This series is organized into eight subseries: Joaquin Ruben Agüeros Poems; Non-Fiction; Poetry; Unfinished Works, Writing Exercises and Notes; Fiction; Plays and Movies; Work for Children, and Press and Publishing Papers.
Subseries IV.1: Joaquin Ruben Agüeros Poems, 1961-1967
This subseries contains works written by Jack Agüeros under the pseudonym Joaquin Ruben Agüeros. Included are two manuscripts and undated notes. Contents are arranged chronologically as Jack Agüeros had organized them in binders.
Box 3 Folder 1-3
Manuscript from J.R. Agüeros to Jack and Maria: Poems and Plays,, 1961
Box 3 Folder 4-7
Missing Poems: Index and Poems 1-356, 1963 January -1967 January, 1963
Box 3 Folder 35
Research and Notes, undated
Subseries IV.2: Non-Fiction, 1962-2004
The non-fiction subseries contains papers related to government; outreach; research photographs and articles; published anthologies; original drafts and articles; essays written for Newsday; and papers related to the 1968 hunger strike and cultural programs including Agüeros's work from his time as a National Urban Fellow. The non-fiction subseries also contains the "Subways" manuscripts with typed and handwritten notes, drafts and research related to the New York City subways system.
Box 3 Folder 8
National Urban Fellows--"Book of Jobs," General Papers, 1969-1970
Box 3 Folder 9
"The Book of Jobs"--Notes, undated
Box 3 Folder 10
"The Spanish Speaking Community of Greater Cleveland"--Report, Drafts and Notes,, 1970
Box 3 Folder 11
Ravitch Program for a Multilingual City, 1989
Box 3 Folder 12
National Spanish Speaking Coalition Conference, 1971 October, 1971
Box 3 Folder 13
Senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr.--Press Kit, 1997 July 31, 1997
Box 3 Folder 14
"A Survey of Crime Prevention Programs"--First Draft, 1977 March-April, 1977
Box 3 Folder 15
Festival Latino--Articles, 1976-1991
Box 3 Folder 16
Vatican Art Project, 1982-1989
Box 3 Folder 17
MFY Garden, 1972
Box 3 Folder 18
Essays Articles and General Writing--1992-1993
Box 3 Folder 19
Happy Land Social Club Fire--Articles and Notes, 1995
Box 3 Folder 20
Walter Mercado--Diaro Poems, Clippings and Notes, 1996
Box 3 Folder 21
Article, 1962
Box 3 Folder 22
New York City 'Tax' Department Photographs (Circa, 1940): Articles, Photographs and Notes,, 2000
Box 3 Folder 23
Manhole Covers--Photographs, undated
Box 3 Folder 24
New York Times Article on New York City Manhole Covers, 1999-2000
Box 3 Folder 25
Pedro Pietri Fundraiser and Translations, 2004
Box 3 Folder 27
Beyond the Crust--Drafts and Correspondence, 1990-1993
Box 3 Folder 28
Articles, 1971 December -1973 July, 1971
Box 3 Folder 29
Articles, 1971 October -1993 July, 1971
Box 3 Folder 30
Originals--Articles, 1971-1993
Box 3 Folder 31
BoxingRanks.com--Correspondence, Articles, Translations and Notes,, 2000-2001
Box 3 Folder 32
Newsday--Essays, 1993 July 13-August 30, 1993
Box 3 Folder 33
El Diario and La Prensa--Articles, 1986 March-July, 1986
Box 3 Folder 34
Hunger Strike--Correspondence and Articles, 1968
Box 9 Folder 1
Turo College and Subways (Original Drafts), 1989 February-March, 1989
Box 9 Folder 2
SubwaysVII--Typed Manuscripts, 1988
Box 9 Folder 3
"In The Subways"--Typed Manuscript, 1987 February-December, 1987
Box 9 Folder 4
"The Subways: A Journey"--Typed Manuscript, 1987
Box 9 Folder 5
"Subway Prayer and Other Poems of the Inner City" by Thomas Kampf--With Note From Kampf, 2003 October 17, 2003
Box 9 Folder 6
The M.T.A--General Articles, 1987-1991
Box 9 Folder 10
The M.T.A--Photographs, Magazines and General Articles, 1968-1990
Box 9 Folder 11
Subways--Original Handwritten Notes, 1988 April -1993 August, 1988
Box 9 Folder 12
Subways--Original Handwritten Notes and Clippings, 1988
Box 9 Folder 13
Subways--Original Handwritten Notes and Clippings, 1990
Box 9 Folder 14
Subways--Original Handwritten Notes, 1989
Box 9 Folder 15
Subways--First Draft--Typed Manuscript and Drawings., 1987
Box 9 Folder 16
Subways--First Draft--Typed Manuscript, 1988
Box 20 Folder 6
Reaccion a los Ensayos del First National City Bank Titulado: Desarollo de la Pobreza y la Economics en Nueva York-- In Handbook of the Puerto Rican Community,, 1970
Box 20 Folder 7
Antiques
Subseries IV.3: Poetry, 1961-2006
The poetry subseries includes audio and audio-visual recordings of Jack Agüeros's readings and related ephemera; submission correspondence; timelines and copyrights; drafts, correspondence, and published manuscripts related to Lord, is this a Psalm?; published copies of Correspondence Between the Stonehaulers and Daily Fare; and original drafts of published and unpublished poems including Jack Agüeros's unpublished last manuscript 'Mouthful of Words.'
