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Guide to the Luis Leal Papers, Special Collections M761 1 1946-1985 Guide to the Luis Leal Papers, 1946-1985 Collection number: M761 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Processed by: Special Collections staff Date Completed: Nov. 1995 Encoded by: Meri Rada and Steven Mandeville-Gamble © 1997 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Luis Leal Papers, Date (inclusive): 1946-1985 Collection number: Special Collections M761 Creator: Leal, Luis, 1907- Extent: 67 linear ft. Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Language: English. Access Restrictions: None. Publication Rights: Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Provenance: Gift of Luis Leal, 1989 Preferred Citation: [Identification of item] Luis Leal Papers, M761, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. BIOGRAPHY Luis Leal was born in Linares, Nuevo León, México on 17 September 1907. At the time of the mexican revolution, he emigrated to the United States, and established his residence in Chicago, where he continued his education. On september 1936 he married Gladys Clemens. From this marriage they had two sons, Antonio and Luis Alonso. In 1943 LuisLeal joined the United States Army, and was sent to the Pacific for two years. After his service in the Philippines at war's end, he continued his doctoral work at the University of Chicago and won his degree in Philosophy and Belles Lettres in 1950. In 1951, he served as President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), in 1952 he served as President of the Chicago Society of Romance Language Teachers, and in 1953, as Chairman Guide to the Luis Leal Papers, Special Collections M761 2 1946-1985 of a Spanish section for the South Central Modern Language Association (the SCMLA). Luis Leal held a number of teaching positions. From Instructor, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Visiting Professor at UCSB and UCLA, Visiting Professor/Lecturer at the University of Chicago, University of Arizona, University of Wisconsin, National University of Mexico, Middlebury College, University of Arizona NDEA Institute, Guadalajara, México, and Stanford Univeristy. Surrounded by mexican ambience, Doctor Luis Leal lives in Santa Bárbara with his gentle wife. His house like his heart continues open to share with disciples and friends the literary topics, memories of classrooms and the destiny of man. SCOPE AND CONTENT The Luis Leal papers document the personal and academic activities of a literary historiographer, mexican writer, and critic. Director of the Research Center for Chicano Studies at U.C. Santa Barbara and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Leal has achieved a record of distinction as Professor of Spanish-American literature and has authored numerous books and hundreds of journal articles dealing with Latin American and Chicano literature. Especially noteworthy articles on Chicano literature include "Mexican American literature: a historical perspective," and "The problem of identifying Chicano literature." By the time that Professor Leal began to study Chicano literature, he was one of the most respected critics of Latin American literature, and in particular the Mexican short story. The prestigious--and unfortunately now defunct--Mexican publishing house of Andre had published five books of his: Breve historia del cuento mexicano (1956), Antología del cuento mexicano (1957), Bibliografía del cuento mexicano (1958), Mariano Azuela: vida y obra (1961), and Historia del cuento hispanoamericano (1966). With these books, and many others published in the United States and Latin America, together with the innumerable articles and monographs which appeared in all the best academic periodicals, Leal built an admirable body of work, solid and systematic. Series 1 : Correspondence Subseries A: General correspondence -1946-1988 Box 1, Folder 1 April 1946 - Dec. 1953 Box 1, Folder 2 Jan. 1954 - Jun. 1956 Box 1, Folder 3 Jan. 1957-Dec. 1958 Box 1, Folder 4 Jan. 1959-Dec.1960 Box 1, Folder 5 Jan. 1961-Dec. 1962 Box 1, Folder 6 Jan. 1963-Dec. 1963 Box 1, Folder 7 Jan. 1964-Dec.1964 Box 1, Folder 8 Jan. 1965-Dec. 1965 Box 2, Folder 1 Jan. 1966-Feb. 1967 Box 2, Folder 2 Mar. 1967-Dec. 1967 Box 2, Folder 3 Jan. 1968-Dec. 1968 Box 2, Folder 4 Jan. 