Overview
Correspondence, literary manuscripts, and other materials of Spanish poet and critic Pedro Salinas.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1975
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1936-1951
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
35.5 linear feet (71 boxes)Contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, memorabilia, and printed material pertaining to Salinas' literary, academic, and personal life. Correspondence consists of letters to and from Salinas, his wife Margarita Bonmatí [Salinas], their children, and others. The manuscripts of his poetry, theatrical, and prose works (some with annotations and revisions by Juan Augusto Marichal) are included in the collection in addition to Salinas' translations, lectures, articles, essays, and notes on the theater and various subjects. Also manuscripts and typed copies of compositions by other authors, including poems by Jorge Guillén. Memorabilia consists of photographs, playbills, and miscellaneous printed material, family documents, fiche, tapes, and other personal items.
Biographical / Historical
Salinas (full name Pedro Salinas Serrano) was a Spanish poet and critic. He taught and lectured in Europe, U.S., and Latin America.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Letters to Pedro Salinas
- II. Letters from Pedro Salinas
- III. Letters to Margarita (Bonmatí) Salinas
- IV. Letters from Margarita (Bonmatí) Salinas
- V. Other correspondence
- VI. Poems
- VII. Plays
- ___A. Original manuscripts
- ___B. Translations
- ___C. Other papers concerning Salinas's plays
- VIII. Prose
- ___A. Fiction
- ___B. Non-fiction
- ______1. Books
- ______2. Articles and essays
- IX. Notes
- X. Compositions by other authors
- XI. Miscellaneous
- XII. Additional papers
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
74M-69. Gift of Mr. Jaime Pedro Salinas c/o Don Pedro, 6 Madrid (5) Spain; and and Mrs. Solita Salinas de Marichal, 29 Lancaster Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; received: 1975 May 28.
- Title
- Salinas, Pedro, 1892-1951. Pedro Salinas papers, circa 1912-1975: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00323
Repository Details
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