Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Biography

Index

176 index A “A México” (poem), 22 “Afternoon in a Cantina,” 19 Ashbel Smith Professorship, 108 B Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, The (play and movie), 108–109 Bauman, Richard, 28, 93, 118, 128 Beeson, William Buford, 15 Between Two Worlds, 22–24, 110, 113–115 “Black Roses,” 20–22 Brownsville, Texas, changes in, 10–11 Brownsville Herald, 11, 26 Brownsville High School, 15–18 Brownsville Raid of 1906, 6 C Cabaza, Berta, 19 Cadencias, 20–21 Cantos de Adolescencia, 20–22, 113–114 Castañeda, Carlos, 9, 123 Castañeda, Josephine, 9 Center of Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Oral History, 84 Center for Mexican American Studies, 75, 87, 91 Charro Days Celebration, 26, 32 Cortez, Gregorio, 12, 44–53, 56, 59–60, 97, 108, 119 Crystal City High School commencement address in 1975, 94 D de Carvajal y de la Cueva, José, 7 death of Paredes, 124 del Castillo, Manfred, 12–13, 17, 124, 132 Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professorship in Southwest Folklore, History, and Literature, 109 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Texas Southmost College, 122 Dobie, J. Frank, 9–10, 44, 54, 77, 95 Dorson, Richard, 87–88 177 index E El Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán, 105 El Universal, 39 employment at Texas School of Mines (The University of Texas at El Paso), 54 F Flores, Richard, 79 Folklore and Culture on the TexasMexican Border, 111, 117 folklore definition, 107 folklore interest, 107 folklore research on South TexasMexico Border (1962), 63 “Folk Medicine and the Intercultural Jest,” 84, 94 Folktales of Mexico, 70, 87–88, 90 founding of Center of Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Oral History, 84 founding of the Center for Mexican American Studies, 75, 87, 91 frustration with Mexican “system” of customs, 68–69 G G Eye Opener, The, 36 Garza, Carmen Lomas, letter to Américo about college project, 76 Garza, Judge Reynaldo, 16, 123 George Washington Gómez, 2, 10, 28, 36, 82, 110–111, 119, 139 “Golondrinas, Las,” The Valley Morning Star, 22–23 graduation commencement address at Crystal City High School in 1975, 94 Gutiérrez, José Angel, comments about Paredes’ mentorship and legacy, 58, 80 H “Hammon and the Beans, The,” 82, 84 Hammon and the Beans and Other Stories, 83, 111, 119 Hinojosa, Rolando, attending the play The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, 109 comments about Paredes’ exstudents , 77–78 description of George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel, 111 fond memories of Paredes, 123, 126–127 paper boy for La Prensa, 27 Hinojosa, Tish, 123, 128 Humanidad: Essays in Honor of George I. Sanchez, 104 I Illinois Folklore (journal), 107 Irvine, J. W. “Red,” 16, 18, 43 J Jasper, Pat, 128–129 178 index K Kapchan, Deborah, 125–126 “Korea” (poem), 37 L La Orden del Águila Azteca, 120 La Prensa, 2, 27, 115 “Las Golondrinas,” The Valley Morning Star, 22–23 letter to Eliseo Paredes, 38–39 Limón, José, comments about Paredes as a colleague, 91, 105 director of the Center for Mexican Studies, 78 graduate assistant, 91 Paredes in the Far East after World War II, 37 M Manzano Paredes, Cleotilde, 8–9, 57 Mariachi Paredes de Tejastitlán, El, 105 marriage to Amelia Nagamine, 39–40 marriage to Chelo Silva, 32 Martínez, Narciso, 27–28 McNutt, Jim, dissertation, 77 mechanisms to maintain Anglo sovereignty in Texas after War with Mexico, 5–6 memorial at UT-Austin, 128 “Mexico-Texan, The,” in The Brownsville Herald, 26 Montejano, David, 7, 12, 130 O obituaries, 129–130 “Old Notes,” 28–29, 125–126 Olmos, Edward James, 108 Orden del Águila Azteca, La, 120 Order of the Aztec Eagle, 75, 120 P Pacific Stars and Stripes, 36 Palmegian, 16 Pan American Airways, 31, 34, 146 Paredes, Alan, 8, 69, 73, 110, 124, 128 Paredes, Amador, 9, 11, 33, 63–64, 69, death of, 110 Paredes, Amelia “Nena,” Nagamine, 40, 72, as advocate for mentally challenged, 71 death of, 125 dissatisfaction about Américo’s absences, 62–63, 71–72 immigration challenges, 42–43 meets Américo, 39 nickname for Américo, 40 Paredes, Américo, bout with cancer, 110 college years at The University of Texas at Austin, 43 comments about Jim McNutt’s dissertation, 77 comments about vaqueros and Spanish language, 81 correspondence courses in the USAF, 42 179 index difficulties with Mexican customs system, 68–69 dissertation obstacles, 53 Distinguished Alumnus from The University of Texas at Brownsville, 122 divorce from Chelo Silva, 32...