urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00987 Barbara Probst Solomon: A Preliminary Inventory of Her Papers at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Micah Erwin Harry Ransom Center, 2013 Finding aid encoded by Micah Erwin3 February 2014 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Solomon, Barbara Probst, 1928-2019 Barbara Probst Solomon Papers 1948-2012 (bulk 1970-2010) 33 document boxes, 1 oversize box (osb) (13.75 linear feet) The papers document all major writings by author, essayist, and journalist Barbara Probst Solomon and include notes, typescripts, background research, and publicity materials. Correspondence and materials relating to Francoist Spain are particularly well represented. English, French, Spanish Manuscript Collection MS-5308 Acquisition:

Purchase, 2006 (13-05-006-P)

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Micah Erwin, 2014

 Scope and Contents

Typescript and printout drafts, correspondence, research materials and notes, editorial, records, audio recordings, books, magazines, journals, and newspaper clippings document the life and work of Barbara Probst Solomon from 1948 to 2012. The five series are arranged by size: I. Correspondence, 1948-2012; II. Writings, 1958-2011; III. Subject and Name Files, 1943-2012; IV. Periodicals, 1949-2005; V. Clippings, 1950s-2011.

Series I. Correspondence, spans eleven boxes and constitutes the bulk of the archive. The series is arranged chronologically from 1948 to 2012. Correspondents of note include Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, José María Álvarez, Paco Benet, Juan Benet, Norman Birnbaum, Darío Fernández Flórez, Herbert Gold, Juan Goytisolo, Rita Hinden, Norman Mailer, Frederick Manfred, Mildred Marmur, Cynthia Ozick, William Philips, Driss Rekab, Anatole Shub, Clancy Sigal, and Ricardo Muñoz Suay. Of further note are two folders (12.3-4) of previously restricted correspondence with Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, Pepe Martinez, and Philip Roth opened for access in 2019.

Series II. Writings, is divided into two subseries: A. Short works and B. Long works. The Series spans five boxes and documents Solomon’s literary activities from 1958-2011. Subseries A. Short works, includes late and or final typescript and printout drafts of articles submitted for publication, spanning 1983-2011. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by the title of the publication. Subseries B. Long works comprises correspondence and press clippings for Arriving Where We Started (1972), The Beat of Life (1960), Los felices cuarenta (1978), Short Flights (1983), and Operation Ogro (1975), correspondence and a typescript draft for unrealized novel Jake and Sally: A Chicago Love Story (1975), and a typescript draft and press clippings for Smart Hearts in the City (1992). The subseries is arranged alphabetically by title.

Series III. Subject and Name Files documents Solomon's research interests through press clippings, correspondence, programs, drafts, photocopy and original articles torn from publications, notes and other assorted materials. Topics include Francoist Spain, Vichy France, Nazi war criminals, with particular emphasis on the Klaus Barbie trial, Norman Mailer, Juan Benet, and Josep Pallach. The series also includes several drafts of articles and correspondence with Juan Goytisolo. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

The last two series, Series IV. Periodicals and Series V. Clippings, document Solomon’s literary activities as a journalist and an essayist from 1949 to 2011. Series IV. Periodicals, includes complete magazines and journals in which Solomon is published. Particularly well represented is the Spanish political magazine Cambio 16 for which she has been a longtime correspondent. The Series is arranged alphabetically by periodical title. Series V. Clippings includes articles, interviews, and essays by (and occasionally about) Solomon in the form of clippings and photocopies with occasional drafts. The series is arranged chronologically.

For additional Barbara Probst Solomon correspondence and related materials at the Harry Ransom Center, see manuscript holdings for Elizabeth Hardwick, Diane Johnson, Norman Mailer, Clancy Sigal, and Daniel Stern.

The Barbara Probst Solomon collection, 1979-2001, The Boston University Department of Special collections, includes manuscripts, printed material, and correspondence.

The Chandler Brossard Papers, 1951-2002, The Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center, includes correspondence from Barbara Probst Solomon.

Eleven books, consisting primarily of multiple unmarked copies of Solomon's novels, and seven periodicals were transferred to the Center's book collection.

100 audio cassettes, 50 recording discs, 1 CD ROM, and 1 audio reel were transferred to the Center's Sound Recordings Collection.

