Author Archives: marthatravels
Presentation of Salir del Silencio. Voces de Càlig 1900-1938. Onada Edicions. julio 2013
There will be two presentations in Albuquerque of Salir del Silencio: Thursday, January 30, 5 p.m. National Hispanic Cultural Center, Education Bldg., 1701 4th St. SW; Saturday, February 8, 3 p.m. Bookworks, 4022 Rio Brande Blvd. NW.
¡Viva la República! (The Second Spanish Republic 1931-1939)
When I am in Càlig, I try to drop by Rosita Fontanet’s house in the late afternoon to chat a moment with her and her neighbors. In the summer, they sit out on the street for a couple of hours … Continue reading
A Short History of the Oral History Project in Càlig
Written 3-22-12 This post, meant for the beginning of this blog in September of 2010, will be included now. Martha began listening to stories and taking notes when she first came to Càlig in 1978. In 1988, with a Rockefeller … Continue reading
Carrying on
Writing a blog during the last few months when Martha was correcting the manuscript did not seem to have very informative material. She was learning more about grammar than stories about Càlig. Carmen Julia had red inked the manuscript for … Continue reading
Fabian in Galicia
A major contributor to the on-going Calig Oral History Project has moved on to a new adventure. Fabián Armijo, Martha’s valuable assistant from August of 2010 to the middle of September, 2011, is now a cultural ambassador, i.e. language teaching … Continue reading
Lectures Published
On my first night back in Calig in the middle of September after our trip to Italy and my visits to Barcelona and Tarragona, Aureli Querol, the editor of Vila de Càlig, brought over his latest Supplement, the two talks … Continue reading
Working in Military Archives in Madrid
Fabián and Martha decided to follow the advice of Dr. María García Alonso, Professor from the Universidad de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and go to Madrid to work in the Archivos Militares in the Ministerio de Defensa for three days … Continue reading
HEADING TOWARD THE FINISH LINE
Almost two weeks ago Fabian finished digitizing all 146 tapes. Now he is working on formularios (information sheets) with occasional input from Martha. In today’s world the interviews would be done on a digital recorder and the information about the … Continue reading
Almond factory revisited
While revising Chapter 5 on the Spanish Republic in Càlig, Martha and Fabián reread the stories about the strike the CNT led against the almond factories in the fall of 1932 to secure better working conditions for the women workers. … Continue reading
Cervera/Càlig Rivalry
One reader posed several questions about the chapter on the Juez de Cervera, who was killed in 1907, as he passed through Càlig. The village stood behind the culprits and proclaimed that all the village had killed him (much as … Continue reading
Càlig Oral History Project 