American literature -- Mexican American authors

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Subjects include Estelita (cousin) Beamonte Cisneros (cousin), Enrique Cisneros (grandfather), Margaret Lopez (aunt on mother’s side), Arnando, Arthur, Carlos, Uncle Frankie, Kiki, Aunt Lily (Enlalia), Mario, Rita, Grandmother Trinidad. (8 photographs)

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"Me at lakefront” (3 photographs)

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Subjects include Keeler House, Richie Aguilar (cousin), Dennis Mathis, Kevin Mihogue. (3 photographs)

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“Licha and me.” Cousin Phyllis Lopez (Licha) as a teen, “Like a sister to me. Daughter of Margaret, my mother’s youngest sister.” (5 photographs)

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“Good-bye Chicago, May 1982, gin and tonic picnic.” (80 photographs) Emergency Taco group (butts). Photo of Richard Devries the “crazy anarchist,” Welsh carpenter, faculty trying to get students to join the union [man with mustache]. “One of the great loves of my life, along with Ruben.” Photos of little girls in Pilsen taken by SC. Sepia photo Carlos Cumpian, Raul Nino, Carlos Cortez, Margarita Lopez Flores

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...

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Subjects include Carlos Cortez, Carlos Cumpian, Ted Dvoracek, Cindy Gallagher, Jasna Karaula, Raúl Niño, Aleksandra, Beatriz, Frankie (uncle), Licha (cousin), Pilaris, Suzy (cousin). (71 photographs)

Series Description From the Series: Notebooks and Journals span 1979-2012 and often overlap with the items in series III: Diaries. They include notes, story ideas, lists, addresses, and a number of other jottings by Cisneros. Some notable entries include notes and quotes concerning what poetry is while she was working as a counselor at Loyola University in Chicago in 1981; drafts and notes for poems and for The House on Mango Street in 1982; a list of stories for Mango Street in 1983; and notes from 1987 which Cisneros titled”...

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Portraits are formal, posed photographs of Cisneros, and are arranged chronologically. Photographers include her brother, Henry (Kiki) Cisneros, Joan Frederick, Alexandro Galindo, Ruben Guzman, Armando Rascón, Al Rendon, and Diana Solís, among others. Also included are a number of portraits of Cisneros with others, notably with her mother in 1998, and Gertrude Baker, Ruben Guzman, Denise Chavez, Jasna Karaula, and Emma Tenayuca.

Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...

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Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano and others (24 photographs)

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Subjects include Curandero and others (19 photographs)

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Subjects include Licha, Julie, Mama, [Mando] (47 photographs)

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Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano, Diana Solis, Carlos, Lindy. (22 photographs)

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Subjects include [Cesar Albert], Elvira Cordero Anguiano, Jorge (uncle). (30 photographs)

Series Description From the Series: Notebooks and Journals span 1979-2012 and often overlap with the items in series III: Diaries. They include notes, story ideas, lists, addresses, and a number of other jottings by Cisneros. Some notable entries include notes and quotes concerning what poetry is while she was working as a counselor at Loyola University in Chicago in 1981; drafts and notes for poems and for The House on Mango Street in 1982; a list of stories for Mango Street in 1983; and notes from 1987 which Cisneros titled”...

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Subjects include Eduardo García, [John Jezasun], [Gutierez MacArturos], Licha, Silvia (25 photographs)

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(23 photographs)

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...