Sarmiento Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ADD 259
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Sarmiento Papers
Date(s)	: Created 1934-1986
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box, 1 volume, 3 folders
Name of creator(s)	: Sarmiento | Edward | fl 1925-1986 | poet
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sarmiento was a student at University College London from 1925 to 1928. He went on to become a Professor.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters to Sarmiento concerning poetry, publications and literature. Seventeen letters from the Spanish poets Manuel Altolaguirre and his wife Concha Mendez (1934-1935), 18 from Luis Cernuda, with copies (1938-1940), and about 20 from Aubrey Bell (1936-1947). Manuscript poem of Altolaguirre with transcript. Facsimile edition of manuscript poems of José Silva's 'El Libro de Versos' (1945), and photocopies of various articles about Silva. Translations of poems by St John of the Cross, and other poems by Sarmiento; together with 2 letters from Sarmiento to Jim Cummins of the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at UCL (1976-1986).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Spanish

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Edward Sarmiento in April 1977, August 1980, and July 1981. Also given by J S Cummins of the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at UCL in March 1988.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999