This document provides an overview of Dr. Ruben Cobos and his journey to amass the largest collection of Hispanic folklore in the world. It describes how he overcame challenges in his early life, including becoming the sole supporter of his family at age 6. He went on to graduate from college and teach, all while collecting folktales, songs, and stories during his travels. Faced with obstacles, windows of opportunity would open through his relationships and abilities to connect with others from all backgrounds. His passion drove him to continue collecting, preserving an important cultural heritage through his vast collection.

1. WELCOME, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN. MY
NAME IS EVELIA
COBOS. I AM THE
FIRST-BORN CHILD OF
DR. RUBEN COBOS. I
AM HERE TO TELL YOU
ABOUT DR. RUBEN
COBOS WHO AMASSED

2. (IN HIS OWN WORDS)
“The Largest Collection
of Hispanic Folklore in
the World.”
How did Dr. Cobos
achieve this? Who was
thIS man who was able
to achieve his dream?

3. NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE SAID,
“TALENT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH
OPPORTUNITY.”
YES, DR. COBOS WAS
TALENTED, EDUCATED;
BUT WINDOWS OF
OPPORTUNITY OPENED

4. FOR HIM—ESPECIALLY
THE WINDOWS OF
STRANGERS WHO
WELCOMED HIM AND
GIFTED HIM SO MICH
FOLKLORE. HOW DID
THIS HAPPEN?
THE WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY THAT 1st

5. OPENED FOR DR.
COBOS WAS WHEN HIS
FAMILY—HIS MOTHER
AND SISTER AND DR.
COBOS MOVED TO
ABQ IN 1927 TO BE
NEAR DR. COBOS’
HALF-SISTER,
CONSUELO MEDINA

6. WHO WAS ILL WITH
T.B. CONSUEL0 WAS A
PRES MISSIONARY SO
SHE WAS ABLE TO GET
A SCHOLARSHIP FOR
DR. COBOS TO ATTEND
MENAUL SCHOOL—
THEN A PRESBYTERIAN
SCHOOL FOR HISPANIC

7. BOYS. Dr. COBOS WAS
PLACED IN THE 7th
grade. THERE, THE
STUDENTS WORKED
ONE MONTH AT
VARIOUS TRADES—
COOKING, GARDENING,
CUSTODIAL WORK,
CARPENTRY, CEMENT

8. MIXING, AND BRICK
BUILDING; SO THAT IN
ADDITION TO
SCHOLARLY SUBJECTS,
THEY LEARNED TRADES.
IT WAS IN VISITING IN
THE HOMES OF HIS
CLASSMATES IN
NORTERN NEW

9. MEXICO THAT DR.
COBOS BECAME
FASCINATED WITH THE
STORIES AND SONGS
HE HEARD FROM THEIR
PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS. He
also noticed THAT THE
SPANISH OF NEW

10. MEXICO IS UNIQUE IN
THAT IT IS THE 16TH
CENTURY SPANISH OF
THE SETTLERS.
IN THESE EXPERIENCES,
DR. COBOS BEGAN TO
COLLECT WORDS ON 3
x 5 CARDS; AND HIS
VISION-- THAT

11. SOMEDAY THIS
TREASURE OF
FOLKLORE WOULD BE
LOST IF HE DID NOT
PRESERVE IT—GAVE
BIRTH TO HIS DREAM.
DR. COBOS
GRADUATED FROM

12. MENAUL HIGH SCHOOL
IN MAY OF 1932.
HE WALKED UP
CENTRAL AVE. FROM
THE HOUSE HIS
MOTHER WAS RENTING
ON IRON ST SW TO
THE OFFICE OF UNM

13. PRES JAMES FULTON
ZMMERMAN.
THE AUTHOR,
NABOKOV, SAYS,
“GENIUS IS THE
ABILITYY TO CONNECT
THE INVISIBLE LINKS.”
WE SAY “READING
BETWEEN THE LINES.”

