This Collection contains Correspondence, Non-Hispanic Folk Dramas, and Mexican and Spanish Folk Dramas that were collected by Frances Gilmor on field trips to Mexico and the
southwestern United States. This collection was previously SWF 001.
Collection Number:
MS 607
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
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 English from the University (1931). Her studies in
Mexican folklore and cultural anthropology subsequently led her to complete a
Doctora en Letras at the Universidad Nacional Autònoma 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 These materials are unpublished texts or versions, in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.
Scope and Content Note
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
through1961. These are primarily different local versions of
Los Pastores 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.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish
from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record,
the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The
user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the
University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Letters between Dr. Frances 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 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.
Colocio [sic] de dansa [sic] de conquista.
, No
Date
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.
, No
Date
1
10
Cuaderno del coloquio de pastores Dedicado al Nacimiento de
Nuestro Sr. Jesucristo. New Mexico. Copy of manuscript housed at the
Unviersity of New Mexico Library.
, No
Date
1
11
Cuaderno de pastorela. Monterrey, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
12
Cuaderno de pastorela para Uso de la Señora Maria
Antuna. Durango, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
13
Cuaderno de pastores. Saltillo, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
14
Los cuatro apariciones de la Virgin de Guadalupe.
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
15
Entrada de moros y cristianos. Cuenca,
España.
, No
Date
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.
, No
Date
1
18
El Paracutin. Calzontzin, Michoacan, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
19
Paso de los Santos Reyes. Matape, Sonora, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
20
Los pastores. Cajititlan, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
21
Los pastores. Cuba, New Mexico.
, No
Date
1
22
Los pastores. Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
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.
, No
Date
1
25
Pastorela. Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
26
Pastorela. Coronel Collection, Los Angeles County
Museum.
, 1839
1
27
Pastorela: Navidad entre pastores. Guadalajara,
Mexico.
, No
Date
1
28
Pastorela titulada "Los siete principes". Guadalupe,
Zacatecas, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
29
Las posadas.
, 1965
1
30
Los Santos Reyes. Cajititlan, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
31
Sarzeula pastoril para la noche-buena.
, 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
Los tastoanes. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
35
Los tastoanes. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
36
Los tastoanes. Jocotan, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
37
Los tastoanes. Jocotan, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
38
Los tastoanes. Nextipac, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
39
Los tastoanes. Salatitan, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
40
Los tastoanes. San Juan, Ocotan, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
41
Los tastoanes. Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
42
Tehualiles. Sahuayo, Michoacan, Mexico.
, No
Date
1
43
Sarzeula pastoril para la noche-buena. Restricted
original manuscript, use photocopy located in folder 31.
, 1902