Julietta Ortega, recorder, 1970
Item — Box: 6, CD: 580
Scope and Contents
Repeat of CD 32. Juan Miera, b. 1888, Socorro, NM. Begins at 00:20 and ends at 14:50. 1. Personal data (fair to poor recording, local history, San Antonio, Juan's grandfather sent his Dad to school in St. Louis, Missouri, education, but Dad did not like it there, so he took first wagon train back to San Antonio, in 1870s, trip from Socorro to San Antonio took all day, trip to St. Louis, Missouri, took six months, cattle, ranching, business); 2. Los tiempos de antes (fair to poor recording, local history, times have changed, in New Mexico, no alfalfa or cotton farming, back then drove cattle to California, $1 a head, took hides, wool and serapes to St. Louis, Missouri, brought back whiskey. Juan's Aunt Juanita gave beautiful wool serape to Bishop Pitavel of Santa Fe, he sold it at St. Louis World's Fair for S1,500, weaving, women, church, religion. San Antonio and San Pedro in Socorro County had vineyards, wine, grapes, beans, corn and wheat, good farmers back then, agriculture); 3. Boyhood of informant (fair to poor recording, local history, ninez, boyhood, youth, children, born San Antonio, moved to Socorro, Socorro County then one of largest in country, cowboys he knew, working with horses, ranching, economy); 4. Magdalena (fair to poor recording, relato, coal mines, Juan worked for James Emory as sheriff and jailer in Socorrro. taming horses, cats and dogs).
Repeat of CD 32. Jose Gonzalez, b. 1902, Socorro, NM. Begins at 14:51 and ends at 44:46. 1. Story of Juan Jose Baca of Socorro, New Mexico (fair to poor recording, local history, this J.J. Baca was a relative of Elfego Baca, J.J. was a dope peddler, drugs, in jail, prison, in Mexico about to be executed when family raised $50,000 to get him back into the U.S., bail, rescue, was a criminal but kind to all, charitable, dressed impeccably, FBI always after him, lawmen, law enforcement, crime); 2. Pancho Villa (fair to poor recording, local story, early life of Pancho, how was persecuted,how he raised an army, death in 1923, Mexico, Mexican Revolution); 3. Elfego Baca (fair to poor recording, local history, lawman from Socorro, Frisco, fought against the Texans, santo, bulto, protected by Santa Ana, not Santa Rita, took miracle statue with him wherever he serves in law enforcement); 4. Juan Jose Baca (fair to poor recording, local history, more of J.J. Baca and Anglo American wife partner, criminals, wooden leg for smuggling dope drugs from Mexico, border, killed by FBI in Denver, buried in Socorro, Monsignor's ring); 5. Capilla de San Isidro (fair to poor recording, local history, San Isidro chapel, Pueblitos, near Belen - Jarales, growth of community; Rio Grande, floods at San Marcial, Lemitar, New Mexico, near Socorro, comment on how parents were more strict in past than now, children, discipline, family, women, comments on river, 1929 flood, Rio Grand, only the Harvey House at San Marcial was still standing, town wiped out, people moved away to Albuquerque, Socorro, Magdalena and California, etc.); 6. Los Penitentes, relato (fair to poor recording, as he learned it from Adolfo Montano, services, penance, flagellation, velorios, wakes, Holy Week, Semana Santa, religion, church, death).
Repeat of CD 32. Rosela Gonzalez, b. 1913, Bosque, NM, South of Belen. Begins at 44:56 and ends at 52:09. 1. Los Penitentes (fair to poor recording, local history, she describes procession from morada, stops for prayers at the descansos, wore hoods so not identify them, Anglo American tourists taking pictures, religion, church, women members of Penitentes); 2. Adivinanzas (fair to poor recording, sixteen riddles); 3 One adivinanza (fair to poor recording, a riddle spoken by a child, unidentified, children); 4. La abuela y el nieto (fair to poor recording, anecdote, grandmother and grandson, boy dropping a candy on the floor and she saying don't eat it, was licked by the devil, grandmother falling down and boy repeating the same about her, children, women); 5. El cura y el abogado (fair to poor recording, anecdote, priest and lawyer discussing who will make more money before they die); 6. Alabado, Viernes de la Luz (fair recording, religious hymn, New Mexico, alabado, Holy Week, Holy Thursday, Semana Santa, song).
Repeat of CD 32. Jose Gonzalez, b. 1902, Socorro, NM. Begins at 52:10 and ends at 54:24. Elfego Baca (fair to poor recording, local history, more on Baca's fight against the Texans, intensity of the shooting, he survived in adobe hut, broom handle riddled with bullets, etc.).
