- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Sarduy, Severo
- Title:
- Severo Sarduy Family Correspondence
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8336h329f
- Dates:
- 1960-1993
- Size:
- 1 box
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
Correspondence consists of letters from Severo Sarduy to various members of the Sarduy Aguilar family, spanning from 1959 until 1993.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Correspondence consists of 670 letters sent by Cuban writer Severo Sarduy to various members of the Sarduy Aguilar family, including to his mother, father, and sister, over a thirty-four year period from 1959 until his death in 1993.
- Arrangement
Original order was maintained. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Sarduy, Severo
Severo Sarduy is one of the best-known Cuban authors of the 20th century. Born in 1937, in the Cuban city of Camagüey, Sarduy lived in Paris from 1960 until his death in 1993. There, he connected with a group of French intellectuals including François Wahl and Roland Barthes. His work encompasses essays, poetry, novels, radio plays, criticism, and painting.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchase, 2014 (AM 2014-92).
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2014 processing.
- Processing Information
Inventory added by Allyse Terrell '14. Collection was removed from three-ring binders and housed in archival folders while maintaining its arrangement.
Finding aid updated by Armando Suárez in May 2019.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Severo Sarduy Family Correspondence; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8336h329f
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1