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Ruben Cobos, recorder, 1974, n.d.

 Item — Box: 6, CD: 547

Scope and Contents

Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert cont. from CD 546. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 8:38. Conversation (fair recording, about personal experiences, giving her books and journals away, El Palacio, Old Santa Fe, and about the New Mexico Folklore Society meeting in La Cienega, some on Saul Cohen, and her family history, relatives Baca, Ortiz, Juan Paes Hurtado, Delgado, her accident and artificial leg, poor recording quality after 8 minutes). See recordings by her elsewhere in the collection.

Rafael Rodriguez, Sr., from Bernalillo, NM, b. October 12, 1892, recording date unknown. Begins at 8:55 and ends at 54:53. Conversation (fair recording, versos that the speaker remembers, verso de Antonio plaza, cannot be published says the speaker to Cobos, personal experiences, injuries, health, the Catholic Church, the Pope, France, Napoleon Bonapart, world history, Austria, Juan Ramirez, Mexican Revolution, 1910, Pancho Villa, orphanage, Spaniards, Spain, Acapulco, family heritage, talks about local figure, Juan Delgado, local education, one room school, one teacher for all grades, literacy, learning vowels, numbers, learning to write with a stone, materials, geometry, metric system, cosecha, harvest time, etc.).

Dates

  • 1974, 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