Muñoz, Felipita

Authors

5 of 8

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

2-1-1973

Comments

Interviewer is showing the interviewee portraits of himself and his family members. Talking about brujas, demonios, cuentos de lo sobrenatural, bultos, espíritus, premoniciones y sueños de que alguien se moría, and other anecdotes with the supernatural. Memories of her life as a young married woman working as a house maid and the loss of her first husband (whose name she preserved). Stories about her babysitting kids, her family, and living with her mother in law when she as a young widow with two little children. Moving to Arroyo Hondo and Taos. Later she married an American who died after two years. Then, she married a Mexican man who was killed in California. Her last husband was an older man who died later. She moved to Santa Fe in 1901, description of the town in the early 20th century and contrasting it with the present, memories of her childhood: a cheerful and happy girl: íbamos a traer leña y de ahí íbamos a montar a caballo a pelo todo el día, juegos y anécdotas de su infancia.

Recommended Citation

Interview of Felipita Muñoz, 1973, Alejandro López Papers (MSS 943), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico