Finding aid for the Victoria Ocampo correspondence 0536

Diann Benti

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 April

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

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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