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Finding Aid for the Letters to Fidelino de Figueiredo, ca. 1910-ca. 1967
2034  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
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  • Organization and Arrangement
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  • 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

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233015 

    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:
    1. Correspondents from Europe and the Americas (Box 1).
    2. Portuguese and Spanish correspondents (Boxes 2-3).
    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.