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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

“Editor Letters”; Correspondence (4 folders), 1982 - 1996

 File — Box 2780, Folder: 17-20
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: 1982 - 1996

Editor’s mark-ups Section I

 File — Box 18, Folder: 1
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: This subseries very clearly shows Vliet’s process of writing from preliminary research through final product. It includes extensive background research files including files by subject containing clippings from newspapers and magazines, library call slips, color and black and white photographs, and handwritten notes. Following these research files are drafts of chapters handwritten in pencil, annotated typescripts, clean typescripts, and (minimal) correspondence. Perhaps most meticulously...
Dates: Publication: 1977

Editor’s mark-ups Section II

 File — Box 18, Folder: 2
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: This subseries very clearly shows Vliet’s process of writing from preliminary research through final product. It includes extensive background research files including files by subject containing clippings from newspapers and magazines, library call slips, color and black and white photographs, and handwritten notes. Following these research files are drafts of chapters handwritten in pencil, annotated typescripts, clean typescripts, and (minimal) correspondence. Perhaps most meticulously...
Dates: Publication: 1977

Edits, undated

 File — Box 73, Folder: 3
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

Edmondson, Jennifer “Rainbow Sounds Continue”, March 8, 1988

 File — Box 86, Folder: 27
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: March 8, 1988

“Edo Birthday Party” San Antonio, 1999

 File — Box 199, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Joan Frederick, Eduardo García (39 photographs)

Dates: 1999

“Edo Period” {San Antonio], 1998

 File — Box 194, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Joan Frederick, Eduardo García (23 photographs)

Dates: 1998

Education, 1961-1979, 1993, 2014

 Sub-Series
Sub-Series Description

The bulk of the material in Education spans her elementary school years through graduate school (1961-1979) and includes diplomas, report cards, yearbooks, and materials from Loyola University and the University of Iowa. Material relating to honorary degrees, State University of New York, Purchase (1993) and DePaul University (2014), can also be found in this subseries

Dates: 1961-1979, 1993, 2014

Egan, Martha, 1995, 2004

 File — Box 113, Folder: 2
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: 1995, 2004

Egyptian Theatre [San Antonio], circa 2003

 File — Box 213, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

(25 photographs)

Dates: circa 2003

El Arroyo de la Gritona, story translation by Catherine y Alcides Rodríguez-Nieto, 1988

 File — Box 53, Folder: 12
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Woman Hollering Creek may have had the working title “The Sky Has Little Eyes,” as there are four folders so labeled in this series. That material was kept together in box 51, folders 2-8, with drafts of all of the stories arranged alphabetically beginning in box 51, folder 9. Nearly every story contains multiple drafts, some with translations, such as “Eleven,” “Eyes of Zapata,” “La Fabulosa, A Texas Operetta,” “Never Marry a Mexican,” “Tepeyac,” and “Woman Hollering Creek.” Additional...
Dates: 1988

El Arroyo de la Llorona, book translation by Liliana Valenzuela, corrected page proofs; letter from Robin Dresser to Valenzuela, 1996

 File — Box 53, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Notes for translator are housed in box 47 folder 15 with House on Mango Street translations.

Dates: 1996

El Arroyo de la Llorono, undated, page proofs with minor corrections; includes 13 photo reproductions of artwork.

 File — Box 54, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Woman Hollering Creek may have had the working title “The Sky Has Little Eyes,” as there are four folders so labeled in this series. That material was kept together in box 51, folders 2-8, with drafts of all of the stories arranged alphabetically beginning in box 51, folder 9. Nearly every story contains multiple drafts, some with translations, such as “Eleven,” “Eyes of Zapata,” “La Fabulosa, A Texas Operetta,” “Never Marry a Mexican,” “Tepeyac,” and “Woman Hollering Creek.” Additional...
Dates: 1988-1992, 1996

“El Corrido de Arturo Madrid,” in honor of his selection for the Charles Frankel Prize by the National Endowment for Humanities. Notes, drafts, 1997

 File — Box 43, Folder: 91
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Later Poems span 1985-2014 and did not come in any original order. They are arranged alphabetically. Most poems are single drafts, but or insight into Cisneros’ revision process, there are eight progressive drafts of the 1995 poem “Morning After Tango.”

Dates: 1997

El Paso, Texas “Honorary Citizen" Certificate, October 17, 2002

 File — Box 36, Folder: 16
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: October 17, 2002

“El Pleito,” 4 pages, corrected, (3 drafts), 2006

 File — Box 39, Folder: 14
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: 2006

El Rancho Unified School District Resolution, October 22, 2002

 File — Box 36, Folder: 17
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: October 22, 2002

“Elemental Angel”

 File — Box 24, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: undated

Elementary school report cards, 1961 - 1968

 File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material in Education spans her elementary school years through graduate school (1961-1979) and includes diplomas, report cards, yearbooks, and materials from Loyola University and the University of Iowa. Material relating to honorary degrees, State University of New York, Purchase (1993) and DePaul University (2014), can also be found in this subseries

Dates: 1961 - 1968

“Eleven,” “Original drafts for ‘Eleven,’ including an early draft titled “The Red Sweater” and the poem “Turning 31” that influenced ‘Eleven,’”

 File — Box 52, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Notes and source material, including translated works that helped her recreate the syntax of Spanish speaker in English; Spanish translation, “Los Ojos de Zapata”

Dates: 1988-1990, undated