A Guide to the Papers of Jorge Luis Borges, 1919-1951 #10155-ac

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Preferred Citation

Papers of Jorge Luis Borges, 1919-1951, Accession #10155-ac, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchases from Alfredo Breitfeld, Libreria del Antaño, Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 15, November 17, 1994.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm as Manuscript Division reel #M-203.

Scope and Content Information

Additional papers of Jorge Luis Borges including 4 autograph manuscripts: "Juderia," 1920, with corrections made in 1943; "Ciudad," 1920, with correcions made in 1943; "Calle desconocida," 1920, with corrections made in 1943; and "Plaza San Martin," n.d. with a drawing by Attilio Rossi. An autograph letter from Borges to Rossi accompanies the "Plaza San Martin" manuscript.

Contents List

Manuscripts

"Juderia " 1920

AMsS, Manuscript page 22 1/2 cm. by 32 1/2 cm. framed by decorative mat 37 cm. by 46 cm. 1 p.

Poem by Jorge Luis Borges, with small drawing of a Menorah at the bottom of the page by the author. Revised and signed Borges in 1922. Re-titled "Judengasse "and revised in 1943 by the author.
"Ciudad " 1920

AMsS, Manuscript page 21 cm. by 31 1/2 cm. framed by decorative mat 37 1/2 cm. by 48 cm. 1 p.

Poem by Jorge Luis Borges, with small drawing of a flame at the bottom of the page by the author. Originally titled "Nostalgia Inescrutable "; re-titled, revised and re-signed in 1923 by the author.
"Calle Desconocida " 1919

AMsS, Manuscript pages 21 cm. by 32 cm. framed by decorative mat enclosure 39 cm. by 50 cm. 2 p. on 2 l.

Poem by Jorge Luis Borges, with drawing of a village street at the bottom of the second page by the author. Revised in 1920, 1922 and 1943; re-signed Borges in 1922. Drawing of head and shoulders of young man on cover.
"La Plaza San Martin " 1951

AMsS, with pen-and-ink drawing of the [San Martin Plaza] by Atillo Rossi covering the bottom half of the page. Manuscript page 42 1/2 cm. by 28 cm. 1 p.

A poem by Jorge Luis Borges.