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New Mexico-social life and customs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

 File
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

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

 File
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

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