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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Span 100.5-100.6

Pedro Salinas letters to various correspondents

Overview

Letters by Spanish poet Pedro Salinas to fellow poet Gerardo Diego and to other correspondents, as well as a version of Salinas' poem El contemplado.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920-1950

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

.5 linear feet (2 boxes)

Includes letters from Salinas to Tomás Blanco, Gerardo Diego, Solita Salinas de Marichal and others as well a variation of Salinas' poem "El contemplado" and compositions concerning Salinas by Gerardo Diego.

Biographical / Historical

Salinas and Diego were Spanish poets.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. I. MS Span 100.5: Correspondence and poems
  2. II. MS Span 100.6: Letters to Gerardo Diego

Immediate Source of Acquisition

*89M-4. Presented by Mrs. Solita Salinas Marichal Tamayo y Baus, 7 Sexto derecha 28004, Madrid, Spain; received: 1989 October 10.

*89M-5. Presented by Elena Diego through Jaime Salinas, Agiular, Sa Juan Bravo, 38 28006 Madrid; received: 1989March 23.

Title
Salinas, Pedro, 1892-1951. Pedro Salinas letters to various correspondents: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00308

Repository Details

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