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Rodolfo Alonso Correspondence and Photographs
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Overview and metadata sections
The collection includes Alonso's correspondence with various Latin American writers including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Juan Gelman, Augusto Roa Bastos, Juan José Saer, Ernesto Sábato, Lêdo Ivo, Hector Tizón, Edgar Bayley, António Ramos Rosa, Milton de Lima Sousa, and Claudio Magris. In addition, the collection includes photographs of Alonso throughout his career with many Latin American figures as well as a personal collection of his family and travels. Some highlights found in the photographic portion of the collection include early photographs (mid 1950s) of Alonso and his Poesía Buenos Aires colleagues.
Organized into the following series: Series 1: Correspondence, and Series 2: Photographs.
Purchase, 2013 (AM 2013-52).
Purchase, 2016 (AM 2017-59).
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This collection was processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez with assistance from Kristine Gift and Noga Zaborowski in July 2015. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in July 2015. Findind aid was updated in August 2017.
Nothing was removed from the collection during the 2015 and 2017 processing.
People
- Aguirre, Raúl Gustavo, 1927-1983
- Alonso, Rodolfo
- Andrade, Carlos Drummond de 1902-1987
- Armani, Horacio.
- Bayley, E. (Edgar), 1919-1990
- Carrol, Jorge
- Casasbellas, Ramiro de
- Gelman, Juan (1930-2014)
- Ivo, Lêdo
- Magris, Claudio
- Rosa, António Ramos
- Sábato, Ernesto R.
- Saer, Juan José
- Sousa, Milton de Lima
- Tizón, Héctor
- Walsh, María Elena
Subject
- Argentine literature -- 20th century
- Argentine literature -- Argentina -- Tucumán
- Argentine poetry -- 20th century
- Authors and publishers -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Latin American literature -- 20th century
- Latin American literature
- Latin American poetry
Place
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez
- Finding Aid Date
- 2017
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Collection Inventory
Arranged by subseries, alphabetically.
This series includes correspondence sent to Alonso. Files were organized based on Alonso's designation of individual names or organization. Note: individuals of interest may be found under Academic, Literary, as well as Government, and Various Institutions subseries.
Physical Description4 boxes
Alphabetically, by last name and letter file (A-Z), with contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Includes correspondence sent to Alonso by individuals whom include his colleagues at Poesía Buenos Aires, and many authors who Alonso translated. Note: Individuals who have more than one than one piece of correspondence present in the collection are given their own file and are filed alphabetically. Individuals with one piece of correspondence present in the collection are filed in letter files (A-Z files), and are sorted alphabetically within each letter file.
Physical Description4 boxes
Includes correspondence with Jorge Ábalos, Jorge Accame, Marcos Aguinis, Rosa D. Alacid, Thomaz Albornoz Neves, Xavier Alcalá, Rodolfo Álvarez, Jotamario Arbeláez, Rodolfo Arizaga, and Jorge Aulicino.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Includes correspondence with Marina Baird Buarque de Holanda Ferreira, Oscar del Barco, Gaston Bellemare, Amelia Biagioni, Enrique Blanchard, Néstor Bondoni, Guy de Bosschère, Hugo E. Boulocq, Rodolfo Braceli, Romualdo Brughetti, and Mario Busignani.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
Includes one 1997 letter from Bayley's daughter, Susana Maldonado.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Includes correspondence with Orlando Florencio Calgaro, Jorge Calvetti, Carlos Cañas, Ramiro de Casasbellas, Biby Castellaro (de Sáer), José Castello, Juan Luis Cebrián, Ramón Chao, René Char, Eneida Maria Chaves, Luis Chitarroni, Héctor Dante Cincotta, José Edmundo Clemente, Denís Conles, Jorge Conti, Anxa Correa, Elmer C. Corrêa Barbosa, Jaime Correas, Perfecto Cuadrado, and Ana María Cué.
Physical Description1 folder
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Includes correspondence with Eduardo D'Anna, Liana Delpiero, Geno Díaz, Fredrik Ekelund, Dolores Etchecopar, Daniéle Faugeras, Néstor Fenoglio, Perfecto Fernández, Baldomero Fernández Moreno (autobiographical manuscript given to Alonso by Fernández Moreno's widow Dalmira López Osornio), Andrés Fidalgo, Fernando Fiorese, H.E. Francis, Jean Franco, Victor Freixanes, and Xosé Filgueira Valverde.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Includes one 2002 letter from Drummond de Andrade's son-in-law, Manuel G. Graña Etcheverry. One 1977 letter is addressed from Centro de Estudios Brasileños, where Drummond de Andrade's daughter, Maria Julieta Drummond de Andrade served as director from 1976-1983. Signature on letter is illegible, but could possibly be from Maria Julieta.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Includes correspondence with Gloria Galli de Ortega, Domingo Garcia-Sabell, Vicente Gerbasi, Julieta Gómez Paz, Raúl González Tuñon, Carlos Gorostiza, Andrew Graham-Youll, Luis Gregorich, and Néstor Groppa.
Physical Description1 folder
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Includes correspondence with Rafael Oscar Ielpi, Alfredo Iglesias, Chiara Innocenti Jorge Isaías, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Ethel Kennedy, Jorge Lafforgue, Peter Landelius, Nathalie Lescor-Boeswillwald, and Félix Luna.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
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1 folder
Includes correspondence from Rómulo Macció, Tomás Maldonado, Inés Malinow, Narciso Mareque, Ramón M. Lorenzo Martínez, Xosé Manuel Martínez Oca, Sarah Mattison, René Ménard, Saudade Cortasão Mendes, X.L. Méndez Ferrín, Marta Mercader, José Afranio Moreira Duarte, Ulyses Petit de Murat
Physical Description1 folder
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1 folder
Includes correspondence from Adolfo Nigro, Ron Offen, and Pedro Orgambide.
Physical Description1 folder
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1 folder
Includes correspondence from José Paulo Paes, Antonio Pagés Larraya, Teresa Parodi, Mario Pellegrini, Gustavo Perreira, Nicandro Pereyra, Cristina Piña, Ramón Piñeiro, Leo Pollman, Alberto Luis Ponzo, Edna Pozzi, and Yves Prie.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Includes correspondence from Horacio Esteban Ratti, Alain Resnais, Nadia Robles, Norberto Rodríguez Melgarejo, Gonzalo Rojas, Danilo Romero, Marie-Clotilde Roose, María Julia de Ruschi Crespo, and Thorpe Running.
Physical Description1 folder
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Includes correspondence from Horacio Salas, Cristina Samuelle, Julia Saltzmann, Juan Sánchez Peláez, Fernando Sánchez Sorondo, Luis Seoane, Ana Lía Schifis, María Luz Seghezzo, Saúl Sosnowski, Olegario Sotelo Blanco, Ricardo Sylvester, and Santiago Sylvester.
Physical Description1 folder
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Includes correspondence from Ignacio Xoãn Ignacio Taibo, Luis Tedesco, Jorge Teillier, Néstor Telechea, Luis Tosar, Francisco Travieso, Basilio Uribe, and Paco Urondo.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Includes correspondence from Beatriz Vallejos, Maïthé Vallès, Clara Vasco, Mario Verandi, M. Verdière-De Vits, Marta Zamarripa, and Armando Zárate.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Alphabetically by folder title. The Universidad de Santiago de Compostela folder included more than one piece of correspondence from the University and was chronologically sorted starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date. Various Academic Institutions file includes single pieces of correspondence from various institutions; contents were sorted alphabetically.
Includes correspondence Alonso designated as originating from an academic institution. Correspondence from the following institutions can be found in the Various Academic Institutions folder: Academia Brasileira de Letras, Real Academia Gallega, Universidade de Brasilia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Oporto, and Universitat de les Illes Balears.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
Alphabetically.
This subseries includes correspondence sent to Alonso by literary establishments. Spanish folder titles were kept to reflect Alonso's language. All correspondence from literary associations is in the folder titled "Asociaciones"; all newspaper publication correspondence is in the folder titled "Diarios"; all general publishing correspondence is in "Ediciones / Editoriales"; and all magazine publication correspondence is filed under "Revistas". Correspondence of significant volume from the Feria Internacional del Libro and the Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín were separated from the rest of the subseries and given their own folders.
