Andrew Vigil, James Martinez, Krist J. Peetz, Rose Griego, recorders, 1975
File — Box: 4, CD: 383
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
- 1975
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
Vigil, 1975: Lillian Vigil, born 1902, Ocate, NM. Begins at 00:03 and ends at 14:11. Hard to hear but see Cobos notes to songs, verses, riddles, etc. for CD 383 in Cobos folder. 1. Datos personales (poor recording, personal information of speaker, cannot hear her name, Taos New Mexico, age 63); 2. El chiquiado (fair to poor recording, verses, chiquiao, dance, explained, man who wanted to dance with a girl had to recite a love verse to her, if no verse, she refused to dance, good material); 3. Canciones (fair recording, singing, songs from 100 years ago, music history, Agua que no haz de beber, cancion popular de 1920; Bonitas nubes, Una manana de horas negras); 4. Adivinanzas (riddles, el guangoche, una guitarra, los sarcios); 5. Indita mia (poor recording); 6. Cancion antigua (another old song, poor recording, inaudible).
Vigil, 1975: Jose Cipriano Pacheco, born 1913, age 63. From Taos, NM. Begins at 14:15 and ends at 31:53. 1. Datos personales (fair recording, personal information); 2. Dichos (fair recording, sayings, ojo mirete, no mentirete, a la tierra que fuera haz lo que mira); 3. Relato (fair recording, story of Juan Oso, girl kidnapped by a bear, prisoners, nearly inaudible); 4. Advinanzas (inaudible).
Vigil, 1975: Feloniz Trujillo, born 1925, Taos, NM. Poor recording but see notes in Cobos folder. Begins at 31:54 and ends at 45:54. 1. Datos personales (poor recording, inaudible); 2. Romance, El gato de la alegria (poor recording, verses, poem, cat is supposed to get married, falls from above, injured, humor); 3. Versos (poor recording, Si este libro se perdiere, don't steal my book, keep the seventh commandment, El septimo mandamiento, reading, book plate, exlibris); 4. Verses (poor recording, Senor del carro, para fumar, asking for a cigar and match, smoking); 5. Dichos (poor recording, sayings, wisdom); 6. Adivinanzas (poor recording, riddles, humor); 7. Chiquiado (poor recording, personal experience, local traditions, conversation, chiquiao, dance, verses); 8. Conversation (poor recording, inaudible); 9. Entriega de novios (poor recording, recited, marriage, wedding, local traditions); 10. Dichos (poor recording, sayings, proverbs, mano lava otro, con quien anda, dos agujas, buscan tres pies hallan cuatro, paga lo que debe, mal no dura cien anos, bien tiene, mal descoje, pierde perro, pan, escupa al cielo, cara caja, perro, ladra, hueso, boca y mosca, amigo cerca mejor que hermano lejo, pajarito en mano, cien volando, cuna y palo, saco, dentro, vara mides, medido, trabajo de ninos, agradece loco, hambre, comer, piensa, puerta cierra, cien abren, hoyera madre desgracia, natural, segura hasta la sepultura, cinchen, hombres propenen, Dios dispone, ciego, ver, mudo, hablar, sordo, oir, madre muere, muerte, volando viene, va, dichoso el que si viene vuelve, unas, agarran desechas, si no llora, no mama); 11. Adivinanzas (poor recording, una calabaza, la hacha, tortillas, el cabestro, llaves, en la muneca, el piojo); 12. Chiquiado (poor recording, personal experience, local traditions, conversation, chiquiao, three verses, dance, words given in Cobos folder); 13. Conversation, Don Cafe, Don Atole (poor recording, story, local traditions); 14. Entriega de novios (poor recording, wedding tradition, verses written by Eloy C. Pacheco, long explanation and meaning of getting married, and words of entriega written out in Cobos folder); 15. Dichos (poor recording, sayings, dos, esta recibida ni de Dios vendecida, pero ni del diablo olvide, mi tata Dios dice haz tu deligencia y yo te ayudare).
Martinez, 1975: Blas Chavez, born 1909, born in Ranchos de Taos, lives in Los Cordovas, NM. Begins at 45:59 and ends at 62:36. 1. anecdotes, stories (fair recording, The Banker and The Borrower, business, money, heaven and hell); 2. Chiste (fair recording, cuento, Los Brincos de Juan, Juanito's father loans out animals for breeding, Juanito knows the cost of each animal, but then a man, father of a pregnant girl, comes by to ask about cost of baby Juanito produced with his daughter, doesn't know cost of little Juanito); 3. Chiste, El oso y el leon (poor recording, cuento, joke, donkey, cow and coyote, anecdote); 4. Chiste, El toro y el Ratoncito (fair recording, chiste, joke, mouse insults the bull, humor); 5. Chiste, Ratoncito y la vaca (fair recording, joke, humor); 6. Chiste, El sol y la luna (fair recording, joke, the sun and the moon fight); 7. Chiste, El pastor de ovejas (fair recording, joke, shepherd, sheep, ventriloquist, black sheep is a tattle tail, humor); 8. Dichos (fair recording, proverbs, wisdom, cielos escarpa, cara caiga, obedece padres, obedece a Dios, adelante mira, otros nunca queda, pajaros en mano, cien volando, desconocido, puerta cierra, otra abre, no todo reluce es oro, vale mas talento sin educacion, education, piedra que rueda, no crece muco, cantar el el llano, pagara a la viguela); 9. anecdotes (fair recording, stories, The Sheepherders, dos pastores, one who prepares a political speech to give in town; The priest, Child and priest, tell him where God is not, not in Tia's corral, humor); Dos ninos, two boys, one thin and one fat, meet bear in mountains, coward).
