Ruben Cobos, recorder, 1974
Item — Box: 6, CD: 549
Scope and Contents
Rose Maestas, Rosie Maestas, b. 1939, recorded in Las Vegas, NM. Begins at 00:07 and ends at 8:54. 1. Children's stories (fair recording, moral of story, short stories, zorra, animal stories used to teach children, education, school, jokes, humor, chistes).
Serbana Sanchez, b. November 25, 1925, in Spring Lake, Texas, now lives in Las Vegas, NM. Begins at 9:00 and ends at 13:55. 1. Chiste (fair recording, about two compadres, went to a dance, they borrow a watch and shoes from each other); 2. Jokes (fair recording, story about first day of school, education, chiste, humor, joke, teacher scolded the children for using their names, Carlito, Juanito, etc. asked them to say their full names, Carlos, etc. not using -ito, diminutive, and a boy in class was so scared said his name as Agaputo, Agapito, Spanish, language; 2. El joto, Pancho Villa is recruiting men for his army, battle, soldiers, asking the men to give their names, all do firmly and manly, until one says weakly, my name is Pancho, Villa told him he did not want him in his army, that he wanted real men, and the weakly Pancho said he does too, homosexuality, queer, Mexican Revolution; 3. El violin, a woman always played her violin for her husband, after she died, he asked the undertaker to bury the violin with her, she is fat and over weight, so he places it between her legs because there is no room in the coffin, at the rosary the man crys for the instrument between your legs that gave me so much pleasure, humor, women).
Gillie Sanchez, Gilbert Sanchez, b. January 11, 1924, recorded in Las Vegas, NM. Begins at 13:57 and ends at 16:11. Joke (fair recording, chiste about Pancho Villa, during preparation for the battle with Carranza, Juarez, soldiers in foxhole, an American tourist, a young woman, comes by and sees a weapon and asks a soldier is it a machine gun, he does not understand English and says el mas chingon is Pancho on the white horse, codeswitch from Spanish to English, Bilingual, Spanglish, language, gringas, American women, gueras, hueras, humor).
Rose Maestas, Rosie Maestas, b. 1939, recorded at Las Vegas, NM, 1974. Begins at 16:12 and ends at 24:33. 1. Song (fair recording, performed live, Rosie singing in Spanish, Dr. Cobos joins in singing, they are singing the hymn to New Mexico composed by Amadeo Lucero, from Dixon, NM, titled Nuevo Mexico, she is singing at a small political fiesta, meeting in Las Vegas, NM, West Las Vegas High School, Cobos was attending, more discussion of politics of 1974, election that follows here); 2. El Pajarillo barranqueno, by Rosie Maestas, old folk song about a bird singing in a lime tree).
Gillie Lopez, b. 1924, conversation with Rosie Maestas, Gillie Sanchez, Ruben Cobos, Serbana Sanchez, and Juven Sanchez. Begins at 24:37 and ends at 34:43. Conversation at 1974 political meeting in West Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, New Mexico (fair recording, between various speakers about politics, candidates for 1974 state wide election in New Mexico, Fabian Chavez, Mexicanos, Cubanos, Latino Governor, Jerry Apodaca from Las Cruces for governor, Jose Roberto Sanchez, Max Sanchez, Roberto Mondragon, consensus was that Apodoca would be elected next governor, all but Mondragon was elected. Includes Rosie and Ruben singing El Quelite, a Mexican folk song; Cobos singing El Gallo Copeton and Cobos stating a well know dicho about staying with me and back me up ).
Group performance. Begins at 34:44 and ends at 38:39. Group (fair recording, in Spanish, Cobos and the former group at Las Vegas fiesta, 1974, all singing in unison, in Spanish, with accordion, el camino a Santa Fe, the road to Santa Fe, politics, manana me voy, recordarde me, camino a Santa Rosa, forget about the past, etc.).
Serbana Sanchez, b. November 25, 1925, in Spring Lake, Texas, now lives in Las Vegas, NM. Begins at 9:00 and ends at 13:55. 1. Chiste (fair recording, about two compadres, went to a dance, they borrow a watch and shoes from each other); 2. Jokes (fair recording, story about first day of school, education, chiste, humor, joke, teacher scolded the children for using their names, Carlito, Juanito, etc. asked them to say their full names, Carlos, etc. not using -ito, diminutive, and a boy in class was so scared said his name as Agaputo, Agapito, Spanish, language; 2. El joto, Pancho Villa is recruiting men for his army, battle, soldiers, asking the men to give their names, all do firmly and manly, until one says weakly, my name is Pancho, Villa told him he did not want him in his army, that he wanted real men, and the weakly Pancho said he does too, homosexuality, queer, Mexican Revolution; 3. El violin, a woman always played her violin for her husband, after she died, he asked the undertaker to bury the violin with her, she is fat and over weight, so he places it between her legs because there is no room in the coffin, at the rosary the man crys for the instrument between your legs that gave me so much pleasure, humor, women).
Gillie Sanchez, Gilbert Sanchez, b. January 11, 1924, recorded in Las Vegas, NM. Begins at 13:57 and ends at 16:11. Joke (fair recording, chiste about Pancho Villa, during preparation for the battle with Carranza, Juarez, soldiers in foxhole, an American tourist, a young woman, comes by and sees a weapon and asks a soldier is it a machine gun, he does not understand English and says el mas chingon is Pancho on the white horse, codeswitch from Spanish to English, Bilingual, Spanglish, language, gringas, American women, gueras, hueras, humor).
Rose Maestas, Rosie Maestas, b. 1939, recorded at Las Vegas, NM, 1974. Begins at 16:12 and ends at 24:33. 1. Song (fair recording, performed live, Rosie singing in Spanish, Dr. Cobos joins in singing, they are singing the hymn to New Mexico composed by Amadeo Lucero, from Dixon, NM, titled Nuevo Mexico, she is singing at a small political fiesta, meeting in Las Vegas, NM, West Las Vegas High School, Cobos was attending, more discussion of politics of 1974, election that follows here); 2. El Pajarillo barranqueno, by Rosie Maestas, old folk song about a bird singing in a lime tree).
Gillie Lopez, b. 1924, conversation with Rosie Maestas, Gillie Sanchez, Ruben Cobos, Serbana Sanchez, and Juven Sanchez. Begins at 24:37 and ends at 34:43. Conversation at 1974 political meeting in West Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, New Mexico (fair recording, between various speakers about politics, candidates for 1974 state wide election in New Mexico, Fabian Chavez, Mexicanos, Cubanos, Latino Governor, Jerry Apodaca from Las Cruces for governor, Jose Roberto Sanchez, Max Sanchez, Roberto Mondragon, consensus was that Apodoca would be elected next governor, all but Mondragon was elected. Includes Rosie and Ruben singing El Quelite, a Mexican folk song; Cobos singing El Gallo Copeton and Cobos stating a well know dicho about staying with me and back me up ).
Group performance. Begins at 34:44 and ends at 38:39. Group (fair recording, in Spanish, Cobos and the former group at Las Vegas fiesta, 1974, all singing in unison, in Spanish, with accordion, el camino a Santa Fe, the road to Santa Fe, politics, manana me voy, recordarde me, camino a Santa Rosa, forget about the past, etc.).
Dates
- 1974
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