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Augusto Monterroso Papers
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Augusto Monterroso was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on December 21, 1921. An autodidact from the age of eleven, he spent his adolescence in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where he worked clandestinely against the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico and co-founded the newspaper El Espectador. His political activities led to his detainment and exile to Mexico City in 1944. Later that year, when Jacobo Arbenz became president of Guatemala, Monterroso was appointed to a position in the Guatemalan embassy in Mexico. In 1953, he was named Guatemalan consul to Bolivia and moved briefly to La Paz before relocating to Santiago, Chile, upon Arbenz's fall from power. In 1956, Monterroso returned to Mexico City, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Monterroso's first stories were published in 1941, in the periodicals Acento and El Imparcial. The short story remained his primary form, and his first book, Obras completas (y otros cuentos), includes what is widely regarded as the world's shortest story, "El dinosaurio," comprised of a single seven-word sentence. Other published works include La oveja negra y demás fabulas; La letra e; Monterroso's only novel, Lo demás es silencio; and his memoirs, Los buscadores de oro. In addition to his writing career, Monterroso taught at la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Stanford University and held a variety of editorial positions.
Awards received by Monterroso during his lifetime include the Premio Javier Villaurrutia (1975), Premio Juan Rulfo (1996), Quetzal de Jade Maya (1996), Guatemala's Premio Nacional de Literatura (1997), and Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras (2000). Additionally, la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala awarded Monterroso an honorary doctorate in 1996. Monterroso died in Mexico City in 2003.
This collection contains notes and drafts of Monterroso's books, essays, short stories, and other writings; his notebooks; extensive personal and business correspondence; his drawings; photographs of Monterroso, family, and friends; and family papers.
Biografía at Centro Virtual Cervantes consulted during preparation of biographical note.
Purchased from Barbara Jacobs in 2006 (AM2006-127).
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This collection was processed by Danielle Ford in 2006. Finding aid written by Danielle Ford in January 2007.
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Collection Inventory
This series consists of the writings of Augusto Monterroso. Included are notebooks; drafts of books, essays, speeches, and short stories; works edited by Monterroso or to which he contributed; and miscellaneous materials.
Arranged by format.
Physical Description8 linear feet
This subseries contains address books and datebooks as well as notebooks including personal journals, notes for Monterroso's writings, and research, as well as a diary kept by Dolores Yáñez, Monterroso's first wife.
Arranged by content and by date. Address books and datebooks precede personal notebooks and writing journals.
Physical Description4 boxes
1 box
1 box
Contains personal notes as well as addresses.
Physical Description1 box
One page headed, "Mexico 1960."
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1 box
1 box
1 box
1 box
1 box
1 box
1 box
1 box
1 box
Mostly blank, first few pages contain partial draft of an essay.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "1955(?)." Accompanying note indicates that Monterroso copied the contents in 1985 (notebook with copies located in box 3). Contains personal notes, expenses, and notes for essays.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Propiedad de Dolores Y. de Monterroso," accompanied by several loose items in internal folder.
Physical Description1 box
Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Apuntes del señor Monterroso, 1975 (?)." Contains names and phone numbers, some with notes.
Physical Description1 box
Contains personal diary entries and notes.
Physical Description1 box
Contains notes, phone numbers, and two small sketches.
Physical Description1 box
Contains personal notes and reminders.
Physical Description1 box
Contains notes from trip to Paris.
Physical Description1 box
Contains personal diary entries, small sketch near beginning.
Physical Description1 box
Contains notes concerning La letra e (working title: "Fragmentos de un diario").
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Rafael Arévalo Martínez." Pages removed and foldered.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Rafael Landivar." Pages removed and foldered.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Curso." Pages removed and foldered. Contains one page of notes on Thomas Mann story, "Tobias Mindernickel."
Physical Description1 folder
Pages removed and foldered. Contents include notes concerning trip to Paris.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages removed and foldered. Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains notes for class on the short story at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Accompanied by folder of loose material removed from notebook.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Misceláneo." Accompanied by folder of loose material removed from notebook.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "D. Algo de '71." Pages removed and foldered.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Movimiento perpetuo."
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Lo demás es silencio, Eduardo Torres."
Physical Description1 box
Contains personal notes and reminders.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Premio Príncipe." Contains notes for lectures.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Batres Montúfar." Accompanied by folder of loose material removed from notebook.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "C N y S, 29 Dic. 1972 (11 pm)." Contents include notes for short stories.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Enero - 1976." Accompanied by folder of loose material removed from notebook. Contents include personal notes and objectives for the year.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "[Illegible] Comité." Contents include notes on Cervantes and Shakespeare.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Juan Rulfo." Contents include sketches and notes for a class.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "1976." Contains personal notes.
Physical Description1 box
Contents include a draft of a short essay and ideas for essays and a novel.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Augusto Monterroso." Contains accounts of expenses and notes on the modern short story.
Physical Description1 box
Contents removed and foldered; contains plans for essays.
Physical Description1 folder
Contents include personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Accompanied by folder of loose material removed from notebook. Contents include notes on the publication of La oveja negra.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Augusto Monterroso, Hotel Riviera." Contents include personal diary entries on trip to Havana.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Febrero 84, Dia[rio]." Accompanied by folder of loose material removed from notebook. Pages numbered. Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "10 julio 84-, Hotel L'Aviglon, Bd. Raspail et Edgard Quinent, 1984." Leaves numbered 1-97. Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "5 novbre 84, 1984-1985." Leaves numbered 1-35. Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "De libretas y cuadernos en Chile, 1955." Contains items copied in 1985 from notebook located in box 1.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Cuaderno paralelo desde el 21 de agosto 1985." Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "1985-1987." Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Recuerdos, memorias, Los primeros años, p. 21/3/88." Accompanied by folder of loose materials removed from notebook. Contains notes on autobiography and early drafts from what would become Los buscadores de oro.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Enero 88, 89-90, 92." Accompanied by folder of loose materials removed from notebook. Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Artículos 1989." Accompanied by folder of loose materials removed from notebook. Contains notes for essays and articles, as well as articles by others.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages removed and foldered. Contains translations into Spanish of work by John Aubrey.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Notas para Literatura Fantástica, Cuadernos de la [segunda] parte." Accompanied by folder of loose materials removed from notebook.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Como diario, Artículos." Contains notes and personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Literatura f." Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "El cuento corto, Sevilla-Madrid-Oviedo." Accompanied by folder of loose materials removed from notebook. Contains notes and personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains notes and drafts of essays.
Physical Description1 box
Pages removed and foldered. Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains personal diary entries.
Physical Description1 box
Labeled, "Cosas de la vaca, 1998." Pages removed and foldered.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages removed and foldered. Contains personal diary entries and article titled, "La alusion literaria en Lo demás es silencio, o La biografía ficticia."
Physical Description1 folder
Pages removed and foldered. Contains article titled, "Sobre el cuento en entrevistas no publicadas en libro."
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of notes, drafts, proofs, and publication materials for books written by Monterroso.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Description12 boxes
2 boxes
Working title: "Autobiografía sumaria." Additions and changes dated. Pages numbered 2-81.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Autobiografía sumaria." Most pieces dated. Consists of autobiographical sketches and fragments later used for Los buscadores de oro.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Autobiografía sumaria." Additions and changes dated. Pages numbered 2-23, 1-4, 24-76.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Los primeros años." Additions and changes dated. Pages numbered 2-87.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Los primeros años." Additions and changes dated. Pages numbered 1-3, 9-11, 49-57, 57-53, 10/10A/10B, 87-127.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Los primeros años." Additions and changes dated. Accompanied by unrelated note from Monterroso, formerly attached to title page. Pages numbered 3-6, 14-86, intervening pages unnumbered.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Los primeros años." Photocopy with holograph corrections done by Monterroso at Stanford. Pages numbered 3-86.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Los primeros años." Photocopy with further holograph corrections. Pages numbered 3-86.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: "Los primeros años."
Physical Description1 folder
Pages numbered 2-97. Accompanied by list of changes and notes on different versions and editors.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy.
Physical Description1 folder
3 boxes
Notes and drafts of the second chapter of the novel and other fragments later integrated into the chapter.
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of the first chapter of the novel.
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Drafts of the fourth chapter of the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of several chapters of the novel, accompanied by notes.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes and fragments of material omitted from the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Working titles of chapter: "Memorias de un valet," "Recuerdos de un valet," "Testimonio de su valet." Contains notes and fragments of three early drafts of the third chapter of the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Working titles of chapter: "Memorias de un valet," "Recuerdos de un valet," "Testimonio de su valet." Contains notes and fragments of three early drafts of the third chapter of the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title of chapter: "Memorias de un valet." Referred to by Monterroso as, "Nuevo valet." Edited in 1977.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes on the character Luciano Zamora.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains drafts of Eduardo Torres's writings and aphorisms from the second and third parts of the novel, accompanied by draft of index and plans for the novel. Edited in 1981.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains drafts of Eduardo Torres's writings and aphorisms from the second and third parts of the novel. Also includes photocopy of printed version of "Breve antología de Eduardo Torres." Edited in 1981.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title of chapter: "Memorias de un valet." Labeled, "Novísimo valet." Contains two drafts of final revision of the third chapter of the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Final draft before clean-up. Edited in 1981.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages numbered 1-143. Final draft of novel, as sent to printer. Accompanied by photocopied images of house used as model for Torres's residence, corrected draft of bibliography, draft of list of abbreviations, and drawing by Bárbara Jacobs.
Physical Description1 folder
Labeled, "Bárbara's copy." Pages numbered 1-143.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections and notes, chiefly concerning formatting. Pages numbered 1-147.
Physical Description1 folder
Galleys from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, with extensive holograph corrections.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains copies of illustrations from the novel (including negative prints) and three mock-ups of the cover illustration.
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, with holograph notes. Dated June 21, 1978.
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, with holograph notes and corrections. Accompanied by list of names, bibliography, abbreviations, and index, all with holograph corrections. Dated August 10, 1978.
Physical Description1 folder
Two drafts of endnotes for the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Second edition printed copy of the novel, with extensive annotations by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes intended to be incorporated into a possible Spanish edition of the novel.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains a review of the novel, notes by Monterroso, and a draft of Monterroso's article on fictional biography.
Physical Description1 folder
3 boxes
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Photocopies of articles from original publication in Sábado.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Drafts of articles originally published in Sábado, later collected in La letra e.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Notes arranging and describing articles.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Notes and fragments not included in published volume.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Includes content from 1983-1984. Photocopy, pages numbered 2-183.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Includes content from 1983-1985. Photocopy with holograph corrections, pages numbered 2-248.
Physical Description1 folder
Working title: Fragmentos de un diario. Includes content from 1983-1985. Photocopy, pages numbered 2-211.
Physical Description1 folder
Several lists of corrections to be made to the manuscript.
Physical Description1 folder
Several drafts of Monterroso's preface.
Physical Description1 folder
Draft of index.
Physical Description1 folder
First version to use official title. Includes content from 1983-1985, preface, and index. Photocopy, pages numbered 2-195.
Physical Description1 folder
1 box
4 drafts (1 fragmentary).
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of the essay "Literatura y vida." Some drafts use the working title, "Experencia literaria."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of "Prólogo" TMs draft, with holograph corrections, of "El cuento," and "Literatura y vida."
Physical Description1 folder
5 drafts of the essay, with holograph corrections; 1 photocopy.
Physical Description1 folder
Incomplete arrangement of pieces included in the book, with index. Contains drafts of "Cementerios en Zürich," "El pequeño mundo del hombre," "Cervantes ensayista," "La voz humana," and "Libros prestados."
Physical Description1 folder
Incomplete arrangement of pieces included in the book, continued from folder 6. Contains drafts of "La pulga en mi oreja," "El nuevo soneto a Helena," "Luis Maneiro, traductor de Lord Chesterfield," "El idioma español," "Los mejores del siglo XX," and "La otra torre."
Physical Description1 folder
2 boxes
Drafts of pieces written for Movimiento perpetuo: "A escoger," "A lo mejor sí," Autocrítica," Bajo otros escombros," "Beneficios y maleficios de Jorge Luis Borges," Como me deshice 500 libros," "De atribuciones," "Dejar de ser mono," "Ese tema," "La exportación de cerebros," "The Fly" (Walter de la Mare), "Homenaje a Masoc," "Homo scriptor," "Humor," "Las máscaras."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of pieces written for Movimiento perpetuo: "Memorias del infierno," "Modesto proposición," "Las moscas," "Movimiento perpetuo," "Navidad. Año nuevo. Lo que sea," "Onís es asesino," "El paraíso," "Peligro siempre inminente," "El poeta al aire libre," "Rarezas, ciertas manías," "Reir o llorar," "El salto cualitativo," "Sexo y carácter."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of index.
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts: preliminary arrangement of pieces by Monterroso. Index does not reflect actual order of titles.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy. Index does not reflect actual order of titles.
Physical Description1 folder
TMss with holograph corrections and photocopies of drafts, rearranged. Not complete.
Physical Description1 folder
Final revision. TMs with holograph corrections, pages numbered 3-135.
Physical Description1 folder
Galleys from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, with holograph notes and corrections.
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, accompanied by additional partial copy of proofs and blurbs.
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz, with accompanying art.
Physical Description1 folder
Mouvement perpetuel: TMs of translation into French by Christine Monot. Pages numbered 1-103.
Physical Description1 folder
1 box
Drafts of stories from the collection, as placed in order by Monterroso: "Diógenes también ha muerto," "Primera dama," "Alegoría de Mr. Taylor," "Sinfonía terminada."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of stories from the collection, as placed in order by Monterroso: "Obras completas," "El concierto," "El eclipse," "El centenario," "El especialista," "No quiero engañarlos," "Uno de cada trés," "Un error de interpretación."
Physical Description1 folder
First edition proofs from Alianza Editorial.
Physical Description1 folder
Complete Works and Other Stories: Reviews and correspondence concerning translation into English by Edith Grossman.
Physical Description1 folder
1 box
Drafts of stories from the collection, as placed in order by Monterroso: "Agradecimientos," "El conejo y el león," "El mono que quiso ser escritor satírico," "La mosca que soñaba que era un águila," "La fé y las montañas," "La tela de Penélope, o quien engaña a quien," "La oveja negra," "El sabio que tomó el poder," "El espejo que no podía dormir," "El buho que quería salvar a la humanidad," "Aquiles y la tortuga," "El camaleón que finalmente no sabía de qué color ponerse," "El apóstata arrepentido."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of stories from the collection, as placed in order by Monterroso: "El rayo que cayó dos veces en el mismo sitio," "La jirafa que de pronto comprendió que todo es relativo," "Allá en la aldea," "Monólogo del mal," "La cucaracha soñadora," "El salvador recurrente," "La rana que quería ser una rana auténtica," "Pigmalion," "Monólogo del bien," "El filósofo eclectico," "El grillo maestro," "Sanson y los filisteos," "El cerdo de la piara de epicuro," "Los caballos imaginando a Dios," "El perro que deseaba ser un ser humano," "El burro y la flauta," "La parte del león," "La imperfección del paraíso," "La historia de David," "Gallus aureorum ovorum," "La buena conciencia," "La sirena paciente," "Los cuervos bien criados," "Origen de los ancianos," "Un paréntesis," "El fabulista y sus críticos," "El Zorro es más sabio."
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz. Illustrations and typescripts of stories are taped onto pages. Includes holograph notes. Pages numbered 1-104.
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Editorial Joaquín Mortiz. Includes holograph notes. Pages numbered 7-100.
Physical Description1 folder
The Black Sheep and Other Fables: Reviews, correspondence, and contract relating to English translation.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes and correspondence regarding publication of a twentieth anniversary edition of La oveja negra.
Physical Description1 folder
1 box
Drafts of the preface to Pájaros..., notes, and list of featured writers.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages numbered 1-103.
Physical Description1 folder
2 faxes from Alfaguara with interview schedule and information, notes, and draft of brief speech for Radio UNAM.