Box 5 Folder 1
Cassette Tapes--"Museo del Barrio Krone-Olim Advertising Inc: 60" and "Message for Jack Agüeros, from McGee Middle School," 1983 May 2, 1983
Box 5 Folder 2
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival--General Materials and CD Recording of Agüeros's Reading, 2006 June 11-26, 2006
Box 5 Folder 3
VHS Recordings--"The Kitchen," and "Boricua Voices," 1998 November 28-2003 July 25, 1998
Box 5 Folder 4
VHS Recording--Jack Agüeros at the Olean Public Library, 2003 July 25, 2003
Box 5 Folder 5
The Hillstead Museum--The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, 2002
Box 5 Folder 6
Submissions and Rejections from Publications, 1961-1972
Box 5 Folder 7
Submission Timelines and Copyrights, 1964-1995
Box 5 Folder 8
"Lord is This a Psalm" and "Didi"--Original Poems, 1996-2001
Box 19 Folder 18
"Lord is This a Psalm...?", undated
Box 5 Folder 9
"Correspondence Between the Stonehaulers," and "Sonnets from the Puerto Rican,", 1989-1991
Box 19 Folder 8
"Correspondence Between the Stonehaulers,", 1990
Box 18 Folder 1
"Sonnets from the Puerto Rican,", 1994
With his note: "For Ed & Carolyn Draft version - with a little luck we'll see it in book form 1996 Jack"
Box 18 Folder 2
"Sonnets from the Puerto Rican,", 1995
Box 5 Folder 10
"Correspondence Between the Stonehaulers"--Working and Reading Copy, 2002-2003
Box 5 Folder 11
"Correspondence Between the Stonehaulers," and "Daily Fare,"--Published Copies, 1991-1993
Box 5 Folder 12
"Sonnets for the Happy Land Club Fire," and "Fewking War"--Drafts,, 1990
"Lord, Is This a Psalm"
Box 5 Folder 13
Drafts, 1999-2002
Box 5 Folder 14
Correspondence and Notes, 1990 January --2002 June, 1990
Box 5 Folder 15-16
Draft with Illustration, 1997-1999, (2 folders)
Box 5 Folder 17
Original Poems, Drafts and Notes, 1997-1999
Box 5 Folder 18
Reading and Working Copies, 2002 May 25, 2002
Box 5 Folder 19
Sonnets, New Poems, and Haikus, 1998
Box 5 Folder 20
Manuscripts, 1963-1967
Box 5 Folder 21
"Mouthful of Words"--Working Draft, 2006 May 14, 2006
Box 5 Folder 22
"Mouthful of Words"--Original Poems, undated
Box 5 Folder 23
Creative Writing: Poetry Class--Notes and Readings, 1995 May, 1995
Box 5 Folder 24
Writer's Workshop--Papers and Original Poems, 1999-2001
Box 17 Folder 2
After Frost to Kennedy--Illustrated Poem Framed as a Triptych, 1970 January 17, 1970
Box 20 Folder 4-5
Poems
Subseries IV.4: Unfinished Works, Writing Exercises and Notes, 1997-2003
This subseries contains drawings, notepads and index cards arranged chronologically by type.
