Rosario Ferré Papers, 1900-2014, bulk 1950s-2010
Rosario Ferré Papers, 1900-2014, bulk 1950s-2010
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1760
- Bib ID:
- 11527175 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Ferré, Rosario
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 25.5 linear feet (15 record cartons, 2.5 document boxes, 4 cassette boxes and 3 flat boxes)
- Language(s):
- English , Spanish; Castilian .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions, but digital materials are not fully processed and may not be available for research use; please contact the library in advance if you are interested in using materials in Series VII.
Description
Scope and Content
Rosario Ferré (1938-2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist who wrote in both the Spanish and English languages. The collection includes audiovisual materials, computer files, correspondence, journals, manuscripts, memorabilia, notebooks, proofs, typescripts, photographs, professional files, and publications. While the papers span the whole of Ferré's professional career, documentation is most comprehensive for 1990-2005.
The collection contains typescripts and proofs for several of Ferré's works, particularly for The House on the Lagoon / La casa de la laguna, Eccentric Neighborhoods / Vecindarios excéntricos, Flight of the Swan / Vuelo del cisnei, and Language Duel / Duelo del lenguaje. There are also typescripts and proofs for Memoria and In the Shadow of Your Name / a la sombra de tu nombre. These materials are filed in Series I: Manuscripts. Other typescripts, particularly for articles, essays, and poetry, are mixed in with the professional files in Series III: Correspondence and Professional Files, are related materials such as correspondence, clippings, event information, publicity, and reviews. Published editions of many of Ferré's works are filed in Series II: Published Works, and Series III: Correspondence and Professional Files.
The collection is also rich in journals, notes, and notebooks. These are primarily filed in Series IV: Journals, Notes, and Notebooks. These materials include academic notebooks, background materials, class notes, journals, notes, research materials and research papers.
The collection includes some correspondence, filed in Series III: Correspondence and Professional Files. The series includes three files of general literary correspondence, and other correspondence is filed by subject with related materials. Original correspondence related to Zona de carga y descarga is in a separate collection at Princeton University, but photocopies of this correspondence is available in this collection in Subseries III.2: Classified Files.
The collection also includes audiovisual materials and memorabilia. The collection includes audiocassettes, videocassettes, and DVDs containing recordings of conferences, interviews, lectures, and programs featuring Ferré. In addition, there is a rich collection of photographs, including childhood, family, and professional photographs that cover Ferré's life and career.
There is a large amount of digital material in the collection: approximately 200 disks and one portable drive. Individual digital files were not examined during processing: information on the contents of the disks was gathered from the existing labels and is included in the container list for Series VII: Digital Materials.
The collection material is in both Spanish and English. Where existing titles are in Spanish, the Spanish titles are used in the container lists.
Ferré used an alphanumeric numbering system for filing many manuscripts, professional files, and computer disks, however, no key to the system was found with the papers. These are designated as "Classified Files" in the finding aid, and the system is described more fully for the files in Series I, III, and VII.
A complete set of nine issues of Zona de carga y descarga was separately cataloged from this collection and is available for use through the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The Library does not hold the index to Zona, but there is an index available at Princeton University.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in seven series and several subseries.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions, but digital materials are not fully processed and may not be available for research use; please contact the library in advance if you are interested in using materials in Series VII.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Rosario Ferré Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accrual
No additional material is expected
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2014.2015.M100: Source of acquisition--Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--3/9/2015.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers processed by Catherine C. Ricciardi 2015.
Finding aid written by Catherine C. Ricciardi October 2015.
Revision Description
2015-10-27 File created.
2015-11-15 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2016-03-01 XML document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2016-03-21 XML document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical Note
Rosario Ferré was born on September 28, 1938 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Luis A. Ferré and Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano. Her family was one of Puerto Rico's wealthiest. Her father was the founder of the New Progressive Party and the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico (1969-1972), and he also owned one of Puerto Rico's largest businesses. Ferré was prominently involved in Puerto Rican politics and culture and many of her works dealt with class struggles, politics, and the role of women in Puerto Rican society.
