Westphalen (Emilio Adolfo) papers regarding surrealism in Latin America, 1938-1995

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Summary

Title:
Emilio Adolfo Westphalen papers regarding surrealism in Latin America
Dates:
1938-1995
Creators:
Abril, Xavier, 1905-1990, Arguedas, José María, Capa, Cornell, Coyné, André, 1927-, Cueto Fernandini, Carlos, Disselhoff, Hans Dietrich, Eielson, Jorge Eduardo, 1924-2006, Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, Escajadillo, Tomás G., Moro, César, 1903-1956, Westphalen, Emilio Adolfo, 1911-2001, Valle, Rosamel del, 1901-1965, Stephan, Ruth, 1910-1974, Tenaud, Ricardo, Schwab, Fernando, Sologuren, Javier, Mangan, Sherry, 1904-, Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972, Macleod, Norman, 1906-1985, Lazo, Agustín, 1896-1971, Kubler, George, 1912-1996, Huidobro, Vicente, 1893-1948, Guzmán Reynoso, Abimael, 1934-, Fuentes, Carlos, Fitte, Claudine, Salazar Bondy, Sebastián, Péret, Benjamin, 1899-1959, Palm, Erwin Walter, 1910-1988, Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-1959, Onslow-Ford, Gordon, Moreno Jimeno, Manuel, and McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980
Abstract:
Peruvian writer and editor, active in the literary and artistic avant-garde in Peru and Mexico. Letters, manuscripts, drawings, clippings, and ephemera document the work of Westphalen and the surrealist Peruvian poet CĂ©sar Moro (1903-1956). Many files relate to Las Moradas (1947-1949) and Amaru (1967-1971), journals published by Westphalen.
Extent:
7.5 Linear Feet (18 boxes)
Language:
Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

Emilio Adolfo Westphalen papers regarding surrealism in Latin America, 1938-1995, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2001.M.21

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2001m21

Background

Scope and content:

The papers document aspects of the literary and artistic avant-garde in Latin America through letters, manuscripts, drawings, clippings, and ephemera. Much of the material relates to CĂ©sar Moro and to the two journals Westphalen published: Las Moradas (1947-1949) and Amaru (1967-1971), and his own writings.

Note: several items are accompanied by handwritten notes which identify, describe, and comment on them. These notes were placed with the items to which they refer by the dealer through whom the archive was acquired.

Books and periodicals received with the archive remain in the collection.

Biographical / historical:

Emilio Adolfo Westphalen was a Peruvian writer and editor who, with CĂ©sar Moro, was a central figure in the development of avant-garde art and literature in Peru and Mexico. He began the journal Las Moradas in 1947, publishing poets and writers, artists, and articles on politics, philosophy and anthropology. He published the work of Spanish writers in exile, as well as Americans, and Europeans.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 2001.
Processing information:

Processed by Alan Tomlinson.

Arrangement:

Arranged in nine series: Series I. Correspondence, 1938-1971; Series II. Artworks, ca. 1938-ca 1970; Series III. Photographs, ca. 1938-ca. 1970; Series IV. CĂ©sar Moro sketchbooks and notebooks, ca. 1940-ca. 1959; Series V. CĂ©sar Moro manuscripts and typescripts, ca. 1940-1959; Series VI. Emilio Adolfo Westphalen manuscripts, ca. 1960-1969; Series VII. Manuscripts by others, ca. 1947-ca. 1971; Series VIII. Clippings and ephemera, ca. 1960-1995; Series IX. Publications: periodicals

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
archives, personal papers, and manuscripts

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Alan Tomlinson.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-19 16:08:09 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

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Preferred citation:

Emilio Adolfo Westphalen papers regarding surrealism in Latin America, 1938-1995, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2001.M.21

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2001m21

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