Series I: Personal and Biographical
Articles and Reviews
Awards and Certificates
Awards and Certificates 1979-2010
Chicana Collective
Correspondence
CEMA
Children
Family
Father
Teaching Oakland Public Schools Adult Education
Incoming (A-F) 1973-1984
Incoming (G-R) 1976-1983
Incoming (R-Z)
Miscellaneous Incoming
Outgoing 1969-2011
Outgoing Undated
CONFIDENTIAL
Invitations
Invitations
Miscellaneous
Presentations
Reading and presentation announcements
Resumes
Reviews of Corpi's work
Symposium announcement
Series II: Literary Work
School Papers 1970-1981
The Absurd in The Stranger and The Trial December 13, 1978
The Aeneid: Book I April 1972
La Busqueda y el retorno June 1972
La Demencia de Andres Abalos April 11, 1978
Don Quijote and the Shandy Brothers March 20, 1972
The Duality of Reality in Wallace Stevens' Poetry November 29, 1971
Ecchoing Gree and the Garden of Love March 1972
English 121A undated
Los funerales de la mama grande April 26, 1972
The Greek Gods November 29, 1971
The Heroic Mind April 27, 1970
Imagination and Reality in the Poetry of William Carlos Williams Spring 1978
The Indian, Spanish, and Mestizo Heritage 1970
Informe Sobre Ciegos May 1972
Jason and Odysseus as Atypical Epic Heroes March 1972
Letras de Mexico December 1, 1971
Measure for Measure November 9, 1970
Midterm Examination Spanish 115 February 24, 1972
Odysseus and Jason as Atypical Epic Heroes March 6, 1972
Outline undated
Lucha Corpi and Palabras de Mediodia Winter 1981
Passion: The Vehicle of Fate April 23, 1979
Personal Statement, San Francisco State University 1977
Pio Baroja y Unamuno March 14, 1973
The Role of Irony in the Confessions of Zeno December 14, 1970
SF State Spanish Survey of the Latin American Novel undated
SFSU Spanish term paper undated
SF State U. term paper undated
Soneto #67 de Fernando de Herrera March 1, 1973
The Spirit and the Flesh in the Poetry of Charles Baudelaire December 12, 1978
The Sun Stone undated
Three Portraits: Bathsheba, Eustacia and Sue December 7, 1977
WCL 899 essay March 14, 1979
Cuentos Infantiles 1970-2008
Printers Copy of “Black Widows Wardrobe” ca. 1972
Corazón 1985
Corazon, translation 1985
El Río de los Recuerdos, The River of Memories 1985
El Rio de los Recuerdos, Translation 1985
Fem Magazine 1984
Intruso undated
Printers Copy of “Palabras de Mediodia” 1980
Socrates, The Naughty Parrot 1985
Arturo undated
The Triple Banana Split Boy, El nino goloso June 2006-July 2008
Tres Mujeres 1970
Where the Fireflies Dance undated
Miscellaneous Cuentos Infantiles undated
Short Stories 1971-1998
A nadari undated
Ada's Grave undated
Alguna fe adorable 1982
Los cristos del alma 1982
Los cristos del alma, translation 1985
Cuento sin título undated
Cuento sin título
Delmira undated
Hallow Point at the Synapsis
Mariposa negra, mariposa negra undated
Viajes en la noche de mañana undated
Mistica October 1971
Prayer for an Old She-Werewolf undated
Shadows on Ebbing Water 1984
The Strawberry Ghost 1998
Untitled undated
Verde soledad undated
Poetry 1970-2002
Otonos del naufragio 1991
Variaciones sobre Uuna tempestad 1987
Los ritos del invierno, The Rites of Winter 1982
Poetry 1970-1974
Poetry 1974-1993
Poetry undated
Unpublished Poetry 1972-2002
Unpublished Poetry undated
Unpublished Poetry undated
Translated Poetry by Norma Alarcon
Translated for Barbara Brinson-Curiel
University of California Folder
Poetry Notebooks and Notepads
Novels 1981-2008
