Rudolfo Anaya donated a major part of his personal manuscript collection to the Center for Southwest Research in University Libraries last year. That collection has now been catalogued and sorted. Scholars who wish to learn more about the collection can now determine what is available by conducting an online search.
“His manuscript collection is a special treasure for scholars,” says Center for Southwest Research director Michael Kelly, “We are gratified that this collection is located at the University of New Mexico.”
The collection contains Anaya’s original and working manuscripts from both his published and unpublished works, including novels, plays, short stories, essays, poetry, translated and edited works. Highlights of the collection include the original typescripts for “Eva Adams,” Anaya’s unpublished first novel, and “Bless Me Ultima,” his first published novel (1972), which won the Premio Quinto Sol, the national Chicano literary award.
The complete finding aid to this collection will be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm
The Anaya manuscript collection can be found under the Center for Southwest Research heading.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627