Jorge Luis Borges Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSH/LAT 0003

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Jorge Luis Borges an Argentine writer and poet. It contains ephemera and records related to Borges’ professional career, including newspaper articles, a cigarette holder, interviews, poetry, unpublished manuscripts, and scholarly articles written about Borges and published in various magazines, including the Avant Garde magazine Martín Fierro (1924-1927). Significant topics represented in these files are poetry and Latin American literature and culture. Materials include manuscripts, clippings, postcards, correspondence, magazines, and electronic records.

Dates

Creation: 1924-2003

Creator

Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Arguably Argentina's most important author of the 20th century, Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) undertook numerous literary endeavors throughout his life, emerging as a premier poet, short story writer and essayist on both the Latin American and global literary fronts. Borges went completely blind by age 55. Borges was also active politically, publishing a number of anti-nazism and anti-fascist essays before and during the Second World War, condemning anti-Semites, and speaking out against President Juan Perón.

Extent

6.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

Italian

French

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series: I. Unpublished manuscripts; II. Published Ephemera; and III. Miscellaneous. Each series is arranged chronologically.