Ruben Cobos, recorder, May 10, 1975
Item — Box: 5, CD: 455B
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Part II of III. Anonymous man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 3:00, at Folklore Society Conference luncheon, May 1975, Silver City, NM (poor recording, lecture, verbal invitation).
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T. M. Pearce, Thomas Matthews Pearce, Matt Pearce, Professor of English at University of New Mexico, at New Mexico Folklore Society Conference, Silver City, May 1975. Begins at 3:01 and ends at 22:30. Lecture, Folklore Society luncheon speaker, 1975 (good recording, in English, on New Mexico place names, the folklore of names, how are names assigned, patterns and categories, descriptive naming, refers to Mark Twain's Diary of Adam, Grant County name for General Grant, transfer of names, Santa Fe is a name in Spain also, where Christians stopped the Arabs in 1492, Devil's Lake, De Baca County, Devil's racetrack, Chaves County, Devil's Arch in Luna County, Mesa Gigante, monster named Sabio, feared by the Native people, kept children in line, Mesa Encantada, Akalea, more in his place name dictionary, Juan Tabo Canyon, Taboso Indians, branch of the tribe, Tucumcari Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Comanche Indians, etc.).
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New Mexico Folklore Society Conference business meeting, Silver City, May 1975, Dr. James Pinrod and Dr. Ruben Cobos, President of the Society. Begins at 22:35 and ends at 32:44. Introduction (good recording, introduction by Dr. Cobos, election of officers of the Society for 1976, Cathy Bower from Silver City as President, First Vice - President Muriel Latham Pfeifer of Albuquerque, Second Vice - President Rosa Hernandez of Las Cruces, Secretary and Treasurer Frances Baughman of Albuquerque, Editor of Publications Ernest Baughman of Albuquerque, Historian and Archivist, Professor Emeritus Matt Pearce. Nominating committee consisted of: Guadalupe Vaughn, Elvira Cobos, and Dr. James Pinrod); Formal Vote (good recording, parliamentary procedure, officers formally elected); Annual Report (good recording, financial report from the Secretary and Treasurer, Frances Baughman, outlines balance and expenses for the previous year, largest expense was the publication of the New Mexico Folklore Record, the Society publication; Matt Pearce requests funding, vote unanimously to grant funding. Dr. Cobos introduces next speaker Muriel Latham Pfeifer, she does not speak however); Announcements (good recording, Matt Pearce makes announcements about the Folklore Society, names numerous people and their contributions, etc.) .
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New Mexico Folklore Society Conference cont., May 1975, Silver City, speaker is Mr. Ed Busby, President of the Grant County, Silver City, Chamber of Commerce. Begins at 33:30 and ends at 37:09. Announcement (good recording, speaker describes the tourist attractions, tourism in Silver City, Grant County, Gila Wilderness area, waterfalls, copper mines, unique trout fishing, San Lorenzo, Lake Roberts, etc).
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Dr. Gilbert Calkins, Dean of Academic Affairs, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, at New Mexico Folklore Society Conference, Silver City, May 1975. Begins at 37:10 and ends at 42:05. Lecture (good recording, Churchhill stories, story of a running fued, Shaw sent Sir Winston two tickets to his play with a note to bring a friend, Winston declined the invitation, don't let the good life pass you by).
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Dan Salas, at New Mexico Folklore Society Conference, Silver City, May 1975. Begins at 42:06 and 47:10. Poetry reading (good recording, poem reflects the things that are important to the author, i.e., the land, people on the land, eternity, New Mexico, history, names of our cities came from Spain, immigrants, colonial Spanish settlers, Juan de Onate, General Kearny, etc.).
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Various speakers, at Folklore Society Conference, Silver City, May 1975. Begins at 47:12 and ends at 54:01. 1. Introduction (good recording, Dr. Ruben Cobos speaks for several minutes about his name and son, and his position as President of the Folklore Society that year, and introduces the new President, Cathy Bower, good recording); 2. Bower then introduces Janaloo Hill, of Shakespeare, NM, invites guests to visit the town, poor recording, inaudible; 3. Bower then introduces next speaker, Rosa Fernandez, talking about Mesilla, NM, poor recording, inaudible, not speaking into microphone; 4. Bower introduces next speaker Douglas Dinwiddie of Western New Mexico University Museum, inaudible, extends invitation to museum, not speaking into microphone; 5. Bower introduces Dr. Dale Giese of Western New Mexico University).
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Dr. Dale Giese, Professor of History, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, graduate of University of New Mexico, at New Mexico Folklore Society Conference, May 1975, Silver City. Begins at 54:02 and ends at 69:26. Lecture (good recording, early days in Pinos Altos, history, dissertation, soldiers, military activity, economic, social life, historian, Dorothy Watson, claims against the United States government for depredation by the Indians, Indian attacks, Felix Grundy Mackey, Crook's Canyon, Apache Indians, 1861 attack at Pino Alto, singular, in 1870's town name was changed to plural Pinos Altos, gold mining, mines, Aztec, Ohio, Pacific Number 2, The Kept Woman, The Manhattan, The Mini grande, Mountain Key, miners worked sun up to sun down, off on Sundays, pay $1.00 to $3.50 per day salary, general stores extended credit to miners, always in debt, New Mexcio Highway 25, stores bought in shrimp and oysters in tin cans, used fire heaters burned oak, juniper and pine logs, lumber, wood cutting, houses built of adobe, recreational activities, Pinos Altos baseball team in the 1890's, women, sewing bees, knitting contests, establishment of churches, religion, Silver City and surrounding areas, High School was only two years old, 1903 girl's basketball program, women, sports, Pinos Altos was one of the very busy centers of activity in the Southwest).
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David Berry and Susan Morton Berry, Susan Berry, both were 1974 graduates of Western New Mexico University, Silver City, presentation at the New Mexico Folklore Society Conference, Silver City, 1975 (talk and slide show on early Grant County architecture, native rock construction in Pinos Altos, and adobe, later town, etc.).
Dates
- May 10, 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.)
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