Box 6 Folder 1
Drawings, Notes and Inventions, undated
Box 6 Folder 2
Drawings, 1998
Box 6 Folder 3
Notepads, 1999
Box 6 Folder 4
Notepad with Poetry and Notes, undated
Box 6 Folder 5
Index Cards with Drawings and Notes, 1997-1998
Box 6 Folder 6
General, 2001-2003
Box 6 Folder 7
Story Ideas, undated
Box 6 Folder 8
Halloween, Notes on Agüeros's Mother, 2000 February28-October 31, 2000
Box 6 Folder 9
Index Cards, 2000 February-October, 2000
Subseries IV.5: Fiction, 1991-2003
This subseries contains short stories, novels and drafts by Jack Agüeros. Materials related to the short story collection Dominoes are also included in this series. Folders are grouped by story or manuscript title.
Box 20 Folder 8
Stories and Essays
Box 6 Folder 10
"The Santos Speak" and "Angelo Monterosa"--Drafts, undated
Box 6 Folder 11
"Carlos and the Microfice," "Arizona," "Antonio"--Stories, undated
Box 6 Folder 12
"Alzheimer's Chronicle"--Notes, undated
Box 6 Folder 13
Untitled Novel--Notes, undated
Box 6 Folder 14
"The Key," "When Jugie Died," "Sonny"--Unfinished Stories and notes,, 1995
Box 6 Folder 15
"Alma"--3 Copies, 1999
Box 6 Folder 16
"Wilson's Turn"--Manuscript and Correspondence, 1997-1999
Box 6 Folder 17
Drafts, Original Writing, Notes for a Novel, Short Stories--"Wilson's Turn," "Alma," "Sonny," "Making Cigarettes," "The Soldering Iron," "My Father's Moustache,", undated
Box 6 Folder 18-19
Untitled Novel, undated, (2 folders)
Box 6 Folder 20
Hanging Loose Stories--"The Man is Waiting," 'He is Shorter,' "Sonny," "The Man on the Landing," "Barbers Tale," "The Collector," "Max," "The Soldering Iron," "I Always Wanted to Be an Old Man,", undated
Box 20 Folder 11-12
Sonny Starts, 1996
Box 19 Folder 11
Hanging Loose Stories--"The Barber's Tale" (short story), undated
Box 20 Folder 9-10
The Barber's Tale
Box 18 Folder 4
Hanging Loose Stories--"The Collector" (short story), 1999
Box 18 Folder 5
Hanging Loose Stories--"He is Shorter" (short story), 1997
Box 19 Folder 12
Hanging Loose Stories--"He is Shorter" (short story), 1997
Box 19 Folder 13
Hanging Loose Stories--"I Always Wanted to Be an Old Man" (short story),, 2001
Box 19 Folder 14
Hanging Loose Stories--"A Man's Waiting" (short story), undated
Box 19 Folder 14
Hanging Loose Stories--"Max - A Story" (short story), undated
Box 19 Folder 16
Hanging Loose Stories--"The Old Man on the Landing" (short story),, undated
Box 19 Folder 17
Hanging Loose Stories--"The Soldering Iron" (short story), undated
Box 6 Folder 21
Hanging Loose Submissions, undated
Box 6 Folder 22
"Box Tops"--Drafts, 1991
Box 18 Folder 3
"Box Tops" (short story), 1991
Box 18 Folder 9
"Kari and the Ice Cream Cone" (short story for children), undated
Box 6 Folder 23
"The Man on the Landing," "I Always Wanted to Be an Old Man," "He is Shorter"--Drafts,, 1996
Box 18 Folder 10
"The Old Man on the Landing" (short story), undated
Box 18 Folder 7
"I Always Wanted to Be an Old Man" (short story), 1996
Box 18 Folder 8
"I Always Wanted to Be an Old Man" (short story), undated
Box 6 Folder 24
"Poor Pigeons"--Drafts, undated
Box 6 Folder 25
"The Collector"--Drafts, 1991
Box 6 Folder 26
Photocopies of Stories, undated
Box 6 Folder 27
"Collected Stories"--Manuscript, 1991
Box 6 Folder 28
"Dominoes"--Papers Articles and Correspondence, 1993
Box 6 Folder 29
"Dominoes"--Reading Copy, 1993
Box 18 Folder 6
"Horologist" (short story), undated
Box 7 Folder 20-21
Floppy Discs, undated
Box 7 Folder 22
VHS Recording--Jack Agüeros at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Interview by Bessy Reyna and Music By Jose Gonzalez y Criollo Classico Unedited, 2003 June 25, 2003
Subseries IV.6: Plays and Movies, 1970-2005
This subseries includes play and movie scripts, recordings, playbills, correspondence, photographs and notes. Materials in this series are grouped by title and then organized chronologically.
