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James East Irby Collection on José Bianco and Jorge Luis Borges
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James East Irby was a professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Princeton University.
The collection consists of papers on the Argentine writers José Bianco (1908-1986) and Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) collected or written by Irby. Included are three letters (1970-1973) by Bianco to Irby; three letters (1970) by Irby to Bianco; photocopies of two typescript articles by Bianco, "El Angel de las Tinieblas" and "Pinera, narrador"; a photocopy of a printed article by Bianco, "El sentido de mal en la obra de Proust"; and various autograph and typescript drafts (with some holograph corrections) of an article entitled "Encuentro con Borges" by Irby based on an interview with Borges, with a copy of the journal Revista de la Universidad de Mexico (Mexico, June 1962) in which it was published.
Gift of James East Irby. AM 2001-22.
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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '15 in 2013.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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Collection Inventory
3 TLsS by Bianco. 2 TLs (carbons), 1 TL (draft) by Irby
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40 pp. under the pseudonym of "Mercurio"
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11 pp. Published in Amaru (Lima).
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Photocopy of printed article, extract. From La Torre (Puerto Rico).
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TMs (carbon), 33 pp. - "Enero de 1962". TMs (carbon) with corrections by Irby, 20 pp. TMs (carbon) with corrections by Irby, 9 pp.
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Misc. notes, AMsS and TMsS, 27 pp.
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1 folder