Vigil, 1975: Jose Cipriano Pacheco, born 1913, age 63. From Taos, NM. Begins at 14:15 and ends at 31:53. 1. Datos personales (fair recording, personal information); 2. Dichos (fair recording, sayings, ojo mirete, no mentirete, a la tierra que fuera haz lo que mira); 3. Relato (fair recording, story of Juan Oso, girl kidnapped by a bear, prisoners, nearly inaudible); 4. Advinanzas (inaudible).
Vigil, 1975: Feloniz Trujillo, born 1925, Taos, NM. Poor recording but see notes in Cobos folder. Begins at 31:54 and ends at 45:54. 1. Datos personales (poor recording, inaudible); 2. Romance, El gato de la alegria (poor recording, verses, poem, cat is supposed to get married, falls from above, injured, humor); 3. Versos (poor recording, Si este libro se perdiere, don't steal my book, keep the seventh commandment, El septimo mandamiento, reading, book plate, exlibris); 4. Verses (poor recording, Senor del carro, para fumar, asking for a cigar and match, smoking); 5. Dichos (poor recording, sayings, wisdom); 6. Adivinanzas (poor recording, riddles, humor); 7. Chiquiado (poor recording, personal experience, local traditions, conversation, chiquiao, dance, verses); 8. Conversation (poor recording, inaudible); 9. Entriega de novios (poor recording, recited, marriage, wedding, local traditions); 10. Dichos (poor recording, sayings, proverbs, mano lava otro, con quien anda, dos agujas, buscan tres pies hallan cuatro, paga lo que debe, mal no dura cien anos, bien tiene, mal descoje, pierde perro, pan, escupa al cielo, cara caja, perro, ladra, hueso, boca y mosca, amigo cerca mejor que hermano lejo, pajarito en mano, cien volando, cuna y palo, saco, dentro, vara mides, medido, trabajo de ninos, agradece loco, hambre, comer, piensa, puerta cierra, cien abren, hoyera madre desgracia, natural, segura hasta la sepultura, cinchen, hombres propenen, Dios dispone, ciego, ver, mudo, hablar, sordo, oir, madre muere, muerte, volando viene, va, dichoso el que si viene vuelve, unas, agarran desechas, si no llora, no mama); 11. Adivinanzas (poor recording, una calabaza, la hacha, tortillas, el cabestro, llaves, en la muneca, el piojo); 12. Chiquiado (poor recording, personal experience, local traditions, conversation, chiquiao, three verses, dance, words given in Cobos folder); 13. Conversation, Don Cafe, Don Atole (poor recording, story, local traditions); 14. Entriega de novios (poor recording, wedding tradition, verses written by Eloy C. Pacheco, long explanation and meaning of getting married, and words of entriega written out in Cobos folder); 15. Dichos (poor recording, sayings, dos, esta recibida ni de Dios vendecida, pero ni del diablo olvide, mi tata Dios dice haz tu deligencia y yo te ayudare).
Martinez, 1975: Blas Chavez, born 1909, born in Ranchos de Taos, lives in Los Cordovas, NM. Begins at 45:59 and ends at 62:36. 1. anecdotes, stories (fair recording, The Banker and The Borrower, business, money, heaven and hell); 2. Chiste (fair recording, cuento, Los Brincos de Juan, Juanito's father loans out animals for breeding, Juanito knows the cost of each animal, but then a man, father of a pregnant girl, comes by to ask about cost of baby Juanito produced with his daughter, doesn't know cost of little Juanito); 3. Chiste, El oso y el leon (poor recording, cuento, joke, donkey, cow and coyote, anecdote); 4. Chiste, El toro y el Ratoncito (fair recording, chiste, joke, mouse insults the bull, humor); 5. Chiste, Ratoncito y la vaca (fair recording, joke, humor); 6. Chiste, El sol y la luna (fair recording, joke, the sun and the moon fight); 7. Chiste, El pastor de ovejas (fair recording, joke, shepherd, sheep, ventriloquist, black sheep is a tattle tail, humor); 8. Dichos (fair recording, proverbs, wisdom, cielos escarpa, cara caiga, obedece padres, obedece a Dios, adelante mira, otros nunca queda, pajaros en mano, cien volando, desconocido, puerta cierra, otra abre, no todo reluce es oro, vale mas talento sin educacion, education, piedra que rueda, no crece muco, cantar el el llano, pagara a la viguela); 9. anecdotes (fair recording, stories, The Sheepherders, dos pastores, one who prepares a political speech to give in town; The priest, Child and priest, tell him where God is not, not in Tia's corral, humor); Dos ninos, two boys, one thin and one fat, meet bear in mountains, coward).
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
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