Finding aid for the Vicente Huidobro papers, 1886-1968 960018
Annette Leddy
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1998
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Special Collections
Title: Vicente Huidobro papers
Creator:
Huidobro, Vicente, 1893-1948
Identifier/Call Number: 960018
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1886-1968
Abstract: Papers of the Chilean poet, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Vicente Huidobro, comprised of correspondence, manuscripts,
notes, printed matter, and photographs.
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Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers include correspondence with family members, friends and lovers; handwritten and typewritten drafts of poems, primarily
from
El ciudadano del olvido (1941) and
Ultimos poemas (1948); a corrected typewritten draft of
Altazor (1931); unpublished plays; three visual poems; notes and drafts of manifestoes, essays and lectures; and notebooks, some
of which concern Huidobro's 1925 political campaign in Chile. There are twenty-eight photographs of Huidobro, family, and
friends. One box consists of books and pamphlets by Huidobro along with literary magazines he founded, such as
Creación. There is also a collage poem constructed with words cut from newspapers. Twenty-eight books and three serials received with
the collection were transferred to the library.
Material is in Spanish or French.
Arrangement note
Organized in 4 series:
Series I. Correspondence and personal papers, 1886-1968;
Series II. Photographs, 188?-1945;
Series III. Manuscripts, ca. 1913-ca. 1948;
Series IV. Publications and printed matter, 1921-1938;
Series V. Artwork, 1931.
Biographical/Historical Note
Vicente Huidobro, the Chilean poet, novelist, playwright and polemicist, lived much of his life in Europe, where he took part
in various avant-garde movements of the 1910s, including Cubism, Dada, and Ultraism. He founded at least seven little magazines.
In 1925, he ran for president of Chile. In the 1930s he joined the Communist party and fought in the Spanish Civil War; he
also fought in World War II.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1996.
Preferred Citation
Vicente Huidobro papers, 1886-1968, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 960018.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa960018
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Digital Version
Huidobro's "Poèmes" was digitized in 2013 and is
available online to on-site Readers and Getty staff.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Latin American poetry
Experimental poetry
Chilean poetry
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Creación (Madrid, Spain)
Photographs, Original
Chile -- Politics and government -- 1920-1970
Création (Paris, France : 1921)
Huidobro, Vicente, 1893-1948
Correspondence and personal papers, Series I.
1886-1968
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, telegrams, documents.
box 1, folder 1
Letters between family members,
1886-1905
box 1, folder 2
Letters from Huidobro,
1905-1917
box 1, folder 4
Correspondence,
1923-1968
box 1, folder 6
Personal documents and family history
Photographs, Series II.
18??-ca. 1945
Physical Description:
1 folder(s)
Scope and Contents note
One folder of personal photographs.
box 1, folder 7
Huidobro with family members and friends
Physical Description:
28 photographs
Scope and Contents note
Includes one portrait of his grandparents.
Manuscripts, Series III.
ca. 1913-ca. 1948
Container Summary: .5 lin. ft. ca. 1 box
Scope and Contents note
Poetry, notes and notebooks, documents, and articles.
box 1, folder 8
Four dramatic pieces
Scope and Contents note
"Croniquilla diesiochesa," 4 pp. A drama without title with characters Dona Pilar, Done José, etc., 10 pp., "El Loco de Antonia,"
24 pp. fourth act of
Gilles de Raiz, 7 pp.
box 1, folder 10
Poems from various collections,
1917-1940
box 1, folder 11
Poems from
El ciudadano del olvido,
1941
box 1, folder 12
Poems from
Ultimos Poemas,
1948
box 1, folder 13
Unidentified poems or poem fragments
box 2, folder 1
4 notebooks containing poetry, prose (Alicia Mir), political material
box 2, folder 2
Documents regarding Huidobro's editing of magazines
box 2, folder 3
Interviews with Huidobro and articles about him
Publications and printed matter, Series IV.
1921-1938
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Works, printed matter, clippings.
box 3, folder 3
Poster, gallery announcement:
Homenaje a Vicente Huidobro,
1938
box 3, folder 4
Creación (No. 1)
Apr 1921
box 3, folder 5
Creación (No. 2)
Nov 1921
box 3, folder 6
Creación (No. 3)
Feb 1924
box 3, folder 8
Poèmes,
1925
Poèmes (Digitized version available only to on-site readers and Getty staff): 1925
Collage poem, Series V.
1931
Container Summary: 1 item
box 4
Collage poem made of words cut from newspapers,
1931