Ferré's early education was at Roman Catholic schools in Puerto Rico; she attended Colegio Ponceño de Varones and Colegio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. In 1951, she went to Wellesley, Massachusetts to study at Dana Hall School, and graduated in 1956. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Manhattanville College in 1960, and obtained a master's degree and a doctorate in Spanish and Latin American Literature from the University of Puerto Rico, where she studied with Mario Margas Llosa, and the University of Maryland, respectively, in 1985 and 1987.
Ferré was married shortly after finishing college to Benigno Trigo González, and they had three children. This marriage ended in divorce after ten years. After the death of her mother in 1970, Ferré fulfilled the duties of First Lady until the end of her father's term as governor in 1972. It was also during this period that Ferré also decided to pursue graduate studies in literature.
Ferré began writing in 1970, when was studying for her master's degree at the University of Puerto Rico. With the support of one of her professors, Angel Rama, and other students, she began publishing and editing a magazine called, Zona de carga y descarga, which published the work of young Puerto Rican writers. The first issue of the journal appeared in September 1972, and the last and ninth issue was published in June 1975. From 1977 to 1980 she wrote a column of literary criticism in the Puerto Rican newspaper, El Mundo, called "Carga y Descarga."
In 1976, she published her first book of short stories, Papeles de Pandora, in 1978, a book of fables, El medio pollito, and in 1981, a book of children's stories, La mona que le pisaron la cola and Los cuentos de Juan Bobo.
Ferré's first book of poetry, Fábulas de la garza desangrada, was published in 1982. Additional works of poetry are Las dos Venecias. Poemas y cuentos (1992), which also includes short stories, and Language Duel / Duelo del lenguaje (2003).
She also published essays and literary criticism, including a book of feminist essays, Sitio a Eros (1980), El acomodador, una lectura fantástica de Felisberto Hernández (1986), a book of literary essays, El árbol y sus sombras (1990), El coloquio de las Perras (1991), a book on Julio Cortázar's short stories, El romántico en su observatorio (1991), A la sombra de tu nombre, (2001), and Las Puertas del Placer (2005).
She wrote two works of biography and memoir: Memorias de Ponce, a biography of her father, Luis A. Ferré (1992) and Memoria (2012), a memoir.
Ferré also wrote several novellas and novels. Her first was Maldito Amor (1987), translated into English as Sweet Diamond Dust, and her second, La batalla de las virgenes (The Battle of the Virgins) (1993). After her second novel, Ferré opted to write directly in English, which was viewed as controversial, and disappointing to Puerto Ricans who viewed this as a betrayal. However, the resulting novel House on the Lagoon (1995) was successful, and was nominated for a National Book Award. She also wrote other novels in English, including Eccentric Neighborhoods (Vecindarios excéntrico s) (1998), Flight of the Swan (El vuelo del cisne) (2001), and Lazos de sangre (2010).
Ferré taught at several universities including Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California in Berkeley, and the University of Puerto Rico. In addition to her writing and teaching work, Ferré was involved with the Ponce Museum of Art, founded by her father in 1965, and her family's business, the Puerto Rican Cement Company.
Ferré died on February 18, 2016 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Subject Headings
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Series I: Manuscripts, 1995-2012
This series contains manuscripts, proofs, and galleys, with related material such as corrections lists and correspondence. Ferré kept additional files of notes and related professional files, and these are filed either in Series III: Correspondence and Professional Files or Series IV: Journals, Notes, and Notebooks, respectively.
The alphanumeric filling system appears to be Ferré's, but there is no key to the system in her papers. For manuscripts, it appears the first letter is a unique letter assigned to that work, for example, P for House on the Lagoon – as these letters seem to correspond to related materials in Ferré's professional files. The second letter is either M for manuscript/manuscrito or G for galley, and the third letter, when used, is either I for Inglés (English) or E for Español (Spanish), and in one case O (possibly for Otro (Other), as the galley is in Italian). These letters are followed by a number, apparently designating the version.
There are additional manuscripts in Series III: Correspondence and Professional Files, particularly for articles, essays, and poetry, and in digital form in Series VII: Digital Media.
This subseries contains typescripts and corrections forIn the Shadow of Your Name/a la sombra de tu nombre.
Box 2 Folder 6
(Short typescript.)
Box 2 Folder 7
(Prologue, with corrections, and an uncorrected typescript.)
This subseries contains typescripts, proofs, setting copies, and galleys forThe House on the Lagoon/La casa de la laguna,Eccentric Neighborhoods/Vecindarios excéntricos, andFlight of the Swan/Vuelo del cisne. Many of these items have handwritten annotations, corrections, notes, and setting instructions by Ferré, copyeditors, and editors.
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box 1 Folder 1-2
(Annotated proof pages; 407 pages; with Ferré's holograph notes regarding chronology of novel, as well as a handful of editorial marks.)
Box 1 Folder 3-4
(Annotated proof pages; pages 31-407, with setting copy of epigraph page; with Ferré's light holograph notes throughout. Some corrections are in photocopy and not original. )
Box 1 Folder 5-7
(Setting copy. With copyeditor's notes and setting instructions, as well as anotations by Ferré.)
Box 1 Folder 8
(Annotated galleys, "author's copy," long format; 294 pages; with holograph corrections both overlapping and differing from the "master galleys".)
Box 1 Folder 9
(Annotated "master galleys," long format; 294 pages; marked with setting instructions and copyeditor's notes, as well as Ferré's holograph corrections throughout.)
Box 1 Folder 10
Box 2 Folder 1-2
(Typescript with corrections by author.)
Box 2 Folder 3
(Photocopy; annotations by author.)
Box 2 Folder 4-5
(Annotated typescript draft; approx. 400 pages; combination of various printed versions, annotated by Ferré throughout; with 8-page typescript chronology for novel, dated January 24, 1995.)
Box 2 Folder 8
(Photocopy; annotations by author both in the photocopy and in ink.)
Box 2 Folder 9-10
(Corrected galleys, "first pass pages master"; July 1996 340 pages; with some light holograph corrections by Ferré as well as copyeditor's notes.)
Box 25
(Author's corrected galleys.)
Box 25
(Corrected galleys with Ferré's original holograph annotations as well as photocopy annotations from previous version; with note from Farrar, Straus and Giroux returning dead matter and "Excentric Neighborhoods," typescript leaf of first page, marked "original.")
Box 25
(Setting copy, July 16, 1997 418 pages; annotated in holograph by Ferré, with copyeditor's notes and setting instructions as well. Together with computer disk in labeled envelope and typed list of changes to text from RF to her editor, John Glusman.)
Box 25
(Author's corrected galleys, September 2, 1996 340 pages; with a handful of Ferré's holograph corrections.)
Box 25
(Annotated typescript)
Box 2 Folder 11
(Typescript with corrections by author.)
Box 2 Folder 12
(Corrected typescript, "Version #3 -- Final"; 445 pages; lightly corrected, with chapter index.)
Box 25
(Setting copy. Copyeditor's notes and setting instructions with a handful of Ferré's holograph corrections.)
Box 3 Folder 1
(Photocopy of manuscript corrections.)
Box 3 Folder 2
(Uncorrected. Includes cover letter.)
Box 3 Folder 3
(Photocopy of manuscript corrections.)
Box 3 Folder 4
(Setting copy, with copyeditor's instructions and notes, and annotations by Ferré.
Box 3 Folder 5
(Typescript with light annotations by Ferré. Together with several pages of editorial correspondence from John Glusman at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Susan Bergholz, with Ferré's holograph notes.)
Box 3 Folder 6
(With corrections.)
Box 3 Folder 7
(With light annotations by Bergholz and Ferré; with Ferré's 15-page typescript list of editorial changes made to this version.)
Box 3 Folder 8
("First Pass Pages Master" with copyeditor's notes.)
Box 3 Folder 9
(Bound proofs.)
Box 4 Folder 1
(Photocopy of annotated typescript. With one 3.5" floppy disk.)
Box 4 Folder 2
(Annotated typescript.)
Box 4 Folder 3
(Annotated typescript, with some authorial corrections as well as editorial annotations in holograph throughout.)
Box 4 Folder 4
Box 4 Folder 5
(Annotated typescript.)
Box 3 Folder 9
(Bound proofs.)
This subseries contains uncorrected bound proofs forMemoria.
Box 4 Folder 6
(Uncorrected proofs.)
