This collection consists of materials forming a record of Cristina Peri Rossi's personal and professional career. Included are drafts of Peri Rossi's fiction and poetry, primarily unpublished; manuscripts and notebooks of Peri Rossi's writings; and clippings of her nonfiction wors from newspapers and magazines. There is also professional and personal correspondence, personal photographs, and academic works on Peri Rossi's writings, such as theses and dissertations. The collection also includes audio/visual recordings in the form of cassette tapes, VHS tapes, compact discs, and digital versatile discs.

Draft of "De hermano a hermana," one of the short stories contained in the collection, La tarde del dinosaurio.

First draft, with revisions, of La nave de los locos, written in 1982 (published in 1984), as well as a separate, shorter fragment associated with the novel. The work's original title was El tapiz de la creación. The draft includes text that was ultimately excluded from the final version of the book. The folder housing the draft includes a postcard depicting the Romanesque needlework panel referred to as, El tapiz de la creación, housed in the Museum of the Cathedral of Girona, Spain.

Brief introduction to this collection of short stories.

Draft of this collection of essays.

First version (entitled Fin de siglo) of Las musas inquietantes, written in 1997-1998 and inspired by a number of paintings reproduced in postcards collected by Peri Rossi. The draft includes text that was ultimately excluded from the final version of the book.

This draft lacks some of the poems that the published book contains and includes some that were ultimately excluded from the final version of the book.

Three multi-page fragments, at least one of which is autobiographical in content.