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Poetry

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

“For Karen in Greensboro,” [From University of Iowa thesis], 1 typedpage with minor corrections (p. 17 of thesis) for Karen Pool

 File — Box 42, Folder: 11
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1971 - 1985

“For Karen in Greensboro,” [poem], 1 photocopy page, no corrections

 File — Box 45, Folder: 6
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

“For My Friends Danny and Craig Who are Too Expensive for This Poem,” 1 typed page, heavily corrected; 1 typed page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, November 28, 1989

 File — Box 44, Folder: 1
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: November 28, 1989

“For San Dwayne Francisco”; Typescript copies, annotated drafts of poem

 File — Box 2778, Folder: 32
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

Ford Foundation, 1959 - 1960

 File — Box 32, Folder: 15
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: 1959 - 1960

Forest Bluff Montessori, IL, Daniel Patterson’s class

 File — Box 255, Folder: 19
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

Formal dinner with family, [Chicago], circa 1997

 File — Box 190, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano (26 photographs)

Dates: circa 1997

Formal outside dinner, [San Antonio], circa 1997

 File — Box 190, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Joan Frederick, Terry Ybañez, Juan, and others (56 photographs)

Dates: circa 1997

Formal party with friends, San Antonio, circa 1998

 File — Box 192, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Terry Ybañez and others (22 photographs)

Dates: circa 1998

Fort Stockton with friends, 2004

 File — Box 215, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Ray. (26 photographs)

Dates: 2004

Foster, David William “Mexican Literature: a History”, 1994

 File — Box 87, Folder: 29
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: 1994

Fourth or fifth grade school picture, St. Calistus, circa 1965

 Item — Box 161, Folder: 2
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: circa 1965

Fragment in “Early Poetry pre-voice, pre-1977,” 1 typed page; incomplete poem

 File — Box 42, Folder: 66
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1972 - 1986

Fragments, undated

 File — Box 20, Folder: 1
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

Fragments

 File — Box 62, 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: 2000, undated

Fragments

 File — Box Unknown, Folder: 15
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

Fragments and notes

 File — Box 43, Folder: 84
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

France, 1983

 File — Box 173, Folder: 5-6
Scope and Contents

2 folders (63 and 71 photographs)

Dates: 1983

France and Italy. During transient period post House on Mango Street. Includes drafts for poems and stories, unpublished story, “Martita Te Recuerdo” Approximately 100 pages (many blank). Plastic binder cover, 1982

 File — Box 12, Folder: 7
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: 1982

France. Pocket notebook includes list of stories for The House on Mango Street, notes and drafts of Rodrigo poems. Approximately 67 pages. Purple cloth cover, 1983

 File — Box 16, Folder: 4
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: 1983