Gabriela Mistral Collection, 1923-1995

Creator:
Mistral, Gabriela
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, drafts, and poems of the Chilean poet and nobel laureate, Gabriela Mistral.
Extent:
2.42 Linear Feet 2 bankers boxes containing 84 microfilm reels, 1 document box
Language:
Spanish.
Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, drafts, and poems of the Chilean poet and Nobel Laureate, Gabriela Mistral. The collection primarily consists of items from Mistral's archive that have been digitizied onto microfilm. Additionally, the collection contains materials about Gabriela Mistral, her time as an instructor at Columbia University, and items relating to the transfer of her library to the Barnard Archives.

Biographical / historical:

Gabriela Mistral, 1889 - 1957, was a Chilean poet and educator. She was a visiting professor at Barnard College from 1930 - 1931. She was the first Latin American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945, for her poetry.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Photocopies or scans may be made for research purposes.

Preferred citation:

Gabriela Mistral Collection, 1923-1995; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.

Location of this collection:
Barnard Archives & Special Collections
Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027, USA
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