 Index Terms People Aragón, Manuel Gutiérrez, 1942- Alvarez, José María, 1942- Benet, Paco Benet, Juan Birnbaum, Norman Bouissef Rekab, Driss Fernández Flórez, Darío Gold, Herbert, 1924- Goytisolo, Juan Hinden, Rita Mailer, Norman Manfred, Frederick Feikema, 1912-1994 Marmur, Mildred Ozick, Cynthia Shub, Anatole Sigal, Clancy Suay, Ricardo Muñoz Organizations Association Nationale Des Anciens Combattants De La Resistance P.S.O.E. (Political party) P.S.O.E. Council of International Advisers Partido Comunista de España PEN International United Nations War Crimes Commission Subjects Barbie, Klaus, 1913-1991. France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--criticism and interpretation. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945). Mailer, Norman--criticism and interpretation. Spain--Politics and government--1939-1975. Spain, Politics and government--20th century. Vichy (France). Places France New York (N.Y.) Spain Document Types Cards. Clippings. Correspondence. Periodicals. Printed ephemera. Sound recordings. Container List Series I. Correspondence, 1948-2012 1948-1950 1.1 1950-1966 1.2-3 1953-2010 1.4-8 1963-1968 2.1-5 1968-1969 2.6 1970 2.7 1971 2.8 1972 2.9 1973 2.10 1974 2.11 1975 2.12 1976 2.13 1977 3.1 1978 3.2 1979 3.3 1980 3.4 1981 3.5 1982 3.6 1983 4.1-2 1984-1985 4.3-5.1 1986 5.2 1987-1995 5.3-4 1990-2001 6.1-3 1991-1995 6.4 1992-2000 6.5-7.1 1993-1995 7.2 1994-1997 7.3-8.1 1997-2007 8.2-9.2 2006-2007 9.3 2007-2012 9.4 2008-2011 10.1-2 2010-2012 10.3-5 Cards, 1970s-2012 11.1-12.2 Formerly Restricted Martinez, Pepe, 1951-1966 12.3 Mailer, Norman; Bellow, Saul; Roth, Philip, 2004-2006 12.4 Series II. Writings, 1958-2011 Subseries A. Short Works, 1983-2011 Late and/or final drafts of articles submitted for publication A-B 13.1-2 C-D 13.3-4 E-F 13.5-6 G-H 13.7-8 I-J 14.1-2 K-L 14.3-4 M-N 14.5-6 O-P 15.1-2 Q-R 15.3 S-T 15.4-5 U-Z 15.6-7   Subseries B. Long Works, 1958-1994 Arriving Where We Started (1972) Correspondence, 1972 16.1 Photocopy of unmarked bound volume, 1972 16.2 Press clippings and reviews, 1972-1974 16.3-4 The Beat of Life (1960) Bound volume, Solomon's inscribed copy, 1960 16.5 Bound volume, copy inscribed to parents, 1960 16.6 Editorial and review correspondence, 1960-1961 16.7 Review clippings, 1960-1961 16.8 Los felices cuarenta (1978), press clippings, 1987 17.1 Jake and Sally: A Chicago Love Story, (unrealized novel; co-author Clancy Sigal), typescript draft with light edits, correspondence and synopsis, 1975 and 1994 17.2 Operation Ogro, translated by Barbara Probst Solomon, press clippings and correspondence, 1975 17.3 Short Flights (1983) Correspondence, 1983 17.4 General publicity, 1983 17.5 Press clippings and reviews, 1983 17.6 Promotional blurbs from Norman Mailer, Ann Birstein, and Norman Birnbaum, 1983 17.7 Review Clippings, 1983 17.8 Smart Hearts in the City (1992) Photocopy typescript draft with light edits, 1992 17.9 Press clippings, 1992-1994 17.10 Series III. Subject and Name Files,1943-2012 Bar Mitzvah of Benjamin Raphael Neuman, printed program, 2009 18.1 Benet, Juan Articles and drafts of articles by or about, 1975-1983 18.2 Clippings regarding death of, 1993 18.3 Correspondence, 1949-1955, undated 18.4 Photocopy chapter of monograph, undated 18.5 Photocopy masters thesis, undated 18.6 Biographical statements, 2007, undated 18.7 The Children of Izieu: A Human Tragedy, 1985 18.8 Klaus Barbie Trial Articles on Nazis in Spain, undated 18.9 Assignment Rescue The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition materials, 1997 18.10 Association Nationale Des Anciens Combattants De La Resistance materials, 1972-1986 18.11 Clippings (bulk French), photocopies and originals, 1985-1997 18.12-13 Dangerous Alliances: The Bedaux Story, photocopy draft documentary film proposal by George Ungar, 1988 19.1 Drafts of articles submitted for publication, 1983 19.2 Nazi massacre at Oradour, photocopy article with correspondence, 1988 19.3 Notes and official correspondence, 1987 19.4 Periodicals and French newspapers, bulk 1987 osb 1 The Pit: My Journal About the Barbie Trial by Hugh Nissenson, typescript, approximately 1987 19.5 Le resistance juive en France photocopy monograph with notes, 1981, 1988 19.6 