, humor, the wife tell her husband that they need a bridge, the husband built her a bridge and all of the animals would cross).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Juan Romero, age 57, Santa Fe, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 11:00 and ends at 12:22. Story, Crying baby (fair recording, scary, legend about a couple at home alone and they heard a baby crying outside and tried to get him but the baby ran off toward the acequia and the man ran after him but the baby turned into a ball of fire, when the man returned home his wife was dead. The baby was the devil.
General
Carrillo, 1971: Juan Carrillo, b. 1911. Age 60, from La Joya, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 12:23 and ends at 14:36. 1. Cuento, El coyote y la zorra (good recording, story about a fox and a coyote, the coyote devised a plan to eat the fox by pretending to be dead, the fox did not fall for it).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Mrs. Juan Carillo, b. 1911, La Joya, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 14:37 and ends at 15:23. Proverbs (fair recording, verses, saying, dichos).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Teofila Tafoya, age 88. Albuquerque and Las Nutrias, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 15:24 and ends at 18:56. Adivinanzas (poor to fair recording, verses, humor, laughter, rhyming, riddles).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Pedro Griego, Peter Griego, age 71, Alameda, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 19:03 and ends at 21:52. 1. Verso (fair recording, verses, ); 2. Personal experience, El ruido (fair recording, story, the speaker's uncle was dared to sleep in a home that was known to have starnge noices coming from the roof at night, he spent the night and surely heard the noise and he went outside to investigate and discovered a piece of material that was scraping the roof in the wind, he won the bet. Cobos note says: note the jackal and the drum in Panchatantra).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Juan Vicente, age 22, Chimayo, NM. Similar to CD 82. Begins at 21:54 and ends at 23:33. Story, El joven que se emborracho y mato al padre (fair recording, cuento about a son who drank every night and would come home to his father's home very late, his father begged him to stop drinking but he never listened, the son became angry and killed his father in a drunken rage, he tried to throw wash his body in the river but could not because he had become stuck to him, borracho, drinking, death, muerte, respect for parents, family, discipline).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Diego Gallegos. Similr to CD 82. Begins at 23:34 and ends at 24:10. Cuento, Un leon en el bosque (fair recording, story, about a lion that died, the speaker was searching for firewood alone when he saw a lion standing up above him, he ran away, cuento ends abruptly and music plays).
General
Carrillo, 1971: La Familia Mendoza, comercial recording. See CD 82. Begins at 24:13 and ends at 30:24. 1. Song, Corrido de Carlos Coronado (good recording, music, instrumental, guitar); 2. Song, La barca marina (poor recording, singing, guitar, music, morenita).
General
Carrillo, 1971: Arthur L. Campa. See CDs 82 and 83. Begins at 30:30 and ends at 59:47. Cobos note says Denver, Colorado. Lecture on Aspectos de la Cultura (good recording, conference talk , paper appears to be read, local history, Hispanics in Southwest, Hispanic culture in New Mexico, the Spaniards had to choose only certain aspects of their culture to bring to the new world. Speaks English, codeswitching, Bilingual speaker, language. George Foster from University of California wrote the book Culture and Conquest, related to folklore, folk art, Navajo, Apache, Comanches, Juan de Onate founded the New Mexico colony, history of the early colony. Acequia madre, speaker discusses cultural customs related to smoking, food preparation, etc. Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, talks about the origin of tacos and burritos, other foods, pinole, northern New Mexico food and El Paso food, horno, cafe, pastel, traditional food and modern food, conveniences, refrigerator, postre, etc. Talk cont. on CD 329B.
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