This subseries contains typescripts and proofs forLanguage Duel / Duelo del lenguaje. Many of these items have handwritten annotations and corrections by Ferré, copyeditors, and editors. There are also communications and materials related to the translation work done by Alan West.
Box 4 Folder 7
(Version 1. Annotated typescript, "inédito"; 76 pages Typescript; 73 pages; editorial annotations throughout. Annotated typescript, "incomplete"; circa 50 pages.)
Box 4 Folder 8
(Version 2. Annotated typescripts, two versions; 75 pages. Annotated typescript, circa 2000 approximately 50 pages.)
Box 4 Folder 9
(Language Duel / Duelo del lenguaje. Version 3. Photocopy of annotated typescript; 196 pages.)
Box 4 Folder 10
(Version 4. Annotated typescript; approx. 175 pages.)
Box 4 Folder 11
(Drafts and emails related to the translation. Includes a 3.5" floppy disk labeled: "Las Dos Venecias" Translations to English.)
Box 4 Folder 12
(Annotated typescript, "Caribbean Suites"; approx. 30 pages.)
Box 4 Folder 13
(In envelope marked: "Libro 'al filo de la lengua' poema, nunca se publicó formó parte de Duelo del lenguaje") Typescript printout, "última versión," April 2, 2002 80 pages. Corrected typescript, "antepenúltima," January 20, 2002 65 pages. Typescript printout, "final," January 22, 2003 [2002 ?]; 59 pages.)
Box 5 Folder 1
(Corrected proof pages; 175 pages; with several pages of questions between Ferré and Alan West regarding translation.)
Box 5 Folder 2
(Corrected proof pages; 176 pages; a handful of light copyedits.)
Box 5 Folder 3
(Uncorrected bound proofs.)
Series II: Published Works, 1989-2004, undated
This series contains copies of several of Ferré's published books in English, Spanish, and other translations.
There are additional published books in Series III.2: Correspondence and Professional Files--Classified Files.
Original issues of Zona de carga y descarga have been separately cataloged.
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
(In Italian.)
Box 6
(In German. 2 copies: 1 hardcopy and 1 paperback.)
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
(In Dutch.)
Box 6
(In Italian.)
Box 6
(Foreign edition; May be in Greek.)
Box 6
Box 6
(In Japanese.)
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
(Annotated.)
Box 6
Series III: Correspondence and Professional Files
This subseries consists of three general correspondence files. These contain both personal and professional correspondence, as well as a few editorial items.
Box 7 Folder 1-2
(incoming and outgoing professional correspondence; numerous items between Ferré and Susan Bergholz. The files also include a small amount of editorial material.)
Box 7 Folder 3
These files contain agreements, annotations, articles, books, clippings, correspondence, essays, programs, publicity, reviews, and typescripts, both written by Ferré and related to Ferré's work.
These files are arranged alphabetically by classification number. The alphanumeric filling system appears to be Ferré's, but there is no key to the system in her papers and most of the files do not have any other titles. It appears the first letter (with the exception of O) is a unique letter assigned to a particular work, for example, P forHouse on the Lagoon– as these letters appear to correspond to related materials in Ferré's manuscript files. The numbers correspond to individual items, and many files contain multiple items – UMM-1 / UMM-4 contains four items, numbered UMM-1 through UMM-4.
Box 5
(Clippings and typescripts of articles written by Ferré)
Box 5
(Clippings and typescripts of articles written by Ferré.)
Box 5
(This folder has materials related to translation work by Ferré-clippings and typescripts. Includes material related to Lillian Hellman, including a published copy of Ferré's "Tiempo de Canallas" and Jean Rhys' "La Grosse Fifí".)
Box 5
(Includes "The Writing Kitchen" (circa 1982) and "Writing in Between" (Inédito) )
Box 5
(Typescripts and two articles related to "Writing in Between",)
Box 5
(Article and remarks related toZonafor a talk at Brown University.)
Box 5
("El Sapito y el Pecesito" typescript, undated, and correspondence and a copy of Ex llaüt de Xámbia with published fiction, "Ánima alada")
Box 5
(Materials related to video projects. A grant application with cover letter for "Habia una vez" (1983) and a screenplay for "Vida en La Fortaleza")
Box 5
(Several typescripts in English and in Spanish for both poetry and prose: For Colonel Bum Vivant, El General Dum Vivant, La Leguna y Susa Significados, La Batalla de la Armada, Siega la Sombra, El Mangotin de Oro, El Delfin, A Woman's Pride, and Twin Sisters.)
