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Edwin Berry Oral History Interviews and Songs
Collection
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)
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library's WPA New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: NMU CSWR WPA
Abstract
Most of the New Mexico WPA stories were collected among Hispanic and Anglo Americans across the state. They contain folk tales, songs, customs, town histories and biographies of pioneer leaders. Some stories relate to Native American topics; a few materials pertain to African Americans and Chinese immigrants.
Dates:
1936-1940
James B. Wright Collection of Southwestern Native American and Hispanic Music, Interviews and Literary Programs
Collection
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
WPA New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 228
Scope and Content
Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.
Dates:
1936-1940
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
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- Folklore -- New Mexico 3
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- Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico 2
- New Mexico -- History -- 1848- 2
- Alabados 1
- American literature - Hispanic American authors 1
- American literature - Indian authors 1
- Canticos Espirituales 1
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- Church music -- Catholic Church 1
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- Cowboys - Songs and music 1
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- Folklore – New Mexico 1
- Hispanic Americans - Southwest, New - Folklore 1
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- Hispanic Americans - Southwest, New - Poetry 1
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- Hymns, Spanish 1
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- Indian dance - North America 1
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- New Mexico -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes 1
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- Old-time music 1
- Pastores 1
- Powwows 1
- Ragtime music 1
- Songs, Spanish 1
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- Tomé (N.M.) -- History 1 ∧ less
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- Spanish; Castilian 2
- Lao 1
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- Berry, Edwin, interviewee 1
- Federal Writers' Project. New Mexico 1
- New Mexico Folklore Society 1
- Ortega, Pedro Ribera 1
- Ortiz, Simon J., 1941- 1
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