MS 607
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Gillmor, Frances, 1903-1993 Rael, Juan Bautista |
| Collection Name: | Southwest Folklore Center manuscript collection, , |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1837-1970 |
| Physical Description: | 1.25 Linear Feet |
| Abstract: | A collection of folk dramas, primarily from Mexico. Includes correspondence, transcribed interviews with informants, and transcripts of plays collected by Frances Gillmor and Juan B. Rael. |
| Collection Number: | MS 607 |
| Language: | |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Frances Gillmor (1903-1993), was the first Chair of the University of Arizona Folklore Committee, from 1945 to her retirement in 1972, and founded its archives. A novelist and a professor of English at the University of Arizona, she held an M.A. in Englishfrom the University (1931). Her studies in Mexican folklore and cultural anthropology subsequently led her to complete a Doctora en Letras at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, awarded in 1957.
Gillmor's diverse interests and research led her around the world. One particular area of interest was the traditional dance dramas of Mexico, a subject upon which she published several studies. In 1959 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study folk drama at village fiestas in Spain, for comparison with those of Mexico. Many of the transcripts that she collected have been included in this collection.
Juan B. Rael was a fellow scholar and colleague of Frances Gillmor, who shared her interest in Mexican folk drama. Rael collected material for his book, The Sources and Diffusion of the Mexican Shepherds' Plays, published in 1965. These materials are unpublished texts or versions, in manuscript or typescript form, collected on field trips to Mexico and the southwestern United States. The original manuscripts are now housed in the Stanford University Library. These copies were sent unsolicited to Dr. Gillmor in 1967, and were added to the collection.
This collection is divided into three series: Correspondence, Non-Hispanic Folk Dramas, and Mexican and Spanish Folk Dramas, the latter two arranged alphabetically by title. The third series, Mexican and Spanish Folk Dramas, comprises the bulk of the collection, with thirty-eight items. Most of these folk dramas were collected from Mexico, and range in date from 1837 through 1961. These are primarily different local versions of Los pastoresor or Los tastoanes collected by Juan B. Rael for his book, The Source and Diffusion of the Mexican Shepherds' Plays. The items are typewritten transcripts of original manuscripts or interviews, with the exception of one holographic manuscript donated to Dr. Gillmor by Carmen Celia Beltrán, Sarzuela pastoril para la noche-buena, from 1902.
No restrictions. Preservation photocopies of some fragile materials have been made. Users are required to use photocopies of fragile materials.
Requests for permission to publish from this collection should be discussed with the coordinator of the University of Arizona Library Southwest Folklore Center or the University of Arizona manuscripts librarian. It is the researcher's responsibility to obtain the necessary publication rights and copyright clearances for any planned publication.
Southwest Folklore Center manuscript collection (MS 607). University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections.
| Series I: Correspondence, 1966-1970 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| Chronological. | |||||||||||
| Description | |||||||||||
| Letters between Dr. Gillmor and Dr. Juan Rael and Carmen Celia Beltrán regarding the donation of folk dramas to the archive. Copies of letters between Gillmor and informants regarding their information. Letters regarding individual folk drama acquisitions also appear in the related item folders in this collection. The bulk of Gillmor's general correspondence appears in the Universityof Arizona Library Manuscript Collection MS 333. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence, 1966-1970 | |||||||||
| Series II: Non-Hispanic Folk Dramas, 1892-1967 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| Alphabetical, by title.. | |||||||||||
| Description | |||||||||||
| Reports and papers on plays and stories from Newfoundland, Ireland, and Innsbruck, Austria. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Donaldson, Myrtle N. "The Easter Plays of Muxi and Innsbruck [Austria]." Student paper, 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Newfoundland Play by Mummer Productions, 1892 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Story from Ireland, undated | |||||||||
| Series III: Mexican and Spanish Folk Dramas, 1837-1967 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| Items are arranged alphabetically by title and thereunder, in the case of identical titles, alphabetically by place of origin. | |||||||||||
| Description | |||||||||||
| The bulk of this series consists of typewritten transcripts of folk dramas copied from the original documents or obtained through interviews with participants. Also included are transcripts of interviews and one photocopy of a damaged holographic manuscript housed at the University of New Mexico Library. There is also one fragile handwritten manuscript entitled Sarzuela pastoril para la noche-buena (1902). Users are restricted to a working photocopy of this play. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Interview transcription: Christmas Traditions. Miniatitlan, Veracruz, Mexico, 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | La aquila negra, Ensayo, Mexico, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Colocio [sic] de dansa [sic] de conquista , undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Coloquio de la danza de conquista. Lomas de Paradero, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Coloquio de San Jose y de Maria. Fresnillo, Mexico, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Cuaderno del coloquio de pastores. Dedicado al Nacimiento de Nuestro Sr. Jesucristo. New Mexico. Copy of manuscript housed at the University of New Mexico Library, | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Cuaderno de pastorela. Monterrey, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Cuaderno de pastorela para Uso de la Señora Maria Antuna. Durango, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Cuaderno de pastores. Saltillo, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Los cuatro apariciones de la Virgin de Guadalupe. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Entrada de moros y cristianos. Cuenca, España, | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Entrada de moros y cristianos. Poveda de la Sierra, España, 1889 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Juan Diego and the Virgin of Guadalupe. Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | El Paracutin. Calzontzin, Michoacan, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Paso de los Santos Reyes. Matape, Sonora, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Los pastores. Cajititlan, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Los pastores. Cuba, New Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Los pastores. Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Los pastores. La adoracion de los pastores .Tepupa, Sonora, Mexico, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Pastorela de los siete vicios o sea el nacimiento de niño Dios. Aguascalientes, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Pastorela. Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Pastorela. Coronel Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, 1839 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Pastorela: Navidad entre pastores. Guadalajara, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Pastorela titulada "Los siete principes." Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Las posadas , 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Los Santos Reyes. Cajititlan, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Sarzeula pastoril para la noche-buena [User copy], 1902 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Sueño de Luzbel. Coronel Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, 1837 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Sueño de Luzbel. Coronel Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, 1861 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34-35 | Los tastoanes. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 36-37 | Los tastoanes. Jocotan, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Los tastoanes. Nextipac, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Los tastoanes. Salatitan, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Los tastoanes. San Juan, Ocotan, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Los tastoanes. Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Tehualiles. Sahuayo, Michoacan, Mexico, | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Sarzeula pastoril para la noche-buena. Original, 1902 | |||||||||
| Restriction | |||||||||||
| Original. Not to be used without the permission of the coordinator of the Southwest Folklore Center or the manuscripts librarian. | |||||||||||