Flavio Cisneros shares a Letter that was written in February, 1925, requesting the marriage of his mother, Corina Gonzales (later Cisneros) to Francisco Cisneros. The letter was scribed on behalf of Francisco's parents (Adelaida Montoya Cisneros and Gavino Cisneros who could not write) to Mclovio Gonzales and Rosita Velasquez Gonzales (Uncle and Grandmother of Corina Gonzales and her wards after her parents died in the flu epidemic in May 1918). The letter is written in phoenetic Spanish.
Flavio Cisneros shared these photgraphs along with the letter that was written in February, 1925, requesting the marriage of his mother, Corina Gonzales (later Cisneros) to Francisco Cisneros. The letter was scribed on behalf of Francisco's parents, the people in these photos, Adelaida Montoya Cisneros and Gavino Cisneros. (They could not write.) The letter was written to Mclovio Gonzales and Rosita Velasquez Gonzales (Uncle and Grandmother of Corina Gonzales and her wards after her parents died in the flu epidemic in May 1918). The letter is written in phoenetic Spanish.
Flavio Cisneros shares a Letter that was written in February, 1925, requesting the marriage of his mother, Corina Gonzales (later Cisneros) to Francisco Cisneros. The letter was scribed on behalf of Francisco's parents (Adelaida Montoya Cisneros and Gavino Cisneros who could not write) to Mclovio Gonzales and Rosita Velasquez Gonzales (Uncle and Grandmother of Corina Gonzales and her wards after her parents died in the flu epidemic in May 1918). The letter is written in phoenetic Spanish.
The resources is a wav file of Bob Jaramillo describing the family tradition of butchering a hog with a knife that he brought to share July 8, 2018, at the VFW Hall in Questa at the "Community Memory and Story Sharing" event organized by Questa Stories (LEAP/Localogy) and the Questa History Trail (Questa Creative Council).
This is a classic pedimento, a request for marriage, a rite for asking for the girl's hand in marriage. In this letter, Gavino Cisneros and Adelaida M. Cisneros write to Maclobio Gonzales and Rocita B. Gonzales, all of Questa, New Mexico, indicating that their son, Jose Francisco Antonio Cisneros would like to marry Maria Corina Gonzales. The letter is written on February 5, 1925 and they propose that the marriage take place in the month of July.
Letter was written in 1925, recording was made July 8, 2018 at the VFW Hall in Questa at the "Community Memory and Story Sharing" event organized by Questa Stories (LEAP/Localogy) and the Questa History Trail (Questa Creative Council)
Celestina Arellano Martinez, originally from Costilla, owned two pairs of shoes; these were the "At Home Shoes." They were shared here by Jeannie Sanchez Masters on July 8, 2018 at the VFW Hall in Questa at a Community .
The photo is one of the only remaining remnants of one family's participation in the wartime industry, working on the docks and shipyards. Many families and individuals migrated during wartime to California to work in these wartime jobs. Some remained and others eventually returned home.
By 1944, two Rael brothers, Eli and Selimo Rael had traveled to Oakland. They were in their 20s and 30s respectively. At the time, the Kaiser Shipyards in nearby Richmond were the primary industry, but other docks also employed men in San Francisco and Oakland.
Nora Rael Galvez remembers bits and pieces of this history because in those years, her mother and father also moved to be with their sons in Oakland.
"My dad might have closed up his store in Questa then and I guess he might have been employed where his sons were at the shipyards. As a seamstress, my mom, Andrellita used to make money for the family doing that work. One summer, I went as well and was employed in a candy factory," Nora recalled.
This is a photo of the west-facing porch of the Juan de Jesus Bernal and Jacinta Romero Bernal family home. The home was inherited by their daughter, Gregoria Bernal, who married Antonio Jose Arellano. According to Estevan Rael-Galvez, the photo includes Antonio Jose and Gregoria on the far right, with unknown family members on the porch. According to other Arellano family members, this is actually not... but Juan de Jesus Bernal.
For centuries, villagers of Northern New Mexico survived from hard work, religious faith and families helping one another. After WWII, when the barter system transitioned to a cash economy, many left for work and a formal education. Newcomers moved in, adding tension around who may claim a sense of belonging.
In the remote village of Cañones, New Mexico the
building of an early childhood center is met with community enthusiasm and criticism. How community needs are assessed and matched are the focal point of this story, funded through Save the Children.
Join the Lopez family from Las Trampas to learn traditional methods of preserving the harvest, by making Chicos, drying fruits and preparing elk for carne seco. Experience how time-honored traditions are culturally relevant and instructionally useful.
Join the Lopez family from Las Trampas to learn traditional methods of preserving the harvest, by making Chicos, drying fruits and preparing elk for carne seco. Experience how time-honored traditions are culturally relevant and instructionally useful.
In a small town in Northern New Mexico the Martinez family learns how to conserve energy and retrofit an old adobe house to be an energy efficient home.
In a small town in Northern New Mexico the Martinez family learns how to conserve energy and retrofit an old adobe house to be an energy efficient home.
New Mexico State Engineers and the Interstate
Stream Commission sponsored this film to tell the story of New Mexico’s unique irrigation systems and reliance on the fabric of community, history and culture.
A 1980s cassette recording by Los Paisanos de Santa Fe (Antonio Rivera, mandolin; Jose Medina, violin; Robert Gonzales, guitar) of "Sobre Las Olas," a waltz that was very popular in New Mexico before the 1960s. From a digitization given by santafesino mandolinist Tomas Maes (Antonio Rivera's cousin) to Jordan Wax
This photograph is of women quilters of Questa, New Mexico. We were not able to identify everyone, but hope we can do that now. (Blank Spaces are unknown).
Sitting from L-R: Delfina Mandonado Rael; __?___, Marinita Garcia; Irene Rael; Eufrecinia Vigil; Esther Rael; Celia Rael; Anita Velasquez; and little girl?
Standing from L-R: __?___; Simona Gomez; Eufemia Gonzales; __?___; Andrellita Rael; __?___; Eloisa Sanchez; Isabelita ___; __?___; Stella Quintana Rael; Kate Vigil Laforett; Teodorita Vigil Ortega; Little Boy; Eulogia Cordova; Floripa Valdez; __?___ (face obscured, but there); Ursulita Rael-Herrera; Dora Wisehart.
