Josefina Báez papers, 1970s-2020

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Josefina Báez papers

As of March 2023, the following materials are not available at this time: Boxes 3, 4, and two items from box 6 are undergoing conservation review. AV material in boxes 10 and 11 cannot be viewed until it is reformatted. Posters from box 15 are being flattened.

This collection has been lightly rehoused and can be made available, but it remains unprocessed. Please note that box numbers may change and materials may be rearranged when the collection is processed. Material in plastic sleeves may be removed, but only one sleeve at a time. Please take care when handling the materials.



Box 1 Dominicanish, 1996-2010



Box 2 Writings



Box 3 Writings



Box 4 Writings



Box 5 Subject files, 1986-2000s


Box 5 Performance and workshops, conference, compilation books, 1986-1999



Box 6 Performance and workshops, conference, compilation books, 2000-2014


Box 6 Flyers and programs, 2015-2020



Box 7 Performance autology retreats, 2002-2015


Box 7 "Why is my name Marisol?", 1985-2013



Box 8 Photographs, 1980s-2000s



Box 9 Photographs, 1980s-2000s 


Box 9 Performance and workshops, conference, compilation books, 2000-2014



Box 10 AV



Box 11 AV



Box 12 Baez's calligraphy

(2 folders)


Box 12 Compilation book



Box 13 Textiles and one piece of jewelry 



Box 14 "Why is my name Marisol?"

Paintings and drawings



Box 15 One OS photograph 


Box 15 One compilation scrapbook


Box 15 One poster


Box 15 One folder of posters



Box 16 "Encuentro" (poster)

Poster (28" x 40") by Jorge Pineda for a concert of Spanish and Dominican composers presented by Latinarte. Performed in New York on October 14, 1988 in Cami Hall, and in Santo Domingo on October 21, 1988 at the National Theater. (2 signed copies, numbered 132/200 and 182/200)


Printed Books



Box 17 Canto de Plenitud, 2023

Three editions: Spanish, Italian/Spanish, Swedish/English)


Box 17 Comrade, Bliss Ain't Playing (Canto de Plenitud), 2023

Seven editions: English (two copies), Russian/Spanish/English, Hindi/Spanish/English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian/Spanish, Swedish/English


Box 17 Dramaturgias en el teatro actual de las Antillas. Cartografía de poéticas en movimiento: Teresa Hernández y Josefina Báez, 2015

Doctoral dissertation by Virginia Ana Escober Sardiña, Universidad Complutense de Madrid


Box 17 Dominicanish, 2017


Box 17 De Levente. 4 Textos para Teatro Performance, 2023


Box 17 Enacting the Text: Performing with Words, 2016

Exhibition booklet


Box 17 Narrative/Performance: Cross-cultural encounters at APPEX, 2004

CD included