Literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6114 Collections and/or Records:
Train
Item — Box 876
Sub-Series Description
From the Sub-Series:
Original carved and inked woodblocks created by Barbara Whitehead commissioned by the Encino Press. These blocks have been scanned and printed on plain paper for ease of access. See print-outs and accompanying zip-disks in box 877. Print-outs are annotated with either a title taken from the block or simply a descriptive cataloger-assigned title; these are the titles listed in this quide. Prnt-outs are also annotated with the titles of books in which the images appeared, such as: Deep Like...
Dates:
undated
Trains / Stations / Schedules
File — Box 8, 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:
circa 1980s
Translation, (5th draft), by Elena Poniatowska and Juan Ascencio, spiral bound print out with holograph corrections, March 1994
File — Box 47, Folder: 15
Subseries Description
From the Sub-Series:
The House on Mango Street does not include any of the manuscript material from the 1984 Arte Público Press edition, but there is the original artwork for that book. And the series does include Cisneros’ original drafts from The University of Iowa. The bulk of the series relates to the 1990 Random House edition with proofs, and new introduction and “about the author” materials. Translations are also well represented, with a Spanish translation by Elena Poniatowska and Juan Ascencio, and a...
Dates:
March 1994
Translation Materials, 1926
File — Box 2, Folder: 2
Series Description
From the Series:
The Writings Series is divided into the Published Works subseries, 1924 - 1988, and the Unpublished Works subseries, 1945 - 1986. The first contains tearsheets and photocopies of Sanford’s published short stories, arranged alphabetically by title. Of special interest is a collection of eight of Sanford’s short stories and one article gathered by her mother-in-law Helen Hall Sanford and placed in a small folder for posterity. Original copies of the American...
Dates:
1926
Translation, photocopy with holograph corrections; queries between translators Juan Ascencio and Elena Poniatowska and Cisneros, February 1994
File — Box 47, Folder: 14
Subseries Description
From the Sub-Series:
The House on Mango Street does not include any of the manuscript material from the 1984 Arte Público Press edition, but there is the original artwork for that book. And the series does include Cisneros’ original drafts from The University of Iowa. The bulk of the series relates to the 1990 Random House edition with proofs, and new introduction and “about the author” materials. Translations are also well represented, with a Spanish translation by Elena Poniatowska and Juan Ascencio, and a...
Dates:
February 1994
Translation, print out with holograph corrections
File — Box 47, Folder: 16
Subseries Description
From the Sub-Series:
The House on Mango Street does not include any of the manuscript material from the 1984 Arte Público Press edition, but there is the original artwork for that book. And the series does include Cisneros’ original drafts from The University of Iowa. The bulk of the series relates to the 1990 Random House edition with proofs, and new introduction and “about the author” materials. Translations are also well represented, with a Spanish translation by Elena Poniatowska and Juan Ascencio, and a...
Dates:
1992 - 1994
Translations, 1988-1992, 1996
Sub-subseries
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
Travel Files, 1992 - 2012
Series
Series Description
This series contains itineraries, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera from several of Cisneros’ travel abroad for book tours and conferences between 1992 and 2012 (boxes 304-305). Trips represented include those to Paris, Barcelona, Cuba, Seville, Italy, China, Japan, and Buenos Aires.
Dates:
1992 - 2012
Travel notes
File — Box 78, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...
Dates:
1978-2002, undated
Travel Receipts, circa 1966-1969
File — Box 121, Folder: 2
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged chronologically, and contains receipts, income taxes, expense reports, financial statements and other documents related to various aspects of Shrake’s life. The financial records tend to give snapshots of Shrake’s financial situation and lifestyle through the years, rather than a complete picture. Besides expense reports from Sports Illustrated that go to 1976, the financial records do not contain any documents between 1972 and...
Dates:
circa 1966-1969
Travel-related materials, circa 1960-1969
File — Box 135, Folder: 8
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains materials belonging to Shrake of a more personal nature and is arranged chronologically. The oldest item in this series, and in the collection, is Shrake’s father’s baby dress. Also included are certificates, clippings about Shrake and friends, photographs of Shrake, family and friends, scrapbooks, short stories written for class, two typewriters, a briefcase Shrake used for traveling on Sports Illustrated assignments, Artwork by Shrake...
Dates:
circa 1960-1969
Travel to Germany, Greece, Miland; story ideas for Caramelo, quotes, notes for Wicked Wicked Ways introduction, drawings of people on the plane. Approximately 86 pages. Monet’s Women in a Garden on the cover, February 1992
File — Box 18, Folder: 2
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:
February 1992
Traveling with friends, 2002
File — Box 205, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
(12 photographs)
Dates:
2002
Travels: San Antonio, New Mexico, Amsterdam, 1999 - 2000
File — Box 199, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
(36 photographs)
Dates:
1999 - 2000
Travels with Jasna, 1998 - 1999
File — Box 196, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Subjects include Terry Ybañez, Jasna Karaula (22 photographs)
Dates:
1998 - 1999
Treatment, October 2, 1984
File — Box 65, Folder: 4
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
October 2, 1984
Treatment, undated
File — Box 67, Folder: 4
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
undated
Treatment typescript
File — Box 35, Folder: 3
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
1978-1985, undated
Trees
File — Box 32, Folder: 6
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
“Trieste – Ciao to Italy,” [published in My Wicked Wicked Ways], 1 photocopy, May 6, 1983
File — Box 43, Folder: 66
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:
May 6, 1983
University Archives
Room 580, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
UnivArchives@txstate.edu
Room 580, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
UnivArchives@txstate.edu
The Wittliff Collections
7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu
7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu