Finding Aid for the Nancy Baden Collection about Brazilian Literature LSC.0436

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Title: Nancy Baden Collection about Brazilian Literature

Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0436

Physical Description: 1 unknown (2 boxes, 1 flat oversized box, 1 legal-size document box, 1 letter-size document box, and 2 shoeboxes)

Date (inclusive): 1969-2000

Abstract: Nancy Baden was a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Cal State Fullerton. Much of her work concentrated on Jorge Amado and literature produced under the period of Brazilian censorship. This collection consists of books that are either by or about Jorge Amado, letters and cards by Amado, interview materials related to censorship in Brazilian literature, and card catalogs on Brazilian literature.

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Language of Material: Materials are in Portuguese.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Nancy Baden Collection about Brazilian Literature (Collection 436). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Nancy Baden, December 2003.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9970472813606533

Biography/History

Nancy Baden was a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Cal State Fullerton from 1969 until 2003. Much of her work concentrated on Jorge Amado and literature produced under the period of Brazilian censorship. She published a book on the latter topic in 1999 titled The Muffled Cries: The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil 1964-1985. Raised in Brazil, Baden attended UCLA where she received a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures. In the 1960s, while Baden was still a UCLA graduate student, she began a correspondence with Amado that lasted until the mid-1990s. In 1969 she began teaching at Cal State Fullerton and eventually became Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. While at Cal State Fullerton Baden helped establish both the Portuguese and TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) programs and served as the President of the Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum from 2001-2003.

Scope and Content

This collection contains of books that are by or about Jorge Amado—many of which are autographed by Amado and given to Baden. Also included are letters and cards written by Amado, research and interview materials on censorship in Brazilian literature consisting of audio cassette interviews with writers and artists, notes, interview questions and other files, as well as card catalogs Baden maintained on Brazilian literature.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

1. Jorge Amado -- books, letters and 1983 interview
2. Interview materials on censorship in Brazilian literature
3. Card catalogs on Brazilian literature

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Nancy T., Baden -- Archives

Jorge Amado 1969-2000

Physical Description: 1 boxes1 document box and 1 oversized box

Scope and Content

Books from Nancy Baden's collection, a number of which are autographed. Almost all of them are by or about Jorge Amado.

box 1, item 1

Jorge Amado 80 Anos de Vida e Obra: Subsídios para Pesquisa. Organização, texto, pesquisa Rosane Rubim, Maried Carniero. 1992

box 1, item 2

Tieta do Agreste by Jorge Amado 1977

Scope and Content

Autographed by Jorge Amado.

box 1, item 3

Tereza Batista cansada de guerra by Jorge Amado 1972

Scope and Content note

Autographed by Jorge Amado, 1st edition.

box 1, item 4

Bahia, a cidade de Jorge Amado: Atas do ciclo de palestras 2000

Scope and Contents

An edited compilation of a lecture series

box 1, item 5

Jorge Amado: O Homem e a Obra Presença em Portugal by Álvaro Salema 1982

box 1, item 6

O Menino Grapiúna by Jorge Amado Undated

Scope and Contents

Autographed by Jorge Amado. Edition 9991 of 11,000 print run.

box 1, item 7

Bahia de Todos os Santos: Guia de Ruas e Mistérios by Jorge Amado 1977

Scope and Contents

Autographed by Jorge Amado and Carlos Bastos.

box 1, item 8

Um grapiúna no país do carnival 2000

Scope and Contents

Edited work on proceedings of a Jorge Amado Studies symposium

box 1, item 9

O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá: Uma Historia de Amor by Jorge Amado 1976

Scope and Contents

Autographed by Jorge Amado.

box 1, item 10

Uma Casa de Palavras by Myriam Fraga 1997

Scope and Contents

Autographed by Jorge Amado.

box 1, item 11

1 Simposio Internacional De Estudos Sobre Jorge Amado: Um Grapiúna no País do Carnaval 1983

Scope and Contents

Symposium folder containing reprint of "Journal of Latin American Lore" published by UCLA Latin American Center, typewritten list of interview questions and answers, letters to Nancy Baden, printed materials, symposium program and press clipping.

box 1, folder 12

Jorge Amado letters and cards Ca. 1969-2000

Scope and Content

Letters and cards from Jorge Amado received by Nancy Baden.

box 1, folder 13

Jorge Amado Interview 1983

Scope and Content

Interview questionnaire re: Brazilian censorship completed by Jorge Amado.

box 1, folder 14

Jorge Amado and Nancy Baden photographs 1983-1992

Scope and Content

Black and white photograph of Nancy Baden and Jorge Amado taken at Jorge Amado's house in 1983. Color photograph of Jorge Amado's 80th birthday party in 1992. Annotated xerox copies of each included.

box 2, item 1

Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia. 1980 December

Scope and Content

128 oversized colorplates depicting the costume, rites, celebrations, musical instruments and other cultural artifacts relating to Candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion centered in Bahia, Brazil. Illustrations by Carybé, text by Jorge Amado, Pierre Verger, and Waldeloir Rego. This copy is autographed by Carybé and Amado. Only 5000 copies printed. Oversize.

Interview materials on censorship in Brazilian literature Ca. 1983-1984

Scope and Content

This series contains material related to interviews of Brazilian artists and writers that Baden conducted. Includes notes, questions and audio cassette recordings.

box 3, item 1

Oswaldo Franca Junior - Belo 1983 July 14

Scope and Content