Physical Description1 folder
1 box
Drafts of essays originally published in Sábado, later collected in La palabra mágica: "La Autobiografía de Charles Lamb," "William Shakespeare," "Llorar orillas de Río Mapocho," "Los juegos eruditos."
Physical Description1 folder
Essays originally published in Sábado, later collected in La palabra mágica: "La larga muerte de Horacio Quiroga," "Poesía Quechua," "Los libros tienen su propia suerte," "Cuentos sobre dictadores," "Las ilusiones perdidas," "De lo circunstancial o lo efímero," "Sobre la traducción de algunos títulos."
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Ediciones Era, with holograph corrections by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Proofs from Ediciones Era, with holograph corrections by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Mock-up of cover and several illustrations from the book, draft of table of contents.
Physical Description1 folder
2 boxes
Notes and drafts of pieces written for La vaca: "Prólogo," "La vaca de Mariatovski," "El diario de una duquesa," "Influencias," "El humor de Tolstoi," "Luis Cardoza y Aragón," "Mi relación más quen ingenua con el latín," "Los fantasmas de Rulfo," "Milagros de subdesarrollo," "Las fuentes de El Aleph," "La mano de Onetti," "El autor ante su obra."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of pieces written for La vaca: "La vaca de Maiakovski," "El susto del otro idioma," "El diario de una duquesa," "Influencias," "El humor de Tolstoi," "El cuento," "Homenajes," "Encuestas," "Mi relación más que ingenua con el latín," "El aleph de Borges y el de Ercilla," "La mano de Onetti," "El autor ante su obra," "La metamorfosis de Gregor Mendel," "Vivir en México," "Equivocaciones," "Imaginación y realidad."
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of pieces written for La vaca: "Prólogo," "La vaca de Maiakovski," "El susto del otro idioma," "El diario de una duquesa," "Desiderio Erasmo," "Influencias," "El humor de Tolstoi," "El cuento," "Memoria de Luis Cardoza y Aragón," "Encuestas," "Mi relación más que ingenua con el latín," "Las fantasmas de Rulfo," "El otro aleph," "Milagros del subdesarrollo," "La mano de Onetti," "El autor ante su obra," "La metamorfosis de Gregor Mendel," "Vivir en México," index.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages numbered 1-106. Accompanied by 5 pages of notes.
Physical Description1 folder
Pages numbered 2-106. Accompanied by fax from Freja I. Cervantes with list of questions and list of corrections by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Appears to be final revision.
Physical Description1 folder
Galleys from Ediciones Santillana, with holograph corrections.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes two cover drawings by Monterroso, several pages of holograph notes, mock-ups of illustrated pages, and typescripts of all interviews with holograph corrections.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of notes and drafts of Monterroso's essays and articles.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Description1 box
TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. Note by Monterroso reads, "Leído por Pablo Neruda, como de él, en el Teatro Caupolicán, de Santiago. Homenaje a Guatemala."
Physical Description1 folder
AMs, 7 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
AMs, 3 pp.; 2 TMs fragments with holograph corrections, 5 pp. and 9 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
2 TMss with holograph corrections, 1 p. and 2 pp.
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TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
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TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
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TMs, 3 pp.
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TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. Note by Monterroso reads, "¿Publicado en Revista UNAM, 1961 ó 62?"
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TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
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AMs, 3 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- Photocopy with holograph corrections (1989), 20 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections (1990), 20 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections (1990), 20 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections (1991, version read in Madrid, May 1990), 17 pp., plus fragment of 2 pp.
- Photocopy with holograph corrections (1999), 17 pp.
- Photocopy (1999), 17 pp.
1 folder
TMs, 1 p.
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TMs, 1 p.
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- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp. (missing page 2).
- TMs with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. (working title: "Los tortuosos caminos").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp. (working title: "Los caminos tortuosos").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. (missing page 1).
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp. (working title: "Los tortuosos caminos").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs, 3 pp. Preface from Diez cuentos búlgaros, published by la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 2 pp: notes.
- AMs, 4 pp.
- AMs, 3 pp.
- AMs, 13 pp. (working title: "La cárcel de Cervantes").
- AMs, 16 pp. (1998): notes and fragmentary drafts.
- AMs, 1 p.: notes.
- AMs, 1 p.: Latin text.
- Sketch by Monterroso.
- Photocopy of first page of Erasmo.
1 folder
- AMs, 1 p.
- TMs with holograph notes, 5 pp.
1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph notes, 3 pp.: tourist information on the Joyce Tower.
- AMs notes, 26 pp.
- AMs, 6 pp: travel diary.
- AMs, 1 p. (working title: "La torre").
- AMs, 1 p.
- AMs, 1 p. (working title: "En la torre").
- AMs, 1 p. (working title: "En la torre").
- AMs, 2 pp. (working title: "Los lugares sagrados"
- AMs, 2 pp.
1 folder
TMs, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- TMs, 1 p.
1 folder
TMs, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 5 pp. (working title: "Llamado de México").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. (working title: "Llamado de México").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. (working title: "Llamado guatemalteco").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
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TMs with holograph notes, 1 p. Published in Alero.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 1 p.
- TMs, 1 p.
1 folder
- AMs, 2 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
1 folder
- AMs, 1 p.
- AMs, 2 pp.
- AMs, 2 pp.
- Photocopy, 2 pp.
1 folder
- AMs, 1 p.
- AMs, 2 pp.
1 folder
TMs, 4 pp.
