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Audio Recording Conversations at the community bench on the main street, Mosquero, New Mexico

Conversations at the community bench on the main street, Mosquero, New Mexico

About this Item

Title

  • Conversations at the community bench on the main street, Mosquero, New Mexico

Names

  • Fleischhauer, Carl (Recordist)
  • Kalb, Laurie Beth (Research team member)
  • Trujillo, Tony (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • New Mexico, August 29, 1985

Headings

  • -  Folklore--New Mexico
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- New Mexico -- Mosquero

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Index data: Conversations and comments from people gathered at and seated on the bench in front of the store next to Erma's Coffee Shop, called "the bench" or Spanish "el Banco"; this recording was an attempt by the project team to capture some of the spontaneous exchanges on the bench; the result consists of a series of somewhat self-conscious verbal fragments interspersed with pauses; the fragmentary exchanges are often in jest and include remarks that trade on ethnic or gender stereotypes, pertain to one man's role as mayor, to another man's interest in collecting coins and watches, partly for the gold they may contain, and comments about family and family relationships; the most frequent voice heard is Tony Trujillo, a gregarious man of about 70, joined by the storekeeper Tito Trujillo and others; many of the prompts to speak are offered by fieldworker Laurie Kalb.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MBRS Shelflist: RXA 7243
  • Field project identifier: NM-85-LK-R2
  • Call number: AFC 1991/032: SR02

Source Collection

  • New Mexico Folklife Project collection (AFC 1991/032)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: New Mexico Folklife Project collection (AFC 1991/032), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, Laurie Beth Kalb, and Tony Trujillo. Conversations at the community bench on the main street, Mosquero, New Mexico. New Mexico, 1985. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991032_sr02/.

APA citation style:

Fleischhauer, C., Kalb, L. B. & Trujillo, T. (1985) Conversations at the community bench on the main street, Mosquero, New Mexico. New Mexico. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991032_sr02/.

MLA citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, Laurie Beth Kalb, and Tony Trujillo. Conversations at the community bench on the main street, Mosquero, New Mexico. New Mexico, 1985. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991032_sr02/>.