urn:taro:utexas.blac.00127 Estela Portillo Trambley Papers, 1969- Finding aid written by the staff of the Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2005 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, October 2005Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Trambley, Estela Portillo, 1936- Estela Portillo Trambley Papers 1969- English 1984-40 23112211 20 linear inches Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Written works and biographical materials of the El Paso, Texas, playwright and poet. Biographical Sketch

Estela Portillo Trambley was born on 16 January 1936 in El Paso, Texas. Raised in Mexico and El Paso, she received a B.A. and M.A. in English literature at the University of Texas at El Paso. She taught at high school and community college levels in El Paso, hosted local radio and television shows, and wrote and directed plays. In 1975 Trambley became the first woman to win the Premio Quinto Sol award for her short story collection Rain of Scorpions. She died in 1999.

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Written works and biographical materials, 1969- , of El Paso, Texas playwright and novelist Estela Portillo Trambley. Written works include drafts of eight plays, notably "Day of the Swallows," "Blacklight," "Sun Image," and "Sor Juana." Prose works include "Rain of Scorpions," "Woman of the Earth," "After Hierarchy," and short stories. Haiku poetry and a multimedia presentation on the Haiku form, notes and notebnooks, interviews, letters received, reviews and critical essays about Trambley's work and clippings of articles about Trambley are also included. A transcript of an interview with Trambley by Juan Bruce-Novoa is part of the collection.

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Cite as: Estela Portillo Trambley Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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Trambley, Estela Portillo, 1936- American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism Mexican American authors--Texas Other Authors Bruce-Nocoa, 1944- Box and Folder Inventory Written Works 1Plays 11Blacklight 12Blacklight (original, first version) 13Blacklight (second version) 14Blacklight (third rewrite) 15Day of the Swallows (original) 16Hey Aristotle! musical (musical sheets) 17El hombre cósmico, cop.1-2 (1 with prompter's notes) 18Isabel and the Dancing Bear (first writing, original script) 19-10Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Labyrinth of Love) [two folders] 111Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (original script) 112Music for Hey Aristotle! 1Loose8 notebooks for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Labyrinth of Love) 21Morality Play (original first script) 22Sun Images, a musical (first version) 23Sun Images or Los amores de Don Estufas (third rewrite) 24Music sheets for Hey Aristotle!, Morality Play, Sun Images 2Prose Fiction 25Rain of Scorpions 26Short Stories 2a. "Rain of Scorpions" and "Short Stories" 2b. "The Burning" 2c. "Duende" 2d. "If It Weren't for the Honeysuckle" 2e. "Pilgrimage" 2f. "Recast" 2g. "The Secret Room" 31Trini (Woman of the Earth) first writing (excerpt from Barrio Alsace) 32Trini (Woman of the Earth) working copy (typescript) 33Trini (Woman of the Earth) working copy 34Trini (Woman of the Earth) working copy 3Loose5 cassette interviews of people used as character models for Trini: 31. "1975" 32. "Ex-convict, Barrio Alsace" 33. "Trini" 3Interview with the Barrio people involved as models for Woman of the Earth and Isabel and the Dancing Bear: 34. Side A: "Herlinda", Side B "Robbie's Tape" 35. "Mate, discussion model for men in Woman of the Earth" 4Essays and Poetry 41After Hierarchy, extended essay, unfinished 42After Hierarchy, working draft, partial 43Haiku, impressions in Japanese form 44Haiku, narration to slides (notebook) 45Early Poetry 46Monologues of Estela Portillo 4OversizeHaiku poetry circles 51Haiku multimedia presentation (script reading tro accompany slides) 52Haiku multimedia presentation (80 slides) 53Haiku multimedia presentation (Spanish version, 60 slides) 54Haiku multimedia presentation (40 slides) 55Haiku multimedia presentation (60 slides) 5Loose2 cassettes, Haiku tapes (go with presentation?) Biographical and Literary Materials 61Miscellaneous notes 627 notebooks (miscellaneous notes and drafts) 637 notebooks (miscellaneous notes and drafts) 64Artist's statement 65Newspaper articles, copies of programs, etc. 66Interview with Estela Portillo Trambley by Bruce-Novoa [3 pages missing] 67Reviews and critical essays, 1976-1978 68Letters received, 1972-1974 6LooseIncludes 2 cassette tapes ("Conversation with Estela Portillo Trambley, December 1977"), a steno pad ("Poems, notes, and scribblings on Women of the Earth and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz"), and 11 notebooks (miscellaneous notes and drafts).