14. DR. COBOS COULD
“SENSE” PEOPLE. HE
KNEW HOW TO
COMMUNICATE WITH
SO MANY BECAUSE OF
HIS CHILDHOOD
EXPERIENCES THAT
THOSE EXPERIENCES
ENABLED DR. COBOS

15. TO COMMUNICATE TO
PRESIDENT
ZIMMERMAN HIS
DETERMINATION AND
WILLINGNESS TO
WORK FOR THE
PRIVILEGE OF
ATTENDING UNM.

16. PRESIDENT
ZIMMERMAN ASKED
DR. COBOS, “WHAT
CAN YOU DO?”
DR. COBOS TOLD HIM
ALL THAT HE HAD
LEARNED AT MENAUL
SCHOOL.

17. AND ANOTHER
WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY WAS
OPENED FOR DR.
COBOS. PRESIDENT
ZIMMERMAN GAVE
HIM A JOB MOWING
THE LAWNS AND
CLEANING THE

18. LAVORATORIES IN THE
MEN’S DORMS SO
THAT IN THE FALL OF
1932 DR. COBOS HAD
ENOUGH MONEY FOR
TUITION AND BOOKS.
IN THIS WAY HE
WORKED AND
ATTENDED SUMMER

19. SCHOOL ASO; UNTIL HE
GRADUATED IN 1936
WITH MAJORS IN
SPANISH AND ENGLISH
AND MINORS IN
FRENCH AND NM
HISTORY.
IN 1936 DR. COBOS
MARRIED MY MOTHER,

20. THE GRANDDAUGHTER
OF JOSE ULIBARRI—
SHERIFF OF LAS VEGAS,
NM.
HERE WAS ANOHER
WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY.
SHERIFF ULIBARRI HAD
RIDDEN SHOTGUN FOR

21. THE WELLS FARGO
STAGECOACH AND
WAS THUSLY
APPOINTED SHERIFF.
HE WAS WELL KNOWN
AND WELL CONNECTED
WITH PEOPLE FOR
MILES AROUND LAS
VEGAS. IT WAS IN THIS

22. PERIOD THAT DR.
COBOS BEGAN TO
COLLECT FOLKLORE IN
EARNEST.
DR. COBOS’ FIRST JOB
WAS TEACHING HIGH
SCHOOL IN WAGON
MOUND, NM. IN 1936.
I WAS BORN IN 1937.

23. DR. COBOS ATTENDED
UNM DURING THE
SUMMERS WORKING
ON HIS MASTERS. IT
WAS IN ATTENDING
UNM DURING THE
SUMMERS THAT DR.
COBOS WAS GIFTED
THE OPPORTUNITY TO

24. STUDY WITH THE
GREAT LITERARY
MASTERS OF LATIN
AMERICA AND SPAIN.
1) BAYES LARAYA &
SORETA ALVAREZ
(BUENOS AIRES)

25. 2) DR. ROBERTO
RECEN (COSTA
RICA)
3) DR. RALPH BOGGS
4) IT WAS DR. BOGGS’
TEACHING NM
FOLKLORE WHO
TAUGHT DR. COBOS
EXACTLY HOW TO

26. COLLECT FOLKLORE.
DR. BOGGS SAID,
“COLLECT STORIES,
SONGS, EVENTS.
ASK THE
INFOMANTS THEIR
NAMES, WHERE
THEY WERE BORN,
WHO THEIR

27. ANCESTORS WERE,
WHERE THEY CAME
FROM. WHERE
THEY STUDIED,
HOW LONG HAD
THEIR ANCESTORS
LIVED IN NM.
5) IT WAS DR. BOGGS
WHO GAVE

28. DIRECTION TO DR.
COBOS’ DREAM TO
PRESERVE THE
FOLKLORE OF NM.
6) IN THE FALL OF
1938 DR. COBOS
GAVE A PAPER ON
TEACHING
METHODS HE HAD

29. ADAPTED TO A
CONVENTION OF 50
PROFESSORS FROM
HIGHLAND
NORMAL.
7) DR. NARARIO
GARCIA SAYS OF
DR. COBOS’
TEACHING THAT

30. TOGETHER WITH
HIS DICHOS (FOLK
SAYINGS), HIS
CHISTES (JOKES);
AND HIS
KNOWLEDGE OF
NM HISTORY, Dr.
Cobos TAUGHT HIS
STUDENTS TO BE

31. PROUD OF THEIR
CULTURE; AND Dr.
Cobos MADE THE
TEACHING OF
GRAMMAR AN ART.
8) The professors at
the conference
were so impressed
with his Spanish (He

32. spoke the Spanish
of Latin America
and Spain that he
had learned during
the summers) that
PROFESSOR IRAND
PRESIDENT OF
HIGHLANDS
NORMAL OFFERED

