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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Professional Papers, 1978 - 2011

 Series
Series Description

Professional Papers document milestones in Cisneros’ employment history. The series is divided into four sub-series: Employment Records; Professional Appointments; Fellowships; and Awards, Certificates, and Proclamations.

Dates: 1978 - 2011

Profile. Visiones, May 1994

 File — Box 221, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

Publicity Material spans 1978-2014 and is divided into the following subseries: Cisneros Cover Stories; Magazines with Articles about Cisneros; Newspaper and Other Articles; Appearance Publicity; Oversized; and Book Publisher Catalogs.

Dates: May 1994

Program flyers, 1984

 File — Box 29, Folder: 8
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...
Dates: 1984

Program information and policies, 1995

 File — Box 35, Folder: 7
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes materials relating to various fellowships. Included are correspondence, award letters, and other materials relating to The Paisano Fellowship in Austin, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacArthur Grant.

Dates: 1995

Programs, 1972-1974, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

Includes publications and other specially preserved media from Hudson’s time on a variety of subjects including the Texas Folklore Society and offprints sent to Hudson by other writers.

Dates: 1972-1974, undated

Progress High School, Brroklyn, NY, Evelyn Menez’s class

 File — Box 256, Folder: 3
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...
Dates: 2005

Projects

 File — Box 32, Folder: 1
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Handwritten and typed notes, clippings, and photocopies, arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s subject categories, comprise the majority of this subseries. Also included are several folders of topographical and road maps of various Texas counties and other locations.

Dates: undated

Promotional displays; one for Vintage Contemporaries featuring a photograph by Rubén Guzmán and one advertising the Random House audiobook

 File — Box 55, Folder: 49
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: 1988-1993; 1997

Promotional Materials

 File — Box 68, Folder: 6
Contents

“Ein Huid van Karamel,” booklet by De Geus, Netherlands; “Caramelo,” booklet by Feux Croisés, France; Vintage Books Reading Group guide; Bookstore display

Dates: 1993 - 2002

Promotional materials

 File — Box 78, Folder: 13
Series Description From the Series: Monographs represent a significant portion of the archive and include material relating to each of Cisneros’ published books, as well as her children’s storybooks. The series is arranged chronologically according to publication date: The House on Mango Street (1984); My Wicked Wicked Ways (1987); Woman Hollering Creek (1991); Loose Woman (1994); Caramelo (2002); A House of My Own (2015). Storybook materials follow: Hairs/Pelitos (1994); Bravo Bruno (2011); Have You Seen Marie? (2012);...
Dates: 2009-2012, undated

Proofs for Spanish translation, May 18, 2012

 File — Box 78, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: Monographs represent a significant portion of the archive and include material relating to each of Cisneros’ published books, as well as her children’s storybooks. The series is arranged chronologically according to publication date: The House on Mango Street (1984); My Wicked Wicked Ways (1987); Woman Hollering Creek (1991); Loose Woman (1994); Caramelo (2002); A House of My Own (2015). Storybook materials follow: Hairs/Pelitos (1994); Bravo Bruno (2011); Have You Seen Marie? (2012);...
Dates: May 18, 2012

Proofs (incomplete), photocopy pages with corrections

 File — Box 49, Folder: 4
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Cisneros’ University of Iowa thesis forms the basis for My Wicked Wicked Ways (box 49), and the original near-complete thesis is at the heart of this series; however, a few pages are missing. One should see also material in Series VIII: Early Poetry (box 42). Also included are drafts of the book preface, proofs, and cover art samples.

Dates: 1978, 1992

Proofs (photocopy) including 14 photo reproductions of the artwork; Cisneros’ notes to translator for this book and Woman Hollering, 12 pages, March 9, 1992

 File — Box 47, Folder: 13
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The House on Mango Street does not include any of the manuscript material from the 1984 Arte Público Press edition, but there is the original artwork for that book. And the series does include Cisneros’ original drafts from The University of Iowa. The bulk of the series relates to the 1990 Random House edition with proofs, and new introduction and “about the author” materials. Translations are also well represented, with a Spanish translation by Elena Poniatowska and Juan Ascencio, and a...
Dates: March 9, 1992

Proofs, photocopy with holograph corrections; note from Julie Grau

 File — Box 49, Folder: 3
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Cisneros’ University of Iowa thesis forms the basis for My Wicked Wicked Ways (box 49), and the original near-complete thesis is at the heart of this series; however, a few pages are missing. One should see also material in Series VIII: Early Poetry (box 42). Also included are drafts of the book preface, proofs, and cover art samples.

Dates: 1978, 1992

“Proposal to My Wife”; Annotated drafts of the poem

 File — Box 2778, Folder: 12
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials from author Miles Wilson dating 1965-2016. Material includes correspondence pertaining to the acquisition of the J. Frank Dobie papers by William Wittliff and the inception of the Southwest Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University) San Marcos, Texas, as well as annotated drafts of early poetry and short prose; submissions to various poetry and short story anthologies; rejection slips and editor correspondence. The bulk of the material...
Dates: 1965 - 2016

“Prose-Juvenilia”; Annotated typescript drafts of short stories, 1965

 File — Box 2779, Folder: 8
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials from author Miles Wilson dating 1965-2016. Material includes correspondence pertaining to the acquisition of the J. Frank Dobie papers by William Wittliff and the inception of the Southwest Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University) San Marcos, Texas, as well as annotated drafts of early poetry and short prose; submissions to various poetry and short story anthologies; rejection slips and editor correspondence. The bulk of the material...
Dates: 1965

Prospect Sierra School, Sandra Brod’s class

 File — Box 250, Folder: 8
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...
Dates: 1999

Protest against KKK, San Antonio, circa 1997

 File — Box 187, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker (9 photographs)

Dates: circa 1997

Protest, [Mexico/American Border], 1998

 File — Box 193, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

(18 photographs)

Dates: 1998

Provincetown (5), 3x5 photographs by Dennis Mathis and Michael Cunningham

 Item — Box 161, Folder: 3
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1954-2011, undated