Victoria Ortiz papers, 1923-1999 and undated, bulk 1960-1990
Item
Title of collection or material
Victoria Ortiz papers, 1923-1999 and undated, bulk 1960-1990
Significant contributors
Creation dates
1923-1999 and undated, bulk 1960-1990
General notes
The first three subseries contain newspaper and magazine articles, organizational materials, photographs, pamphlets, speeches, and reports related to Cuba, Mexico, and Latin America. Scholars of U.S. anticommunism and student movements in the 1960s may find of interest materials related to Ortiz's 1963 trip to Cuba, taken with 58 other college students in defiance of U.S. policy
Content notes
The collection includes materials relating to the literary production of Caribbean authors Alejo Carpentier, Aimé Cesaire, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Julia de Burgos, José Lezama Lima, Gabriel García Marquez and others, especially in the "Literature, Latin American subseries, 1972-1974"
Extent
12.2 Linear Feet
19.0 linear feet; approx. 14,999 Items
19.0 linear feet; approx. 14,999 Items
Call number
RL.00979