33. HIM A JOB THERE
TO TEACH FRENCH
AND SPANISH. HE
ASKED MR
SPENCER,
SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS IN
WAGON MOUND, IF
THAT WAS OK. MR

34. SPENCER SAID, “GO.
GOOD FOR YOU!”
9) DR. COBOS WAS ON
THE COMMITTEE
TO CHANGE THE
NAME OF
HIGHLANDS
NORMAL TO

35. HIGHLAND
UINIVERSITY.
10) ON DEC. 7, 1941
JAPAN BOMBED
PEARL HARBOR.
FEARING THAT HE
WOULD BE
DRAFTED, DR.
COBOS APPLIED

36. FOR AND GOT A
JOB IN SAN
ANTONIO, TX IN
CENSORSHIP:
INTERCEPTING
LETTERS IN OTHER
LANGUAGES TO
INSPECT THEM FOR
SECRET MESSAGES.

37. MY MOTHER
WORKED IN
CENSORSHIP AT
NIGHT AND TOOK
CARE OF MY
BROTHER AND ME
AND MY NEW-
BORN SISTER. SHE
WORKED SO HARD

38. THAT SHE CAME
DOWN WITH TB
AND MOVED TO
ABQ TO BE A IN
SANITORIUM
WHERE HER
MOTHER COULD
CARE FOR US.

39. 11) DR. COBOS WAS
DRAFTED AND SENT
TO CAMP RITCHIE,
MD-- NEAR
HARRISBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE NIGHT THAT HE
AND HIS TROOPS
WERE SUPPOSED

40. TO GET ON A TRAIN
TO MEET THE SHIPS
TO LAND ON
NORMANDY ON D-
AY, DR. COBOS
INVENTED A GAME
OF JUMPING FROM
TANK TO TANK. HE
FELL BETWEEN A

41. TANK AND BROKE
HIS LEG. THAT
ACCIDENT
PROBABLY SAVED
HIS LIFE TO
COLLECT FOLKLORE.
12) HOW DID DR.
COBOS GAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE

42. HOMES OF SO
MANY STRANGERS
TO COLLECT
FOLKLORE? IT WAS
THROUGH HIS
CHILDHOOD
EXPERIENCES WITH
PEOPLE OF ALL
CLASSES; AND

43. HAVING TO
SUPPORT HIS
FAMILY AT AGE 6
THAT TAUGHT HIM
SKILLS THAT WE
CALL “PEOPLE
SKILLS.”
13) DR. COBOS WAS
BORN IN PIEDRAS

44. NEGRAS, MX
WHICH IS ON THE
RIO BRAVO WHICH
WE CALL THE RIO
GRANDE ACROSS
THE BORDER FROM
EAGLE PASS, TX.
14) HE WAS BORN ON
NOV. 11, 1911 (11-

45. 11-11) ON 609
CALLE GALEANA
DURING THE
MEXICAN
REVOLUTION OF
1910-1920.
15) HIS FATHER DIED
WHEN HE WAS 6-
YEARS-OLD. HE

46. APPOINTED
HIMSELF SOLE
SUPPORT OF THE
FAMILY.
16) HE ROBBED THE
TROOPS; HE
WORKED FOR A
MILKMAN; HE
COLLECTED SUGAR

47. FROM THE VATS
THAT WERE
REFINING THEM; HE
SOLD NEWSPAPERS.
17) HE SAYS THAT IN
MEXICO HE WAS
ALWAYS
BAREFOOT.

48. 18) DR. COBOS HAD
AN INCREDIBLE
MEMORY.
19) HE SAYS THAT ON
JULY 2, 1923
GENERAL
FRANCISCO
PANCHO VILLA WAS
ASSASINATED IN EL

49. PARRAL IN
WESTERN MEXICO.
DR. COBOS
REMEMBERS
VIVIDLY BECAUSE
HE WAS SELLING
NEWSPAPERS
YELLING,
“ATENCION SE

50. ASSASINARON
GENERAL
FRANCISCO
PANCHO VILLA!”
20) HE REMEMBERS
DON CRUZ THE
OWNER OF THE
GROCERY. HE
REMEMBERS ALL

51. THE NAMES HIS 1ST
GRADE TEACHER ,
PROFESOR ROCHA
CALLED HIM.
21) “CASNALLO,
BANDOLERO,
MENTIROSO,
LADRON, BRIGON,
BUSTERO:” LIAR,