1969-Dec. 1969 Box 2, Folder 5 Jan. 1970-Dec. 1970 Box 2, Folder 6 Jan. 1971-Dec. 1971 Box 2, Folder 7 Jan. 1972-Dec. 1972 Box 2, Folder 8 Jan. 1973-Dec. 1973 Box 2, Folder 9 Jan. 1974-Dec. 1974 Box 2, Folder 10 Jan. 1975-Dec. 1975 Box 3, Folder 1 Jan. 1976-May 1976 Box 3, Folder 2 Jun. 1976-Dec.1976 Box 3, Folder 3 Jan. 1977-Apri. 1977 Box 3, Folder 4 May 1977-Dec. 1977 Box 3, Folder 5 Jan. 1978-Jun. 1978 Box 3, Folder 6 Jul. 1978-Dec. 1978 Box 3, Folder 7 Jan. 1979-Dec. 1979 Box 3, Folder 8 Jan. 1980-Dec. 1980 Box 3, Folder 9 Jan. 1981-Dec. 1981 Guide to the Luis Leal Papers, Special Collections M761 3 1946-1985 Series 1 : Correspondence Subseries A: General correspondence -1946-1988 Box 4, Folder 1 Jan. 1982-Dec. 1982 Box 4, Folder 2 Jan. 1983-Dec. 1983 Box 4, Folder 3 Jan. 1984-Feb.1984 Box 4, Folder 4 Mar. 1984-Dec. 1984 Box 4, Folder 5 Jan. 1985-Dec. 1985 Box 4, Folder 6 Jan. 1986-Apr. 1986 Box 4, Folder 7 May 1986-Dec. 1986 Box 4, Folder 8 Jan. 1987-Dec. 1987 Box 4, Folder 9 Jan. 1988-Dec. 1988 Box Scope and Content Note Subseries B: EL NACIONAL correspondence - 1963-1967 Box 4, Folder 10 Feb. 1963-Sept. 1967 Series 2: Manuscripts of major works Subseries A: Luis Leal unpublished book manuscripts Box 5, Folder 1 Incomplete transcription of 1620 edition of Francisco Bramón: Los Sirgueros de la Virgen sin original pecado. (see complete text on microfilm.) Box 5, Folder 2 Breve historia de la cultura en hispanoamérica Box 5, Folder 3 Cuentos de hispanoamérica (15). Realidad y fantasía Box 5, Folder 4 Research notes for book on Juan Huarte y Navarro (Huarte de San Juan) Box 5, Folder 5 Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago, 1950. "El cuento y la leyenda en las crónicas de la Nueva España." (not for publication) pp. 1-185 (cont...) Box 5, Folder 6 Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago, 1950. "El cuento y la leyenda en las crónicas de la Nueva Espa~na." (not for publication) pp. 186-403 Box 6, Folder 1 Copy of above. (not for publication) pp. 1-309 (cont...) Box 6, Folder 2 Copy of above. (not for publication) pp. 310-402 Box 6, Folder 3 Materials for "Pequeña antología de sonetos mexicanos" with selection and introduction by Luis Leal. Box 6, Folder 4 Materials from Latin American authors for book on "Teoría y crítica del cuento." Introduction and selection by Luis Leal. Box 6, Folder 5 Master's Degree Dissertation on Amado Nervo, University of Chicago, June 1941. Box 6, Folder 6 Text and materials for book on "The History of the mexican short story." "Cuento-prehispánico" Box 6, Folder 7 Materials and manuscripts for textbook on "Cuentos y leyendas" Box 7, Folder 1 Incomplete manuscript for an analysis of Mariano Azuela: Los de abajo Box 7, Folder 2 Materials for a textbook entitled "Cuentos y diálogos" Box 7, Folder 3 Original manuscript and page proofs of the anthology "Cuentos mexicanos de hoy". Unpublished by Monticello Press. Box 7, Folder 4 Unpublished materials for Bibliography of Mexican Literature. Box 7, Folder 5 Unpublished and incomplete manuscript for book "La novela mexicana" (in spanish) Box 7, Folder 6 Short stories by mexican authors for anthology (in spanish) Box 7, Folder 7 Materials for anthology "Cuentistas de Jalisco" Box 8, Folder 1 Unpublished manuscript on Ruiz de Alarcón Box 8, Folder 2 Work in progress on book on José Rubén Romero Box 8, Folder 3 "Anthology of mexican literature." To have been published in collaboration with Professor John S. Brushwood by Pan American Union. (pp. 1-189) (cont...) Box 8, Folder 4 "Anthology of mexican literature." To have been published in collaboration with Professor John S. Brushwood by Pan American Union . (pp. 190-379) (cont...) Box 8, Folder 5 "Anthology of mexican literature." To have been published in collaboration with Professor John S. Brushwood by Pan American Union . (pp. 380-577) (cont...) Guide to the Luis Leal Papers, Special Collections M761 4 1946-1985 Series 2: Manuscripts of major works Subseries A: Luis Leal unpublished book manuscripts Box 8, Folder 6 "Anthology of mexican literature." To have been published in collaboration with Professor John S. Brushwood by Pan American Union. (also, folder of additional manuscripts materials for above) (cont...) Box 8, Folder 7 "Anthology of mexican literature." To have been published in collaboration with Professor John S.