Background Information:
These video interviews 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 Audio Interviews series from his collection.)
Original VHS tapes were digitized and uploaded onto UNM Digital Repository by CSWR Archivist, Samuel Sisneros.
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 video 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 1998
Valdez, Lucas Ismael (Las Aguitas, NM), 1140 AV 016
Herrera, Feliciano (Cleveland, NM), 1140 AV 017
Vigil, Paul and Francis (Sringer, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 018.1
Vigil, Paul and Francis (Sringer, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 018.2
Trujillo de Romero, Ermelina (Mora, NM), 1140 AV 019
Sandoval, Benjamin (Albuquerque, NM) part 1, 1140 AV 021.1
Sandoval, Benjamin (Albuquerque, NM) part 2, 1140 AV 021.2
Mondragón, Fidelina (Cañon de Ratón, NM), 1140 AV 033
Rivera Arellano, Ana (Springer, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 034.1
Rivera Arellano, Ana (Springer, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 034.2
Romero, Alberto (Mora, NM) part 1, 1140 AV 035.1
Romero, Alberto (Mora, NM) part 2, 1140 AV 035.2
Submissions from 1997
Montoya, Zack and Eloisa (Wagon Mound, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 011.1
Montoya, Zack and Eloisa (Wagon Mound, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 011.2
Sandoval, Damacio and Sandoval Lucia (Las Vegas, NM), 1140 AV 013.1
Sandoval, Damacio and Sandoval Lucia (Las Vegas, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 013.2
Garcia, Lazaro (Mora, NM), 1140 AV 014
García, Lazaro (Mora, NM) part 1, 1140 AV 015.1
García, Lazaro (Mora, NM) part 2, 1140 AV 015.2
Sandoval Chávez, Teresa (Wagon Mound, NM), 1140 AV 020
Garduño, Esquipula (Wagon Mound, NM), 1140 AV 026
Mares de Pino, Gabrielita (Buena Vista, NM), 1140 AV 028
Martínez, Timoteo (Colmor, NM), 1140 AV 032
Aragón, Jesuscita, 1140 AV 039
Submissions from 1996
Aragón, Jesusita (Las Vegas, NM), 1140 AV 006
Chacón de Gonzales, Herminia (El Paso, TX), 1140 AV 007
Otero, Dolores and García, Evelyn (San Antonio, NM - near Las Vegas), part 1, 1140 AV 023.1
Otero, Dolores and García, Evelyn (San Antonio, NM - near Las Vegas), part 2, 1140 AV 023.2
Mares de Pino, Gabrielita (Albuquerque, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 040.1
Mares de Pino, Gabrielita (Albuquerque, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 040.2
Submissions from 1995
Aragón, Jesusita (Las Vegas, NM), 1140 AV 005
Zamora, Maclovia (Albuquerque, NM), 1140 AV 030
Baca, Erlinda, 1140 AV 031
Martinez, Guadalupe (Albuquerque, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 041.1
Martinez, Guadalupe (Albuquerque, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 041.2
Submissions from 1994
Vásquez, Claudio (Ojo Feliz, NM) - part1, 1140 AV 001.1
Vásquez, Claudio (Ojo Feliz, NM) - part 2, 1140 AV 001.2
Maestas, José Eulogio and Clorinda Salazar de Maestas (El Cañoncito, NM) - part 1, 1140 AV 002.1
Maestas, José Eulogio and Clorinda Salazar de Maestas (El Cañoncito, NM) - part 2, 1140 AV 002.2
Gonzales, Manuel and Mary Gonzales (Los Bueyeros / Gallegos, NM) - part 1, 1140 AV 003.1
Gonzales, Manuel and Mary Gonzales, (Los Bueyeros / Gallegos, NM) - part 2, 1140 AV 003.2
Martínez Olivas, Carolina (Mora, NM), 1140 AV 004
Martínez Salazar, Celina (Las Vegas, NM), 1140 AV 009
Rainsville Church Restoration and Landscape (Rainsville, NM), 1140 AV 012
Mascareñas de Duran, Alicia (Rainsville, NM), 1140 AV 025
Martínez de Romero, Elaiza; Martinez, Nicolas (Monte Aplanado, NM), 1140 AV 036
Martínez, Miquela and family (Monte Aplanado, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 037.1
Martínez, Miquela and family (Monte Aplanado, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 037.2
Submissions from 1993
Vialpando, Roberto (Alcalde, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 022.2
Vialpando, Roberto (Alcalde, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 022.2
Hererra, Frank (El Rito, NM), part 1, 1140 AV 027.1
Hererra, Frank (El Rito, NM), part 2, 1140 AV 027.2
Submissions from 1991
Arellano, Manuel and Eduardo (Aurora, CO.), 1140 AV 010
Aragón, Jesusita (Las Vegas, NM), 1140 AV 029
Submissions from 1986
Arellano, Federico and Petra (Visalia, CA), 1140 AV 038