Spiral bound notebook, approximately 1987 19.7 FBI file and correspondence regarding death threats from Spanish political terrorists, 1975-1976 19.8 French Periodicals, 1997 19.9 Goytisolo, Juan Correspondence with, approximately 1970-1980s 19.10 Europalea Presentation, 1985, 1997, undated 19.11 Photocopy and original articles and drafts, 1970s 19.12-20.1 Typescript and handwritten drafts, 1970s-1985 20.2-3 Untitled handwritten draft and supporting materials, 1985, undated 20.4-5 Hemingway's Garden of Eden materials, 1986-1987 21.1 International PEN, 48th, materials and correspondence, 1986-1990 21.2 Jewish community in Lyon, Press dossier, approximately 1976-1987 21.3 Labyrinth, A Novella by Jakov Lind, draft with handwritten edits, 1996 21.4 Mailer, Norman Clippings of an about interviews with, 1991-1993 21.5 Interview, page proofs and printout draft, 1995 21.6 Typescript interview and correspondence, 1982-2005 21.7 Martinez, Pepe clippings, 1979-2007 21.8 Le Memorial de la Deportation des Juifs de France, bound volume with addendum, 1978 21.9-10 National Federation of Deportees and Internees, and Resistance Patriots document, approximately 1987 21.11 Nazi war criminals, Otto Abetz, and Vichy France, photocopy and printout materials regarding, 1943-2005 22.1-14 Old Croton Aqueduct Committee and New York Society Library materials and correspondence, 1991-1992 23.1 Pallach, Josep and Albornoz, Sanchez, clippings, 1984 23.2 Pallach, Josep and Tomas Centeno, correspondence with typescript drafts and clippings, 1952-1954 23.3 PEN and Israel correspondence, 1988-1990 23.4 Premio Francisco Cerecedo, press, 2008 23.5 Probst, J. Anthony, photocopy letter and typescript essay regarding death of, 1975 23.6 Programs and brochures, 2009-2012 23.7 PSOE Council of International Advisers materials and press release, 2008 23.8 Rivers, Larry, correspondence and interview, circa 1991 23.9 Rivers, Larry, photocopy and original printout drafts, clippings of articles and correspondence, 1995-2000, undated 23.10 Sigal, Clancy, correspondence, 1963 23.11 Solomon, Barbara Probst, photocopy wedding announcement and other identification documents, 1946-1953 23.12 Solomon, Harold W., letters and correspondence regarding death of, 1957-1979, undated 23.13-24.1 Spain Clippings of articles regarding Spain, 1980s 24.2 Francoist Spain American Embassy Profile of Spain pamphlet, 1970 24.3 Newsletters, official correspondence, and assorted documents of various Spanish political parties, approximately 1975 24.4-5 Protests against Franco, assorted materials including typescript drafts regarding, 1950s-1970s 24.6-7 Protests, clippings regarding, 1958-1959 24.8 Holocaust as understood in Spain, drafts of articles and published articles, 1979 24.9 Photocopy documents regarding Spanish refugee aid, 1953, 1978 24.10 Political unrest in Francoist Spain and American and Spanish relations, clippings and correspondence, 1975-1980s 24.11 Spanish Artists, typescript drafts with light edits and clippings, 1985-1987, undated 25.1 Spanish political campaign, 1977 25.2 Torture, 1974-1980s, undated 25.3 Torture of political prisoners, 1970s 25.4 Time Control Corporation, correspondence, 1971 25.5 Updike, John, photocopy correspondence and printout interview, 1991, undated 25.6 Vesco, Robert L scandal, clippings and notes regarding, 1972-1974 25.7 Series IV. Periodicals, 1949-2005 Art News-De Azur, 1987-1994 26.1-3 Cambio16, 1985-1991 26.4-27.6 Change-Correspondence, 1974-2003 27.7-28.2 Dissent-Double Take, 1962-1997 28.3-6 Esquire-L'Evenement, 1961-1987 28.7-8 Forward, 1987 28.9 Gente Viajes, 1988 28.10 Harper’s, 1963, 1968 29.1-3 L’Infini, 1983 29.4 Letra International-Look, 1995-1970 29.5-7 Mademoiselle-Moment, 1963-2008 29.8 Negro sobre blanco - Le nouvel observant,1958-1998 30.1-5 El Pais-Peninsula, 1949-1998 30.6-31.1 Quimera, 1994, 1997 31.2 Rapportage, 2001 31.3 Salmagundi-Sites, 1984-1995 31.4-6 Versión celeste-The Village Voice, 1964-1993 31.7-9 Series V. Clippings,1950s-2011 Articles by or about Solomon, clippings and photocopies with occasional drafts: 1950s-1960s 32.1-4 1970s 32.5 1980s 32.6-7 1983-1994 32.8 1985-2006 32.9-33.1 1986-1998 33.2-3 1988-1996 33.4 1999-2006 33.5 1999-2011 33.6 2002-2009 33.7