52. SMUGGLER,
TRICKSTER, RIFRAF,
22) HE REMEMBERS
SENOR BELOZ WHO
WAS SUPPOSED TO
SPONSOR HIM AT
HIS FIRST HOLY
COMMUNION; BUT
HE NEVER WENT;

53. BECAUSE ON THE
WAY SOME BOYS
TOLD HIM THAT HE
WAS GOING TO BE
CASTRATED.
23) In January, 1925
Dr. Cobos and his
family went on a
bus to live in SAN

54. Antonio with Tio
Trinidad. DR.
COBOS
REMEMBERS THAT
HE WAS IN DAVEY
CROCKETT
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN
KINDERGARTEN

55. ALTHOUGH HE WAS
14; BECAUSE HE
DID NOT KNOW
ENGLISH. HE
CONTINUED TO
WORK AT VARIOUS
JOBS AS WELL AS
ATTENDING
SCHOOL. HE SOLD

56. NEWSPAPERS; HE
SWEPT THE
SIDEWALKS OF THE
PANADERIAS SO HIS
MOTHER COULD
HAVE BREAD. HE
WORKED FOR A
MILKMAN; AT
MILBURN DRUGS,

57. MR. MILBURN
BOUGHT HIM A
BICYCLE SO THAT
HE COULD DELIVER
DRUGS.
24) THESE EARLY
EXPERIENCES
TAUGHT HIM HOW
TO BEHAVE WITH

58. ENORMOUS
AMOUNTS OF
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF PEOPLE; AND
HAVING TO
SUPPORT HIS
FAMILY EXPANDED
HIS CREATIVITY.

59. 25) THOSE WERE THE
EARLY DAYS OF DR.
COBOS’ LIFE. FROM
SAN ANTONIO THE
FAMILY WENT TO
ABQ TO BE NEAR
CONSUELO IN 1927
WHERE THIS STORY
BEGAN.

60. 26) WHEN WWII WAS
OVER AND WE
WERE ALL
TOGETHER LIVING
AT 420 AMHERST SE
MY MOTHER
DENIED VISITATION
TO DR. COBOS’
MOTHER; SO DR.

61. COBOS BOUGHT
THE HOUSE HIS
MOTHER WAS
RENTING ON IRON
SW SO THAT SHE
COULD HAVE SOME
SECURITY.
27) DR. KERCHEVILLE
HIRED DR. COBOS

62. IN 1944 TO TEACH
FRENCH AND
PORTUGUESE AT
UNM; AND DR.
COBOS RETIRED IN
1976.
28) AT THIS TIME
WHEN WE WERE
LIVING ON

63. AMHERT, DR.
COBOS BEGAN TO
TRAVEL TO
NORTHERN NM TO
COLLECT FOLKLORE.
IN THOSE DAYS THE
RECORDER WAS A
BULKY MACHINE
WITH 200” REELS

64. THAT DR. COBOS
LUGGED FROM
HOUSE TO HOUSE.
29) WE WENT WITH
HIM WHEN HE WAS
COLLECTING
FOLKLORE NEARBY.
30) THIS PASSION
WAS EXPENSIVE:

65. MONEY FOR THE
TAPE RECORDER,
THE REELS,
MAINTAINENCE ON
THE CAR, HOTELS,
RESTAURANTS,
GASOLINE.
31) MY MOTHER
ISSUED AN

66. UNTIMATUM: IT
WAS DR. COBOS’
VISION OR US.
32) Dr. Cobos never
issued nor caved
into ultimatums so
dr. cobos went to
stay with his
mother on iron st

67. AND WE WENT TO
LIVE WITH MY
MOTHER’S
MOTHER ON
SUNSET RE. SW.
33) THEN ANOTHER
WINDOW OF
OPPORTNITY
OPENED FOR DR.

68. COBOS. HE MET
ELVIRA GARCIA
WHO WAS A RN
WORKING AT SAN
FELIPE SCHOOL AS
A SCHOOL NURSE.
SHE OWNED A
HOME ON 1716
RICHMOND NE.

