http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf496nb042 No online items Guide to the Fernando Alegria Papers Steven Mandeville-Gamble 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 © 2006 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Guide to the Fernando Alegria M0651 1 Papers Guide to the Fernando Alegria Papers Collection number: M0651 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Processed by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble Date Completed: 2001 Encoded by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble © 2006 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Fernando Alegria papers Dates: 1924-2000 Bulk Dates: 1940-1998 Collection number: M0651 Creator: Alegr?a, Fernando, 1918- Collection Size: 59 linear ft. Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Abstract: The collection contains correspondence with virtually every prominent literary figure in Latin America during the mid-to-late Twentieth Century, including Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, Augusto Roa Bastos, Jaime Alazraki, Isabel Allende, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Nicanor Parra, and many others. Also includes correspondence with North American authors such as Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as well as Linus Pauling.The collection also contains numerous manuscripts by Alegria and other Latin American authors, including Raul Barrientos, Jorge Bernales, Alejo Carpentier, Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Roque Dalton, Humberto Diaz-Casanueva, Juan Armando Epple, Mario Antonio Espinosa, Ricardo Israel, Reynaldo Jimenez, Luis Merino, and Pablo Neruda. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use. 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. Preferred Citation Fernando Alegria papers, M0651. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Acquisition Information Gift of Fernando Alegria, 1989 and his son, Daniel S. Alegria, 2000. Biography / Administrative History Fernando Alegria, born September 16, 1918 in Santiago, Chile, to Santiago Alegria Toro and Julia Alfaro, is a poet, novelist and educator. He married Carmen Letona Melendez on Jan. 29, 1943. Together they had four children: Carmen, Daniel, Andres, and Isabel. Alegria received his M.A. from Bowling Green State University in 1941 and his Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley in 1947. He taught as a professor at the University of Chile, 1939; as an instructor at Bowling Green State University, 1940-1941; as an instructor, 1947-1949, as an assistant professor, 1949-1955, as an associate professor, 1955-1963, and as a professor, 1964-1967 at University of California at Berkeley; and as a professor at Stanford University from 1967-1998. Guide to the Fernando Alegria M0651 2 Papers From 1970 through 1973, Alegria served as cultural attach? from the government of Salvador Allende to the United States, using his home in Berkeley, California as his base of operations in this capacity. Alegria's organizational affiliations include the Instituto Internacional de Literature Iberoamericana ; the American Association of Teachers of Spanish; and the Sociedad de Escritores. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, 1947-1948; he won the Latin American Prize of Literature, 1943; as well as the Premio Atenea and Premio Municipal. He published extensively; his works include Recabarren, 1938; Ideas esteticas de la poesia moderna, 1939; Ensayo sobre cinco temas de Thomas Mann, 1949; Walt Whitman en Hispanoamerica, 1954; Caballo de copas, 1957; My Horse Gonzales, 1964; Historia de la novela hispanoamericana, 1965; Genio y figura de Gabriela Mistral, 1966; Los dias contados, 1968; Los mejores cuentos de Fernando Alegria, 1968; Amerika, 1970; Coral de Guerra, 1979; El Paso de los gansos, 1980; The Chilean Spring, 1980. Scope and Content of Collection The collection contains correspondence with virtually every prominent literary figure in Latin America during the mid-to-late Twentieth Century, including Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, Augusto Roa Bastos, Jaime Alazraki, Isabel Allende, .Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Nicanor Parra, and many others. Also includes correspondence with North American authors such as Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as well as Linus Pauling. The collection also contains numerous manuscript items as well as copies of printed works by Alegria and various Latin American authors, including Raul Barrientos, Jorge Bernales, Alejo Carpentier, Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Roque Dalton, Humberto Diaz-Casanueva, Juan Armando Epple, Mario Antonio Espinosa, Ricardo Israel, Reynaldo Jimenez, Luis Merino, Pablo Neruda, Frederick Nunn, Roberto Quesada, Louis Marcos Rodriguez, Bernardo Subercaseaux, and Ines Villafa?e Le?n amongst others. The collection also contains