Ruben Archuleta Collection, 1894-2006 | Colorado State University-Pueblo Library

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Series 1: Artifacts

Box 1

Item 1: Wood cross made from tree branches; barbed wire ‘crown of thorns’ through cross section; face, torso and arm of Jesus carved at the base; dark red paint to simulate blood on Jesus’ hand and where barbed wire is inserted into wood, 18.5 x 12 x 4.5

Box 2

Item 2: Wooden Spanish stirrup; ornately carved on all sides, reinforced with a metal band which is inlaid with silver; band has decorative painting on left side, 7 x 9 x 6 1/4

Item 3: Brass stirrup; with decorative etching and hole in base, 5 x 10 ¼ x 4 ½

Box 3

Item 4: Matraca; made from wood packing crate imprinted “Barr Packing Comp. Sanger, Calif.” 4 x 13 ½ x 4 ½

Item 5: Matraca; wood with metal nails, 2 5/8 x 14 ¼ x 2 ½

Item 6: Santo; human figure wearing a crown; standing, praying hands; small decorative etching on cloak/cape, 6 x 3 ½ x 2

Item 7: Holy water font; possibly homemade; crucifix at top; bowl for water decorated with design; hole in top for hanging; ceramic or porcelain, 5 ½ x2 7/8 x 1 ½

Box 4

Item 8: Brass stirrup; decorative etching, hole in bottom 4 ½ x 11 x 4 7/8

Item 9: Brass stirrup; decorative shells where leathers attach; 2 triangle shaped holes in sole, several smaller holes in sole,  4 ¾ x 10 x 4

Item 15: Spur, metal with leather straps; engraved with decorations

Box 5

Item 16: Brass conquistador hat, 10 ½ x 15 x ca. 47

Box 6

Item 17: Statue of St. Francis, 14 H

Box 7

Item 11: Disciplina, of braided horsehair or rope, secured at one with rope and the other end loose, 24 x 2.5

Item 12: Disciplina, made or horsehair or rope, braided, double loop on one end and 4 braided cords on the other end, 20 ½ x 1 ¼

Item 13: Disciplina, horsehair or rope; loop on one end, braided 5 braided cords on the other end, 18 ¾ x ¾

Item 14: Metal bit for horse; chain link and solid metal; side pieces are painted with slash marks on outside of both, 7 ½ x 4 ½

Item 22: Bird pendant necklace, bone? 13 x 2 ¼

Series 2: Penitente journals, cuadernos and account books

Box 8

Folder 1: Cuaderno, Juan A. Lujan, n.d.  3 ring binder, 7 1/8 x 4 ½  (Lujan was born April 14, 1921, died Dec. 31, 2005; Los Labalos, CO. Joined the Hermanidad after World War II.)

Folder 2: Cuaderno, Pablo Archuleta, n.d., bound journal labeled “Memorandum”, 6 x 3 5/8

Folder 3: Cuaderno, unidentified, n.d., pp. 1-4 missing, 3 ½ x 5 7/8

Folder 4: Prayer book, printed, “Via Crucis:  Devocion en honor de la Pasion y Muerte de N.S. Jesucristo,” Las Vegas N.A., Imprenta de la ‘Revista Catolica’, 1904; handsewn into a cloth binding, with handstitched cross on front and back cover, 3 7/8 x 6 ¼; with separate page entitled ‘Misteros de el Rosario’

Folder 5: Journal, La Morada del Centro, 5 1/8 x 11 3/8

Folder 6: Journal, La Morado de los Pinos, 1905-1925 (transcribed in “Land of the Penitentes”, pp. 161-237), 6 ¾ x 15

Folder 7: Account book, 1911, 1913, 1937-1938, 1955-1956; misc. receipts, 7 ½ x 12

Folder 8: Account book, Frank Archuleta, Antonito CO, 1925, 6 x 8 ¾

Series 3: Photographs

Box 9

Folder 6: Artworks by Ruben Archuleta, n.d.

Folder 7: “ Hermanos from Morada de San Antonio and Hermanos from Morada de los Lobatos for the    Los Lobatos Morada rededication; Father Nadal, Church of St. Augustine, also pictured,”  n.d.  9 x 8 (includes frame)

Folder 8: “Los Penitentes”, taken at Talpha, NM, by photographer B.G. Randall of Taos, ca. 1905, 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 (copyright by B.G. Randall 1996 – printed from original photograph)

Folder 9: Moradas:  Avondale, CO, Conejos, CO, Engleville, CO, Long’s Canyon, CO, San Antonio, CO,    Trinidad, CO, Abiquio, NM, Arroyo Seco, NM, Ensenada, NM, Taos, NM, Other moradas

Folder 10: Penitente artifacts

Folder 11: People

Series 4: Publications

Box 8

Folder 1: 3 comic books:    ‘Los Penitentes:  Las apariciones en Fatima’  1973; ‘Los Penitentes:  Lucio Cabanas’  1973; ‘Los Penitentes:  La CIA’  1973

Folder 2: Purple Sage.  “The Penitentes of New Mexico,”  Frontier Times, Vol. 19, no. 2, Nov. 1941

Folder 3: Boyd, E.  “Penitentes in California,”  El Palacio, Vol. 57, no. 11, Nov 1950

Folder 4: Darley, Alex M., Rev.  “Penitentes of the Southwest,” American Citizen Library, Vol. 1, no. 9, June 1894

Folder 5: “El Santuario de Chimayo,”  The Spanish Colonial Arts Society, Inc., 1956

Box 9

Folder 1: “Novena dedicada al Milagrosisimo Nino de Atocha/Novena dedicated to the most miraculous Child of Atocha,” comp., ed and trans. By Charles M. Carrillo, Felipe R. Mirabal and Thomas J. Steele SJ, 2008

Folder 2: Weigle, Marta.  The Penitentes of the Southwest.  Santa Fe:  Ancient City Press, 1970

Folder 3: Sims, Norman.  Festivals of laughter, blood and justice in Biblical and classical literature.  London:  Sussco Publishing Limited, 2007  PDF file on DVD

Folder 4: Newspaper clipping, “Weird music punctuates Penitente rituals,” April 1952

Folder 5: “Dedication of the new Conejos courthouse” June 27, 1981

Series 5: Sound recordings