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José Martínez Sotomayor Papers, 1929-1960 (bulk 1930-1932): Finding Aid
C0830
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Martínez Sotomayor, José, 1895-1980.
- Title and dates:
- José Martínez Sotomayor Papers, 1929-1960 (bulk 1930-1932)
- Abstract:
- José Martínez Sotomayor was a Mexican lawyer, judge, and writer who published novels, short stories, and nonfiction. His personal papers includes correspondence and autograph and typescript manuscripts of three of Martínez Sotomayor’s books.
- Size:
- 1 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Call number:
- C0830
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Manuscripts Division.
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA - Language(s) of material:
- Spanish.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library.
Biography of José Martínez Sotomayor
José Martínez Sotomayor was a Mexican lawyer, judge, and writer who published novels, short stories, and nonfiction. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he was affiliated with the literary magazines Bandera de Provincias, published in Guadalajara in 1929-1930, and Contemporáneos, published in Mexico City from 1929 to 1931. The founders and editors of the latter magazine were referred to as "Los Contemporáneos." This literary group was interested in exploring new forms of expression in prose, poetry, and the visual arts and in introducing North American and European writers to a Mexican audience.
Description
Consists of personal papers of Biography of José Martínez Sotomayor. Martínez Sotomayor's correspondence includes letters from other members of the "Contemporáneos" group, such as José Gorostiza, Jaime Torres Bodet, and Xavier Villaurrutia. Also included are letters from Mexican novelists and essayists Agustín Yañez, Efraín González Luna, and Alfonso Gutiérrez Hermosillo.
The papers contain autograph and typescript manuscripts of three of Martínez Sotomayor's books: La Rueca de Air (novel), Lentitud (short stories), and Locura (short stories). The manuscripts for La Rueca de Aire (The Twisting of the Wind) include a copy of the printed book, published in 1930. There are subseries of correspondence related to each of these three books, and a separate series of general correspondence and documents, covering the period 1930-1932, primarily.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series 1: La rueca de aire, (1930)
- Subseries 1A: Manuscripts and Printed Book
- Subseries 1B: Related Correspondence
- Series 2: Lentitud, (1933)
- Subseries 2A: Manuscripts
- Subseries 2B: Related Correspondence
- Series 3: Locura, (1939)
- Subseries 3A: Manuscripts
- Subseries 3B: Related Correspondence
- Series 4: General Correspondence and Documents
- Subseries 4A: Letters, Cards and Printed Material
- Subseries 4B: Telegrams and Mailgrams
- Series 5: Additional Material
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
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. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Processing and Other Information
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks, Cristela García-Spitz, and Amy E. Armstrong on May 11, 2007. Created from MARC record via MarcEdit and XSL stylesheets in 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); José Martínez Sotomayor Papers, Box and Folder Number; Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Mexico -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
- Contemporáneos (Literary group).
- Critics -- Mexico -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Mexican fiction -- 20th century.
- Mexican literature -- 20th century.
- Novelists, Mexican -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Poets, Mexican -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Correspondence.
- Manuscripts.
- Bandera de provincias (Magazine).
- Contemporáneos (Magazine).
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Contents List
Series 1: La rueca de aire, (1930)
Subseries 1A: Manuscripts and Printed Book
Three manuscripts of La rueca de aire: AMs, TMs, and TMs (carbon), see also series V. Additional Material
Box 1, Folder 1 Printed book (México: Imprenta Mundial, 1930)
Box 1, Folder 2 Subseries 1B: Related Correspondence
Correspondence (62 items, spanning 1930-1932, with a few undated)
Box 1, Folder 3 Series 2: Lentitud, (1933)
Subseries 2A: Manuscripts
Three short stories: “Lentitud,” “Hontanar,” and “Neocentauro,” AMss, TMs, and TMss (carbons)
Box 1, Folder 4 Subseries 2B: Related Correspondence
Correspondence (41 items, spanning 1933-1934)
Box 1, Folder 5 Series 3: Locura, (1939)
Subseries 3A: Manuscripts
Two typescript manuscripts of book, comprised of five short stories, “Locura,” “El timbalero,” “Por las nubes,” “Timidez,” and “Estrella doble.” TMs with holograph corrections, 120 pp. and TMs (carbon), 119 pp.
Box 1, Folder 6 Various drafts of the short stories “Locura” and “Por las nubes” (the latter originally titled “Obsesión,” but published as “Por las nubes”), AMss and TMs (carbon). Includes plan for the short story “Obsesión.”
Box 2, Folder 1 Plan for short story “Estrella doble”; two manuscripts for “Estrella doble,” AMs and TMs with holograph corrections (incomplete); one manuscript for short story “Timidez,” AMs
See also series V. Additional Material.
Box 2, Folder 2 Subseries 3B: Related Correspondence
Correspondence (29 items, spanning 1939-1940)
Box 2, Folder 3 Series 4: General Correspondence and Documents
Subseries 4A: Letters, Cards and Printed Material
Primera Parte/Part One (74 items)
Box 2, Folder 4 Segunda Parte/Part Two (70 items)
Box 2, Folder 5 Tercera Parte/Part Three (83 items)
Box 2, Folder 6 Cuarta Parte/Part Four (61 items)
Box 2, Folder 7 Subseries 4B: Telegrams and Mailgrams
Part Four (continued): Telegrams and Mailgrams (77 total)
Box 2, Folder 8 Series 5: Additional Material
(AM 1998-58; 1998-75):
Fleury, Lauro to José Martínez Sotomayor, TLS, 1931
Box 2, Folder 9 Almazán, Leonides Andreu, governor of the state of Puebla to “Ciudadano Juez Cuarto de Distrito,” TD, 1930
Box 2, Folder 9 Almazán, Leonides Andreu to Martínez Sotomayor, telegram, 1931
Box 2, Folder 9 Romo, Ismail Luquin to Martíinez Sotomayor, TLS, 1957
Box 2, Folder 9 Martíinez Sotomayor to Ismail Luquin Romo, TL (carbon), 1957
Box 2, Folder 9 (AM 1998-102):
Additional manuscripts, and related correspondence, 1931-1938, for La rueca de aire, Locura (La venganza), and the novella La mina (1968), and miscellaneous writings. See the finding aid in Spanish.
Box 3, Folder 1-5
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