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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Christmas party [San Antonio], circa 1999

 File — Box 198, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Joan Frederick, Terry Ybañez, Juan. (59 photographs)

Dates: circa 1999

Christmas, San Antonio, circa 1997

 File — Box 186, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Joan Frederick, Terry Ybañez (31 photographs)

Dates: circa 1997

“Christmas time with family” Chicago, 1990s

 File — Box 182, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano, Ted Dvoracek. (18 photographs)

Dates: 1990s

Chronology

 File — Box 61, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-subseries:

Multiple drafts and notes for each chapter, arranged in order as they appear in the novel; complete novel drafts begin in box 63

Dates: 1993 - 2002

Chula Vista High School, Kathryn Griffith’s class

 File
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: 1996

Church, Karen “Interdeterminancy and Intention: Language in Woman Hollering Creek”, November 1993

 File — Box 87, Folder: 23
Series Description From the Series:

These writings about Cisneros are arranged chronologically from 1981-2012 and include academic articles, interviews, and writer’s biographies. Undated writings about Cisneros are housed in box 89 and are arranged alphabetically by author. Newspaper articles and publicity writings about Cisneros can be found in Series XIX: Publicity.

Dates: November 1993

Churchill High School, San Antonio, Lee Huddleston’s class

 File — Box 256, Folder: 12
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: 2006

Ci - Cl

 File — Box 108, Folder: 10
Correspondents

Cisneros, Enrique, undated; Cisneros, Michelle. 2009; Cisneros, Sandra and Al, 2004, 2007-2008, 2012; Cisneros, Silvia, 1994, undated; City Veterinary Hospital, 2003, 2008; Clark, LaVerne Harrell, 1986, 2006; Clausen, Jakob, 2010; Clayson, Marti, 2006; Clifton, Kaye, 2014

Dates: 1980 - 2013

Cibola High School, Yuma, AZ

 File — Box 255, Folder: 2
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: 2004

“Cinco de Mayo,” presented as part of the Cinco de Mayo festivities at California State University, Chico. Multiple drafts and notes, May 4, 1988

 File — Box 38, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

Dates: May 4, 1988

Cinco de Mayo speech at Chico, California, May 4, 1988. Photograph by Larry Benton “First speech after coming back from the dead. Realized I had this power to rally people to do things", 1988

 File — Box 161, 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: 1988

"Cinetset" San Antonio, 2002

 File — Box 208, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include [Gregg Barrios], Ruth Behar, [Norma Cantu], [Felix Saldiran], [Sonia Saldiran] (20 photographs)

Dates: 2002

Cisneros Cover Stories, 1987 - 2009

 Sub-Series
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: 1987 - 2009

Cisneros family with baby, [Chicago], 1999

 File — Box 198, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano, Ted Dvoracek (22 photographs)

Dates: 1999

Cisneros, Henry and Mary Alice, 1998-2011, undated

 File — Box 108, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series: The extensive correspondence files span 1980-2013 and are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Every correspondent is included in the container list, and when known, organizational affiliations are listed in parenthesis. Individuals with a significant quantity of letters include: Jeffrey Abrahams; Norma Alarcón; Dorothy Allison; Julia Alvarez; Beatrix Badikian; Gertrude Baker; Ruth Behar; Ronnie Burke; Norma Cantu; Ana Castillo; Denise Chávez; Carlos Cumpián; Ted Dvoracek; Gayle...
Dates: 1998-2011, undated

Cisneros house party, San Antonio, 1998 - 1999

 File — Box 196, Folder: 5-6
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker and others (26 photographs); Joan Frederick, Terry Ybañez, and others (48 photographs)

Dates: 1998 - 1999

Cisneros op-ed newspaper articles, 1993

 File — Box 4, Folder: 2
Contents

Includes “Who Wants Stories Now,” New York Times, March 14, 1993; “To Zlatko Dizdarevic;” “From the Abyss that is Sarajevo, the heart of a friend reaches out,” San Antonio Express News; “A Friends Trapped in Hell;” and “A Letter from Sarajevo, City of Despair, Deprivation and Death,” Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1993

Dates: Other: 1993

Sandra Cisneros Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-123
Abstract The Sandra Cisneros Papers span 1954-2014 and are divided into twenty-seven series that document her entire life and literary career up until the archives acquisition in 2015. The bulk of the archive consists of Cisneros’ writings, correspondence, photographs, publicity, and letters from readers. Many other aspects of her career are represented through professional papers, publishing, awards, and organizational affiliations such as the Alfred Cisneros del Moral Foundation, the Macondo...
Dates: 1954 - 2014

“Cisneros Uncensored” 25 pages. Red leather notebook with ties, April 2003

 File — Box 20, Folder: 2
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: April 2003

City of Santa Ana, California Proclamation of “Sandra Cisneros Day", May 7, 1994

 File — Box 36, Folder: 11
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

numerous awards, certificates, and proclamations that Cisneros received are arranged chronologically, 1985-2011 in box 36. Of note is her 2003 Texas Medal of Arts award. Oversized awards are located in Oversized box 1.

Dates: May 7, 1994