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Beláustegui Bustamante Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0050
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of the Beláustegui -Bustamante Family, centered in San Isidro, Argentina, covering four generations from Melchor Beláustegui Rodríguez to his great-granddaughter Isabel Giménez Bustamante. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between family members and friends. Notable correspondents include Isabel Giménez Bustamante; her siblings, Rodolfo (Jr), Enrique, María Adela, and María Carlota; and her parents, Rodolfo Giménez Bustamante...
Dates:
1820-1976
Jorge Luis Borges Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0003
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records related to Borges’ professional career, including newspaper articles, a cigarette holder, interviews, poetry, unpublished manuscripts, and scholarly articles written about Borges and published in various magazines, including the Avant Garde magazine Martín Fierro (1924-1927).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...
Dates:
1924-2003
Manuel Puig Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0026
Scope and Contents
The Manuel Puig Correspondence contains 326 folders of letters written by Manuel Puig to Ingmar Björkstén and Mario Fenelli. The bulk of the correspondence is to Fenelli, a fellow Argentine director that Puig met during his film studies in Rome. Letters discuss Argentinian cinema, Puig’s novels, travels, politics, workshops, family health, sexuality, potential deals for translating his novels, and more. Additionally, there are two movie scripts co-written by Manuel Puig and Mario Fenelli as...
Dates:
1960-1990