Letters to Fidelino de Figueiredo, ca. 1910-ca. 1967

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Summary

Creators:
Figueiredo, Fidelino de, 1888-1967
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.
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of photocopies of 962 letters from various persons to Portuguese literature scholar Fidelino de Figueiredo.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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).

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.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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