Finding Aid for the Sam Hileman papers, 1959-1968
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Sam Hileman papers
Date (inclusive): 1959-1968
Collection number: 337
Creator:
Hileman, Sam.
Extent:
5 document boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: This collection documents the collaboration of Sam Hileman, also known as Samuel Palmer Hileman, Jr., and Carlos Fuentes in
the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. The contents of this collection reflect Hileman’s working process while translating
literary works. The collection also hints at Fuentes’ writing process, as there are some notes by Fuentes in the collection.
Highlights of the collection include correspondence between Hileman and Fuentes, as well as various translation drafts generated
between Hileman and Fuentes.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Processing Note
Processed by Christina Holm in 2012 with assistance from Jillian Cuellar and Megan Fraser.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sam Hileman papers (Collection 337). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Samuel Palmer Hileman Jr. was born in 1926 to Samuel Palmer Hileman Sr. and Ruth M. Yerby in Bath County Virginia. In 1963
he married Bette Jo Burresh and in 1978 they divorced. Throughout his career Hileman worked as an artist, writer, editor,
and translator. Hileman collaborated with Carlos Fuentes to produce five of Fuentes’s first English translation novels. Later
in his career he won a Pulitzer Prize through collaboration with Herbert Bix, Hiro Hito, and the Making of Modern Japan. Hileman
died in 2001 in Augusta County Virginia.
Source:
The Roanoke Times (VA), July 8, 2001
Scope and Content
This collection documents Sam Hileman's and Carlos Fuentes's collaboration in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. It
contains correspondence between Hileman and Fuentes, correspondence between Hileman and his publishers, and other business
acquaintances. Newspaper clippings of book reviews of English translations and Spanish versions of Fuentes’s novels, translation
notes, and translation manuscripts with commentaries by both Hileman and Fuentes are included. There are also two Spanish
language novels by Fuentes. The works primarily addressed in this collection are:
A Change of Skin,
Where the Air is Clear,
the Death of Artemio Cruz,
Las Buenas Conciencias, and
El Sueño.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Translations, 1960-1968
- Subseries 1.1: Translation Roughs, 1960-1967
- Subseries 1.2: Translation Notes, 1960-1968
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1959-1967
- Series 3: Reviews of Fuentes’ Work, 1960-1968
- Series 4: Carlos Fuentes Books, 1959-1962
The materials are ordered alphabetically by project and within project they are ordered by date, where dates are available.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Hileman, Sam --Archives.
Fuentes, Carlos --Correspondence.
Translators --United States --Archival resources.
Authors, Mexican --Correspondence.
Related Material
[Drawer 1, Carlos Fuentes] Pepperdine University Archives Individual Files, Collection no. 0025, Special Collections and University
Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
[Box 21, Folder 9-10], Donald Allen Collection, MSS 3. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
[Box 5, Folder 51] Juan Felipe Herrera. M1043. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
[Box 1:6] Robert R. Kirsch Collection. Mss 51. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
[Box 12, Folder 12] The Alurista Papers, CEMA 21, Department of Special Collections, University Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
[Box 529, Folder 16] Commonwealth Club of California records, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
[Box 39, Folder 4] University of California, Santa Barbara, Arts and Lectures Records. UArch 16. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[Box 7, Folder 8] Irving Lerner papers, 1935-1978. (Collection 112). Performing Arts Special Collections, Young Research Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
[Box 86, Folder 6], [Box 285, Folder 8], Susan Sontag papers (Collection Number 612). Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
[Box 108, Folder 42], Norman Allderdice Collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Series 1: Translations.
1960-1968.
Scope and Content
Series one contains copies of Carlos Fuentes’
A Change of Skin,
The Death of Artemio Cruz,
El Sueño,
Where the Air is Clear, and
Christopher Columbus. The works are in Spanish. For each work there are also, either full translations in English, or translation notes. This
series’ focus is on Sam Hileman’s translation rough drafts and translation notes. It contains a great deal of marginalia by
Hileman and occasional notes by Fuentes.
Arrangement
Series one is arranged so that the materials are grouped by subseries and then by alphabetical title and then by date, where
possible, within those title subsections.
Subseries 1.1: Translation Roughs.
1960-1967.