Rosela Gonzalez, b. 1913, Bosque, NM. Begins at 54:25 and ends at 54:53. 1. Adivinanzas (fair to poor recording, riddles, three by Rosela, one by an unnamed child, children, and one by Mr. Gonzalez).
Ramon Garcia, b. 1905, Bosque, NM. Begins at 54:54 and ends at 58:49. 1. Adivinanzas (fair recording, riddles); 2. Don Cacahuate (fair to poor recording, anecdote, seven episodes, nearly inaudible); 3. El hombre pobrecito (fair to poor recording, anecdote, man testing wife on how much she gossips with neighbors, women).
Repeat of CD 32. Jose Gonzalez, b. 1902, Socorro, NM. Begins at 14:51 and ends at 44:46. 1. Story of Juan Jose Baca of Socorro, New Mexico (fair to poor recording, local history, this J.J. Baca was a relative of Elfego Baca, J.J. was a dope peddler, drugs, in jail, prison, in Mexico about to be executed when family raised $50,000 to get him back into the U.S., bail, rescue, was a criminal but kind to all, charitable, dressed impeccably, FBI always after him, lawmen, law enforcement, crime); 2. Pancho Villa (fair to poor recording, local story, early life of Pancho, how was persecuted,how he raised an army, death in 1923, Mexico, Mexican Revolution); 3. Elfego Baca (fair to poor recording, local history, lawman from Socorro, Frisco, fought against the Texans, santo, bulto, protected by Santa Ana, not Santa Rita, took miracle statue with him wherever he serves in law enforcement); 4. Juan Jose Baca (fair to poor recording, local history, more of J.J. Baca and Anglo American wife partner, criminals, wooden leg for smuggling dope drugs from Mexico, border, killed by FBI in Denver, buried in Socorro, Monsignor's ring); 5. Capilla de San Isidro (fair to poor recording, local history, San Isidro chapel, Pueblitos, near Belen - Jarales, growth of community; Rio Grande, floods at San Marcial, Lemitar, New Mexico, near Socorro, comment on how parents were more strict in past than now, children, discipline, family, women, comments on river, 1929 flood, Rio Grand, only the Harvey House at San Marcial was still standing, town wiped out, people moved away to Albuquerque, Socorro, Magdalena and California, etc.); 6. Los Penitentes, relato (fair to poor recording, as he learned it from Adolfo Montano, services, penance, flagellation, velorios, wakes, Holy Week, Semana Santa, religion, church, death).
Repeat of CD 32. Rosela Gonzalez, b. 1913, Bosque, NM, South of Belen. Begins at 44:56 and ends at 52:09. 1. Los Penitentes (fair to poor recording, local history, she describes procession from morada, stops for prayers at the descansos, wore hoods so not identify them, Anglo American tourists taking pictures, religion, church, women members of Penitentes); 2. Adivinanzas (fair to poor recording, sixteen riddles); 3 One adivinanza (fair to poor recording, a riddle spoken by a child, unidentified, children); 4. La abuela y el nieto (fair to poor recording, anecdote, grandmother and grandson, boy dropping a candy on the floor and she saying don't eat it, was licked by the devil, grandmother falling down and boy repeating the same about her, children, women); 5. El cura y el abogado (fair to poor recording, anecdote, priest and lawyer discussing who will make more money before they die); 6. Alabado, Viernes de la Luz (fair recording, religious hymn, New Mexico, alabado, Holy Week, Holy Thursday, Semana Santa, song).
Repeat of CD 32. Jose Gonzalez, b. 1902, Socorro, NM. Begins at 52:10 and ends at 54:24. Elfego Baca (fair to poor recording, local history, more on Baca's fight against the Texans, intensity of the shooting, he survived in adobe hut, broom handle riddled with bullets, etc.).
Rosela Gonzalez, b. 1913, Bosque, NM. Begins at 54:25 and ends at 54:53. 1. Adivinanzas (fair to poor recording, riddles, three by Rosela, one by an unnamed child, children, and one by Mr. Gonzalez).
Ramon Garcia, b. 1905, Bosque, NM. Begins at 54:54 and ends at 58:49. 1. Adivinanzas (fair recording, riddles); 2. Don Cacahuate (fair to poor recording, anecdote, seven episodes, nearly inaudible); 3. El hombre pobrecito (fair to poor recording, anecdote, man testing wife on how much she gossips with neighbors, women).
Dates
- 1970
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