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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

“South by West: The Nature of Education of the Poet”, Therese Kayser Lindsay Address at Southwest Texas State University, October 26, 1978

 File — Box 30, Folder: 19
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes drafts and typescripts of four speeches which address Vliet’s writing process and influences. Also included here is the author’s acceptance speech for the 1978 Texas Institute of Letters Award received for his novel, Solitudes.

Dates: October 26, 1978

South of France (9) 3x5 prints, slides, 1983

 Item — Box 161, Folder: 6
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: 1983

South Oldham High School, Allison Sawyer’s class

 File — Box 250, Folder: 9-10
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

“South Padre Island Trip and New York City”, circa 2002-2003

 File — Box 210, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

(38 photographs)

Dates: circa 2002-2003

Southwest Review, 1956 - 1982

 File — Box 32, Folder: 32
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Business correspondence relates to Vliet’s writing career, and covers such subjects as writing submissions, editing of works to be published, royalties for published works. Correspondents include various poetry and literary journals, Texas Institute of Letters, the Ford Foundation, and Vliet’s agent, Lucy Kroll, of the Lucy Kroll Agency. Two non-correspondence files were filed by the author with this business correspondence, and are located at the beginning of this group of...
Dates: 1956 - 1982

Southwest Texas State University, 1960 - 1983

 File — Box 32, Folder: 33
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Business correspondence relates to Vliet’s writing career, and covers such subjects as writing submissions, editing of works to be published, royalties for published works. Correspondents include various poetry and literary journals, Texas Institute of Letters, the Ford Foundation, and Vliet’s agent, Lucy Kroll, of the Lucy Kroll Agency. Two non-correspondence files were filed by the author with this business correspondence, and are located at the beginning of this group of...
Dates: 1960 - 1983

Southwest Texas State University Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Alumnus, 1982

 Item — Box 41
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

One award (from Southwest Texas State University) and several items of clothing, as well as Vliet’s eyeglasses and case, are included in this subseries. The embroidered white cotton shirt worn by Vliet at his daughter’s wedding (see Series 2 : Personal, Subseries B : Photographs) can also be found here.

Dates: 1982

Southwest Texas State University (James Barton, Luann Brunson, Bob Hardesty), undated

 File — Box 34, Box: 9
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Personal correspondence in this subseries includes letters to Vliet from long-time friends such as Ruth Bloom, Harry Clauss, Alan Distler, John Haag, Ralph Houston, and David Lyttle. Several letters from Vliet to Ralph Houston are also included here, presumably sent to Ann Vliet after R.G. Vliet’s death. These letters are of special interest in that they discuss Vliet’s writing and his health. Correspondence from Vliet’s family include genealogical information, and a letter from Vliet’s...
Dates: undated

Spain, 1997

 File — Box 190, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Subjects include [Alcala de Henares], [Kathleen Hudson] (8 photographs)

Dates: 1997

[Spain], 1998 - 1999

 File — Box 196, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

(5 photographs)

Dates: 1998 - 1999

[Spain], circa 2000

 File — Box 202, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

(23 photographs)

Dates: circa 2000

[Spain], circa 2000

 File — Box 202, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

(34 photographs)

Dates: circa 2000

Spain, Cuba. Includes many laid-in items including two caricatures from Cuba. Diego Rivera Kneeling Child on cover, 2003

 File — Box 15, Folder: 4
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: 2003

Spanish style sheet, March 8, 2002

 File — Box 73, Folder: 6
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: March 8, 2002

“Spanish syntax”

 File — Box 57, Folder: 4
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: 1993 - 2002

Spanish translation by Liliana Valenzuela, October 31, 2011

 File — Box 78, Folder: 4
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: October 31, 2011

Spanish translations: “Mi Nombre,” by Lourdes Escalante; “Papá quien despierta cansado en la oscuridad,” by Norma Alarcón

 File — Box 47, Folder: 12
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: circa 1977; 1990-2009

Spanish translations of “Mexicanos en Francia,” “Poema de Locura Nocturna,” and “___Nube” by Paloma Zozaya

 File — Box 55, Folder: 50
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

“Sparrow Incident,” 1 print out page, corrected, 1994

 File — Box 45, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Series: Short Stories span 1982-2012 and are arranged alphabetically. A number of stories were originally housed in a folder title “Antojitos collection,” dating from 1982-1987. These stories were kept together in box 45, folders 1-15. The rest of the short stories follow, and are also arranged alphabetically. Many include multiple drafts, with stories such as “Machu Pichu,” “Martita te Requerdo,” and “The Snow Queen,” a poem inspired by former San Antonio mayor, Henry Cisneros, comprising several...
Dates: 1994

Speaking. Photograph by Meredith A. [M_____], March 10, 1994

 Item — Box 162, Folder: 12
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: March 10, 1994