Romero, Ricardo from Santa Fe, NM
Item — Box: 1, Interview: 17
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection consists of audio digital files of original interviews and audio cassette recordings of English translations and transcripts of 75 oral history interviews with Spanish speaking old timers living within 60 miles of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The audiotapes and transcripts are English translations (done in 1993) of the original interviews (produced between 1975-1978) which were conducted in Spanish. There are 2 sets of transcripts in bound volumes. One set is in large print, and the other in regular print. Both sets have index volumes refering to English translations and transcripts but can be used as a quide for original interviews listing. There is no audio cassette for interview #10.
The interviews cover topics such as communities, customs, education, family history/biography, farming, food, healing practices, land issues, language, Native Americans, politics and crime, religion, geographic and historic sites, work and economy. Many of the interviewees were from Las Vegas, N.M.
In collaboration with the Carnegie Public Library, Las Vegas, New Mexico, the CSWR digitized the original interviews (almost all in Spanish) from cassette tapes to audio files in October 2023. The original interviews may not match the English translation/transcription interview list of names because a few were not sent to be translated for unknown reasons and some were recorded in English and therefore left out of the original “English Translations/Transcriptions” series of this collection.
To see listing of original interviews and listen to audio files go to "Original Interviews" series in Collection Organization of this finding guide.
The interviews cover topics such as communities, customs, education, family history/biography, farming, food, healing practices, land issues, language, Native Americans, politics and crime, religion, geographic and historic sites, work and economy. Many of the interviewees were from Las Vegas, N.M.
In collaboration with the Carnegie Public Library, Las Vegas, New Mexico, the CSWR digitized the original interviews (almost all in Spanish) from cassette tapes to audio files in October 2023. The original interviews may not match the English translation/transcription interview list of names because a few were not sent to be translated for unknown reasons and some were recorded in English and therefore left out of the original “English Translations/Transcriptions” series of this collection.
To see listing of original interviews and listen to audio files go to "Original Interviews" series in Collection Organization of this finding guide.
Dates
- 1975 - 1993
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Spanish
Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.45 Cubic Feet (4 boxes containing 74 audiocassettes, transcripts, and index)
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