urn:taro:utexas.blac.00185 Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Papers, 1970- Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas Libraries, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, May 2006Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Hinojosa, Rolando Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Papers 1970- English and Spanish BENSON-MS HINOJOSA-SMITH 22945935 2 ft. 2 in. Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Literary manuscripts of Mexican American novelist and poet Rolando Hinojosa-Smith. Biographical Sketch

Novelist, poet, and educator Rolando R. Hinojosa-Smith was born January 21, 1929, in Mercedes, Texas. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1969. Known for a series of novels set in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Hinojosa-Smith won Quinto Sol Award for Literature in 1972 for Estampas del Valle y otras obras, and the Premio Casa de las Americas in 1976 for his Klail City y sus alrededores. He is professor of creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin.

 Scope and Contents Note

Consists of literary manuscripts of Hinojosa-Smith, along with some correspondence and ephemera. The collection is organized into three series: 1. Literary productions, 2. Ephemera and newsclippings, and 3. Correspondence. Literary productions contain handwritten notes and manuscripts, typescripts, and galley proofs of novels, poems, short stories and essays. Correspondence includes incoming correspondence relating to Hinojosa-Smith's works from editors and colleagues, and several drafts of the author's responses to questions from critic Francisco Lomeli about his writing. Ephemera includes posters, leaflets, newspapers, copies of clippings, and invitations. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts of published works including Estampas del Valle (1972), Generaciones y semblanzas, also published as Klail City y sus alrededores (1976), Korean love songs (1978), Rites and witnesses (1980), and Mi querido Rafa (1981). Some essays and lectures on Chicano literature, and some unpublished poems and short stories are also included.

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Cite as: Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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The Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Papers are classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries catalog:

Hinojosa, Rolando American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism Mexican American literature (Spanish)--History and criticism Box and Folder Inventory Literary Productions 1Novels 1Claros Varones de Belken (typescripts and holograph manuscripts) 11Introductory writing 12P. Galindo I-III 13P. Galindo IV-VI 14P. Galindo VII-VIII 15P. Galindo 16Echevarria con el pie en el estribo/J.M. 17Selección/R.B. 18Photocopied manuscript (156 pages) 19E.E. 110Miscellaneous drafts 2Claros Varones de Belken (typescripts and holograph manuscripts) 21Introduction to Claros Varones 22Part of the manuscript 23Firmes en Flora, later used as part of Claros Varones 2410 pages of manuscript (first part of Claros Varones) 25First pencil of the first part, first typing and rewrite, plus second typing and rewrite 26RB-Rafa Buenrostro III 27Spanish Majors 28Original manuscript to "La tercer vida de Rafa Buenrostro" 2Generaciones y semblanzas (typescripts and holograph manuscripts) 29Part 1, p. 1-76 210Part 2, p. 77-164 211Notas de Klail City y sus alrededores, II, photocopy (Part of Generaciones y semblanzas) 212Klail City II "Jehu's Bible Selling..." 3Mi querido Rafa 3Book: Mi querido Rafa, Houston, 1981 3Steno pad: handwritten; includes the Jehú and Rafa letters 31Manuscript to novel; note "Finished summer '79; submitted to N. Kanellos, summer of '80" 32Xerox typescript of manuscript, part. 1 pgs. 1-98 33Xerox typescript of manuscript, part. 2 pgs. 99-168 3Rites and Witnesses (typescripts and holograph manuscripts) 34Notes to novel pencil holograph 35"Ceremonias y testigos" 36"Bank Meeting" 371st intercalated story 38A selection from 39"NP, J and PT" and "NP, JK, EBC" 3102nd intercalated story/"NP"/3rd intercalated story 311"Ceremony II" 312"Above and Beyond" 41"SJ"/"Banking. Noddy, Jehú, and Ben Timmens"/"Above and Beyond III" 42"New Blood"/"OE Patterson"/7th intercalated story 43"Earl Bennet"/8th intercalated story/"Choche Markham"/"Johnnie Pike" 449th intercalated story/"Koz Kocurek"/10th intercalated story 45"Goodman, John F. Sgt. Major 12th Calvary"/"Thelma Watling"/11th intercalated story 46"Ruth Verser"/"Ed Dickman"/12th intercalated story/"On Watch"/"Above and Beyond" 47"From the Spanish (Abel Manzano)"/"Telephone" 4Estampas del valle y otras obras (Sketches of the Valley and Other Works) 48Photocopied galley proofs (English and Spanish) 49English manuscript (xerox typescript) translated by Gustavo Valadez w/notations by Octavio Romano. 410English translation (xerox typescript with notations) 411Por esas cosas que pasan, original typescript manuscript, old manuscript typed in Kingsville 412Por esas cosas que pasan, original typescript manuscript 413Una vida de Rafa Buenrostro, original typescript manuscript with notations 414Una vida de Rafa Buenrostro, English translation by Gustavo Valadez 415Vida de Rafa Buenrostro and Vidas y milagros (galleys) 416Mexican American Devil's Dictionary (original manuscript) 417Mexican American Devil's Dictionary by P. Galindo (original typescript with notations by R. Hinojosa-Smith) 418Mexican American Devil's Dictionary ("Galleys") 4Short Fiction 419"La herencia de don Víctor Pelaéz" (unpublished), typescript 420"In the Land of the Mesquite II" (unpublished children's stories), holograph manuscript 5Poetry 5Korean Love Songs (typescripts and holograph manuscripts) 51Galley proof and author's corrections 52Notes 53Introduction 54"The Old Army Game"/"Rookies Under Stress"/"Friendly Fire" 55"The Evening Shift"/"A Sheaf of Percussion Fire"/"The Eighth Army at the Chonchong" 56"Rear Guard I", "II", and "III" 57"Rest Due and Take-Possession for All Time"/"The January-May 1951 Slaughter" 58"The 219thnis Firing Blind"/"Night Burial Details" 59"Boston John McCrudy Drinks"/"Incoming"/"Above All, the Waste" 510"New Battery Position"/"Brodkey's Replacement"/"One Solution" 511"Liquor Rations"/"Jacob Mosqueda Wrestles"/"Visiting Hours"/"Fit for Duty" 512"Old Friends"/"Kobe Station"/"Nagoya Station"/"Brief Encounter" 513"At Sonny's and Tsuruko's"/"At the Aoyama"/"Hiro Watanabe" 514"South to Nara , The Last Day"/"Up Before the Board" 515"A Matter of Supplies"/"This Is Where We Came In"/"Vale" 516Korean Love Songs, last typing and final rewrite 5Other Poetry(typescripts and holograph manuscripts) 517"Retaguardia en noviembre" 518"Retaguardia en noviembre" 519"Crossing the Line" 5"Campos surcos y praderas"(unpublished) 5"Sobre la muerte de un amigo joven"(unpublished) 520Crossing the Line, essay on composition 521Poetry and Lectures 522Poetry (unpublished), "Entierro personal" Ephemera and Newsclippings 61From lectures, festivals, conferences 1970-76 62From lectures, festivals, conferences 1977-78 63From lectures, festivals, conferences 1979-80 64From lectures, festivals, conferences 1981- no date 67Newsclippings on Roundtable discussions on Chicano Literature, July 8 & 9, 1980 Correspondence 65Incoming correspondence 66Letter with questions from Francisco Lomelí. Responses to questions: 3 drafts & final copy (original)