Box 8 Folder 1
"Don Pedro"--Script, Drafts, Notes and Playbill, 1995
Box 8 Folder 2
SCR Hispanic Playwrights Project--Playbills, Photographs and Correspondence,, 1989-1991
Box 8 Folder 3
"The New York Cycle"--#4 The Children, #3 Lazaro Rising, 1991
Box 8 Folder 4
"No More Flat World"--One-Act Play and Notes, 1987 October --1991 April, 1987
Box 8 Folder 5
"The Ambitions of Garcia"--Film Script with Notes and Clippings
Box 8 Folder 6
Film Ideas
Box 8 Folder 7
"Doctor Badshoe"--Script and Notes, 1987
Box 8 Folder 8
Playbills--"The News From Puerto Rico," and "No More Flat World,", 1989
Box 19 Folder 20
"No More Flat World," (a play), 1988
Box 8 Folder 9
"Fulano Meets Sinatra"--Play, notes and Drafts, 1986-1987
Box 8 Folder 10
"Dream Star Café," "House Warmer," "The Sea of Chairs,", 1993
Box 19 Folder 9-10
"Dream Star Café", 1990
Box 8 Folder 11
"Awoke One"--Drafts and Notes, 1987
Box 8 Folder 12
"Awoke One"--Drafts, Playbills and Correspondence, 1990-1995
Box 8 Folder 13
"The News From Puerto Rico"--3 Copies, 2005
Box 8 Folder 14
"The News From Puerto Rico,", 2005
Box 8 Folder 15
"The News From Puerto Rico"--Drafts and Correspondence, 1988-1991
Box 8 Folder 16
"The News From Puerto Rico"--Working Copy With Notes, 1989 May, 1989
Box 8 Folder 17
"Awoke One"--Slides, Negatives and Photographs, undated
Box 16 Folder 1
"Papo's Buela"--Script with Notes, undated
Box 16 Folder 2
"They Can't Even Read Spanish"--Script, Correspondence and Press, 1970 October -1972 October, 1970
Box 16 Folder 3
"Makers of the Night Sun"--Script, Notes and Headshots, 1989
Box 16 Folder 4
"Who Killed Freddy Fulano" Produced by Jorge Sabez for Latino Collaborative--Scripts, Notes, Press, Drawings,, 1990
Broadcast in 1990 on Manhattan Cable TV.
Box 18 Folder 11-12
"Who Killed Freddy Fulano" Produced by Jorge Sabez for Latino Collaborative--Color and B&W photograph stills from production,, 1990
Box 16 Folder 5
"Telephones and Cigarettes"--Scripts, Notes, Correspondence, undated
Box 16 Folder 6
"The New York Cycle," "Blue Rings," "Dio," "Men More," "Bueno Pepo," "In Sight"--One Act Play Scripts,, 1991-2002
Box 16 Folder 7
"Grown Ups"--Script, undated
Box 16 Folder 8
"The New York Cycle"--Scripts, 1991-1995
Box 16 Folder 9
"The New York Cycle"--"Script Drafts," " #9 Sea of Chairs," "#2 Alcatraz and Jaguarox,", 1991-1992
Box 19 Folder 1
Auto Sacramental: "#2 Alcatraz and Jaguarox", 1990
Box 19 Folder 2
Auto Sacramental: "#3 Lazaro Rising", 1991
Box 19 Folder 3
Auto Sacramental: "#5 Ye Tragical Historie of Doctor Pedro Albizu Campos",, 1995
Box 19 Folder 5-6
Auto Sacramental: "#8 My Dog", 1992
Box 19 Folder 4
Auto Sacramental: "#10 Notary Sojac", undated
Box 19 Folder 7
Auto Sacramental: "Awoke One", undated
Box 16 Folder 10
Play Fragments, 1992
Box 16 Folder 11
"The New York Cycle"--Notes, undated
Box 16 Folder 12
"Icaro's Kites"--Silent Film Script and Notes, 1989
Box 16 Folder 13
"Dream Star Café" (2001 February24) and Poetry Reading at McGee Middle School, Berlin Connecticut (1997 March26)--VHS Tapes, 1997 March26-2001 February24, 1997
Box 16 Folder 14
Teatro Puerto Rico and the First Hispanic Film Festival--General Papers,, 1992-1993
