Skip to main content

Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

“Falling Stars,” 1 holograph page

 File — Box 45, Folder: 5
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: circa 1982-1987, undated

Family at a dinner, [San Antonio], circa 1997

 File — Box 186, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Alfredo Cisneros de Moral, Elvira Cordero Anguiano, Juan, and others (77 photographs)

Dates: circa 1997

Family event, [Chicago], circa 2002

 File — Box 207, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano (24 photographs)

Dates: circa 2002

Family Papers, 1856, 1887, 1964-2007, bulk: 1964 - 2007

 Series
Series Description

Family Papers is divided into five subseries: Elvira Cisneros (mother); Alfredo Cisneros (father); genealogy; oversized family documents; and brothers and their families.

Dates: 1856, 1887, 1964-2007; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2007

Family papers from Enrique Arteaga

 File — Box 7, Folder: 13
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Genealogy Records include documents relating to Enrique Cisneros del Moral (great-grandfather), and research on the Coredero family. Of note in this series is correspondence between Cisneros and her father’s cousin, Enrique Arteaga, about family history. Some oversized documents are housed in box 8.

Dates: 1856, 1989-2003

Family Photographs, 1950s-1960s

 File — Box 165, Folder: 1-2
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Dates: 1950s-1960s

Family Photographs, 1970s-1980s

 File — Box 165, Folder: 3
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Dates: 1970s-1980s

Family Photographs, 1894, 1950s-2013

 Sub-Series
Subseries Description

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Dates: 1894, 1950s-2013

“Family Pictures,” introduction for Carmen Lomas Garza book, 2004

 File — Box 38, 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: 2004

Family with newborn, [Chicago], 1998 - 1999

 File — Box 195, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano and others (36 photographs)

Dates: 1998 - 1999

“Famous Clouds,” presented at Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, Illinois, 4 typed pages, corrected; photocopy; conference program, May 17, 1989

 File — Box 38, Folder: 15
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 17, 1989

“Famous People of Hydra,” 1 photocopy page

 File — Box 43, Folder: 18
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

“Fan of a Floating Woman,” 2 photocopy drafts, no corrections; 1 photocopy page with corrections, 1988

 File — Box 55, Folder: 12
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

“Farewell”, undated

 File — Box 20, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Drafts of plays (mostly handwritten in pencil and annotated) and typescripts (mostly mimeographs or photocopies with annotations) are arranged in this subseries in alphabetical order. For reviews and further information regarding the author’s plays, see Series II: Personal, Newsclippings.

Dates: undated

Father, Alfred Cisneros

 File — Box 164, Folder: 6
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Dates: 1894, 1950s-2013

Father, Alfred Cisneros, military (2 folders)

 File — Box 164, Folder: 4-5
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Dates: 1894, 1950s-2013

“Father’s Altar and More” San Francisco and San Antonio, 1997

 File — Box 189, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1997

“Fathers”; Typescript copies and annotated drafts of poem

 File — Box 2778, Folder: 31
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

Faux Caramelo cover, 2002

 File — Box 19, 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: 2002

Favored sources

 File — Box 31, Folder: 5
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