Series VIII: Subject/Research Files, 1919-2005, inclusive
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet in 7 manuscript boxes and 1 computer file.
Scope and Content
This series includes a wide-ranging collection of materials gathered as research for Fornés' plays on subjects as varied as fortune-telling, President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Fidel Castro, and silent films, as well as articles documenting Fornés' career and the reception of her plays, her interests in drama and art, and her extensive travels, as well as those of her mother. Items include biographical portraits and transcripts of interviews with Fornés; newspaper and magazine clippings; play and book reviews; programs and announcements for, and invitations to, plays, dances, musical performances, art exhibits and openings; maps and travel ephemera; catalogs; posters; photographs; song lyrics; and recipes. Most of those materials originally received in labeled folders have retained their original folder titles (indicated by by quotation marks).
"American Songs", undated
Box: 31, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Artists-in-Residence Fellowships, 1992, 2001-2004, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Balseros ("Rafters"), 1994, undated, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Booklets and Pamphlets, 1928, 1994-2001, undated, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Canciones Cubanas", 1980, 1997, undated, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Catalogs, 2003-2004, undated, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Cooking] "Recipes", undated
Box: 31, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Directing, undated
Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ephemera and Artifacts, undated
Box: 31, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Carmen--Travel, 1961, circa 1970s-1980s, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 32, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Awards, Honors, and Fellowships, 1966-2003, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Biographical, 1966-2003, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 3-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Genealogical Information, undated
Box: 34, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--MacDowell Colony, 1964, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Others' Plays Directed by Fornés--Reviews, 1986, 1990-1995, undated
Box: 34, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Panels and Symposia, 1993-2002, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Photographs of Fornés, Family and Friends, undated
Box: 34, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Playbills, Programs, Announcements, and Listings, 1963-2002, undated, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Plays--Reviews, 1969-2000, undated, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 35, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornes, Maria Irene--Posters--Readings and Festivals, 1993-1997, inclusive
Folder: 1 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Published Works By and Books About--Reviews, 1999-2002, undated, inclusive
Box: 35, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Resume, 1993, inclusive
Box: Electronic Records (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Extent
31.38 kilobytes in 1 computer file.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
31.38 Kilobytes (1 computer file).
Digital materials
Fornés, Maria Irene--Resume (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Travel, 1957, 1963, inclusive
Box: 35, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fornés, Maria Irene--Undergraduate(?) Thesis on Work of, 1997
Box: 35, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Fortune Telling", undated
Box: 35, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Japanese Noh Drama", undated
Box: 35, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Juanita Castro", 1964, inclusive
Box: 35, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Magazines, 1985, 1994-2004, inclusive
Box: 35, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Miscellaneous Clippings, 1937, 1979-2005, undated, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspapers, 1989, 2001, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations, 1989-2004, undated, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Pictures", 1996-2002, undated, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Plays by Others--Announcements, Programs, and Reviews, 1975-2004, undated, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 37, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Plays by Others--Scripts, undated
Box: 37, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"President John F. Kennedy"--Assassination, 1963
Folder: 1 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"President John F. Kennedy"--Assassination, Life, 1963-1966, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Songs, 1919, 1934, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spanish-American War, 1998, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tango, 1986, 2000, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Writing, 2001-2002, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Travel--Europe, 1990, 1994, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