69. SHE HELD A GOOD
JOB. DR. COBOS
GAVE HER WHAT
SHE ALWAYS
DREAMT OF: MY
HALF-SISTER, RENEE
AND ,MY HALF-
BROTHER RUBEN
MARCELINO. IN

70. RETURN, SHE
SHARED AND
ENABLED DR. COB
OS’ DREAM.
34) IN COLLECTING
FOLKLORE, DR.
COBOS CHOPPED
WOOD, KILLED AND
DEFEATHERED

71. CHICKENS,
PLASTERED AND
PAINTED HOUSES.
WORD GOT
AROUND THAT AN
ABLE-BODIED MAN
WAS WILLING TO
DO CHORES FOR
JUST THE PRIVILEGE

72. OF RECORDING
SONGS AND
STORIES. SOON DR.
COBOS WAS VERY
POPULAR IN
NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO.
35) Mr. ROBERT J.
TORREZ ASKS A

73. VERY GOOD
QUESTION, “WHY
WAS COLLECTIING
HISPANIC
FOLKLORE SO
IMPORTANT TO DR.
COBOS?”
36) DR. COBOS WAS
BORN WHAT WE

74. THINK OF AS POOR.
HE LIVED AMONG
WHAT WE THINK
OF AS “THE POOR.”
37) AS WE THINK OF
THE NATIVE
AMERICANS AS
“SAVAGES;” THEY
DID NOT THINK OF

75. THEMSELVES AS
“SAVAGES,” IN THE
SAME WAY, “THE
POOR” DID NOT
THINK OF
THEMSELVES AS
“THE POOR.”
38) THEY WERE RICH
IN FAMILY, LOVE

76. RELATIONSHIPS,
AND FRIENDSHIPS.
THEY LIVED THE
FAITH THAT THEY
WOULD NEVER BE
WITHOUT, FOR IN
THEIR CULTURE,
WHOEVER NEEDED
SOMETHING, KNEW

77. THAT THERE
WOULD ALWAYS BE
SOMEONE TO
SHARE; FOR
EMBEDDED IN
THEIR VALUES WAS
THAT THEY WERE
WILLING TO GIVE
WHATEVER THEY

78. HAD-- TO
WHOMEVER
NEEDED.
39) RESOURCEFULNE
ESS WAS THEIR
CULTURE. They
knew the herbs of
herbal medicine
that enabled them

79. to live into their
100s. Technology
was unknown.
40) AMUSEMENTS
CONSISTED OF
SHARING THE
STORIES, SONGS,
JOKES, WIT,
HISTORY OF THEIR

80. JOURNEYS; AND of
the ways of their
ancestors . FROM
THEIR UNIQUE
LIVES, ORALLY--
FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATION
THEY PRESERVED

81. THEIR OWN
HISTORY.
41) DR. COBOS LIVED
THE COMRADERIE
WITH WHOM WE
CALL “THE POOR.”
42) AND WHEN HE
DISCOVERED THAT
HE COULD RELIVE

82. HIS CHILDHOOD
AMONG THE
FAMILIES OF HIS
CLASSMATES AT
MENAUL, HE WAS
OLD ENOUGH AND
HAD BEEN FAR
ENOUGH AWAY
FROM IT TO HAVE

83. MISSED IT IN San
Antonio.
43) HE LOVED IT SO
MUCH THAT HE
PASSIONATELY
WANTED TO
PRESERVE THIS
CULTURE; BUT
REALIZING THAT

84. “THE UNIVERSE IS
CHANGE” AS
MARCUS AURELIUS
SAID, HE DREAMT
OF THE DAY WHEN
HE COULD
PRESERVE THE
ORAL HISTORY; AT
LEAST IN

85. PRESERVING THE
STORIES, SONGS,
AND HISTORY, THE
GENERATIONS OF
THEE FUTURE
WOULD KNOW
WHAT THE WORLD
HE LOVED SO
MUCH WAS LIKE;

86. AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY,
WHAT THE HEARTS
AND SOULS OF
THESE
INHABITANTS
CHERISHED.
44) AN EXAMPLE OF
DR. COBOS’

87. CREATIVITY IS THAT
IN TEAchING
CORRECT SPANISH
TO HISPANICS, HE
GAVE THEM
ASSIGNMENTS TO
COLLECT FOLKLORE
AND WRITE IT IN
SPANISH. Then they

88. would read it out
loud; he would
correct their
mistakes; and when
they turned in their
papers, he made
corrections
accordingly.

