Poetry

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Book Contracts are separate from publisher’s correspondence and span 1985-2012. They are arranged by year in boxes 150-151, with files for each publisher listed alphabetically.

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Book Contracts are separate from publisher’s correspondence and span 1985-2012. They are arranged by year in boxes 150-151, with files for each publisher listed alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Subjects include Alfredo Cisneros de Moral, Joan Frederick, Terry Ybañez (65 photographs)

Series Description The Alfredo Cisneros del Moral (ACDM) Foundation records span 1997-2014 and document the activities of this organization Cisneros founded in her father’s name in 1998 (incorporated in 2000). The foundation that dissolved in 2015 provided grants to writers born in, or writing about, Texas. The series is arranged into the following sub-series: Foundation of the ACDM; Correspondence; Notes and Minutes; Financial Records; Ephemera and Publicity; Lists; and Nomination and Award Packets. The last...

Sub-Series Description

The Alfredo Cisneros materials span 1941-1949 and 1962-1997. It includes correspondence, military papers, obituaries, and condolence letters that Cisneros relieved after her father’s death in 1997.

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...

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...

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

The material relating to Cisneros’ mother spans 1964-2007 and was kept by her mother until her death in 2007. It includes correspondence with Sandra from 1977-2007; various documents and ephemera; and condolence letters that Cisneros received after her mother’s death. Oversized clippings and newspaper articles that her mother collected are located in box 8.

Scope and Contents

(11 photographs)

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...

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...

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...

Series Description From the Series:

Writings by others span 1985-2014 and contain works by contemporaries and friends of Cisneros, as well as writings sent to her either by an author or publisher. Of note are works by: Norma Alarcón; Julia Alvarez; Daniel Arreola; Tony Beckwith; Ruth Behar; Norma Cantú; Denise Chávez; Joan Frederick; Pat LittleDog; Levi Romero; Jim Sagel; Liliana Valenzuela; and Reggie Young.

Series Description From the Series:

Writings by others span 1985-2014 and contain works by contemporaries and friends of Cisneros, as well as writings sent to her either by an author or publisher. Of note are works by: Norma Alarcón; Julia Alvarez; Daniel Arreola; Tony Beckwith; Ruth Behar; Norma Cantú; Denise Chávez; Joan Frederick; Pat LittleDog; Levi Romero; Jim Sagel; Liliana Valenzuela; and Reggie Young.

Series Description From the Series:

Writings by others span 1985-2014 and contain works by contemporaries and friends of Cisneros, as well as writings sent to her either by an author or publisher. Of note are works by: Norma Alarcón; Julia Alvarez; Daniel Arreola; Tony Beckwith; Ruth Behar; Norma Cantú; Denise Chávez; Joan Frederick; Pat LittleDog; Levi Romero; Jim Sagel; Liliana Valenzuela; and Reggie Young.

Series Description From the Series:

Writings by others span 1985-2014 and contain works by contemporaries and friends of Cisneros, as well as writings sent to her either by an author or publisher. Of note are works by: Norma Alarcón; Julia Alvarez; Daniel Arreola; Tony Beckwith; Ruth Behar; Norma Cantú; Denise Chávez; Joan Frederick; Pat LittleDog; Levi Romero; Jim Sagel; Liliana Valenzuela; and Reggie Young.

Correspondents Amado, Jesse and Rebecca, undated; Amara, Pilar, 2004; Amaya, Rene, 1993; Anastas, Benjamin (The Iowa Review), 1992; Anderson, [Anita], undated; Andouard-Labarthe, Elyette, undated; Andrade, Mary J. (La Oferta Review), 1999; [Aneor], Elena [Porietowske], 2006; Anzaldúa, Gloria, 1989; Anzoategui, Karlos, 1999; [Aparico]-Guerro, Frances and Julio, 1991; Applegate, Kimberly, undated; Aquino, Stephen, 1986; Aranza, Maura, 1994; Archibald, Carol, 1996; Arellano,...

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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Materials in this collection pertaining to Catacalos’s personal life include Catacalos’s birth certificate, school records, early childhood artwork, genealogical records pertaining to the Catacalos, Peñaloza and Ferreyro families, family correspondence, audio interviews with family members, photographs, personal journals, newspaper clippings and ephemera.Materials pertaining to Catacalos’s literary career include press clippings, early newspaper columns and published works,...

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...