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Alan Paine Radebaugh Collection of Country Western Music and Interviews

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Identifier: MU-25
Abstract This collection contains song recordings, interviews and photos that Alan Paine Radebaugh collected from four New Mexico country western singers and musicians: Joseph Looney, Robert Carley, Ned Holloway and Sidney Fleming. In addition, there are performances by other early, leading country singers from New Mexico, Texas, California, Kansas and other parts of the country. Some of them were recorded at fiddle contests.
Dates: 1965-1996

Albuquerque Community Concert Association Records

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Identifier: MSS-0006
Abstract Business records, correspondence, and season and performance information of the Albuquerque Community Concert Association from 1947-1977. The collection holds extensive information about performers and performances from archived event programs.
Dates: 1931-1977; Majority of material found within 1947-1977

Cary Blair Photograph Collection

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Identifier: PICT-000-542
Abstract Collection consists of photographs of Cary Blair and others associated with the Heights Community Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Dates: 1936-1955

Charlemaud Curtis Collection of Southwestern Music, Interviews and Programs

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Identifier: MSS-847-BC
Abstract The Curtis collection contains a wide variety of recordings including music, programs and interviews. They range from Navajo, Pueblo, Keresan, Laguna and Mescalero Apache and songs and dances, Spanish alabados, Christmas plays, and wedding dances and popular music, to Anglo American fiddle and cowboy tunes and African American gospel music. Also included are some songs from the Cheyenne and Plains Indians, the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, the Indians of Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru, and a...
Dates: 1960-1987

Consuelo Luz Entrega Recording

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Identifier: MU-24
Abstract The collection consists of one recording of the special Hispanic wedding entrega song composed and sung in Spanish and English by Consuelo Luz for the Southwest Hispanic Arts Curriculum Symposium at the University of New Mexico in 1994. Included also are the meaning of an entriega and the lyrics of this song.
Dates: 1994

Daniel C. McKenzie Music Collection

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Identifier: AC 406
Scope and Content Collection consists of sheet music written or arranged by McKenzie, as well as music written by other composers. Some of the music is transcribed specifically for various band or orchestra instruments. Included in the colletion are original sheet music composed by McKenzie for "La villa de Santa Fe," the official city of Santa Fe song; St Michael's High School's "Horsemen pep song" as well as many other school songs; Spanish and Mexican folk songs and dances; and patriotic and military songs...
Dates: ca. 1923-1943

Dick Stewart papers, 1953-2014 (bulk 1966-1996)

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Identifier: MSS-912-BC
Abstract The collection relates primarily to the 1950’s-60’s rock and roll/garage band music scene and the East Mountain area of Albuquerque, NM – particularly softball and weather.
Dates: 1953-2014; Majority of material found within 1966-1996

Edwin Berry Oral History Interviews and Songs

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Identifier: MU-20
Scope and Content This collection consists of 30 CDs each containing one hour of oral interviews and/or renditions by Edwin Berry (Baca), a pioneer resident of Tomé, New Mexico. These interviews were conducted by Dr. Rowena Rivera, a former professor of Spanish at the University of New Mexico. In 1979, Dr. Rivera interviewed Edwin Berry, who was at the time 66 years old. Mr. Berry gave an account of life in the Tomé area in the early part of the 20th century. In addition to the oral history, the recordings...
Dates: 1979-2000 (bulk 1979-1982)

Elizabeth Garrett Sheet Music Collection

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Identifier: MSS-0011
Abstract Collection of sheet music written by Elizabeth Garrett (1885-1947), the composer of the New Mexico state song “O Fair New Mexico.” Compositions in the collection span 1915-1933, many of which the music and the words are written by Garrett.
Dates: 1915-1933

Enrique Lamadrid Collection of Folk Songs, Oral Histories and Photographic Projects

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Identifier: MSS-840-BC
Abstract The collection features sound recordings and background information on Juan B. Rael, interviews and photos from the 1995 Farmers’ Markets Project in Colorado Springs, and folk music recordings (corridos, inditas, alabados and other traditional songs) and photographs with Native Americans and Hispanics of New Mexico, Cajuns in Texas, and Mexicans on the U.S. Mexican border. Topics covered range from life along the Rio Grande, the Penitentes, Matachines, the blessing of the acequias, tributes to...
Dates: 1930-2011

Florence Hawley Ellis and Donovan Senter Collection of Hispanic, Isleta, and Laguna Songs

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Identifier: MU-8
Abstract These recordings contain Hispanic folk music and songs of the Isleta and Laguna Pueblos.
Dates: 1940-1949

