Story Sharing and Discussion from Martha Rael Nimon about how she used to ride her Grandfather's Horse and Monica Ortega and Irma Cisneros recount a childhood sledding story they were told by school Grandmothers Tessie and Grandma Tina.
Story-sharing and discussion at Questa Women's Tea, November 16, 2019: Loveida Cisneros - Woodcutting and picnic lunch; Monica Ortega – they had a way of sharing lessons without saying it directly; Judy Rutledge – details of stories important to share with our youth; Esther Garcia – Winter Bus Rides with Felix Quintana; Martha Rael Nimon – Memories of Esther’s dad driving the bus; Maria Gonzales – Memories of her Grandmother
Esther Garcia: lessons learned from her father about land and water, importance of youth involvement and water scarcity. Stories and discussion took place at the Questa Women's Tea, November 16, 2019.
Portrait of Carrie Leven and Monica Ortega, Women's Tea, Questa, November 16, 2019, both participants in this first women's memory gathering event hosted by Questa Stories.
Portrait of Carrie Leven, Questa Women's Tea, November 16, 2019. At this event, Carrie shared the experience that peaked her interest in archaeology and eventually led her to a career in the field.
Story illustrating the grit and tenacity of Irene Gomez Rael (paternal Grandmother of Martha Rael Nimon) and one of the dichos that impacted Martha that her grandmother used to tell her.
This is a sound recording of a conversation with the Questa Quilting Group Members about their Group. These women have been meeting together for over 20 years, working on quilts together, helping each other to quilt individual projects and raffling off quilts to donate money to causes within the community. This conversation explores these topics at the Questa Youth Center on November 13, 2019. Members present are Louisa Aragon, Evangeline Jaramillo, Esther Garcia and Maria Elizabeth Huddle.
These women have been meeting together for years, working on quilts together, helping each other to quilt individual projects and raffling off quilts to donate money to causes within the community. This photo was the women who came to the group at the Questa Youth Center on November 12, 2019. Top row left to right: Louisa Aragon and Evangeline Jaramillo. Bottom row sitting left to right: Esther Garcia and Maria Elizabeth Huddle. They are sitting and standing behind a quilt made by Louisa Aragon for a new baby soon to be born to one of her family members, from a pattern she got from Elizabeth Huddle. The group will be stitching (quilting) it together before she gives it to the new baby.
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)
