Box 3

Anonymous man singing. Begins at 00:08 and ends at 00:25. Song (poor recording).

Federico Ramirez, May 21st, 1912, age 72, Cuba, NM. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 7:09. 1. Local history, Part II, continued from CD 274 (memories of life in Cuba, New Mexico, harvest, winnowing wheat, farming, ranching, customs, Jemez Springs, baptism, families); 2. Adivinanzas (good recording, riddles, jokes, he states that it is seven PM and that he has to go to mass so that is all he can talk about for now).

Margarito Medina, age 79. Begins at 0:07 and ends at 8:15. 1. His parents' names were Daniel Medina and Maria Griego Medina, paternal grandma was named Ana Maria Griegos, sister named Trinidad, Penasco, NM; 2. Begins at 0:07 and ends at 8:15. Cuento (fair recording, Part I, el Padre Lopez y la indita, etc., daughter, anoche mi hija tuvo un nino, partimiento, women, child birth, brujeria).

Mr. Trujillo, Begins at 00:02 and ends at 00:20. Part II, cont. from CD 276. Story (good recording, the cat ate the king).

Juan de la Cruz aka Gerardo Torres, age 76. Begins at 0:01 and ends at 3:25. Part II, cont. from CD 277. 1. Chiste (cont. from CD 278, good recording, and conversation).

Antonio Jose Vigil, born in 1887. Begins at 4:01 and ends at 15:03. Local history, Torreon, New Mexico (fair recording, story about childhood, life inTorreon, cosecha, harvest, farming, wheat, ranching, hacienda de trigo, customs, games, children, leisure, San Lorenzo, rodeo, ninety sacks of beans).

Anonymous male. Part I, Story, Pedro de Urdemalas, el barquero y el vaquero (good recording, Mexicano, Mariachis, Viva Mexico, cont. on CD 281).

Anonymous male. Begins at 00:09 and ends at 45:13. Local history, Origin of name of Cuba, New Mexico (poor recording, family history, Trujillo family, Hernandez family, Walter Hernandez).

Anonymous, males and females. Begins at 00:01 and ends at 4:14. Part II cont. from CD 283. 1. Penitentes, songs, alabados, prayers (poor recording, singing in distance, flute, noisy tape); 2. Conversation (history, United States, 1918, poor recording).

Anonymous woman. Begins at 00:10 and ends at 1:07. Agglutinate tale (fair recording, verses, rhyme, grandmother and granddaughter, asina).

Anonymous, man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 31:40. Life story, 1921 (fair recording, personal experience, Cobos notes state, left home for Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Trinidad, Colorado. Tucumcari, New Mexico experience buying a shaving razor, $10, $5, train ride, local history, speaking Spanglish, language, ranching).

Anonymous man. Begins at 00:01 and ends at 16:56. Part II, cont. from CD 285. Conversation (poor recording, between men, women heard in background, local history, Tierra Amarilla, personal experience, bank, savings account, pesos, language, speaking Spanglish, bilingual, train).

Tomas Quintana, b. 1898, San Luis, Colorado. Begins the CD and ends at 5:00. Versos (fair recording, music, guitar, women, love song).

Edwin Berry, cont. from CD 289A. 1. (Good recording.) Cancion (song about a woman and a man, beans and rice, each have their own, man is okay without her, not need her, women); 2. Dichos (he is reading them, some are his originals, religious and earthly, some from Los Pastores, shepherds, Christmas, Navidad); 3. Canciones (songs from Las Posadas, shepherds, Navidad, Christmas, la pastorela, San Jose, with explanations, with some spoken parts, sometimes with drum).

Jose Ignacio Chavez, b. 1902, Albuquerque, NM. (Poor recording). Begins at 00:02 and ends at 00:28. Part II, cont. from CD 291, story, women planning to kill him, conversation, personal experience).

Servicios de Penitentes, Northern New Mexico. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 50:00. Part I, Semana Santa, Holy Week, Easter Penitente service. 1. Alabado, sudario y rosario (fair recording, song, lecture, hermano mayor, symbolism of Christ on the cross, alabados, etc. Penitentes take statue of body of Christ from cross, carry to calvary and back to the morada, where service concludes); 2. Lectura (fair recording, sermon, Penitentes, religion, sacrifice).

Anonymous man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 30:48. Semana Santa, Holy Week, Penitentes, Part II cont. from CD 293. Cantos espirituales (fair recording, songs, alabados, Nos dio su cuerpo el Senor, cont. on CD 295).

Leandro Herrera, b. ca. 1901, Chamita, NM. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 59:47. 1. Part III, cont. from CD 294, Penitente service (fair recording, sermon, religious service, Holy Week, Semana Santa, Viernes santo, Holy Friday. Readings, background of the passion, stations of the cross, alabado, rosario by congregation, prayers, Christ speaks as in a poem, sudario, etc., responses); 2. Penitentes (fair recording, song, cont. on CD 296).

Penitentes. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 06:08. Part IV, cont. from CD 295. Penitentes service (fair recording, song, rosary, Holy Week, Semana Santa, cont. on CD 297).

Penitentes. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 33:01. Part V, cont. from CD 296. Penitente service (poor recording, song, Easter, Holy Week, Semana Santa).