89. 45) Another window
OF OPPORTUNITY
OPENED TO DR.
COBOS.
46) Dr. Aurelio
Espino, an expert in
linguistics, gave Dr.
cobos THE
OPPORTUNITY TO

90. STUDY AT
STANFORD
UNIVERSITY TO
EARN HIS PHD. HE
STUDIED THERE
DURING THE
SUMMERS AND
EARNED HIS PHD IN
1957 at WHICH

91. TIME HE WAS
PROMOTED AT
UNM TO FULL
PROFESSOR OF
MODERN AND
CLASSICAL
LANGUAGES. HE
WAS FLUENT IN
SEVEN LANGUAGES:

92. SPANISH ENGLISH
FRENCH
PORTUGUESE
ITALIAN GERMAN
AND LATIN.
47) THEN ANOTHER
WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY
OPENED FOR DR.

93. COBOS. HE MET
AND MARRIED
(AFTER DIVORCING
ELVIRA) ELLA VIGIL
COBOS. ELLA WAS
A STUDENT OF HIS
WHILE HE WAS A
VISITING
PROFESSOR FOR

94. THE SUMMER AT
CU CO SPRINGS.
ELLA WAS ALSO A
FOLKLORIST AND
GIFTED HIM HER
COLLECTION FROM
SOUTHERN
COLORADO.

95. 48) THE MARRIAGE
DID NOT WORK
OUT; AND DR.
COBOS RETURNED
TO ELVIRA. HE WAS
GRATEFUL TO HER
FOR HELPING HIM
CARE FOR HIS
BEDRIDDEN

96. MOTHER IN THEIR
HOME UNTIL HIS
MOTHER DIED AT
AGE 101.
49) IN A LETTER THAT
HE WROTE TO ME
HE SAID, “THE OLD
ROOSTER IS TIRED
OF WANDERING

97. AND LONGS FOR
HOME.”
50) IN 1984 HE
PUBLISHED HIS
AWARD-WINNING
BOOK: “A
DICTIONARY OF
NORTHERN NM
AND SOUTHERN CO

98. SPANISH” WITH
Museum of nm
PRESS, ANA
PACHECO, EDITOR.
51) AMONG HIS
MANY AWARDS IS
“HISPANIC
SCHOLARSHIP”
FROM THE

99. NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR
THE HUMANITIES.
52) Mr. ROBERT J.
TORREZ ASKS A
GOOD QUESTION,
“WHY WAS
COLLECTING
HISPANIC

100. FOLKLORE SO
IMPORTANT TO DR.
COBOS?”
53) DR. COBOS WAS A
CONCERT TENOR
AND A MASTER
STORY-TELLER. HE
KNEW THAT IN
SONGS AND

101. STORIES WERE THE
WISDOM, THE
HEART, AND SOUL
OF A CULTURE.
54) HE CAME FROM
MEXICO, A
COUNTRY THTAT
APPRECIATES AND
PRESERVES ITS PRE-

102. COLUMBIAN,
TOLTEC, MAYAN,
AND AZTEC
CULTURES.
55) HE TOOK ON THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF
SUPPORTING HIS
FAMILY AT AN
EARLY AGE; AND

103. THUSLY, TOOK ON
THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF
PRESERVING THE
RICHNESS OF A
CULTURE THAT HE
ENVISIONED
WOULD DISAPPEAR
AS THE HISPANIC

104. GENERATIONS
ASSIMILATED INTO
AMERICAN
CULTURE.
56) I KNOW HOW
THAT FEELS. I AM
RESPONSIBLE NOW
TO BRING TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE

105. PUBLIC THAT
DR.COBOS’ DREAM
IS BEING DIGITIZED
AND PUT ON-LINE
AT ZIMMERMAN
LIBRARY BY
ARCHIVIST, NANCY
BROWN-MARTINEZ
AND HER STAFF.

106. 57) HIS 500 REELS OF
TAPE ARE
TESTIMONY TO HIS
FOCUS,
DETERMINATION,
THE WINDOWS OF
OPPORTUNITY
THAT OPENED FOR
HIM, AND HIS

107. DOWN-TO-EARTH
BAREFOOT SELF
THAT EVERYONE
LOVES.
58)