Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Letters to Fidelino de Figueiredo,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910-ca. 1967
Collection number: 2034
Creator: Figueiredo, Fidelino de, 1888-1967
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Fidelino de Sousa Figueiredo (1988-1967) was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley before returning to Brazil where he taught
Portuguese literature at the University of São Paulo (1938-51). He applied a critical spirit to the study of literaure, focusing
on the psychological personality of authors. The collection consists of photocopies of 962 letters from various persons to
de Figueiredo.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Letters to Fidelino de Figueiredo (Collection 2034). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Fidelino de Sousa Figueiredo was born in 1888 in Lisbon, Portugal; studied law and literature at Coimbra University; served
in the cabinet of the dictator general Sidónio Pais, going into exile after his assassination; in 1920 taught in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, spent three years in Madrid (1927-30), in 1931 became a visiting professor at UC Berkeley; returned to Brazil, where
he taught Portuguese literature at the University of São Paulo (1938-51); applied a critical spirit to the study of literature,
focusing on the psychological personality of authors; publications include
Revista de história (1912-28),
A história literária como ciência (1912),
História da literature portuguesa (1913-24), and
Notas para um idearum português (1929); returned to Portugal; he died in 1967.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photocopies of 962 letters from various persons to Portuguese literature scholar Fidelino de Figueiredo.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondents from Europe and the Americas (Box 1).
- Portuguese and Spanish correspondents (Boxes 2-3).
- Miscellaneous correspondents (Box 3).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Figueiredo, Fidelino de, 1888-1967--Archives.
Literature teachers--Brazil--Archival resources.
Authors, Portuguese--Brazil--Correspondence.