*1. "Quotation on Romance" - author's typescript, carbon copy, 17 p., with marginal and interlinear annotations in red ink, by D.G., designating this as "Copy #2" and indicating textual differences between this and another version designated as "Copy #1"., 1937-1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection consists of various writings by Hans Otto Storm, as well as some notes and essays by his wife, Grace Cleone Camp. These writings include short stories, essays (some published), a play, letters (primarily about other travelers along his journeys), a translation (from Spanish to English, of a piece of work by Federico Garcia Lorca), notes, and poetry. The latter item is criticized in Storm's own hand noting his shortcomings in trying to be both "whimsical and bitter at the same time." Many of his writings reflect Storm's business experiences and interactions with other foreigners in Peru. While later items comment eloquently on the intricacies of Latin American Spanish, his earlier letters reveal his strained efforts to even understand a menu written in that language. His writings also demonstrate a theoretical interest in the works of Max Weber and Thorstein Veblen. Although his letters and notes reflect his travels, his is not to be confused with most travel writing. To the contrary, in one letter to David Greenhood, Storm notes, "I abhor the tourist racket, I see no value on deliberately cooked-up experience, I have a certain element of casualness in it, that we must deceive the environment with some pretext if we are to get it to disclose its more important meanings." The collection also includes a scrapbook in which Storm's wife kept newspaper clippings about Storm's publications, his awards and lectures, and his being ousted from Peru in 1937. Telegrams received by Storm inquiring about his deportation are also included in the collection.
Dates
- 1937-1948
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 box .38 cu. ft.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451