A young girl recalls the beauty of her madrina (godmother) and the joy her visits would bring into her life. My godmother was in town. She had come to visit mother and was waiting to take a picture with me. I, of course, was out in the mountains somewhere…
My cousin Doris was a beautiful baby and she had the sweetest smile a child could have. In our village there were superstitions about giving the evil eye to babies such as Doris. Doris would not quit crying and she cried as though she were in great pain. Her…
In 1917, an image of the Blessed Mary appeared in Judge Baca's new window. Thousands of people pilgrimaged to the Baca house to view the image. The account was recorded by A.A. Carter on April 17, 1936 as part of the WPA Writers Project. A.A. Carter Strange Phenomena of…
Rare cast portrait of the folk play Los Comanches, in Ensenada, NM in the early 1930s. This equestrian auto de entrada was probably written between 1774-1780, most probably by don Pedro Bautista Pino of Galisteo, who participated in the Comanche campaigns of the 1770s and who wrote admiringly of…
From February 1889 until the summer of 1891 a clandestine organization of night riders known as Las Gorras Blancas cut the fences and burned the barns of ranchers enclosing the Las Vegas Land Grant commons and destroyed railroad ties and burned bridges in a related effort to disrupt the…
A detailed description of the life of Manuel Jesus Vasques, born in Chamisal, Taos County on the 31st day of January of the year 1856. He served his patron until Don Juan Policarpio Romero's death, having no memory how he came to be in service. This WPA Writers Project…
A short excerpt from the Introduction of Sylvia Rodriguez book The Matachines Dance. From the Introduction of The Matachines Dance by Sylvia Rodriguez The Matachines dance is a ritual drama performed on certain saint’s days in Pueblo Indian and Mexicano/Hispano communities along the upper Rio Grande valley and elsewhere…
This is an interview with Elizabeth Fountain Armendariz. She tells of her parents' interaction with the Hermit. This interview was taken by Marie Carter as part of the Federal Writers' Project. The Project was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under the New Deal. Interviews with 'old timers' and prominent…
Kearny letter from Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid, 1846, General: The address which you have just delivered, in which you announce that you have taken possession of this great country in the name of the United States of America, gives us some idea of the wonderful future that awaits…
Carmen Teresa Gabaldon Rios was a skilled and intelligent business woman who helped make the Rios Wood Yard in Santa Fe the successful operation that it was for many years on Camino Monte Sol. She also raised a large family in which she was its heart and soul Carmen Teresa Gabaldon…