Beautitude 34 March 1987
Book cover designs
Crimson Moon 2004
Crimson Moon, Uncorrected Galley Proofs 2004
Death at Solstice, drafts 3-6 2007-2008
Death at Solstice, drafts 3-6
Death at Solstice, drafts 3-6
Delia's Song, drafts 1-2 1985-1987
Eulogy for a Brown Angel, draft 2 1990-1991
La Soledad, incomplete 1981
Leonor - Lucha Corpi's Edits undated
Loa a un ángel de piel morena (Eulogy for a Brown Angel) 2/22/2012
Personal Essays undated
De Jaltipan a Gloria Damasco undated
Epiphany: The Third Gift undated
The Gray Swan undated
Four, Free, and Illegal undated
La pagina roja
Contracorrientes
Miscellaneous
Research Materials 2001-2006
Crimson Moon 2001
Death at Solstice 2005-2006
Delia's Song, Crimson Moon 2006
The Triple Banana Split Boy undated
Black Widow's Wardrobe undated
List of books and journals
Máscaras, edited by Lucha Corpi (signed) 1997
Loa a un ángel de piel morena by Lucha Corpi 2012
Journals
The American Poetry Archives news. 9. San Francisco, Ca: San Francisco State University, 1993. Print.
The Americas Review. Houston, Tex: Arte Público Press, 1986. Print.
Arteletra: Literatura Iberoamericana. Chihuahua, Chih., México: ArteletrA, 2003. Print.
Chicana creativity and criticism: new frontiers in American literature/[Albuquerque]: University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
Fuego De Aztlan. Berkeley, Ca: El Fuego de Aztlán, 1977. Print.
Grove: Contemporary Poetry and Translation. Claremont, Calif: Pitzer College, 1975. Print.
Imagine (Boston, Mass.) Imagine. [Boston, MA: Imagine Publishers, c.1984]
Moriarty, Laura. The American Poetry Archives Videotape Catalogue 1974-1990. San Francisco, CA: Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, 1991. Print.
La Pedagoía [Bilingüe] Crítica Desde el Punto de Vista de 5 Pedagogos Méxicanos Immigrantes Bilingües: Una Transición Social. 19th Annual Conference Success Speaks Many Languages, 1994. Print.
Series III: Photographs
Biographical Photogarphs ca. 1950s-2000s
Age 32
Age 21, at parents’ 25th anniversary, San Luis Potosi.
Age 19, with friends and classmates at her first wedding with Guillermo E. Hernández, San Luis Potosí.
Age 19, passport photo when immigrated to United States
Age 17, in dentistry school with basketball team, “Madrina” of the team.
Age 16, piano recital Teatro de la Paz, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Age 16, graduation from high school, Bachillerate Hispano Mexicano, San Luis Obispo, Mexico.
Age 15, Quinceañera 1960
Age 13, piano recital at teacher’s house in San Luis Obispo, Mexico 1958
Age 12, elementary school graduation
Age 4, with brother Victor and sister Conchita, at Valtipan, Veracruz.
California Council on Adult Education Best Teacher Award recipient
Palabras del Mediodia Reception Photographs undated
Left to right: Jorge Lerma, artist illustrator and teacher. Oscar Treviño, publisher Fuego de Aztlán
Publications: Corpi Catherine Rodriguez Nieto, Arturo Hernandez (son), Alcides Rodriguez Nieto two photographs undated
Corpi reading at reception undated
Personal Photographs ca. 1970s
Age 40, piano recital at Berkeley Piano Club.
Age 33, with students at the Oakland Public Schools ca. 1978
Age 30 (three photographs)
Age 29, outside Centro Infantil de la Raza (not depicted), was a parent involved in its creation.
Age 27, student at UC Berkeley (Photographer Wolfgang Binder).
Writer’s Photographs ca. 1970s
Corpi with Mark Greenside, fiction writer.