Box 5
(Clippings-various articles and interviews.)
Box 5
(Clippings-various articles and interviews.)
Box 5
(Appears to be book reviews for anthologies that include Ferré.)
Box 5
(Includes biographical statements, curriculum vitae of Rosario Ferré, 1970s-1990s. Bibliography on Ferré, 1991.)
Box 5
(Two books on contemporary Puerto Rican literature by Julio Ortega and Myrna García-Calderón.)
Box 5
(Two book about Ferré: RosarioFerre en su Edad de Oroby Mariela A. Gutiérez (Inscribed by author) andRosario Ferre, A Search for Identityby Suzanne S. Hintz.)
Box 5
(Book: Carmen Dolores Hernández, ed.Literatura Puertorriqueña Visiones Alternas. Inscribed by the editor to Julio Ortega.)
Box 5
(CupeyVol. X N. 1-2. Includes an essay by Ferre onLa fiesta de Ponce, a painting by Rafael Ríos Rey.)
Box 5
(Various articles of literary criticism on Ferré.)
Box 5
(Master's Essay (Ferré was a reader) onZona.)
Box 8
(Various clippings, articles on Ferré.)
Box 8
(Various clippings, articles on Ferré.)
Box 8
(Announcements and programs for speaking engagements and readings.)
Box 8
(Materials related to events-invitations, programs, etc. Includes a few photographs.)
Box 8
(Correspondence on various subjects-writings and events. Includes an envelope of event photographs.)
Box 8
(Correspondence; all items are photocopies except a single 1989 item. Includes correspondence with Manual Ramos Otero and Angel Rama. Originals are at Princeton University.)
Box 8
(Correspondence primarily related to theThe Youngest Doll,The House on the Lagoon, andEccentric Neighborhoods. Professional and personal comments by readers of the books.)
Box 8
(File is empty)
Box 8
(Primarily correspondence, together with some event materials. The file include some professional correspondence with Susan Bergholz and with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.)
Box 8
(File includes short typescripts related toSitio a Erosand Lillian Hellman, as well as synopses ofHouse on the Lagoon.)
Box 8
(File is empty.)
Box 8
(Material from the registrar at the University of Puerto Rico. The file also includes professional correspondence regarding publications, translations, and events.)
Box 8
(The file includes agreements forHouse on the Lagoon, Flight of the Swan, How to Write What Can't Be Said. The file also includes some editorial correspondence related toHouse on the Lagoon. )
Box 8
(Correspondence and agreements related to several titles, including foreign publications and rights.)
Box 8
(Various materials, including business cards, envelopes, as well as brochures and programs to do not appear to relate directly to Ferré.)
Box 8
(File is empty.)
Box 8
(The file includes the project statement forEl velorio del angel/The Wake of the Angel. There are also clippings on subjects of interest; most don't relate directly to Ferré.)
Box 8
(Clippings, reviews articles, etc. Includes articles written by Ferré.)
Box 9
(La casa de la laguna--Articles and reviews)
Box 9
(Materials related to awards, events etc. related toHouse on the Lagoon. Also includes cover proofs. PMM-14 includes hand-drawn maps.)
Box 9
Box 9
(Publishers catalogs featuringEccentric Neighborhoods.)
Box 9
(Extract ofEccentric NeighborhoodsfromConjunctions:27.)
Box 9
(Event announcements, notes, etc. related toEccentric Neighborhoods.)
Box 9
Box 9
(A la sombra de tu nombre. Mexico City: Alfaguara, 2001. Published book.)
Box 9
(Clippings related toA la sombra de tu nombre.)
Box 9
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux catalog featuringFlight of the Swan.)
Box 9
(Hispanic Magazine, 2001. Includes excerpt fromFlight of the Swan.)
Box 9
(El vuelo del cisne. Mexico City: Alfaguara, 2001 andFlight of the Swan. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Published books.)
Box 9
(Flight of the Swan. New York: Plume, 2002 andVuelo del Cisne. New York: Vintage Español, 2002. Published books.)
