Finding aid for the Antonio Aita correspondence 0515

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USC Libraries Special Collections
2023 June
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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Antonio Aita correspondence
Creator: Aita, Antonio, 1891-1966
Identifier/Call Number: 0515
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3395
Physical Description: 1.08 Linear Feet 1 box
Date (inclusive): 1920-1965
Abstract: Collection consists of approximately 130 letters sent from various writers and cultural figures from Latin America and Spain to Argentine educator and writer Antonio Aita (1891-1966).
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

Antonio Aita (1891-1966) was an Argentine educator, writer, and president of the PEN Club in Argentina. Aita also directed the newspaper El 9 de Julio for most of the 1940s and 1950s.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of approximately 130 letters sent from various writers and cultural figures from Latin America and Spain to Argentine educator and writer Antonio Aita (1891-1966). Notable literary figures represented in the collection include Germán Arciniegas, Mariano Azuela, Rómulo Gallegos, Victoria Ocampo, Mariano Picón Salas, Alfonso Reyes, Francisco Romero, Jaime Torres Bodet, and Arturo Uslar Pietri.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the author of each letter.

Conditions Governing Access

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Antonio Aita correspondence, Collection no. 0515, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Authors, Argentine -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Letters
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Spanish literature
Writers
Aita, Antonio, 1891-1966 -- Archives