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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Paris. 7 pages with two laid-in scraps. Blue cloth “Remember me” cover, 1996

 File — Box 18, Folder: 6
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”...
Dates: 1996

Paris. 10 pages. Blue “Remember me” cover, circa 1996

 File — Box 14, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: This series includes 23 diaries spanning forty years (1967-2007). Arranged chronologically, they provide an insight into Cisneros’ daily activities and thoughts. Many of the diaries include drafts of poems or story ideas, including the 1982 diary from France and Italy with “Martita Te Recuerdo,” and the 1989-1990 diary from San Antonio with notes for “Eyes of Zapata” and “Lorenzo, Center of the Universe.” Many of the early diaries have laid-in items that include letters, notes, postcards,...
Dates: circa 1996

Paris, France, circa 2004

 File — Box 213, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

(27 photographs)

Dates: circa 2004

Paris, France. Approximately 200 pages with 2 pages of laid-in notes. Yellow Fiorucci cover, 1982

 File — Box 13, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: This series includes 23 diaries spanning forty years (1967-2007). Arranged chronologically, they provide an insight into Cisneros’ daily activities and thoughts. Many of the diaries include drafts of poems or story ideas, including the 1982 diary from France and Italy with “Martita Te Recuerdo,” and the 1989-1990 diary from San Antonio with notes for “Eyes of Zapata” and “Lorenzo, Center of the Universe.” Many of the early diaries have laid-in items that include letters, notes, postcards,...
Dates: 1982

“Paris Metro”, 2003

 File — Box 213, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Aleksandra Cisneros. (4 photographs)

Dates: 2003

Paris vacation, 2002

 File — Box 209, Folder: 9-10
Scope and Contents

(2 folders: 100, 104 photographs)

Dates: 2002

“Paris Where the Lonely Go Insane,” 3 typed pages, heavily corrected

 File — Box 43, Folder: 46
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Europe Poems were originally housed together in one folder and date from Cisneros’ time abroad in Greece, 1982-1983. Some were later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman. The poems are arranged alphabetically, with untitled poems and fragments at the end.

Dates: 1982 - 1983

Part 1, pages 1-78, 1966 - 1976

 File — Box 2486, Folder: 17
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials following the career of Texas State University professor and writer, Miles Wilson from 1966-2016. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts for Line of Fall and Fire Season. Included are book catalogs; royalties for the drafts; and characters analyses and synopsis for Fire Season. Some of the materials within the collection are in poor condition because they were charred in a fire. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Wilson’s original...
Dates: 1966 - 1976

Part 2, pages 79-133, 1966 - 1976

 File — Box 2486, Folder: 18
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials following the career of Texas State University professor and writer, Miles Wilson from 1966-2016. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts for Line of Fall and Fire Season. Included are book catalogs; royalties for the drafts; and characters analyses and synopsis for Fire Season. Some of the materials within the collection are in poor condition because they were charred in a fire. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Wilson’s original...
Dates: 1966 - 1976

Part 3, pages 134-213, 1966 - 1976

 File — Box 2486, Folder: 19
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials following the career of Texas State University professor and writer, Miles Wilson from 1966-2016. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts for Line of Fall and Fire Season. Included are book catalogs; royalties for the drafts; and characters analyses and synopsis for Fire Season. Some of the materials within the collection are in poor condition because they were charred in a fire. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Wilson’s original...
Dates: 1966 - 1976

Part 4, pages 214-266, 1966 - 1976

 File — Box 2486, Folder: 20
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials following the career of Texas State University professor and writer, Miles Wilson from 1966-2016. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts for Line of Fall and Fire Season. Included are book catalogs; royalties for the drafts; and characters analyses and synopsis for Fire Season. Some of the materials within the collection are in poor condition because they were charred in a fire. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Wilson’s original...
Dates: 1966 - 1976

Partial draft with comments, undated

 File — Box 73, Folder: 2
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...
Dates: undated

Partial early draft, undated

 File — Box 72, Folder: 19
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...
Dates: undated

Partial early draft, June 29, 2001

 File — Box 73, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...
Dates: June 29, 2001

Partial early draft of Part III, undated

 File — Box 70, Folder: 1
Contents From the Sub-subseries:

Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.

Dates: undated

Partial Early Drafts, 2000, undated

 Sub-subseries
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...
Dates: 2000, undated

Partial proofs, fragment, January 22 and February 6, 2002

 File — Box 66, Folder: 5
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...
Dates: January 22 and February 6, 2002

Party for Gertrude Baker, [San Antonio], circa 1997

 File — Box 189, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Terry Ybañez, and others (16 photographs)

Dates: circa 1997

Party, San Antonio, 1998 - 1999

 File — Box 195, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Terry Ybañez, and others (22 photographs)

Dates: 1998 - 1999

Party with friends, [San Antonio], 1998

 File — Box 193, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker and others (21 photographs)

Dates: 1998