2. Short Works /repositories/5/archival_objects/1180777 6 boxes 1950-1994 Scope and Contents

This subseries, arranged chronologically, includes drafts, prologues and introductions by Fuentes to books written by others; drafts of journalism written for the New York Review of Books, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times; Mexican periodicals Siempre!, Nexos, and La Jornada; and Spanish publications El País, Cambio 16, and Diario 16. Filed here is manuscript material for the magazine co-edited by Fuentes and E. Carballo, Revista Mexicana de Literatura, dated 1956-1957 This folder includes several short papers of others (probably submissions sent to the editors for publication in the Revista).

 undated Essay "Mi lengua y yo" with author's note "unpublished beginning of an autobiography," TMs with holograph corrections; essay "Homenaje a Gabriel Figueroa," TMsS /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183714 1 folder undated 47 4 1950s Journalism, including film criticism, TMss and TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183715 1 folder 1950s 47 5 1955 Speeches written by Fuentes for Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Padilla Nervo /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183716 1 folder 1955 47 6 Scope and Contents

See also Scrapbooks, Clippings, and Printed Material, Series 9 for printed copies of speeches, 1957-1958.

 1950s Notes by Fuentes on Juan Rulfo's Pedro Paramo AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183717 1 folder 1950s 47 7 1950s-1960s Drafts, literary criticism, TMss, TMss (carbons), and AMs with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183718 1 folder 1950s-1960s 47 8 1956 Memorandum on the activities of the Office of Cultural Exchange, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, TMss (carbons) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183719 1 folder 1956 47 9 1956-1957 Revista Mexicana de Literatura, drafts, table of contents for issues; lists of contacts in Latin America; copies of poetry and prose for inclusion in magazine, TMss and TMss (carbons); several manuscripts by Fuentes with holograph corrections; several papers of others with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183720 1 folder 1956-1957 47 10 Scope and Contents

See also Papers of Others, series 8 for material saved by Fuentes, probably submissions to the Revista.

 1960s Journalism, TMss and TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183721 1 folder 1960s 47 11 1960s Journalism, TMss and TMss (carbons) with holograph corections; galleys, review by Fuentes of Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar for Commentary magazine, galleys dated October [1966] /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183722 1 folder 1960s 47 12 1960s "Prólogos U.N.A.M.," draft prologues, written by the author, to U.N.A.M. editions of writings by Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, and Herman Melville /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183723 1 folder 1960s 47 13 circa 1960 Draft proposal and organization chart for a Latin American magazine with Manuel Barbachano Ponce serving as "Director General," TMs with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183724 1 folder circa 1960 47 14 circa 1960 Drafts, articles on Latin America and the United States, TMs and AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183725 1 folder circa 1960 48 1 1961 Speech written by Fuentes for Foreign Secretary Luis Padilla Nervo, printed copy /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183726 1 folder 1961 48 2 1962 Drafts, article "El argumento de América Latina: palabras a los norteamericanos," and "An open letter to Mr. Richard N. Goodwin," TMss, one signed, with holograph corrections; background material; printed version of the article published in Siempre! April 25, 1962?, two copies. N.B. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183727 1 folder 1962 48 3 Scope and Contents

For the English translation of "El argumento de América Latina," see Translations, Subseries 2G.