extensive subject files on notable Latin American authors, his notebooks, diaries and calendars. It also contains documentation on various international Latin American writer's conferences. The collection also contains more than 3,000 photographs and slides of Alegria, his family, various authors and other literary figures, as well as images used in his various books. The collection includes a series of 31 political posters from the 1960's with additional posters for readings given by Alegria from the 1970's through the 1980's, as well as performances by Chilean cultural groups, such as Inti-Illimani. Series 1. Correspondence Subseries A. Authors Box 1, Folder 1 Acuna Anfossi, Elizabeth Box 1, Folder 2 Aguilera, Francisco Box 1, Folder 3 Aguilera, Marco Tulio Box 1, Folder 4 Aguirre, Margarita Box 1, Folder 5 Aguirre, Maria Elena [El Mercurio] Subjects and Indexing Terms El Mercurio Box 1, Folder 6 Alatorre, Antonio Box 1, Folder 7 Alazraki, Jaime Box 1, Folder 8 Alcala, Hugo R. Box 1, Folder 9 Alejimenez, G. Box 1, Folder 10 Alexander, Francisco Box 1, Folder 11 Alizo, David Box 1, Folder 12 Allen, Gay Wilson Box 1, Folder 13 Allende, Isabel Physical Description: 2 tls, 1 acs Box 1, Folder 14 Allende, Maria Cecilia Box 1, Folder 15 Allende, Salvador Physical Description: 1 tls, 1 telegram, 1 brochure Guide to the Fernando Alegria M0651 3 Papers Series 1. Correspondence Box 1, Folder 16 Allende, Tencha B. [Hortensia Bussi de] Physical Description: 17 tls, 3 als, 1 acs, 1 c Box 1, Folder 17 Alone. Letter to Osvaldo re: Alone article re: Fernando Alegria Box 1, Folder 18 Altidor, Alison Box 1, Folder 19 Alvarez Gardeazabal, Gustavo Box 1, Folder 20 Alves Pereira, Teresinha Box 1, Folder 21 Amado, Jorge Box 1, Folder 22 Anderson Imbert, Enrique Box 1, Folder 23 Andrade Cantero, Paola Box 1, Folder 24 Andrea, Pedro Box 1, Folder 25 Antoninus, Brother Box 1, Folder 26 Antunez, Nemesio Box 1, Folder 27 Araujo, Helena Box 1, Folder 28 Arciniga, German Box 1, Folder 29 Arenas, Braulio Physical Description: 6 tls Box 1, Folder 30 Armand, Octavio Box 1, Folder 31 Arnigo, Fanny R. Box 1, Folder 32 Arquedas, Jose Maria Box 1, Folder 33 Arraño, Alberto Box 1, Folder 34 Arteche, Miguel Box 1, Folder 35 Astorga, Ramon Box 1, Folder 36 Atias, Guillermo Box 1, Folder 37 El autor del mono Box 1, Folder 38 Ayala, Francisco Box 1, Folder 39 Ayala, Juan Antonio Box 1, Folder 40 Ayesa, Guillermo Box 1, Folder 41 Baeza Flores, Alberto Box 1, Folder 42 Baker, Shirley K. Box 1, Folder 43 Bardolino, Gitano Box 1, Folder 44 Bareiro Saguier, Ruben Box 1, Folder 45 Barquero, Efrain Box 1, Folder 46 Barrientos, Raul Box 1, Folder 47 Ba[rrios], Carmen Box 1, Folder 48 Bellini, Giuseppe Box 1, Folder 49 Benedetti, Mario Box 1, Folder 50 Bernales, Jorge Box 1, Folder 51 Bianco, Pepe Box 1, Folder 52 Blanco, Guillermo Box 1, Folder 53 Blanco, Marta Box 1, Folder 54 Boero Lillo, Ernesto Box 1, Folder 55 Bonnefoy, Michel Box 1, Folder 56 Bourjaily, Vance Box 1, Folder 57 Bracelli, Rodolfo Box 1, Folder 58 Brandan, V. Box 1, Folder 59 Bravo, Roberto Physical Description: 1 tls Box 1, Folder 60 Bravo-Elizonde, Pedro Box 1, Folder 61 Brown, Guillermo Box 1, Folder 62 Brunet, Marta Box 1, Folder 63 Bueno, Salvador Box 2, Folder 1 Caceres Milnes, Andres Box 2, Folder 2 Caceres Milnes, Andres re: thesis on Fernando Alegria Box 2, Folder 3 Calvo, Jorge Guide to the Fernando Alegria M0651 4 Papers Series 1. Correspondence Box 2, Folder 4 Campaña, Antonio Box 2, Folder 5 Campos, Javier Box 2, Folder 6 Campra, Rosalba Box 2, Folder 7 Camus, Albert Physical Description: 1 tls Box 2, Folder 8 Canas, Hernan Box 2, Folder 9 Canton, Dario Box 2, Folder 10 Cardenal, Ernesto Box 2, Folder 11 Cardona Peña, [?] Box 2, Folder 12 Carnbourn Ocampo, Arturo Box 2, Folder 13 Carrasco, Eduardo Box 2, Folder 14 Castedo, Elena Box 2, Folder 15 Castedo, Leopoldo Box 2, Folder 16 Castilla, Sergio Box 2, Folder 17 Castillo, J. Box 2, Folder 18 Castro de Moux, Maria Esther Box 2, Folder 19 [Cecchi], Cesar Box 2, Folder 20 Cerda, Enrique Box 2, Folder 21 Cerda, Julio Box 2, Folder 22 Chalbaud, Roman Box 2, Folder 23 Chavez Rice, Eugenio Box 2, Folder 24 Christopher, George [Mayor, San Francisco] Box 2, Folder 25 Coddou, Marcelo Box 2, Folder 26 Concha, Jaime Box 2, Folder 27 Conde, Susana Box 2, Folder 28 Contreras, Raul Box 2, Folder 29 Cooper, Sara E. Box 2, Folder 30 Cordova, Miguel L. re: Chacabuco Box 2, Folder 31 Cornejo Polar, Antonio Box 2, Folder 32 Correa, Gustavo Box 2, Folder 33 Cortazar, Julio Box 2, Folder 34 Cortinez, Veronica Box 2, Folder 35 Cronin, Jackie Box 2, Folder 36 Cruz, Rosaura Box 2, Folder 37 Cruz, Rosaura Box 2, Folder 38 Danke, Jacobo Box 2, Folder 39 de [ ], Martha Box 2, Folder 40 de Aguirre, Hernando Box 2, Folder 41 de Carvalho-Neto, Paulo Box 2, Folder 42 de Cascarro, Raul Gonzalez Box 2, Folder 43 de la Barra, Pedro Box 2, Folder 44 de la Parra, Edmundo Box 2, Folder 45 de Tagle, Lillian L.