Contents and Arrangement Collection View
Description:

This series includes files pertaining to Juan Gelman's writing that include research files, notes, handwritten, typewritten, and printout drafts with handwritten edits of his poetry, prose, and journalism. It also includes photocopy and printed material of Gelman's published work. Most folder titles were left intact as how Gelman had labeled them. These folders include descriptors in Spanish such as "borrador II," "en proceso," and "inédito."

This series is organized by subseries, then alphabetically by work title.

Description:

This series contains general correspondence between Gelman and other writers, literary agents, friends, and family members. Correspondence was packaged in manila envelopes and is generally focused on other matters beside Gelman's human rights investigations. Correspondence pertaining to Gelman's investigations and campaigns is located in a separate subseries in the "Family / Investigation" series.

This series is organized by subseries, then alphabetically by individual's last name or agency's name.

Description:

This series contains materials related to Juan Gelman's employment as a translator at the United Nations (UN) or Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) from the late 1980s to early 1990s. Includes pay statements, contracts, letter of recommendation, and letters of appointment.

Alphabetically.

Description:

This series features the bulk of Gelman and La Madrid's human rights campaign and investigation documents, photographs, correspondence, and printed media materials. When possible, original folder titles and their contents were kept.

This series is organized by subseries, then alphabetically by folder title.

Description:

Includes original, photocopy, printout photographs in color and black and white.

This series is organized by subseries, then alphabetically by person's last name.

Description:

This series features materials about Gelman that include his awards, certificates, seminars and events about Gelman's work, bibliographic and biographic materials, newspaper clippings, scholarly articles and texts about Gelman, and printed materials. This series also includes Gelman's personal documents like his address books, passports, and visas.

This series is organized by subseries, then alphabetically by work title.

Description:

Includes visual and performing art works inspired by Gelman and his poetry.

Alphabetically, by person's last name or folder title.

Description:

Includes photocopy and printed material of works written other than Juan Gelman.

Alphabetically, by person's last name or folder title.

Description:

Includes three magnetic tape audiocassettes. In 2017 these assets were digitized. Only Side A of tape 1 contains a recording.

Alphabetically. Blank audiocassettes are given a "[unknown]" label and filed last.

Description:

Included here are various media that contain the paper's born-digital files.

This series is organized according to the original order born-digital media was found.

Description:

Los archivos adicionales consisten de borradores originales y documentos relacionados con la escritura de Juan Gelman; cartas recibidas por Juan Gelman de colegas, amigos, y la familia; contratos editoriales; cartas, contratos, y otros documentos acerca de trabajos desempeñados por Juan Gelman como traductor; poemas, apuntes, artículos, y otros textos, varios de estos relacionados con la campaña para levantar la prohibición de entrada de Juan Gelman en Argentina y su eventual regreso a Buenos Aires; recortes de diarios y revistas relacionados con la prohibición de entrada de Juan Gelman en Argentina, así como celebrando su vuelta; documentos personales de Juan Gelman y otros relacionados con Marcelo y Paulina, incluyendo documentos relacionados con la desaparición de Marcelo y fotografías de Gelman y la familia; poemas y otras obras de otros escritores; y casetes de audio, incluyendo la música que Juan Gelman escuchaba mientras escribía y casetes con entrevista a Juan Gasparini, escritor, ex montonero y ex preso de la ESMA.

Organized into the following series: Series 1: Writings, Series 2: Correspondence, Series 3: Other Employment, Series 4: Family / Investigation, Series 5: Photographs, Series 6: About Gelman, Series 7: Artwork and Performing Arts, Series 8: Others Work, Series 9: Audio Recordings, Series 10: Born-Digital Files, Series 11: Additional Materials.

Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten, typewritten, and printout drafts and notes of Juan Gelman's writings, audiovisual materials, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed materials, awards, and analog and born-digital research and investigation files related to politics and human rights abuses in Argentina and Uruguay.

Additional materials consist of original drafts and documents related to Juan Gelman's writing; letters received by Juan Gelman from colleagues, friends, and family; publishing contracts; letters, contracts, and other documents about Juan Gelman's work as a translator; poems, notes, articles, and other texts, many of these related to the campaign to lift the ban on Juan Gelman's entry into Argentina and his return to Buenos Aires; newspaper and magazine clippings related to the ban on Juan Gelman's entry into Argentina, as well as celebrating his return; personal papers of Juan Gelman and others related to Marcelo and Paulina, including photographs of Gelman and the family; poems and other works by other writers; and audio cassettes, including the music Juan Gelman listened to while writing and cassettes with interviews with Juan Gasparini, writer, former Montonero and former ESMA prisoner.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series: Series 1: Writings, Series 2: Correspondence, Series 3: Other Employment, Series 4: Family / Investigation, Series 5: Photographs, Series 6: About Gelman, Series 7: Artwork and Performing Arts, Series 8: Others Work, Series 9: Audio Recordings, Series 10: Born-Digital Files, Series 11: Additional Materials.

Acquisition:

Purchase, 2015 (AM 2016-07).

Puchased from Flavia Ugalde, via Herta Berenguer L. Publicaciones Chilenas, in 2020 (AM 2021-8).

This collection was purchased (in part) with funds provided by the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS).

Appraisal

Non-unique, printed materials such as book and journal publications were removed from the collection during the 2016 processing.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez with the assistance of Isabella Litke and Ann-Elise Siden in May 2016. Processing of the born-digital material was done by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, Ann-Elise Siden, and Jarrett Drake in June 2016. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in June 2016.

Additional materials were processed by Armando Suárez in 2021.

Audiovisual materials from this collection were digitized in 2017.

Conditions Governing Access

The majority of the collection is open for research.

These boxes (B-000765, B-000766 and B-000767) are closed to the public until May 3, 2030: Correspondencia familiar; Investigación: correos electrónicos desde 1998 a 2000. This material is intellectually organized in Series 2: Correspondence, and Series 4: Family / Investigation, but physically stored in restricted boxes.

The papers contain 164 3.5" floppy disks pertaining to Gelman's human rights investigations that have been digitally preserved and are pending public access.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

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:

Juan Gelman Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
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Location:
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Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes B-000713 to B-000771, B-001569 to B-001578, L-000010, P-000052 to P-000053