Anonymous, recorder, n.d.
Item — Box: 5, CD: 488
Scope and Contents
Anonymous man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 00:34. Part II, cont. Story (good recording, about sierra, tres hombres, hijos, three men, sons, buscando trabajo, como van a comer).
Scope and Contents
Annonymous woman. Begins at 00:57 and ends at 5:25. Adivinanzas (good recording, verses, riddles, poems, nalgas arriba, nalgas abajo, saben mas los burros que nosotros)
Scope and Contents
Jose Trujillo. Begins at 5:27 and ends at 39:23. 1. Stories (good recording, about the devil, diablo, trying to get into heaven, San Pedro, St. Peter, and about una bruja, witch, vieja, enchanted dog, steals hairs from victims, three identical brothers); 2. Story (good recording, about a king who was blind and had three sons, doctors could not cure his sight, pajaro de siete colores, bird of seven colors, sent his three sons on a trip, one at a time to buy him the things he needed, the first two sons did not return, use of truje for traje, got the ugliest horses and chairs available); 3. Story (good recording, about a boy who was raised by his grandma, one day he met an elderly man who asked the young boy to tell him stories, princess, palace); 3. Story (good recording, about a man and his daughter, her admirer was very unattractive and she did not want anything to do with him, makes a very spicy chile for him, throws a cat on his back while he is eating, he stopped being attracted to her, women); 4. Story (good recording, about a newlywed couple, marriage, wedding, women, the man wanted a son with gold hair, the babies of his wife were kidnapped by the midwife, women, enchanted bird, he speaks Spanish language and English, Bilingual, Spanglish, Spanglish, codeswitches into English).
Scope and Contents
Annonymous man. Begins 39:25 and ends at 48:19. Story (fair recording, story, codeswitches into English, Spanish language, Bilingual, Spanglish, about organ transplant, judge, attorney, court, translator, milpa, Penitente, placed a cross outside the home to protect against the granizo, superstition); 2. Personal experiences (good recording, stories, as a child, 82 year - old man walking with sticks, had a conversation, story his Dad used to tell him about a wise thief who would give advice, humor, la justicia, one hundred dollars, Don Marcelino).
Scope and Contents
Anonymous man. Begins at 48.20 and ends at 54:11. 1. Chiste (good recording, joke about an uncle and his nephew); 2. Personal experience (good recording, stories about his uncle, tio Juan, humor, chileros, people would come to sell chile and apples,fruit, orchard, horse drawn carriages, story about a specific chilero and his uncle Juan, and an old woman, viejita, buried in Campo Santo but she was not a saint, burial, funeral, death, humor).
Scope and Contents
Anonymous man. Begins at 54:11 and ends at 60:00. Chivo Negro (good recording, thief and a man who would accompany him at night, ghost story); 2. Stories (good recording, ones his father used to tell him, about the king and Bertoldo; one about los gringos, Americans, dos espanoles, two Spaniards, traveling in a car and their brakes failed, insults his mother, asina); 3. Cuento (good recording, story about a woman and her son who lived in Mexico, Mexican Revolution, they tried to draft her son into battle, the woman hid her son, the military found him and took him to fight, women, Mother searches for her son, steals a horse, recording cuts off abruptly at end of CD).
Dates
- n.d.
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
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