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TMs, 3 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
AMs, 3 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs, 6 pp. Published in Revista del maestro, año IV, num. 11 and 12, 1948-1949.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
AMs, 1 p.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
AMs, 5 pp. (fragments).
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 4 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.; page 4 handwritten.
1 folder
- AMs, 1 p.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 1 p. (working title: "Las cruces").
- AMs, 1 p. (untitled).
- AMs, 1 p. (working title: "To each his own").
- AMs, 1 p.
- AMs, 1 p.
- AMs, 1 p. (working title: "La vida en comun, ó To each his own").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
1 folder
Consists of drafts of Monterroso's short stories.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Description1 box
AMs, 1 p.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
AMs, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 3 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
1 folder
- AMs, 1 p.
- TMs, 1 p.
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TMs, 1 p. Note reads, "Con palindroma de Enrique Alatorre."
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p. (page cut to 1/4 size).
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p. (page is torn).
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p. (page is torn).
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p..
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p..
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p..
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- AMs, 2 pp. (notes).
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p. (working titles: "Construcción de la torre," "Una torre").
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- TMs, 1 p.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
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TMs with holograph corrections, 10 pp. Note reads, "No publicado."
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
- TMs, 5 pp.
1 folder
AMs, 1 p.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains notes and research materials for books edited by Monterroso, for miscellaneous literary projects, and for works in progress.
Arranged alphabetically by title or subject.
Physical Description2 boxes
- 3 AMss, 1 p. each
- AMs, 14 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 12 pp., accompanied by notes (AMs, 2 pp)
- Photocopied material, 35 pp. total, accompanied by notes (AMs, 1 p.)
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Contains material photocopied from books and journals, some with holograph notes by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 9 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
- Photocopy with holograph corrections, 12 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 9 pp.
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Notes (AMss, 9 pp. total) and fragment of essay (TMs, 1 p.).
Physical Description1 folder
Contains index (TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.) and photocopies and clippings of works by other authors, to be collected in one volume.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains notes (AMs, 4 pp. total), meeting agenda (TMs, 7 pp), "Presupuesto de revista de libros" (TMs, 5 pp., with 3 pp. holograph notes), and photocopy of "Creación y Crítica" publication.
Physical Description1 folder
Two photocopied articles.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains typed copies, photocopies, and clippings of quotations and texts relating to flies.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains several drafts of a list of classic writings, correspondence between Monterroso and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and copies of several articles, including one typescript with holograph corrections signed by Luis Cardoza y Aragón.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains notes (AMs, 26 pp. total), photocopied list of contacts, and typewritten contact lists with holograph additions by Monterroso and Bárbara Jacobs (20 pp. total).
Physical Description1 folder
Contains notes, photocopied articles and essays, and clippings relating to palindromes.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains photocopies and typescripts, some with holograph notes by Monterroso, of prefaces to works by authors including William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemmingway.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains three brochures, one letter signed by Anna Filali, photocopies of correspondence and articles, and Monterroso's translation into Spanish of a press release (TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp), all relating to Monterroso's participation in the dedication of Strawberry Fields in New York City's Central Park.
Physical Description1 folder
- Notes: AMs, 4 pp. total
- Poem: "Epitafio Inmerecido": TMsS, 1 p., and TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- "No vuelvas muy tarde": TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- "Modesta proposición" (translation of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"): TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- "Monterroso sobre Cuevas": TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- El eslabón perdido: TMs, 1 p.
- "Valor de la autocrítica": AMs, 1 p.
- "Copio de 'El heraldo de Jan Blas'": TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- "O escritor, abutre des misérias sociais" by Joaquim de Montesuma de Carvalho, with translation into Spanish by Rosa María Salazar: TMs with holograph corrections, 7 pp.
- "Who's Mr. Taylor?": TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
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- Notes: AMss, 7 pp. total
- "Rulfo": TMs, 3 pp.
- "¿Quién ve a Aristoteles?": TMs with holograph notes, 6 pp.
- "La selva entra en un periodo de merecido descanso": TMs, 3 pp.
- "La tercera posición": TMs, 3 pp.
- "Autocrítica": TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- "Crítica de críticos": TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- "Todo es según el color del cristal con que se mira": TMs, 5 pp.
- Notes and fragments: TMss, 17 pp. total
- "Surrealismo y retrato": TMs, 1 p.
- "Sublibrerías y supermercados": TMs, 1 p.
- "Como escribo": TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.; TMs, 2 pp.
- "Sobre traducciones": AMs, 2 pp.
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Consists of drafts of speeches written and delivered by Monterroso and copies of Monterroso's writings to be used for readings.
Speeches are arranged by date delivered; readings follow and are arranged by title.
Physical Description1 box
TMs, 11 pp., missing p. 1.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs, 5 pp. Delivered at Center for Interamerican Relations.
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- photocopy, 3 pp.
Delivered at Notre Dame University.
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AMs, 5 pp.; TMs, 1 p.
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AMs notes, 2 pp.; TMs, 1 p.; TNS by Margarita González Gamio. Prepared for dinner given by Sr. Lic. Salinas de Gortari.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs and photocopies, 4 pp. Delivered at Congreso de Escritores Latinoamericanos.
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs, 8 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 10 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 9 pp.
- TMs, 11 pp.
Delivered on receipt of Doctor Honoris Causa from la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Physical Description1 folder
- Introductory remarks: AMs, 4 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- Introductory remarks: TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- Introductory remarks: Photocopy with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- "Entre la niebla y el aire impuro": photocopy with holograph corrections.