Box 9
(Vuelo del Cisne: Una Novela. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2002.Vuelo del Cisne. Cité, 2003. Published book. In Chinese.)
Box 9
(La extraña muerte del Capitanicito Candelario. Barcelona: Plaza and Janés Editores, S.A., 1999. Published book.)
Box 14
(Flight of the Swan. Correspondence on corrections, covers, event information, etc.)
Box 14
Box 14
(Winter 2000 issue ofDoubletake, which includes one of Ferré's poems "Saguaro Downtown" that was used inLanguage Duel / Duelo del lenguaje.)
Box 14
(Language Duel/Duelo del lenguaje. New York: Vintage Books, 2002.)
Box 14
(Cover proofs and event announcements, related toLanguage Duel / Duelo del lenguaje.)
Box 14
(Clippings, event announcements, etc. related toLanguage Duel / Duelo del lenguaje.)
These files contain agreements, annotations, articles, books, clippings, correspondence, essays, programs, publicity, reviews, and typescripts, both by Ferré and related to Ferré's work.
These file are arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 7 Folder 4
Box 7 Folder 5
(Includes articles by Ferré.)
Box 7 Folder 6
(Articles and typescripts.)
Box 7 Folder 7
(Includes articles by others, and Ferré's annotations and notes.)
Box 7 Folder 8
Box 7 Folder 9
Box 7 Folder 10
(Clippings of articles on Ferré's literary career.)
Box 7 Folder 11
(Typescripts, some annotations.)
Box 7 Folder 12
Box 7 Folder 13
(Typescripts, some annotations.)
Box 7 Folder 14
Box 7 Folder 15
Box 7 Folder 16
(Articulos publicados (viejos) -- includes annotated typescripts: La odisea picaresca de 'Tono bicicleta', 6 pp.; No lo era y sin embargo lo era: el dilema de La Guerra del fin del mundo, 17 pp. annotated typescript; "Un testigo fugaz y disfrazado" de Severo Sarduy, 7 pp. annotated typescript; "El palacio de las blanquísimas mofetas" by Reinaldo Arenas, 5 pp. annotated typescript; "La Increíble y Triste Historia de la Cándida Eréndira y de su Abuela Desalmad" -- siete cuentos de Gabriel García Márquez, 10 pp. annotated typescript.)
Box 7 Folder 17
Box 7 Folder 18
Box 7 Folder 19
(Guggenheim fellowship.)
Box 7 Folder 20
Box 7 Folder 21
Box 7 Folder 22
Box 7 Folder 23
(Literary agent. Correspondence with Susan Bergholz and Ferré relating to contract with Vintage Español and interest from Alfaguara to publish the Collected Works of Rosario Ferré; submissions of new material; emails relating toLazos de sangre.)
Box 10 Folder 1
Box 10 Folder 2
(Correspondence relating to Jorge Córdova and La edición cultural and payments due to Ferré; also includes Random House 2000 agreement forPapeles de pandora.)
Box 10 Folder 3
Box 10 Folder 4
Box 10 Folder 5
(File includes reprints of several articles, 1978-1992.)
Box 10 Folder 6
Box 10 Folder 7
Box 10 Folder 8-10
Box 10 Folder 11
Box 10 Folder 12
Box 10 Folder 13
(Includes Animal alada, 3 pp.; El mangotin de oro, 6 pp.; Fábula de la joven brava, 4 pp.; El sueño de raMay quia, 17 pp.; El general bum vivant, 18 pp. (annotated); Pico Rico Mandorico, approx. 10 pp.)
Box 10 Folder 14
Box 10 Folder 15
(Reprint of article by Danny J. Anderson, U. of Kansas.)
Box 10 Folder 16
(Includes annotated typescript printouts: Obese and Globalized, 7 pp.; The Battle of the Virgins, 10 pp.; Latino Women Writers Stir Up the Literary Pot, 5 pp.; Boxing Breasts, pp. 40-47.; Champagne in the Chicken Coop, over 25 pp. (photocopy). )
Box 10 Folder 17
(This is "Cien años de soledad: la a donde se llevaron el Caribe Hilton," University of Puerto Rico, written for Ferré's class on the novels of Gabriel García Márquez with Angel Rama. 36-page annotated typescript.)
