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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Victoria Ocampo correspondence
Creator:
Ocampo, Victoria, 1890-1979
Identifier/Call Number: 0536
Identifier/Call Number: 226
Physical Description:
0.60 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1922-1978
Date (inclusive): 2000-2004
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence of Argentine writer Victoria Campo (1890-1979), dating from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Letter recipients include Antonio Aita, Angel J. Battistessa, journalist Carlos Burone, Bernardo Canal Feijóo, Guillermo de
Torre, and historian Alberto Salas. There are also two letters from Gabriela Mistral. The collection also includes a photograph
of Victoria Ocampo's home, three newspaper clippings regarding Ocampo's life and work, and documentation about the Ocampo
collection's contents and acquisition.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
.
Container: 1
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items acquired from various sources. The Antonio Aita, Angel J. Battistessa, and Bernardo Canal Feijóo items were purchased
from Librería de Antaño, Buenos Ayres, 2009-2010. The letter to Guillermo de Torre was purchased from Karno Books, April 2006.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Victoria Ocampo correspondence, Collection no. 0536, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin
American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence of Argentine writer Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979), dating from the 1920s to the 1970s.
There are approximately 100 letters from Ocampo to journalist Carlos Burone, chiefly dating from 1974-1976; 42 letters from
Ocampo to historian Alberto Salas (1955-1978); 9 letters between Ocampo and Angel J. Battistessa (1970-1978), with a typescript
annotated poem "La Virgen A Mediodia" and an edited typescript page of text; 3 letters from Victoria Ocampo to Antonio Aita,
president of the P.E.N. Club (1960-1962); 3 undated letters from Ocampo with typescript copies of 4 letters and a telegram
from Bernardo Canal Feijóo to Ocampo (1940-1943); two letters from Gabriela Mistral to Ocampo (1938); and a letter from to
Guillermo de Torre (30 July 1922) [French handwritten original with two typescript Spanish translations]. The collection also
includes a photograph of Victoria Ocampo's home, three newspaper clippings regarding Ocampo's life and work, and documentation
about the Ocampo collection's contents and acquisition.
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.
Arrangement
Items are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, Argentine -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Ocampo, Victoria, 1890-1979 -- Archives