Dolores "Lolita" Huning Pooler (October 21, 1889 – October 1966) was an American educator and folklorist, based in New Mexico. She was one of the founders of the New Mexico Folklore Society, and on the staff of the San Jose Project, an experimental school in the 1930s.
Lolita Huning Pooler | |
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 Lolita Huning Pooler, from a 1963 newspaper photo | |
| Born | Dolores Huning October 21, 1889 Los Lunas, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1966 aged 76) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Folklorist, educator |
Early life and education
editHuning was born in Los Lunas, New Mexico[1] the daughter of rancher Louis Huning and Henrike "Henny" Busch Huning.[2] Her parents, both born in Germany, socialized with Charles Fletcher Lummis, Adolph Bandelier, Anton Docher, and others interested in the history and culture of the American Southwest.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree at the University of New Mexico in 1929, and a master's degree in 1932, with a thesis titled "Gregory Martinez Sierra: A Study of His Women Characters". She was a charter member of the University of New Mexico chapter of Phi Mu.[4][5]
Career
editPooler taught school as a young woman. In 1931 she was one of the five founding members of the New Mexico Folklore Society.[6][7] She taught Spanish and German at the University of New Mexico and the Sandia Girls School[8] in the 1930s, and joined archaeological excavations at Chaco Canyon and the Alameda Pueblo.[9] She was on the staff of the San Jose Project, an experimental school program working on issues of bilingual and bicultural education in rural New Mexico.[10][11]
Pooler was co-director of the Spanish Language Workshop at the University of New Mexico during World War II,[12] and remained active in the leadership of the New Mexico Folklore Society through the late 1940s.[13][14] She taught Spanish at Manzano Day School in the 1940s and 1950s.[15][16]
Publications
editPooler's work appeared in academic journals including New Mexico Quarterly[11][17] and Western Folklore.[18][19] She also contributed to a collection, Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico (1956).[20]
- "Cuentos populares españoles de Nuevo México" (1930)[21]
- "La Bruja" (1932)[17]
- "The San Jose Project" (1933, with L. S. Tireman and Mela Sedillo Brewster)[11]
- "Three Spanish Folk Tales" (1936, with Irene Fisher)[22]
- "Alameda Pueblo Ruins" (1940)[23]
- "New Mexican Folk Tales" (1951)[18]
- "Spanish Folk Tales" (1956)[19]
Personal life
editHuning married forest manager Frank Clay Winsor Pooler in 1913.[24] They had a son Clay, and a daughter, Louise. Her husband died in 1960, and she died in 1966, at the age of 76, in Albuquerque.[4][25]
References
edit- ^ Lucas, Urith (1963-08-08). "Member of Pioneer Family Prepares Exhibit at Family Museum". The Albuquerque Tribune. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pooler-Huning Wedding Next Wednesday Coming Society Event of Paramount Interest". The Evening Herald. 1913-01-04. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Keleher, Julia; Chant, Elsie Ruth (2009-03-14). The Padre of Isleta: The Story of Father Anton Docher; Facsimile of the 1940 Edition. Sunstone Press. ISBN 978-1-61139-197-8.
- ^ a b "Member of Pioneer Family Dies in City". The Albuquerque Tribune. 1966-10-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Phi Mu Alumnae". Albuquerque Journal. March 7, 1963. p. 9. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Folklore Society Plans to Celebrate 40th Year". Albuquerque Journal. 1971-04-25. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Collection: New Mexico Folklore Society Records". New Mexico Archives Online. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Smith, Rebecca W. "Los Paisanos." New Mexico Quarterly 6, no. 4 (1936): 23.
- ^ Browman, David L. (2013-06-01). Cultural Negotiations: The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 188–189. ISBN 978-0-8032-4547-1.
- ^ Getz, Lynne Marie (1997). Schools of their own : the education of Hispanos in New Mexico, 1850-1940. Internet Archive. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8263-1812-1.
- ^ a b c Tireman, L. S.; Sedillo Brewster, Mela; Pooler, Lolita (November 1933). "The San Jose Project". The New Mexico Quarterly. 3 (4): 207–216 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Mexican Churches to be Discussed". Albuquerque Journal. July 17, 1945. p. 5. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Ballad Records to be Presented". Albuquerque Journal. November 11, 1947. p. 5. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Folklore Society Met May 13 in Albuquerque". Lovington Leader. May 30, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Staff Named for Manzano". Albuquerque Journal. August 24, 1946. p. 7. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Day School Head Will Entertain at Luncheon". Albuquerque Journal. May 29, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ a b Pooler, Lolita H. "La Bruja" New Mexico Quarterly 2(3)(1932).
- ^ a b Pooler, Lolita H. (1951). "New Mexican Folk Tales". Western Folklore. 10 (1): 63–71. doi:10.2307/1496633. ISSN 0043-373X. JSTOR 1496633.
- ^ a b Pooler, Lolita Huning (1956). "Spanish Folk Tales". Western Folklore. 15 (2): 102–105. doi:10.2307/1497485. ISSN 0043-373X. JSTOR 1497485.
- ^ "Hispanic Folklore is Subject of UNM Publication by Robb". Albuquerque Journal. August 29, 1954. p. 29. Retrieved March 9, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ Pooler, Lolita (1930-01-01). "Cuentos populares españoles de Nuevo México". Spanish and Portuguese ETDs.
- ^ Huning, Dolores and Irene Fisher. "Three Spanish Folk Tales" New Mexico Quarterly 6(1)(1936).
- ^ Pooler, Lolita H. "Alameda Pueblo Ruins" El Palacio 47(4)(April 1940): 84-88.
- ^ "Young Set Fete a Bride Elect". Albuquerque Journal. 1913-01-05. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rosary is Today for Lolita Pooler". Albuquerque Journal. 1966-10-14. p. 72. Retrieved 2024-03-09 – via Newspapers.com.