- "Entre la niebla y el aire impuro": photocopy with holograph corrections.
- "Entre la niebla y el aire impuro": photocopy with holograph corrections.
- "Entre la niebla y el aire impuro": photocopy with holograph corrections.
- Complete text of speech: TMs with holograph corrections, 8 pp.
- Pamphlet with holograph notes.
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- AMs, 7 pp.
- TMs, 6 pp.
- TMs, 5 pp.
- Photocopy, 4 pp., incomplete.
- TMs with holograph notes, 6 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
- Photocopy, 4 pp.
- Photocopy with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
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TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
- TMs with holograph corrections, 7 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 7 pp.
- Photocopy with holograph corrections, 7 pp.
1 folder
- AMs, 7 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- TMs, 4 pp.
- Photocopy, 4 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
1 folder
AMs, 10 pp.
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- AMs, 2 pp.
- AMs, 12 pp.
- AMs, 8 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp., accompanied by 4 pp autograph notes.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
- TMs, 5 pp.
1 folder
- AMs, 3 pp.
- AMs, 3 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. (missing p. 1).
- TMs, 3 pp.
Delivered on receipt of Doctor Honoris Causa from la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán.
Physical Description1 folder
- AMs, 2 pp.
- AMs, 2 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- TMsS with holograph corrections, 1 p.
- TMsS with holograph corrections, 1 p.
1 folder
TMs with holograph corrections, 2 pp. Delivered on Radio Sevilla.
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Photocopy, 1 p.
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Photocopy with holograph notes, 2 pp.
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Photocopy, 2 pp.
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Photocopy, 1 p.
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Photocopy with holograph notes, 2 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy with holograph notes, 1 p. (2 copies)
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Photocopy, 3 pp.
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Photocopy, 1 p.
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TMs with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy, 5 pp., accompanied by 1 p. autograph notes.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy, 2 pp.
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- Photocopy, 3 pp.
- Photocopy with holograph notes, 3 pp.
1 folder
- Photocopy, 6 pp.
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- TMs, 4 pp.
- TMs, 4 pp.
1 folder
Photocopy, 2 pp.
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Photocopy, 3 pp.
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Photocopy, 2 pp.
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Photocopy, 18 pp.
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Photocopy, 3 pp.
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Photocopy, 3 pp.
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Photocopy, 1 p.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of short drama pieces, poetry, book reviews, translations, notes, and other writings of Monterroso.
Arranged by form.
Physical Description1 box
- TMs with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
- TMs, 17 pp. Includes TLS from Instituto de Estudios de la Literatura Nacional, "El hombre de la sonrisa radiante," "Los duques del recato," "Una notable entrevista," and "El oportunismo de Noé."
- Pamphlet
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- "Cera": TMsS, 1 p., 1947. Described by Monterroso as unpublished.
- "Pez": TMs, 1 p., 1947. Described by Monterroso as unpublished.
- Untitled: TMs, 1 p., undated. Described by Monterroso as unpublished. (2 copies)
- "La sed": TMs, 1 p., 1949. Described by Monterroso as unpublished.
- "La sibila": TMs, 3 pp., 1949. Described by Monterroso as published.
- "Himno a Emile y Meri": AMs, 1 p., 1984, accompanied by photocopy, 1 p.
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Consists of personal and business correspondence of Augusto Monterroso. In addition to letters and cards, contents include many telegrams, faxes, and print-outs of email.
Personal and business correspondence are separated; however, slight overlap exists as it did in Monterroso's files. Unidentified letters appear at the end of the personal correspondence.
Physical Description8 linear feet
Consists of Monterroso's personal correspondence. Correspondents include family members and friends and other members of the academic and literary communities.
Arranged by surname.
Physical Description6 linear feet
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Includes correspondence from editors, publishers, literary agents, and others.
Arranged by name of corporation or agent.
Physical Description2 linear feet
- Four items from unidentified agencies
- Aeroméxico
- Ai-Ai (Peter Mickwitz)
- Alberta Education
- El Ateneo
- Bantam Books, Inc.
- Círculo de Lectores
- Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo
- Andre Dimanche Editeur
- Dirección General de Publicaciones y Bibliotecas
- Duke University Press
- Edhasa
- Ediciones Cátedra
- Ediciones del Ermitaño
- Ediciones Gamma
- Ediciones Lafaguara
- Editora Record
- Editorial Nueva Nicaragua
- Editorial Norma
- Editorial Páginas de Espuma
- Editorial Patiño
- Editorial Patria
- Editorial Planeta
- Edizioni Farenheit 451
- Educare
- Excmo. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria
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- Fonca
- Fundación Simón I. Patiño
- Grupo Anaya
- Hakibbutz Hameuchad
- Itaca
- Javier Izcur
- La Jornada
- LOM Ediciones Ltda.
- MacMillan Publishers Limited
- McGraw-Hill
- Monte Ávila Editores
- Museo Rayo
- Piedra Santa
- Piedravanta
- Prensa Latina
- RBA Editores
- Rundfunk der DDR
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1 folder
7 folders
9 folders
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- Sellerio Editore
- La Semana Publishing Co.
