Background Information:
The audio interviews recorded originally on cassette tapes are part of the Center for Southwest Research Anselmo Arellano collection. The interviews, conducted mostly by Anselmo Arellano, were of regional community elders - a relationship formed through extended kinship and cultural ties. The intentions of the interviewer and the participants were to document and transfer community knowledge and local and family history for educational purposes and also to preserve Nuevomexicano culture and spoken Spanish language. Most of the interviews were part of Arellano's research on the history/culture of the Las Vegas, New Mexico area. (See also the Spanish Language Video Interviews series from his collection.)
Original cassette tapes were digitized by Judy Garcia and uploaded onto UNM Digital Repository by CSWR Archivist, Samuel Sisneros and CRS graduate fellow, Maria Feliza Monta.
For bio of Anselmo Arellano and to learn more about the collection see finding guide to the Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico.: New Mexico Archives Online
Copyrights:
The audio files are made accessible for purposes of education and research. Reproduction of works protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.
New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project:
The Anselmo Arellano collection's Spanish language oral History interviews series is one of the ethnographic oral history collections archived at the Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) that are part of the New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project. Initiated in 2025 by archivist Samuel Sisneros and Center for Regional Studies graduate fellow, Feliza Monta Jameson, the objective of the project is to consolidate and coordinate CSWR archival collections containing interviews of native New Mexico Spanish speakers. The project involves recovering, regenerating, preserving and extending the ethnographic studies done by earlier investigators, researchers and producers. By using current digital and online technologies, this project intends to bridge the accessibility gap between their work (1960s-1990s) and the present. See all project collections at: New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project
Submissions from 1997
Sandoval, Damacio / Lucia, (Las Vegas, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 010.1
Sandoval, Damacio / Lucia, (Las Vegas, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 010.2
Submissions from 1995
Zamora, Griselda, (Torreon/Santa Fe, NM), 1140 2. 022
García, Antonia, (Torreon/Santa Fe, NM), 1140 2. 023
Submissions from 1989
Gonzalez de Martinez, Antonia, (Mora, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 016.1
Gonzalez de Martinez, Antonia, (Mora, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 016.2
Submissions from 1988
Lopez, Agustín, (Las Vegas, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 002.1
Lopez, Agustín, (Las Vegas, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 002.2
Vasquez, Eucebio and Dora, (Chacón, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 007.1
Vasquez, Eucebio and Dora, (Chacón, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 007.2
Submissions from 1987
C de Baca, Elba, (Las Vegas, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 008.1
C de Baca, Elba, (Las Vegas, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 008.2
Pino, Gabrielita, (Buena Vista, NM), 1140 2. 018
Submissions from 1986
Sandoval, Benjamin, (Albuquerque, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 009.1
Sandoval, Benjamin, (Albuquerque, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 009.2
Arellano, Federico, (Visalda, CA), part 1, 1140 2. 011.1
Arellano, Federico, (Visalda, CA), part 2, 1140 2. 011.2
Arellano, Federico, (Visalda, CA), part 1, 1140 2. 012.1
Arellano, Federico, (Visalda, CA), part 2, 1140 2. 012.2
Arellano, Federico, (Visalda, CA), 1140 2. 013
Sandoval, Benjamin, (Albuquerque , NM), 1140 2. 017
Submissions from 1985
Lucero, Ella, (Albuquerque, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 005.1
Lucero, Ella, (Albuquerque, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 005.2
Archibeque, Brigido, (San Antonio / Las Vegas, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 006.1
Archibeque, Brigido, (San Antonio / Las Vegas, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 006.2
Bustos de Lucero, Elena, (San Francisco, CO), part 1, 1140 2. 014.1
Bustos de Lucero, Elena, (San Francisco, CO), part 2, 1140 2. 014.2
Lara, Juanita, (Rancho de Los Vigiles, NM), part 1, 140 2. 019.1
Lara, Juanita, (Rancho de Los Vigiles, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 019.2
Submissions from 1984
Gonzales de Gomez, Gumecinda and Gomez, Jesus, (Albuquerque, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 003.1
Gonzales de Gomez, Gumecinda and Gomez, Jesus, (Albuquerque, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 003.2
Arellano, Anselmo, (Las Vegas, NM), 1140 2. 004
Submissions from 1983
Rodriguez, Willie, (Chamisal, NM), 1140 2. 020
Dominguez, Juan Jose, (Chamisal, NM), 1140 2. 021
Submissions from 1980
Hererra de McAdams, Rosa, (Albuquerque, NM), part 1, 1140 2. 001.1
Hererra de McAdams, Rosa, (Albuquerque, NM), part 2, 1140 2. 001.2