 1962 Journalism, TMss and TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183728 1 folder 1962 48 4 1964 Journalism, TMss (carbons) and TMs with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183729 1 folder 1964 48 5 1965 Journalism, TMss and TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183730 1 folder 1965 48 6 1967 Drafts of essay "La palabra enemiga," TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections. Two versions, dated by author August 1967 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183731 1 folder 1967 48 7 1968 Drafts of article "La Francia revolucionaria: imágenes e ideas," TMss (carbons) and TMs (Xerox) with holograph correc-ions. Article published as Paris: La revolución de mayo /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183732 1 folder 1968 48 8 circa 1968 Draft of article written by Fuentes, "Punto de vista de los cientificos checoslovacos sobre la publicación 'Sobre los acontecimientos en Checoslovaquia,'" TMs (carbon) with corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183733 1 folder circa 1968 48 9 1969 Drafts of article "Zapata, or the Impossible Arcadia" written for The New York Review of Books, TMss and TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183734 1 folder 1969 48 10 1969 October Drafts of article "Luis Buñuel: The Film of Freedom" with note on folder by [Carl Brandt] "to be revised for Barbara Epstein N.Y. Review" TMs and TMs (carbon), 27 pp. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183735 1 folder 1969 October 48 11 1970s Journalism, TMss and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections. Includes draft (fragment) of prologue written by Fuentes for Los signos en rotación y otros ensayos by Octavio Paz. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183736 1 folder 1970s 48 12 circa 1971 Conference notes, index cards; bibliographies by Carlos Fuentes of his own work /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183737 1 folder circa 1971 48 13 1971-1972 Journalism re: President of Mexico Luis Echeverría and Mexican politics, TMss and TMss (carbons) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183738 1 folder 1971-1972 48 14 circa 1972 Drafts, review of The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid by Octavio Paz, TMss and TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections; notes; article published in The New York Review of Books(?) /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183739 1 folder circa 1972 48 15 1973 Journalism, drafts, TMss and TMs (carbon) with holograph corrections; misc. notes and printed material /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183740 1 folder 1973 48 16 1974-1976 Journalism, TMss, TMss (carbons) and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections; notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183741 1 folder 1974-1976 49 1 1974 December Essay written by Fuentes for colloquium at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., "Don Quixote, or, The Critique of Reading," drafts in English, TMs and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections; related correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183742 1 folder 1974 December 49 2 1976 Draft articles re: Luis Echeverría Álvarez and André Malraux, and related correspondence, telexes, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183743 1 folder 1976 49 3 1977 Drafts, articles by Fuentes on Count Julian by Juan Goytisolo, Luis Buñuel and Conrad Dominguez, TMs, TMss (Xeroxes) and AMss /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183744 1 folder 1977 49 4 1979 Drafts, articles on artist Pierre Alechinsky, one dated Sept. 1979 and other undated, "La gallarda de Alechinsky," and "Los títulos de Alechinsky," TMss, AMss, and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183745 1 folder 1979 49 5 1979 Drafts, articles on literature, film and art (includes pieces on Luis Buñuel, Octavio Paz, Rómulo Gallegos and Pierre Alechinsky), TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183746 1 folder 1979 49 6 1979 Journalism, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183747 1 folder 1979 49 7 1979 February "Mr. Carter's Thorny Valentine," also titled "Mexico: A Nation, not an Oil Well." Article published in the Washington Post, Feb. 11, 1979; drafts, English and Spanish version, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with author and editor's corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183748 1 folder 1979 February 49 8 1980s Journalism and essays, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183749 1 folder 1980s 49 9 1980 Two essays on Juan Martinez for art gallery catalogs, drafts in English, Spanish and French, TMs with holograph corrections and TMss (Xeroxes); printed catalog, Lefebre Gallery, New York /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183750 1 folder 1980 49 10 1980 and circa 1980 Journalism, drafts, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph and editor's corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183751 1 folder 1980 circa 1980 49 11 1980 September-1981 January Journalism on U.S./Latin American relations written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and other publications, TMss with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183752 1 folder 1980 September-1981 January 49 12 1981 and circa 1981 Journalism written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Harper's, and other publications, AMs, TMss, TMss (Xeroxes), and galleys /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183753 1 folder 1981 circa 1981 50 1 1981 October Draft, article for the Washington Post dated by author "Oct. 12 '81," TMs with holograph corrections; background materials, printed; notes and printed material related to Carnegie Endowment Dinner Discussion, Sept. 28, 1981, TMs and AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183754 1 folder 1981 October 50 2 circa 1981 "Desplazamientos literarios," potential book of essays, TMs and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183755 1 folder circa 1981 50 3 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1988 Book prologues written by Fuentes for writings of Gabriel Figueroa, George Konrad, Omar Cabezas, Tobias Smollet, François Mitterand, and Daniel Ortega, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183756 1 folder 1982 1983 1985 1986 1988 50 4 1982 Draft essays and journalism, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections; notes, AMss /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183757 1 folder 1982 50 5 1982 Interview by Fuentes of P.R.I. candidate Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, drafts in English and Spanish, TMs and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections; related correspondence, Jan.