urn:taro:utexas.blac.00140 José S. Alvarez Literary Papers, 1893-1903 University of Texas Libraries, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, March 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Alvarez, José S. (Jose Sixto), 1858-1903 José S. Alvarez Literary Papers 1893-1903 Spanish 2000-05 43627982 1 manuscript box (5 linear inches) Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin 4 bound scrapbooks of letters and clippings relating to works by "Fray Mocho," José S. Alvarez. Biographical Sketch

José S. Alvarez, who wrote under several pseudonyms including "Fray Mocho" and "Fabio Carrizo," was born Aug. 26, 1858, in Galeguaychu, Argentina and died in Aug. 23, 1903, in Buenos Aires. He migrated to Buenos Aires in 1879 and worked for several newspapers including El Nacional, La Pampa, La Patria Argentina, El Diario, La Prensa, La Opinion, La Tribuna, etc. In 1889 he founded the magazine "Caras y Caretas" in which he published many of his short stories, later collected under the title Cuentos de Fray Mocho. His stories reflect the manners, customs and dialects of Argentina in a realistic manner and are often the result of keen direct observation.

 Scope and Contents Note

Collection consists of 4 bound scrapbooks of letters and clippings intended to accompany the following works of José S. Alvarez: En el mar austral. Buenos Aires : Ivaldi y Cecchi, 1898 Esmeraldas. Buenos Aires : Rafael E. Alvarez, (1884?) Misterios de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires : Biblioteca del Pueblo, 1897 Un viaje al pais de los matreros. Buenos Aires : Ivaldi y Cecchi, 1897 In addition, the collection contains a folder of posthumous newspaper clippings about Alvarez and a folder of 4 photographs. Correspondents include: Roberto J. Payro, Miguel Cane, Roque Saenz Pena, and Carlos Guido y Spano.

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 Preferred Citation

Cite as: José S. Alvarez Literary Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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The José S. Alvarez Literary Papers are classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries' catalog:

Alvarez, Jose S. (Jose Sixto), 1858-1903--Correspondence Payro, Roberto Jorge, 1867-1928--Correspondence Saenz Pena, Roque, 1851-1914--Correspondence Guido y Spano, Carlos, 1827-1918--Correspondence Cane, Miguel, 1851-1905--Correspondence Other Authors Mocho, Fray, 1858-1903 / En el mar austral. 1898. Mocho, Fray, 1858-1903 / Esmeraldas. 1884? Carrizo, Fabio, 1858-1903 / Misterios de Buenos Aires. 1897. Mocho, Fray, 1858-1903 / Viaje al pais de los matreros 1897. Box and Folder Inventory Folder List 11En el Mar Austral 12Esmeraldas y Varios 13Misterios de Buenos Aires: Memorias de un Vigilante 14Un Viaje al País de los Matreros 15Clippings, 1980-1983 16Photographs, 1904, N.d. 1Entierro de José S. Alvarez 1Mascarilla de José S. Alvarez 1"A bordo del Cap Roca", 22 agosto 1904 1Unidentified mother and children