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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Martza L. Pérez, 2001

 Item — Box 163, Folder: 15
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: 2001

Mary Bethune Junior High School, Los Angeles, CA

 File — Box 244, 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: 1992

“Material to be added to novel if reprinted”

 File — Box 18, Folder: 5
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

Maternal Relatives, undated

 File — Box 164, 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: 1894, 1950s-2013

Mathis, Dennis, 1982-1990, 1993-1999, 2002-2007, undated

 File — Box 126, Folder: 7-10
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: 1982-1990, 1993-1999, 2002-2007, undated

Mathis, Jerry, 1989-1995, undated

 File — Box 126, 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: 1989-1995, undated

“May 10, 1969,” Circa 1976, in “Early Poetry pre-voice, pre-1977,” 1 typed page, heavily corrected. Cisneros comment: “This was written in 1976 poss? 75? 77? Trash!”

 File — Box 42, Folder: 59
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

“May – So Padre Island Trip”, 2002-05

 File — Box 205, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

(35 photographs)

Dates: 2002-05

“Maybe Might Could,” 2 print out pages, minor correction

 File — Box 44, Folder: 21
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: 1985-2014, undated

Mc

 File — Box 127, Folder: 1
Correspondents McAllister, Edith (Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics), 2006; McBeth, Mary, undated; McBurney, John, 2010; McCloskey, Mary Lou (TESOL), 1992-1993; McCollum, Nancy (Pikes Peak Community College), 2002; McCormick, Donna Beth (Southwest Educational Development), 1987; McCracken, Mary Lou (TESOL), 1993; McCracken, Richard (Incarnate Word), 1995; McDonald, Erroll (Random House), 1991; McFarland, Pancho, 1992; McFarland, Ron (University of Idaho), 1993; McGee, Micki...
Dates: 1980 - 2013

McAteer High School

 File — Box 246, Folder: 11
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: 1995

McCollum High School

 File — Box 247, Folder: 13
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: 1997

McCracken, Ellen “Sandra Cisneros’ House on Mango Street: A Community-Oriented Introspection and the Demystification of Patriarchal Violence”, 1989

 File — Box 87, Folder: 4
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: 1989

McGlinn, Jeanne “Sandra Cisneros in the Classroom: ‘Do Not Forget to Reach’”, February 2004

 File — Box 88, Folder: 7
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: February 2004

Meadowcreek High School, Norcross, GA

 File — Box 256, 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: 2005

Med - Mel

 File — Box 127, Folder: 2
Correspondents

Medical Eye Services of California, 1989; Medina-Cisneros, Sandra and Jonathan, 2010; Mehegan, David (Boston Globe), 1995; Mehta, Sonny, 1993; Mejía, Anira E., 1993; Meléndez, Gabriel, 1986; Melia, Mary Grace, 1999; Melton, Terry, 1986; Melville, Margarita (University of California, Berkeley), 1989

Dates: 1980 - 2013

Medical Records, 2003 - 2005

 File — Box 4, Folder: 12
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

The final subseries relates to Cisneros’ pets, and includes drawings, obituaries, and medical records (2003-2012).

Dates: 2003 - 2005

Medical Records, 1982 - 1989

 Sub-Series
Sub-Series Description

Records in this subseries include correspondence, photocopied clippings, and doctors’ reports regarding R. G. Vliet’s fight against lymphoma from 1982 until his death in 1984. Also included are records relating to Ann Vliet’s health from to 1987-1989.

Dates: 1982 - 1989

Medina, David “The Softly Insistent Voice of a Poet: Sandra Cisneros is Young, Talented, and Determined to Make Herself Heard”, March 11, 1986

 File — Box 86, Folder: 13
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 11, 1986

Medina (unpublished), undated

 Sub-Series
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: undated