- Societe Nationale de Radiodiffusion Sonore pour L'Etranger
- Solar, Servicios Editoriales
- University of Memphis
- Verlag Cordier Heiligenstadt
- Verlag Rütten & Loening
- Verlag Volk & Welt
- Vintage
- Visor Libros
- Zanzibar (Marcos y Marcos)
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Contains drawings by Augusto Monterroso, drawings by others, and photographs of Augusto Monterroso and his family and friends. The majority of the photographs are undated, with subjects unidentified.
The drawings have been arranged in their original order. Photographs have been foldered as originally organized in albums, envelopes, and other containers, and the folders arranged by subject.
Physical Description7 boxes
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Contains 115 drawings by Augusto Monterroso. Subjects include animals, friends, and self-portraits.
Physical Description1 box
Contains four color slides and one black and white photograph of a painting of Augusto Monterroso and Bárbara Jacobs (artist unidentified).
Physical Description1 folder
Contains 17 drawings of Monterroso by other artists. Most are signed.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains reproductions of two drawings of Monterroso and clippings and photocopies of 12 other portraits and caricatures.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains a photographic negative of a caricature of Monterroso by Pedro Pérez.
Physical Description1 folder
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Contains 110 drawings by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 box
Contains 14 drawings by Augusto Monterroso and one drawing attributed to "Rubén." Most are unsigned, untitled, and undated.
Physical Description1 box
68 photographs, 3 proof sheets.
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4 photographs, 1 proof sheet, 1 negative sheet.
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9 photographs.
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32 photographs.
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11 photographs.
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2 photographs.
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7 photographs.
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26 photographs.
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23 photographs, 2 negative prints.
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3 photographs.
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20 photographs.
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18 photographs.
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11 photographs.
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10 photographs.
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17 photographs.
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52 photographs.
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39 photographs.
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64 photographs.
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5 photographs.
Physical Description1 folder
37 photographs, 3 negatives.
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32 photographs, 2 negatives.
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20 photographs.
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7 photographs.
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26 photographs.
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44 photographs.
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41 photographs.
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16 photographs.
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38 photographs.
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50 photographs.
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73 photographs, 2 proof sheets.
Physical Description1 folder
28 photographs.
Physical Description1 folder
39 photographs.
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5 photographs.
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32 photographs.
Physical Description1 folder
48 photographs.
Physical Description1 folder
Contents of two albums of numbered photographs taken over the course of Monterroso's entire life, including photographs from his infancy and photographs with other writers and friends. Accompanying footnotes date the photographs, identify subjects and locations, and in some cases identify photographers.
Physical Description1 box
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7 photographs.
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1 photograph, 5 photocopies.
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7 photographs.
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20 photographs, assorted photocopies.
Physical Description1 folder
This series contains additional personal and family papers of Augusto Monterroso, writings of others, videos, and clippings.
Arranged by topic and form.
Physical Description3 linear feet
No apparent arrangement scheme.
Contains papers of Monterroso's parents and children as well as Monterroso's own bills, immigration records, and other documents.
Physical Description2 boxes
Photocopied articles concerning relatives of Monterroso, passport and certificate of residence in Guatemala for Vicente Monterroso (father), immigration documents for Amelia Bonilla y de Monterroso (mother) and Norma Monterroso Bonilla (sister), marriage
Physical Description1 folder
Includes records of marriage and divorce proceedings for Augusto Monterroso and Dolores Yáñez, of divorce proceedings and custody agreements for Augusto Monterroso and Milena Esguerra, and of the marriage of Augusto Monterroso and Bárbara Jacobs.
Physical Description1 folder
Identification cards from Club France, La Dirección de Pensiones Civiles, La Semana, Mexican Dept. of Immigration, La Secretaría de Educación Publica (Mexico), La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Banco de México.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes passports from Guatemala and Chile and 1956 Chilean passport issued to Dolores Yáñez.
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Includes documents from Monterroso's position as consul at the Guatemalan Embassy in Bolivia and Monterroso's exile to Mexico.
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Documentation of Monterroso's residence in Mexico.
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Applications for fellowship.
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Clippings and correspondence concerning Monterroso's detention, accusations of Communism, and denial of entrance to the United States.
Physical Description1 folder
Correspondence, notes, and clippings concerning Monterroso's attempts to renew his visa.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning Monterroso's vehicles.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy of passport of Marcela Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes letters to Santa, Mother's Day cards, drawings, AMS short story, and AMS poem by Marcela Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes photocopied diplomas and letters of reference from The American Language and Culture Institute.
Physical Description1 folder
Records of various legal cases involving Marcela Monterroso and TL from Colegio Keppler, Mexico, regarding her children.
Physical Description1 folder
Several proxy letters on behalf of Marcela Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes photocopy of application for grant for literary translation, accompanied by CV and samples of previous translation work.
Physical Description1 folder
Artwork and school papers by Gabriel, Kevin, and Amelia Monterroso
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Rental agreements, records of payment, and records of loans from Augusto Monterroso.
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Includes passports and papers concerning the education of María Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Arrangements after the death of Dolores Yáñez.
Physical Description1 folder
No apparent arrangement scheme.
Consists of records, correspondence, and other materials concerning Monterroso's awards and nominations on which he voted.
Physical Description1 box
Nominations of Augusto Monterroso by Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala, print-out of photo used in 2000 presentation of the award to Monterroso with accompanying ALS from Ramón Córdoba.
Physical Description1 folder
Drafts of acceptance speech, correspondence and records regarding the doctorate and ceremony.
Physical Description1 folder
Announcements from La Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala, Monterroso's acceptance speech.