From left to right: Ricardo Vasquez, poet, Manuel Gomez, poet, and Lucha Corpi
Sarah Espinoza Viale, Argentinean poet
Left to right: Roberta Fernandez (edited Corpi’s first mystery novel), Arturo Carrillo, friend and mariachi, and Corpi at Cinco de Mayo celebration Oakland, Ca. 1978
Manuel Gomez, poet (seated) Juan José Arreola, Mexican fiction writer, wrote forward to Palabras del Mediodia, Lucha Corpi and son Arturo (right corner foreground) June 1972
Family Photographs ca. 1950s-1970s
Family at grandmother’s house on Avenida Morelos, Jaltipan, Veracruz Mexico 1957
View of Avenida Morelos, Ca. ca. 1970s
Corpi with Arturo Hernandez (son) at 8th grade graduation, Oakland, California.
Miguel Angel Corpi (Corpi’s father). Victoria Constantino de Corpi (Corpi’s mother) 1965
Additional Photographs undated
Age 60, Partners in crime research for Death at Solstice, Shenandoah Valley, California
Age 59, With Catherine Rodríguez-Nieto at book reception for Crimson Book
Age 53, climbing the Tepozteco Mountain to the pyramid, research trip to Tepoztlán, Mexico
Age 52, with granddaughter Kiara Alyssa Hernández
Age 52, with best friends from left to right, Laura Rodríguez, Linda Latasa and Carolina Juárez that were the former Board of Directors of Aztlán Cultural
Age 50, with fellow teachers, Jim Graham, Gail Leong and Caroline Gee on strike outside Clinton Park School in Oakland, California
Age 49, with Carlos Gonzáles and Victoria Constantino de Corpi at their wedding reception in Oakland, California
Age 49, at wedding reception with Carlos Gonzáles
Age 49, at gathering of the Sisters in Crime Nor-Cal Chapter, Marin Co.
Age 49, with Sisters in Crime and author Linda Grant at the Marin County Library.
Age 48, with Sister-in-Law, Margo G. Zaragoza, Red Rock Elementary Sch. Dist. Tucson, Arizona
Age 48, at signing in San Francisco
Age 48, with the new President of Centro Chicano de Escritores Francisco X. Alarcón
Age 48, with Children’s author and Poet Francisco X. Alarcón in Davis, California
Age 47, from L-R: Cindy, Freda Molina, Craig Howard and step-daughter Cindy Gonzáles at book reception of Eulogy
Age 47, reading at Cody’s Books in Berkeley, California
Age 46, Naomi Madell’s and Arturo E. Hernández’s Wedding in Mexicali
Age 46, with Guillermo E. Hernández at their son’s Wedding in Mexicali
Age 46, photo taken by Carolina Juárez in Oakland, California
Age 55, with Corpi family, brothers Guillermo Alonso, Miguel Angel, Luis Enrique, Victor Miguel, Jorge Alberto and Francisco Javier; sisters Conchita Corpi de Nájera and Vitoria Constantino de Corpi; in Saltillo, Coach, Mexico
Age 55, J.P. Gutiérrez and Rodrigo Reyes writers at a retreat of Centro Chicano de Escritores when Lucha was President, workshop near Ukiah, California
Age 55, Centro Chicano de Escritores workshop retreat near Ukiah, Ca; writers and poets: Francisco X. Alarcón, Rodrigo Reyes, Bernando García and J.P. Gutiérrez
Age 55, Norma Alarcón introducing Lucha Corpi at book reception for Variaciones sobre una Tempestad, published by Third Woman Press, Takara Sake Co, Berkeley
ca. 50-44, with fellow teacher Adrian Bozzolo at ceremony celebrating her Award for Best Teacher
ca. 50-44, with Carolina Juàrez and Roberta Fernàndez (Editor, Arte Público Press, of Eulogy)
Age 44, with Tey Diana Rebolledo, Francisco Lomelí, Sonia Lomelí and their Daughter in Albuquerque, N.M.
