Nancy Baden Collection about Brazilian Literature, 1969-2000

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Summary

Abstract:
Nancy Baden was a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Cal State Fullerton. Much of her work concentrated on Jorge Amado and literature produced under the period of Brazilian censorship. This collection consists of books that are either by or about Jorge Amado, letters and cards by Amado, interview materials related to censorship in Brazilian literature, and card catalogs on Brazilian literature.
Extent:
1 unknown (2 boxes, 1 flat oversized box, 1 legal-size document box, 1 letter-size document box, and 2 shoeboxes)
Language:
Materials are in Portuguese.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nancy Baden Collection about Brazilian Literature (Collection 436). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains of books that are by or about Jorge Amado—many of which are autographed by Amado and given to Baden. Also included are letters and cards written by Amado, research and interview materials on censorship in Brazilian literature consisting of audio cassette interviews with writers and artists, notes, interview questions and other files, as well as card catalogs Baden maintained on Brazilian literature.

Biographical / historical:

Nancy Baden was a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Cal State Fullerton from 1969 until 2003. Much of her work concentrated on Jorge Amado and literature produced under the period of Brazilian censorship. She published a book on the latter topic in 1999 titled The Muffled Cries: The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil 1964-1985. Raised in Brazil, Baden attended UCLA where she received a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures. In the 1960s, while Baden was still a UCLA graduate student, she began a correspondence with Amado that lasted until the mid-1990s. In 1969 she began teaching at Cal State Fullerton and eventually became Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. While at Cal State Fullerton Baden helped establish both the Portuguese and TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) programs and served as the President of the Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum from 2001-2003.

Custodial history:

Gift of Nancy Baden, December 2003.

Processing information:

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Processed by Yasmin Damshenas with assistance from Lilace Hatayama in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), April 2012.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  • 1. Jorge Amado -- books, letters and 1983 interview
  • 2. Interview materials on censorship in Brazilian literature
  • 3. Card catalogs on Brazilian literature

Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS UNPROCESSED DIGITAL MATERIALS: Materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Nancy T., Baden -- Archives

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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], Nancy Baden Collection about Brazilian Literature (Collection 436). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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