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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5880 Collections and/or Records:

(5) snapshot portraits. Black and white tile is in front of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Polaroid is Fiesta where parage would come past house on Guenther Street with Violet, very first dog, “symbol of domesticity”

 Item — Box 161, 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: 1954-2011, undated

7 drawings on tissue paper in reference to “Promised Lands” located in Unproc. Acc. Box# 769, undated

 File — Box 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)

Dates: undated

(8 folders), 2004

 File — Box 229, Folder: 4-8
Series Description From the Series:

Publicity Material spans 1978-2014 and is divided into the following subseries: Cisneros Cover Stories; Magazines with Articles about Cisneros; Newspaper and Other Articles; Appearance Publicity; Oversized; and Book Publisher Catalogs.

Dates: 2004

8 pages. Lime green cover, undated

 File — Box 22, 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: undated

10 pages. Andy Warhol soup can cover, undated

 File — Box 22, 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: undated

10 photographs, 1970-1990

 File — Box 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes book reviews, magazine and newspaper articles, fliers, photographs, and realia chronicling Barrett's life as a writer.

Dates: 1970-1990

13 1/2” x 19 1/2” framed poster from the Brazilian production of Fool for Love, Louco de Amor,in Portuguese (black and white photo of woman holding man’s leg)

 Item
Series Description From the Series:

Includes 4 posters that were removed from the collection and framed for exhibit. Additional unframed posters can be found listed within the collection.

Dates: 1980-1999

13 page “Style sheet”, July 29, 2002

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)

Dates: July 29, 2002

19 pages, includes one photograph of Cisneros and a friend. Faux leopard fur cover, 2001 - 2002

 File — Box 15, Folder: 3
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: 2001 - 2002

20 1/2” x 28” framed poster for the Turkish production of True West, Vahsi Bati (white background with brown hat and red tie)

 Item
Series Description From the Series:

Includes 4 posters that were removed from the collection and framed for exhibit. Additional unframed posters can be found listed within the collection.

Dates: 1980-1999

24 1/2” x 34” framed poster for True West, L’ouest, Le vraipresented by Theatre National, in French (black background with white, red and blue lettering)

 Item
Series Description From the Series:

Includes 4 posters that were removed from the collection and framed for exhibit. Additional unframed posters can be found listed within the collection.

Dates: 1980-1999

28” x 39” framed poster for True Westproduction presented by the Nouvelle Compagnie Theatrale, in French (black background with white lettering)

 Item
Series Description From the Series:

Includes 4 posters that were removed from the collection and framed for exhibit. Additional unframed posters can be found listed within the collection.

Dates: 1980-1999

33 pages. Purple Virgin of Guadalupe cover, 1999, 2001

 File — Box 14, Folder: 4
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: 1999, 2001

3.5-inch disks (32) and 5.25-inch disks (3) with electronic versions of Troncoso’s work , undated

 File — Box 15, Folder: 12-14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains both computer disks with drafts of Troncoso’s work and also the contents of a USB drive (113 digital photographs, 2 videos, and 4 documents).

Dates: undated

37 pages, includes writing notes. Purple plastic cover, July-October, 2001

 File — Box 15, Folder: 1
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: July-October, 2001

“40th Birthday Party and Others” Chicago, San Antonio, and Mexico, 1994

 File — Box 184, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Gertrude Baker and Dennis. (108 photographs)

Dates: 1994

“50th Party at White Sands”, 2004

 File — Box 215, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

“Macarena’s fotos of my disastrous 50th party at White Sands, NM June 20th 2004” (47 photographs)

Dates: 2004