Box 16 Folder 15-16
"Dream Star Café"--Script Drafts, 1992, (2 folders)
Box 16 Folder 17
"Dream Star Café"--Script Drafts, 2000
Box 16 Folder 18
"Dream Star Café"--Script Drafts, 2001-2002
Box 16 Folder 19
"Dream Star Café"--Script Draft with Notes, 2001
Box 16 Folder 20
"Dream Star Café"--Frist Version, Drafts and Notes, 1989-1990
Box 16 Folder 21
"Dream Star Café"--Performance Papers, Articles, Photographs, Correspondence,, 1989-2002
Box 20 Folder 3
Scripts and Screenplays-- including They Can't Even Read Spanish, Awoke One, Telephones and Cigarettes, and The Children, 1989-2002
Subseries IV.7: Work for Children, 1974-2002
School visits that Jack Agüeros participated in are organized chronologically by site. Drafts, drawings and published copies of Jack Agüeros's children's books and children's plays are organized by project.
Box 10 Folder 1
Boston Elementary School Students--Poems and Prose, 2000 January -June, 2000
Box 10 Folder 2
Windham Middle School--"Los Aventuros III,", 2001-2002
Box 10 Folder 4
"Pito and the Coqui"--Typed Drafts for Book and Play, undated
Box 10 Folder 5
"Cheo y Los Reyes Magos" and "The Magic Maraca"--Manuscripts and Published Copies,, 1977-1978
Box 10 Folder 6
"Que Goce De Una A Doce"--Draft, undated
Box 10 Folder 7
"Kari and the Ice Cream Cone"--Manuscript and Notes, 1988-1994
Box 10 Folder 8
"Willy's Silver Whistle" and "El Pito de Plata de Pito"--Drafts and Press,, 1974
Box 10 Folder 9
"El Cuento Bobo #1," "Cheo y los Reyes Mago," "Chepa and the Fish," "Otra Caja," "Finding the Coqui," and "Counting Book,", undated
Box 10 Folder 10
"The Crying Trocca"--First Handwritten Draft and Typed Draft
Box 10 Folder 11
"¡Otra Caja!" and "El Cuento Bobo #1,", 1991
Box 10 Folder 12
"Chepa and the Fish"--Drafts and Notes for Play, 1993-2001
Box 10 Folder 13
"Chepa and the Fish," "The Crying Troca," and "Kari and the Ice Cream Cone"--Drafts,, 1994-2000
Box 10 Folder 14
"Pito and the Coqui" and "Kari and the Ice Cream Cone"--Drafts,, 1994
Subseries IV.8: Press and Publishing Papers, 1967-2009
Press reviews range from 1969-2009 and are grouped by year. The publishing papers include correspondence with colleges and festivals regarding readings and residencies..
Box 1 Folder 17-20
General, 1994-1997, (4 folders)
Box 1 Folder 22
Regarding Readings During 1982 1982, 1982, 1982
Box 1 Folder 23
Regarding "Dominoes: And Other Stories From The Puerto Rican,", 1993-1995
Box 1 Folder 25
"Dominoes" and The Song of Simple Truth--Reviews, 1993-1997
Box 1 Folder 26
General, January 1993-March1998
Box 1 Folder 27
Press and Awards, 2002 September -2004 March, 2002
Box 1 Folder 30
General, 1980 May -1989 November, 1980
Box 1 Folder 31
General, 2001-2008
Box 1 Folder 32
General, 1991
Box 1 Folder 33
General, 1992
Box 1 Folder 34
General, 1989-1990
Box 1 Folder 35
General, 1991
Box 1 Folder 36
General, 1967
Box 1 Folder 37
General, 1972
Box 1 Folder 38
General, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 39
General, 1971
Box 1 Folder 40
General, 1984-1985
Box 1 Folder 41
General, 1986-1989
Box 1 Folder 43
General, 2004
Box 1 Folder 44
General, 2009