-April 1982 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183758 1 folder 1982 50 6 1983 and circa 1983 Drafts, journalism and essay "En el centenario de Kafka: Una oscuridad en llamas,"; draft table of contents for book of essays. TMss and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183759 1 folder 1983 circa 1983 50 7 1983 Prologue written by Fuentes for Spanish language edition of The Creation of Nikolai Gogol by Donald Fanger, drafts, TMs and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections, dated Mexico City, 12/1983 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183760 1 folder 1983 50 8 1983 May Drafts, articles on inter-American relations written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Examiner, TMss (carbons), TMss (Xeroxes) and TMs with holograph corrections, AMss; related correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183761 1 folder 1983 May 51 1 1983 September Drafts of "An Answer to the Questions of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America," TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections; notes dated August 1983; related correspondence, Dec. 1983-April 1984 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183762 1 folder 1983 September 51 2 1984 Journalism, TMss, TMss (carbons), and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183763 1 folder 1984 51 3 1984 April Drafts of article "Noticias del futuro: La entrevista Haig-Orwell," TMss and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183764 1 folder 1984 April 51 4 [Mid- 1980s]: "Speech for Pres. de la Madrid," TMs and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183765 1 folder 1980s 51 5 1985 Drafts of articles on writer Fernando Benítez and painter Cristina Rubalcava, TMss with holograph corrections and printed material. One article is dated "July 1980." /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183766 1 folder 1985 51 6 1985 Drafts in English and Spanish of essay "Borges en acción: un homenaje narrativo, TMs and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections; related correspondence between Fuentes and El Colegio Nacional, México, D.F. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183767 1 folder 1985 51 7 1985 and circa 1985 Drafts, essays, and journalism, TMss and telex with holograph corrections; misc. notes /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183768 1 folder 1985 circa 1985 51 8 circa 1985 Collections of articles for proposed book, "Libro ensayos Latinoamerica," drafts, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183769 1 folder circa 1985 51 9 1986 Drafts, essays and journalism, TMss, TMs (carbon), TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections, background material /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183770 1 folder 1986 51 10 1987 Drafts, art criticism (on Zurbarán and Jacobo Borges), and journalism, TMss with holograph corrections; notes, AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183771 1 folder 1987 51 11 1987 Prologue written by Fuentes to Ariel by José Enrique Rodó, English translation by Margaret Sayers Peden, TMs and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183772 1 folder 1987 52 1 1988 Journalism written for Newsweek and El País dealing mostly with Mexican politics and President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari, TMss and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections, and background materials /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183773 1 folder 1988 52 2 1988 Essays and journalism, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections; notes, AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183774 1 folder 1988 52 3 1988 Foreword by Fuentes to Artur Lundkvist's Journeys in Dreams and Imagination, drafts in English and Spanish, TMs and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183775 1 folder 1988 52 4 1989 Journalism and essays, drafts, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections, related correspondence from Carlos Fuentes to Carmen Balcells, Spain, and Dean Wylie of the Los Angeles Times 1989 November /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183776 1 folder 1989 1989 November 52 5 1989 Prologue written by Fuentes to Mexico: A Higher Vision by Michael Catherwood, TMss with holograph corrections, AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183777 1 folder 1989 52 6 1989 March and 1989 December Essay on artist Abel Quezada, "Los flechazos de Abel," and program notes for production of play "Life is a Dream" at American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Mass., TMss with holograph corrections; notes, AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183778 1 folder 1989 March 1989 December 52 7 1990 November-1992 May Essays on Jorge Luis Borges: "Elogio de Borges," and "Borges en acción: Un homenaje narrativo" TMss with holograph corrections, and TMs (Xerox); misc. titles and outlines, AMs. /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183779 1 folder 1990 November-1992 May 52 8 1990 Journalism and essay on sculptor Sebastian, drafts, TMss and TMss (Xeroxes) with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183780 1 folder 1990 52 9 circa 1990 Draft speech written by Fuentes for former President of Mexico Luis Echeverría, TMs with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183781 1 folder circa 1990 52 10 1991 Drafts, essay "Brian Nissen: Cunning Stunts," written for publication in Artforum, TMss (Xeroxes) and Fax copy with holograph corrections. Original essay written and dated by author, 1985 November 14 related correspondence, 1984 printed material /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183782 1 folder 1991 1985 November 14 1984 52 11 1991 Essay on Héctor Aguilar Camín (published in Geografía de la novela, 1993) and prologue to Testigos del tiempo by Flor Garduño (Mexico: Redacta, 1992), TMss with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183783 1 folder 1991 52 12 1991 Journalism written for El País, The Nation, and other publications, AMs and TMss with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183784 1 folder 1991 52 13 1992 Journalism and essays, drafts, TMss and TMs (Xerox) with holograph corrections; Fax copy of article published in El País /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183785 1 folder 1992 52 14 1993-1994 Journalism written for the New York Times and Clarín, TMss with holograph corrections /repositories/5/archival_objects/1183786 1 folder 1993-1994 52 15