Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Manuel Pedro González Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1969
Collection number: 1271
Creator: González, Manuel Pedro, 1893-
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Manuel Pedro González was a Professor of Spanish American Language and Literature at UCLA (1924 to 1958), the founder and
first president of the International Institute of Professors of Ibero-American Literature (1938-1940), and established the
Fundación José Martí in Havana (1967/8). He is also noted for his work on Argentine and Mexican literature, and on intellectual
relations between the U.S. and Spanish America. This collection consists mainly of correspondence from over 250 Latin American
authors and intellectuals.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary 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], Manuel Pedro González Papers (Collection 1271). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Manuel Pedro González was Professor of Spanish American Language and Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles
from 1924 until 1958. He was born on November 27, 1893 in the Canary Islands and died in July 1974 in Del Mar, California.
Educated in Cuba, he received a BA degree at the Havana Institute in 1916, his J.D. at the University of Havana Law School
in 1920, and his Ph.D in 1922. He was an instructor of Spanish Literature at San Anacleto College in Havana in 1918, and at
Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland from 1923-24. Among his awards were the Diploma of Honor of the Academia Mexicana de
la Lengua in 1939; elected corresponding membership to the Circulo de Altos Estudios Históricos, Rosario, Argentina, 1936;
elected membership to the Sociedad Cubana de Estudios Históricos e Internacionales, Havana, 1942; and elected corresponding
membership to the Academia Cubana de la Lengua in 1954. He was the founder and first president of the International Institute
of Professors of Ibero-American Literature from 1938-40. Under the Institute's sponsorship, he organized the 2
nd International Congress of Professors of Ibero-American Literature at UCLA in 1940. The Institute began publishing in 1941
Revista Iberoamericana, which he co-edited from 1949 to 1953. The journal was the first to represent the entire panorama of Latin American literature.
In 1967/68 he established the Fundación José Martí in Havana in honor of the 19
th century Cuban patriot and poet who led the Cuban revolt for independence from Spain. The following year he started the
Anuario Martiano, a journal devoted to scholarly studies and bibliography on Martí written anywhere in the world. He wrote a total of seven
books on Martí as well as numerous articles. He has been credited with establishing Martí as the initiator of the Modernist
movement, which is now often dated by the appearance of
Ismaelillo in 1882, Martí's first published collection. González is also noted for his work on Argentine and Mexican literature, and
on intellectual relations between the United States and Spanish America.
Scope and Content
Collection consists mainly of correspondence from over 250 Latin American authors and intellectuals. It is of particular value
in documenting the development of Latin American letters internationally during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the establishment
of Latin American area studies programs in the United States. There is a particular concentration of correspondence from Cuban
intellectuals. The correspondence covers the years fom 1928 to 1973, with the majority falling in the 1930s and 1970s. Correspondents
include Fernando Ortiz, Mariano Azuela, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonso Reyes, Fernando Ortiz, Juan Marinello, Baldomero Sanín Cano,
and Cintio and Fina Vitier.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-3).
- Unidentified correspondents (Box 3).
- Writings by Manuel Pedro González (Box 3).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Reyes, Alfonso, 1889-1959--Correspondence.
Vitier, Cintio, 1921- --Correspondence.
Vitier, Fina--Correspondence.
Latin Americanists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese--Faculty--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Letters (Correspondence).