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Ruben Cobos, recorder, n.d.

 Item — Box: 5, CD: 503

Scope and Contents

Anonymous woman. Begins at 00:08 and ends at 4:40. Story (poor recording, recording is muffled).

Anonymous man and woman. Begins at 4:45 and ends at 8:22. 1. Riddles (poor recording, adivinanzas, jokes, humor); 2. Verses (poor recording, story, poem, ants, fleas, rats, cats); 3. Riddles (fair recording, adivinanzas, marriage, widows, joke, humor).

Anonymous man. Begins at 8:30 and ends at 25:09. 1. Story (fair recording, begins in middle of story, why why they burned a woman, story ends abruptly); 2. Story (fair recording, about a man who stays with an old woman, First Communion, Pedro, bandito, humor, Virgin Mary, mother of Christ).

Anonymous man. Begins at 25:15 and ends at 32:30. 1. Advice (fair recording, advice from elders, traditional proverbs, wisdom); 2. Story (fair to good recording, story about a man who went to find a living, a job, and found treasure, etc.).

Anonymous man. Begins at 32:35 and ends at 58:39. 1. Story (fair recording, a forty five year old man marries a six year old, the family advised him that it was a bad idea); 2. Various stories (poor recording, use of trujo, Spanish language, El perico, story ends abruptly at end of CD, cont. on CD 505).

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

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