Physical Description1 folder
Two faxes from Juan Fernando Cifuentes Herrera, Director de Arte y Cultura, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes (Guatemala).
Physical Description1 folder
Decision of Jurado del Premio Juan Rulfo 1985, of which Monterroso was a member.
Physical Description1 folder
Decision of Jurado del Premio Unico 1986, of which Monterroso was a member.
Physical Description1 folder
Monterroso's nomination of the citizens of Sarajevo for the award and support for the nomination from Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz.
Physical Description1 folder
Bound volume of information on nominees and jury (of which Monterroso was a member), pamphlet concerning recipients of awards.
Physical Description1 folder
List of nominees with holograph commentary by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Recommendation for Alicia Migdal by Monterroso with AMs draft, TLS from the foundation with information on the applicant.
Physical Description1 folder
Correspondence concerning Monterroso's receipt of the award, copies and translations of his acceptance speech, and information regarding the recipients of other Asturias prizes in 2000.
Physical Description1 folder
Monterroso's nomination of José Emilio Pacheco.
Physical Description1 folder
No apparent arrangement scheme.
Consists of records of councils on which Monterroso served and conferences in which he participated, as well as materials used to write several versions of his cirriculum vitae.
Physical Description2 boxes
Receipts, memoranda, and other records concerning Monterroso's participation on the council.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes, faxes, and pamphlet.
Physical Description1 folder
Pamphlets, flyers, certificates, and materials for various conferences attended by Monterroso.
Physical Description1 folder
Various biographical and bibliographical materials collected for conferences.
Physical Description1 folder
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No apparent arrangement scheme.
Contains class notes, student work, memoranda, plans for lectures, and other materials relating to Monterroso's teaching career.
Physical Description2 boxes
Records of Monterroso's employment at UNAM.
Physical Description1 folder
Records of Monterroso's activities as an investigator for the Institute.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes, clippings, and lectures.
Physical Description1 folder
Plans, notes, clippings, and lectures.
Physical Description1 folder
Notes and clippings.
Physical Description1 folder
Schedule and general information.
Physical Description1 folder
Class schedules and evaluations, notes, correspondence, and student work.
Physical Description1 folder
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Organized alphabetically by name.
Consists of interviews given by Monterroso to various friends, journalists, and others. The subseries is arranged by interviewer, as the interviews are rarely identified as pertaining to any publication.
Physical Description1 box
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Organized chronologically by date.
Consists of video recordings of speeches, readings, and interviews by Monterroso, and of the film by Ruffinelli and Genero.
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Film by Jorge Ruffinelli and Jack Genero.
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No apparent arrangement scheme.
Contains the writings of family and friends of Augusto Monterroso.
Physical Description1 box
TMs, 41 pp.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with holograph notes and corrections, 136 pp. Title page signed by Donoso.
Physical Description1 folder
TMs with accompanying ANS. Written by Monterroso's grandson.
Physical Description1 folder
Lyrics and musical accompaniment.
Physical Description1 folder
Photocopy from book.
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Photocopy of AMs.
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ALS and TLS to Monterroso, notes, and typescript (107pp).
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TMs, 23 pp.
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Photocopy with accompanying AMs.
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- Unidentified: 3 photocopied drawings, 1 AMs, 1 TMs (review of La oveja negra y demás fabulas).
- Alves Pereira, Teresinha: "Las moscas," TMs, 4 pp.
- Aviles Fabila, René: "Monterroso o La brevedad," TMs, 3 pp. plus photocopy of printed article.
- del Barco, Pablo: "Lo malo de irse al cielo," TMs, 4 pp.
- Brash, Jorge: untitled poem, TMsS, 1 p.
- Bryce Echenique, Alfredo: "Augusto Monterroso o Nuestra imagen ante un espejo," TMs, 5 pp.
- Cuenta Malmodo, Horacio: "Lo que el autor no dijo," TMs, 1 p.
- Monsiváis, Carlos: "Augusto Monterroso: Lo breve, si extenso, en algo se contradice," photocopy, 17 pp.
- Najera, Francisco: "La comedia humana," TMsS, 5 pp.
- Reyes Nevares, Salvador: "Obras completas y otros cuentos," TMs, 6 pp.
- Preciado Vargas, José Armando: "El mono misógino y pederasta," TMsS, 1 p.
- Rosa, M. Antonio: "El hombre mono," from La Tegucigalpa de mis recuerdos, photocopy, 8 pp.
- Ruffinelli, Jorge: "Prólogo," TMs, 9 pp.
- Sacco, Vitorio: "Felicia," TMs, 3 pp.
- Smieja, F.: "The Reluctant Testimony of Augusto Monterroso," TMs, 5 pp.
- Solana, Rafael: "Obras completas y otros cuentos," TMs, 4 pp.
- Suñén, Luis: "Fábulas para todos nosotros," TMs, 3 pp.
- Vides, Méndez: "Cuellos blancos," TMs, 10 pp.
- Vitale, Ida: "Serie del sinsonte," TMsS, 4 pp.
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Organized chronologically by date.
Contains clippings of published articles by Monterroso, articles about Monterroso, and miscellaneous articles collected by Monterroso.
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- "El Aleph de Ercilla," in Culturas no. 110, diario 16, 1987.
- "Autobiografías de escritores jóvenes," 1967.
- "El iluso genaro," in Acento, year 1, no. 1, 1942.
- " Moby Dick y selecciones," 1946.
- "Sobre un nuevo género literario."
- "Sobre la traducción de algunos títulos."
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