Scope and Content
Subseries 1.1 contains copies of Carlos Fuentes’
A Change of Skin,
The Death of Artemio Cruz,
El Sueño,
Where the Air is Clear. These titles are in mixed Spanish and English; they exemplify Hileman’s translation process and the working-process between
Hileman and Fuentes. Hileman’s marginalia about the translations occur throughout the titles. This subseries contains only
typewritten pages. Of note this subseries contains three proof-plates of
A Change of Skin, with Hileman’s and Fuentes’ notes on their respective copies.
Box 1, Folder 1
A Change of Skin early translation (1 of 2).
1960s.
Box 1, Folder 2
A Chang of Skin early translation (2 of 2).
1960s.
Box 1, Folder 3
A Change of Skin translation (1 of 2).
1960s.
Box 1, Folder 4
A Change of Skin translation (2 of 2).
1960s.
Box 1, Folder 5
A Change of Skin working copy for translation (1 of 2).
1962-1965.
Box 1, Folder 6
A Change of Skin working copy for translation.
1962-1965.
Box 2, Folder 1
A Change of Skin (1 of 3).
1967.
Box 2, Folder 2
A Change of Skin (2 of 3).
1967.
Box 2, Folder 3
A Change of Skin (3 of 3).
1967.
Box 2, Folder 4
A Change of Skin Hileman's plate proof 10/13/24 (1 of 2).
1960s.
Box 2, Folder 5
A Change of Skin Hileman's plate proof 10/13/24 (2 of 2).
1960s.
Box 3, Folder 1
A Change of Skin Fuentes' plate proof 10/13/24 (1 of 2).
1960s.
Box 3, Folder 2
A Change of Skin Fuentes' plate proof 10/13/24 (2 of 2).
1960s.
Box 3, Folder 3
A Change of Skin plate proof 10/19 (1 of 3).
1960s.
Box 3, Folder 4
A Change of Skin plate proof 10/19 (2 of 3).
1960s.
Box 3, Folder 5
A Change of Skin plate proof 10/19 (3 of 3).
1960s.
Box 3, Folder 6
The Death of Artemio Cruz Hileman copy (1 of 2).
1963.
Box 4, Folder 1
The Death of Artemio Cruz Hileman copy (2 of 2).
1963.
Box 4, Folder 2
El Sueno (1 of 4).
undated.
Box 4, Folder 3
El Sueno (2 of 4).
undated.
Box 4, Folder 4
El Sueno (3 of 4).
undated.
Box 4, Folder 5
El Sueno (4 of 4).
undated.
Box 4, Folder 6
Where the Air is Clear (1 of 2).
1960.
Box 5, Folder 1
Where the Air is Clear (2 of 2).
1960.
Subseries 1.2: Translation Notes.
1960-1968.
Scope and Content
Subseries 1.2 contains Hileman’s translation notes for two untitled works and
Where the Air is Clear, and
Christopher Columbus Extracts. The translation notes are all handwritten and Hileman annotated many of the pages.
Box 5, Folder 2
Unknown Title "Part Two".
1960s.
Box 5, Folder 3
Unknown Title "screening for these windows".
1960s.
Box 5, Folder 4
Where the Air is Clear and
Christopher Columbus extracts.
1960.
Series 2: Correspondence.
1959-1967.
Scope and Content
Series two contains Sam Hileman’s correspondence with Carlos Fuentes, as well as his publishing contacts. The letters focus
on Hileman’s translation work for Fuentes with occasional mention of Hileman’s and Fuentes’s relationship. The letters span
1959-1967.
Arrangement
The letters are arranged by correspondent and then by date within that sub group.
Box 5, Folder 5
Hileman - Fuentes correspondence.
1959-1967.
Box 5, Folder 6
Hileman business correspondence.
1960-1965.
Series 3: Newspaper reviews of Fuentes' work.
1960-1968.
Scope and Content
Series three contains newspaper reviews of Carlos Fuentes’ novels. The reviews, typically, are from American newspapers with
the occasional Spanish language newspaper review. The reviews show some signs of annotation by Hileman.
Arrangement
The reviews are arranged within two groupings, miscellaneous and
A Change of Skin; the reviews are then arranged chronologically.
Box 5, Folder 8
book reviews of
A Change of Skin.
1967-1968.
Series 4: Spanish language editions of Carlos Fuentes novels.
1959-1962.
Scope and Content
Series four contains the Spanish language publications of Carlos Fuentes’
Las Buenas Conciencias, from 1959, and
La Muerte de Artemio Cruz, from 1962.
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 5, Folder 9
Buenas Conciencias.
1959.
Box 5, Folder 10
La Muerte de Artemio Cruz.
1962.