Box 10 Folder 18
Box 11 Folder 1
Box 10 Folder 19
(Partitura musical (score) of "Fissure" by Francis Schwartz inscribed to Ferré. The piece was inspired by her poetry.)
Box 10 Folder 20
Box 10 Folder 21
Box 10 Folder 22
(Photocopies of Los cuentos de Juan Bobo and La mona que le pisaron la cola; contracts and permissions with illustrators (some unpublished).)
Box 10 Folder 23
(English transcript of NPR's "Book Club of the Air: The House on the Lagoon" and a listing of books held in the Colección Rosario Ferré at the University of Puerto Rico.)
Box 11 Folder 2
Box 11 Folder 3
(Related toMemorias de Ponce)
Box 11 Folder 4
(Related toMemorias de Ponce)
Box 11 Folder 5
Box 11 Folder 6
Box 11 Folder 7
Box 11 Folder 8
Box 11 Folder 9
(Acknowledgements.)
Box 11 Folder 10-11
(Royalties.)
Box 11 Folder 12
(Annotated typescript, labeled "Vecindarios autobiográfico inédito. parte de este material se ha usado para las memoiras" ("unpublished autobiographical Neighborhoods. Some of this material has been used for memoirs"); 263 pp.; with some annotations to first 10 pages or so.)
Box 11 Folder 13
(This appears to be a photocopy of an early draft ofVencindarios Excéntrios,DialogoMay have published two of its chapters in 1990. Correspondence is between Suzanne Hintz and Ferré's son Benigno Trigo.)
Box 11 Folder 14-15
(Articles by Ferré and others, reviews of Ferré's work. Includes two typescripts: "Mario Vargas Llosa o El Escribidor" and "Agradecimientos coloquio sobre obra".)
Box 21 Folder 1
(Book covers, programs, promotional materials, etc. related to Ferré.)
Box 22
Box 21 Folder 2-3
Box 19 Folder 4-6
Series IV: Journals, Notes, and Notebooks, 1951-1990, undated
This series includes academic notebooks, background materials, class notes, journals, notes, research materials and research papers. Background and research materials are frequently annotated by Ferré.
Box 12 Folder 23
(Angel Rama 1) Ficha del libro de Teodor[À] 2) Hisp.--Do libros q. me faltan / Felisberto Hernández y Juan Carlos Onetti / Curso Verano 1971)
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(Research notes, outlines, annotated articles)
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(Appears to be a notebook for a course on the generation of 1898 / 20th century novel.)
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(Mostly blank. Has a few pages that appear to be related toZona.)
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(Notes, annotated copies)
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(Brown journal, circa 1980-1981 approximately 95 pp.; recording travel in Europe and North America, including tour itineraries, journal entries, notes on George Eliot, etc.)
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(Journal; approximately 80 sheets (many both sides).; recording travel in the Middle East, including observations on Tehran, tour itinerary, architecture, culture, ideas for articles, etc.)
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(Argentinian writer. Notes.)
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(Notebook is blank)
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(Course taught by Mario Vargas Llosa.)
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(Notes; includes annotated copy of Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee")
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Series V: Audiovisual Materials, 1900s-2000s
The audiocassettes in this subseries include recordings of conferences, lectures, programs, featuring Ferré, as well as recordings related toMemorias/ Luis A. Ferré.
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This subseries includes personal, professional, and family photographs related to Ferré. The photographs include childhood photographs, bridal portraits, family photographs – and many of these are professional photographs, particularly those related to large celebrations – as well as photographs related to Ferré's professional career.
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(Family photographs.)
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(These are professional black and white portraits of Ferré, along with some proofs, and one additional professional portrait.)
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(Primarily of her alone. A few cancelled immigration photos, as well.)
Box 17 Folder 1
("El Mangle" by Myna Baez and two works by Cundo Bermúdez, "Portrait of Rosario Ferré" and the cover forla casa de la laguna.)
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(These appear to be family photographs.)
This subseries contains six videotapes that include recordings of interviews and programs featuring Ferré.
