Manners and customs.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Albuquerque and vicinity. E.L. Drake, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-3 27
Scope and Contents
Brief description of a variety of social customs and superstitions practiced in Albuquerque and surrounding areas.
Dates:
1936-1940
"By Sunset" (Pa Mete-sol). Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 2425
Scope and Contents
A set of four stories describing various social customs- 1. The practiceee of the village store keepers acting as bankers. 2. The summer departure of villagers seeking work in Colorado. 3. Superstitions about the day Tuesday. 4. Brief description of a flour miller.
Dates:
1936-1940
Christmas Day in Clayton. W.M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 16
Scope and Contents
Christmas Day customs.
Dates:
1936-1940
Community spirit preserved by some religious and social customs. Reyes Martinez. collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-4 1
Scope and Contents
Description of funeral customs.
Dates:
1936-1940
Cowboys and their customs. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-4 4
Scope and Contents
Brief discussion of customs peculiar to the cowboy.
Dates:
1936-1940
Curios practices. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 20
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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
Early settlers of Llano Quemado. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-3 21
Scope and Contents
Brief description of the settlers and way of life in Llano Quemado.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Bautismo. (The Baptism). Aurora Lucero- White, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-9 12
Scope and Contents
Description of Spanish baptismal traditions.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Bautismo. (The Christening). Anonymous., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-18 2
Scope and Contents
Social customs and preparations surrounding christening ceremony.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Custumbre de la comida crusada. (Crossing of the Bar Dinner). Lester Raines. collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-24 8
Scope and Contents
Description of a meal served during the course of a wake.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Inocente. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-26 8
Scope and Contents
Story of an imbecile and his role in a small Hispano village.
Dates:
1936-1940
Northern New Mexico in 1870. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-6 4
Scope and Contents
Description of life in New Mexico during the 1870's. Gives a description of social customs and dangers of Indian attacks.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pablo Candalarias of Tinaja. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-3 23
Scope and Contents
Brief tale of the first settler of Tinaja.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer customs - shorts. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-5 13
Scope and Contents
Insights into some customs of early New Mexico.
Dates:
1936-1940
San Ysidro Labrador. Lorin Brown, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-20 32
Scope and Contents
Explanation of the importance of San Ysidro Labrador among the Hispanos.
Dates:
1936-1940
Social life. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-18 1
Scope and Contents
Description of village games and a brief description on marriage customs in rural Arroyo Hondo, N.M.
Dates:
1936-1940
Social life. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-1 1
Scope and Contents
Description of village games and a brief description on marriage customs in rural Arroyo Hondo, N.M.
Dates:
1936-1940
Spanish-American customs. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 31
Scope and Contents
Small boy explains his mother's method of chasing flies out of the house.
Dates:
1936-1940
Spanish crosses. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 15
Scope and Contents
Explanation of Spanish-American 'Prayer Crosses'
Dates:
1936-1940
Spanish customs. James A. Burns, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 7
Scope and Contents
How Spanish boys are named when born on certain days.
Dates:
1936-1940
Spanish folk customs. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 35
Scope and Contents
Four short stories of New Mexico customs.
Dates:
1936-1940
The laxative of the stranger. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-3 22
Scope and Contents
The Spanish used a native plant, Sebadilla, which had the effects of a strong laxative to rid themselves of unwanted visitors.
Dates:
1936-1940