Physical Description1 box
Includes correspondence from Association Suisse Pour La Diffusion De La Literature Latino-Americaine, Centro Pavesiano, Poetry International Rotterdam, Sociedad Argentina de Escritores, Sociedad General de Autores, and União Brasileira de Escritores.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes correspondence from the following diarios: El Correo Gallego, El Espectador, and La Gaceta.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes correspondence from Editorial Atlántida, Ediciones Colihue, Éditions Gaz Moutarde Inc., Editorial Norma, Ediciones Nós, and Editorial Proyección.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Includes correspondence from the following revistas: Asueto, Insula, Galicia Moda, Nova Renascença, Poesía, Poesía Toda, and Vertentes.
Physical Description1 folder
Alphabetically, with contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Includes correspondence with various government agencies.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Alphabetically, with contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Includes correspondence from institutions not affiliated as academic, literary, or government agencies.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
Correspondence from various institutions include Asamblea Por Los Derechos Humanos, Asociación de Psicólogos de Buenos Aires, Centro Gallego y Saviñao, Galería Asiatic Arte, Hogar Gallego Para Ancianos, Instituto Italiano de Cultura, Museo Castagnino de Artes Plásticas, and Televisión Española.
Physical Description1 folder
Alphabetically.
Includes personal correspondence from Alonso's daughter, Mercedes Alonso, and his then future wife, Raquel Rebaudi Basavilbaso.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
Arranged by subseries, chronologically.
Includes personal of Alonso's early life, family, literary figures, and professional endeavors. Also includes photographic reproductions of literary figures Alonso collected.
Physical Description2 boxes
Sorted chronologically, starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Includes early personal photographs of Alonso as an infant and as a child attending Colegio Don Bosco; and his later academic endeavors at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. Also present are photographs of his families; and portraits and travel of Alonso spanning the length of his career.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
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1 folder
Alphabetically by folder title; contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Includes personal photographs of literary events Alonso attended.
Physical Description1 box
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1 folder
Various arrangements. See individual folders.
Includes personal photographs of Alonso pictured with individuals and groups. Alonso provided contextual information for some photographs such as names, dates, locations, and event names. Other unidentified individuals may be found in these photographs.
Physical Description1 box
Alphabetically, with contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Alonso is pictured with the following individuals: Xavier Alcalá, Julio Ardiles Gray, Oscar Luis Bondoni, Pepe Carballude, Juan Calzadilla, Alfredo Conde, Félix Della Paolera, Víctor Heredia, Luis Iadarola, Milton de Lima Sousa, Onofre Lovero, Marta Lynch, Lucía Maranca, Cristina Martinez Teixans, Esteban Moore, Xosé Neira Vilas, Miguel Ocampo, Alberto Rodriguez Muñoz, Guillermo Roux, Hermenegildo Sábat, Juan José Saer, Héctor Tizón, Giuseppe Ungaretti. Other unidentified individuals may be found in these photographs.
Physical Description1 folder
Chronologically.
Alonso is pictured with groups that include, but are not limited to, Ramiro Casasbellas, Jorge Carrol, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Juan Carlos Paz, Nicolás Espiro, Horacio Armani, José Peroni, Libero Badii, Eduardo Serón, María Elena Walsh, Edgar Bayley.
Physical Description1 folder
Alonso is pictured with groups that include, but are not limited to, the following: Juan Gelman, Jean-Clarence Lambert, Alfonso Castelao, and Miguel Ocampo.
Physical Description1 folder
Alphabetically by folder title; contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Includes personal and collected photographs, originals and reproductions of various literary figures.
Physical Description1 box
Individuals present in this file include, but are not limited to, Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Omar Rubén Aracama, Wolf Roitman, Nicolás Espiro, Néstor Bondoni, Osmar Bondoni, Jorge Souza, Luis Iadarola, Ramiro Casasbellas, Teresinha Pereira, Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, Edgar Bayley, Marta de Aguirre, Matilde de Bondoni, and Francisco Urondo.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes reproductions of photographs Alonso collected. Dates represent date of originals.
Physical Description1 folder
Individuals featured are Raúl Gustavo Aguirre, Edgar Bailey, Jorge Luis Borges, Nicolás Espiro, and Aníbal Trolio.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes reproductions of photographs Alonso collected. Dates represent date of originals.
Physical Description1 folder
Alphabetically by folder title; contents sorted chronologically starting with undated materials, then earliest to latest date.
Features personal photographs of Alonso in various professional occupations as writer, editor, publisher, and as director of Centro Cultural Paseo Quinta Trabucco. It also features Alonso in his involvement with Centro Gallego de Buenos Aires.
Physical Description1 box
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