Frank McCulloch Collection of Spanish New Mexican, Mexican and American Music

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Identifier: MSS-956-BC
Abstract The collection consists of recordings of songs performed by Frank McCulloch, Jr. or Frank and his musical groups between 2008 and 2019. Some are original works while others are renditions of well-known songs from New Mexico, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, England, and the United States. In addition, the collection contains material about McCulloch’s landscape paintings, teaching career, family history and photographs.
Dates: 1960-2019; Majority of material found within 2000-2017

Frank V. Mares and Bruna Valencia Mares “No Hay Cosa Como La Madre” recording and associated material

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Identifier: MSS-846-SC
Abstract The collection contains a Spanish mariachi song, “No Hay Cosa Como La Madre” composed by Frank and Bruna Mares for Frank’s mother.
Dates: 1985-1989

Governor's Arts Awards Collection

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Identifier: AC 476
Scope and Content This collection contains administrative files and individual portfolios (by name) of nominees and recipients for the Governor's Arts Awards. Administrative files are defined as: lists of nominees, minutes, nomination forms, nomination procedures, correspondence, awards programs, press releases, articles in Pasatiempo, New Mexican, El Palacio. Portfolios are defined as: nominations, letters of support and recommendations, examples of art, supporting documents, reasons for selection....
Dates: 1974-open; Majority of material found in 1997-2004

Grace Thompson Edmister Photograph Collection

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Identifier: PICT-000-472
Abstract The collection contains photographs compiled by Grace Thompson Edmister, musician, teacher, and director of the Albuquerque Civic Symphony later named New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
Dates: 1890-1980

Gregory R. Peterson scrapbook of Santa Fe area music events and venues

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Identifier: MSS-903-SC
Abstract The collection consists primarily of broadsides and other ephemera advertising music shows, dance classes, and grassroots fundraisers at various Santa Fe area venues.
Dates: 1980-1983

Helen Chandler Ryan New Mexico Federal Music Project Collection

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Identifier: MSS-721-BC
Abstract The Federal Music Project was an agency of the Works Progress Administration that sought to provide work relief for unemployed musicians. This collection documents the activities of the Federal Music Project in New Mexico. Music education and preservation of Spanish-American folk music were two primary goals of the project, which was directed by Helen Chandler Ryan.
Dates: 1936-1943

James B. Wright Collection of Southwestern Native American and Hispanic Music, Interviews and Literary Programs

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Identifier: MSS-829-BC
Abstract This broad collection contains traditional Southwestern Native American and Hispanic folk music, and popular music, dances, poetry readings and interviews collected in the 1970s and 1980s. Also included are Spanish medieval music, a Belen Los Pastores presentation, Matachines music from Tortugas, a Corrales history pageant, Anglo American country western songs and fiddle tunes, Laotian songs from Albuquerque, and a lecture by John Donald Robb.
Dates: 1973-1986

James S. Griffith New Mexican Popular Music Collection

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Identifier: MU-19
Scope and Content This is mainly a collection of New Mexican music recorded in early 1970's on 45 rpm discs, that gave been reformatted to cassettes. Griffith's original part is a unique representation of popular music at that time. A few later items have been added. The lyrics of "Honky Tonk Angels" and "You 'n' Me" are in Spanish and English while "Dejame Ir" is a Spanish translation of "Please Release and Let Me Go," a popular Country and Western song. Also included are "Farmington" and "Navajo Nation '73,"...
Dates: 1963-2007; 1952-2007

Jenny Wells Vincent Recordings

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Identifier: MSS-822-BC
Abstract The bulk of the collection consists of digital recordings of Jenny Vincent's weekly radio program, Cántelo – Sing Along! aired on KKIT, Taos, 1962-1963. The collection also includes assorted music, audio interviews with Jenny Vincent, and one folder of printed background materials, including several photographs. The collection teaches about folklore, history, and Jenny Vincent's love for community and nation.
Dates: 1949-2007; Majority of material found within 1962

John Donald Robb Field Recordings

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Identifier: MU-7
Abstract The John Donald Robb Field Recordings consist of Hispanic, Native American, and Anglo music recorded between 1942-1979 in different parts of New Mexico, the Southwest, Mexico, and Latin America. The collection contains Hispanic folk music such as the alabado, the pastore, the decima, and the corrido. Additionally, Native American chants and dances, as well as Anglo cowboy and frontier ballads are represented in the collection.
Dates: 1942-1979