ca. 44, with Marina Tristán at Arte Público Press in San Francisco
Additional Photographs undated
ca. 44, at her son’s graduation
Age 44, Lucha’s Partner in Crime research and best friend at winery in Napa, California
ca. 44, Centro’s writers Francisco X. Alarcón and Rodrigo Reyes (Actor and Playwright) in Ukiah, California
Age 44, with Tey Diana Rebolledo, Francisco Lomelí, Sonia Lomelí and their Daughter in Albuquerque, N.M.
ca. 43-42, Poet Margarita Luna Robles at Centro Chicano de Escritores workshop in San Francisco
Age 42, Centro Chicano de Escritores workshop of writers and poets: Juán Felipe Herrera, Víctor Martínez, Tina Alavarez and Francisco X. Alarcón in San Francisco
Age 42, Centro Chicano de Escritores workshop meeting at Lucha’s on E 28th St, Oakland; Bernando García, Tony Curiel and Barbara Brinson-Pineda
ca. 42-40, Aunt Francisca Constantino de Franyotti and Cousin Dulce María Franyotti C. in Jálpitan, Veracruz
Age 40, Lucha at Laguna Chacalapa in Jálpitan, Veracruz
Age 40, reading in the sun Tilden Park- Berkeley, Califoria
ca. 40-35, Helena María Viramontes and Family in Oakland
Age 35, at Latin American library Palabras de Mediodía with Jorge Lerma (teacher), Oscar Treviño (Publisher) (Fuego de Aztlán), Catherine and Alcides Rodríguez-Nieto and son Arturo
Age 26, Arturo and Juan Jose Arreola in Berkeley
ca. 26-25, with Marina Tristán at Arte Público Press in San Francisco
Age 25, with her son in Berkeley, California
Age 24, with son Arturo E. Hernández’s San Luis Obispo, California
Age 19, at her first wedding with Guillermo E. Hernández, San Luis Potosí; with friends and classmates: Eloísa and Ana; Children: Frieda Molina Harnández (Niece), Francisco Javier Corpi C (Brother) and Ricardo Molina Harnández (Nephew)
Age 19, at her first wedding with Guillermo E. Hernández and Miguel Angel Corpi Aguirre
Age 17, Photo ID for Campo Deportivo Ferrocarrilero
Age 16, with Miguel A. Corpi, Victoria C. de Corpi and Brother Francisco J. Corpi at Lucha’s High School Graduation in San Luis Potosí
Age 15, Quinceañera: L-R, Miguel Angel Corpi A, Lucha Corpi, and Victoria C. de Corpi
Age 12, at graduation from elementary school
Age 12, Lucha in Mexico, D.F.
Age 7, at home in Jáltipan, Veracruz, Mexico
Age 4, her sister with Conchita and Tirso el aguador’s mules in Jáltipan, Veracruz
Age 4, with brother Víctor in the backyard at her parents’ home in Jáltipan, Veracruz
Age 1, with Victoria C. de Corpi, Miguel Angel Corpi A., Nicolasa Aguirre (Paternal grandmother) holding Lucha Corpi, and Victor M. Corpi Constantino in Jáltipan, Veracruz, Mexico
Age 8 months, Luz Del Carmen Corpi Constantino in Jáltipan, Veracruz, Mexico
1930, America Corpi, Lucha’s father’s sister in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
2 Cultura Latina Bookstore Images
Series IV: Audio Material
Third World Poetry at San Francisco State 1980
Song Cycle, Susan Riley Caldini 5/9/1992
KPFA interview, reading, Eulogy undated
SPA Corpi: Oficio nocturna: la Poesia 1980
En Contacto Directo, KPFA 9/18/1992
La Malinche 5/3/1986
Faculty Lounge Mills College November 12
KIKO, Miami 6/23/2003
CactusBlood, Arte Publico Press, Home Expressway Show 6/25/1995
Bouchercon '97: A Ragout of Mystery; Cross Cultural issues; Roles of Sleuths 1997
Guns and Salsa: Latino Crime Fiction undated
Bouchercon '97: Readings: Poets Who Turn to Crime 1997
Color Voices, KPFA 5/25/1985
KPFA Storytelling 1976-1977