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New Mexico -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

An old native custom - Camila. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 55
Scope and Contents Social customs & pressures that allowed one to kill an unfaithful mate.
Dates: 1936-1940

An old native custom - El Abuelo or Coco (The grandfather of Bogie). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 46
Scope and Contents A description of "Coco" the spirit that set the moral tone of a community.
Dates: 1936-1940

Chana. Annette H. Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-52 71
Scope and Contents Description of life and customs in a Spanish village. October 8, 1940.
Dates: 1936-1940

Chiquiau - A Spanish dance. N. Howard Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-59 7
Scope and Contents Explains the custom of verse reciting as a means of asking a girl to dance. (Nov. 11, 1937).
Dates: 1936-1940

Community work. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 26
Scope and Contents Description of community projects such as sheepherding, defending the village, prayer, irrigating the lands and house building.
Dates: 1936-1940

Dos hombres sabios de Las Placitas. (Two wise men of Las Placitas). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 56
Scope and Contents Describes the duties of the town Alcalde.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Pelon y La Pelona. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-2 39
Scope and Contents A story explaining that villagers who do not follow community customs will be ostracized. The branded villagers are distinguished by their short hair.
Dates: 1936-1940

Flight to Mexico. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 10
Scope and Contents Description of life in the village of Cordova, N.M. and a tale of a man who flees south in order to get away from his bruja wife leaving behind buried treasure. (April 26, 1937).
Dates: 1936-1940

Life in the old houses (Part 1). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 13
Scope and Contents The story of Josefa & her sons.
Dates: 1936-1940

Life in the old houses (Part 2). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 14
Scope and Contents Description of life in Placitas in the 1860's.
Dates: 1936-1940

Life in the old houses (Part 4). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 16
Scope and Contents Description of life in Las Placitas, New Mexico.
Dates: 1936-1940

Life in the old houses (Part 7). Gabrielita y Placida. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 19
Scope and Contents Description of daily life in Las Placitas.
Dates: 1936-1940

Lina. Annette H. Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-52 74
Scope and Contents Description of customs in a small New Mexico village. December 31, 1940.
Dates: 1936-1940

Mateo y Raquel. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 12
Scope and Contents A two part story about the relationship of the patrones & peons.
Dates: 1936-1940

Peon, vaquero, ranchero & caballero. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-2 6
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

Placitas. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 51
Scope and Contents Account of social & historical changes in Las Placitas.
Dates: 1936-1940

Social development in New Mexico. Vincent N. Garoffolo, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-57 18
Scope and Contents Review of social growth in the State. (August 26, 1936).
Dates: 1936-1940

Social development of New Mexico. Tom Kromer, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-57 14
Scope and Contents Discussion of class structure in the State from Spanish times to modern times. Bibliography included. (Aug. 26, 1936).
Dates: 1936-1940

Spanish-American customs. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

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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

Stories of buried treasure, old timers stories and pioneers' stories compiled by the Federal Writers' Project., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 1
Scope and Contents Booklet of stories by various authors. Includes folklore, customs and tales of buried treasure.
Dates: 1936-1940

The Bell Marianna. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 8
Scope and Contents Description of life in Cordova, N.M. and the estate of Don Pedro. Also a description of Don Pedro contributing gold and silver coins for the making of a bell for the church.
Dates: 1936-1940

The panic of 1862. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 49
Scope and Contents An account of the influence & control patrones had over the peones.
Dates: 1936-1940

Vicenta. Annette H. Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-53 1
Scope and Contents Stories of Vicenta Sanchez's life. Apr. 15- May 6, 1941.
Dates: 1936-1940