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Series VI: Scrapbooks and Memorabilia, 1930s-2004
This series contains awards, certificates, diplomas, yearbooks, as well as two scrapbooks. The first scrapbook contains report cards, medals, etc. related to Ferré's time in elementary school. The second contains a wide variety of memorabilia: cards, flowers, photographs, sugar packets, travel mementos, and other materials.
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(Resolution, invitations, program from the commemoration at the Cámara de Representatnes, San Juan, Puerto Rico).
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Box 20 Folder 2
(This contains reports cards, certificates, and medals from Ferré's elementary schools, Colegio Ponceño de Varones and Colegio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. This also contains a list of all the schools Ferré attended through Manhattanville College.)
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(This scrapbook contains a wide variety of memorabilia: cards, flowers, photographs, sugar packets, travel mementos, and other materials. The scrapbook has undergone conservation treatment, and two pamphlets and some rice have been separated from the original scrapbook and are being stored in a separated folder in the same box as the scrapbook.)
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Series VII: Digital Materials, 1980-2014, undated
This series contains approximately 200 computer disks and one portable drive. Individual digital files were not examined during processing: information on the contents of the disks was gathered from the existing labels. All but one disk had a label, but there was no information on the contents of the hard drive at the time of processing.
The disks primarily contain material related to various published and unpublished works by Ferré. In addition, there a few disks containing letter files and other disks that contain back-ups of files on Ferré's computer.
Digital files have not been fully processed and are not readily available for research use at this time.
These disks are arranged alphabetically by classification number.
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Includes Papeles de Pandora (2 disks); Cuentos de niños; Cuentos de niños, Cuentos niños inéditos, Doc. Relacionados; Cuento Pico Rico Mandorico.
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Sitio a Eros; El Acomodador; Cortazar: El romántico en su observatorio (Editorial Cultural); El coloquio de las perras - 2 versiones en computadora y escaneado; A la sombra de tu nombre - 2 versiones: en computadora y escaneado; El árbol y su sombra
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Escaneado, final, [y] doc. relacionados
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1) Doc. Relacionados 2) Floppy disquette version del documento
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Includes La battala de las virgenes - Doc. Relacionados, final, escaneado; Lazos de Sangre - versión final; Lazos de Sangre: Novela; Maldito Amor; Casa de la laguna, El vuelo del cisne, La batalla de las virgenes, Maldito Amor, Vecindarios Autobiográficos inédito, Vecindarios excéntricos; La casa de la laguna - doc. relacionados, La casa de laguna EMECE, La casa de lagune (2); La casa de laguna versión EMECE; Vecindarios Autobiográficos (inédito) - doc. relacionados, vec 3, vec 2, vec 1, Vecindarios autob., Vecindarios autob. completo; Vecindarios excéntricos - escaneado, dec. relacionados, final; Maldito Amor - escaneado, doc. relacionados; El vuelo del cisne - final, doc. relacionados, escaneado; Lazos de sangre - faltan correctiones, finales [?]aia
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Battle of the Virgins: Final - inédito and documents pertaining to it; Tales from the Caribbean, other stories in English; Gates of Pleasure y otros ensayos en inglés; House on the Lagoon and Excentric Neighborhoods del Floppy Disquette; Eccentric Neighborhoods
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Fisuras - libro escaneado, carta Julio Ortega; Fisuras: Libro Poemas (Del Diskette); Duelo del Lenguaje (2 disks); Antología Personal (Poemas 1972-1976); Las dos venecias; Fabulas de la Garza Desangrada - libro escaneado
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It is unclear which set of labels are for the current content. There is a label on the disk, on the inside case sleeve, and on post-it notes on the case. The disk label is (November 1998) : 1) Essays in English and Spanish (Dec.) 2) Interviews 3) Poemas Nuevas 3) Other - Death of Susan; Label on the case sleeve is I) Ensayos Various - updated, including 1. Oro de Colon 2. Meditación extra[?] 3. Rios Rey - Fiesta Ponce 4. Pie del Cañon del lapiz II) Libro Excentric Neighborhoods III) Libro Coloquio Perras Cultural IV) Libro Batalla Virgenes. The label on the post-it notes is 1) Back-Up Mio 2) La Batalla de Virgenes (complete) 3) El Coloquio de las perras 4) Ensayos 5) Vecindarios Excéntricos Final 6) Vecindarios Excéntricos por caps.
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