John Donald Robb Photograph Collection

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Identifier: PICT-000-497
Abstract Photograph collection consists of portraits of John D. Robb and family, friends, and numerous musicians, conductors, singers, and dance performers.
Dates: 1950-1990

Juan S. Lucero and Lora L. Chavez Collection of New Mexico Hispanic Religious and Traditional Songs

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Identifier: MU-2
Abstract This is a collection of songs composed by Juan Sebedeo Lucero, along with a few other traditional New Mexico songs, sung by Lucero and family members. Included are alabanzas or songs of praise, corridos, romances, rancheros and samples of a few other song types such as an indita, polka and a waltz.
Dates: 1950-2008

Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie collection of Northern New Mexico Hispanic music

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Identifier: MSS-838-BC
Abstract This collection consists primarily of recordings of traditional Hispanic folk music performed by musicians in Santa Fe, Chama, Tierra Amarilla, and Bernal, New Mexico. Included are a few ragtime, country, Mexican tunes, and other favorites.
Dates: 1980-1985

Alejandro López Papers and Ethnographic Interviews, 1971-2021

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Identifier: MSS-943-BC
Abstract This collection contains papers and interviews created and collected by Alejandro López from the 1970s to 2021. The papers relate to education, resolana, and service-learning programs, while the ethnographic interviews focus on elders from Chimayo, Truchas, and other Nuevomexicano communities.
Dates: 1971 - 2021

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UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections 33
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Special Collections Library 5
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library 3
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives 1
 
Subject
Sound recordings 18
Folk music -- New Mexico 9
Songs, Spanish -- New Mexico 8
Music -- New Mexico 6
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- History 5
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Folk dance music -- New Mexico 5
Oral histories 5
Photographs 5
Alabados 4
Christmas plays, Spanish -- New Mexico 4
Country music 4
Folk music – New Mexico 4
Folk songs, Spanish -- New Mexico 4
Music -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque 4
Popular music -- New Mexico 4
Sheet music 4
Corridos 3
Fiddle tunes 3
Folk music--New Mexico 3
Hispanic Americans -- Music 3
Mariachi 3
Matachines (Music) 3
Music – New Mexico 3
Old-time music 3
Arrangement (Music) 2
Bands (Music) – New Mexico 2
Church music -- Catholic Church 2
Country music – New Mexico 2
Entertainment events – New Mexico 2
Fiddle tunes – New Mexico 2
Folk songs, Spanish 2
Hymns, Spanish -- New Mexico 2
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Music 2
Inditas 2
Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Music 2
Music 2
Music -- New Mexico -- History 2
Navajo Indians -- Music 2
Polkas 2
Popular music--New Mexico 2
Ragtime music 2
Songs, Spanish -- Mexico 2
Songs, Spanish – New Mexico 2
Africa 1
African Americans -- Music 1
African Americans -- Social life and customs 1
African Americans – New Mexico – Music 1
Agriculture -- New Mexico 1
Agriculture --New Mexico--History 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) 1
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Bands 1
Albuquerque -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century 1
American literature - Hispanic American authors 1
American literature - Indian authors 1
Antigua (Guatemala) 1
Art--Slides 1
Art-Awards-New Mexico 1
Artists -- Awards -- New Mexico 1
Artists -- New Mexico 1
Artists -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Austria 1
Band music -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe 1
Bands (Music) -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque 1
Blues (Music) 1
Bolivia 1
Broadsides 1
Canticos Espirituales 1
Celtic music – New Mexico 1
China 1
Choirs (Music) -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque 1
Christmas Music -- New Mexico 1
Christmas music 1
Christmas plays -- New Mexico 1
Church music 1
Church music -- New Mexico 1
Church music – Ne w Mexico – Catholic Church 1
Clippings 1
Community centers -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque 1
Compact discs 1
Composers -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources 1
Composers -- United States 1
Composers -- United States -- New Mexico 1
Composition (Music) 1
Concert -- New Mexico -- Photographs 1
Concert programs – New Mexico 1
Concerts -- New Mexico 1
Concerts – New Mexico – History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Conductors (Music) -- New Mexico -- Photographs 1
Correspondence 1
Corridos -- New Mexico 1
Costa Rica 1
Country musicians -- United States 1
County musicians -- United States 1
Cowboys - Songs and music 1
Cowboys – New Mexico -- Songs and music 1
Cowboys – Songs and music 1
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Cowboys--Songs and music 1
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Spanish; Castilian 19
Undetermined 4
Navajo; Navaho 3
North American Indian languages 2