Christ mss., 2001-2006

Papers of Ronald Christ at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Finding aid created by Kristina Krasny

Creator: Christ, Ronald J.
Title: Christ mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2250
Dates: 1967-2007
Quantity:

Quantity: 3.75 linear feet

Quantity: 3 boxes

Quantity:

Quantity: 1 award

Abstract: The Christ mss. 1967-2007, consists primarily of notes and drafts of translations by Professor Emeritus of English Ronald Christ. In addition, it contains collected papers from fellow authors and translators Helen Lane and Charles Greenleaf Bell.
Location: Lilly - Stacks
Language: Materials are in Spanish ; English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Ronald Christ has published numerous articles on art and literature in addition to his work as a literary translator. He founded Lumen Books as an outlet for architectural and literary writing, especially in translation, and in 1998 was awarded the Eugene M. Kayden National Translation Award for his translation of Eltit's E. Luminata . Christ has also served as the president of PEN New Mexico. Christ enjoyed close friendships and working relationships with many authors and translators, most notably Helen Lane and Charles Greenleaf Bell, the latter of which Christ helped to publish an autobiography.

Scope and Content Note

Both the Translations and Additions series consist of typescripts, proofs, manuscripts, drafts, notes, corrections, and correspondence related to works translated by Christ. Professional Files are revisions Christ did for colleagues, various correspondence, and reviews of Christ's work as well as colleagues. The Helen Lane series is primarily Lane's papers or Christ's papers about Lane, including her translation work and correspondence at the time of her death. Lastly, the Charles Greenleaf Bell series are papers and correspondence concerning Christ's colleague and friend.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into five series: Translations, Additions, Professional Files, Helen Lane, and Charles Greenleaf Bell. Translations is further arranged by author subseries and Additions consists of one subseries: Translations, which is arranged alphabetically by author.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

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Related Material

See Bell mss., also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Also acquired with books.

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Christ mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Gift: 2013

Collection Inventory

Series:

I. TRANSLATIONS
box 1

Subseries:

Diamela, Eltit
box 1
Digital barking, typescript in Portuguese , 2002
box 1
Digital barking, typescript in English, undated
box 1
Custody of the eyes (Los vigilantes), published book in Spanish with CD-ROM, Ronald Christ's working copy , 2005
box 1
Custody of the eyes, background materials , 2005
box 1
Custody of the eyes, Spanish text with notes, undated
box 1
Custody of the eyes, draft and queries , 2002

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
Custody of the eyes, draft with notes, undated
box 1
Custody of the eyes, corrections with notes , 2001
box 1
Custody of the eyes, late draft (incomplete) with notes, undated
box 1
Custody of the eyes, final draft , 2002
box 1
Custody of the eyes, draft with queries and revisions, undated
box 1
Custody of the eyes, proof , 2005
box 1
Custody of the eyes, intermediate proofs with notes, undated
box 1
Custody of the eyes, final proof with notes , 2005
box 1
Custody of the eyes, proof with final corrections , 2005

Subseries:

Garavito, Fernando
box 1
Exercises in solitude, typescripts in Spanish and English with notes , 2004
box 1
On writing and exile, typescripts in Spanish and English with notes , 2004
box 1
Correspondence concerning translations , November 2004

Subseries:

Ibargüengoitia, Jorge
box 1
Correspondence between Ronald Christ and colleagues seeking translation advice , August 2005
box 1
Kill the lion, fourth draft with correspondence , July 2005
box 1
Kill the lion, fourth draft with corrections , July 2005
box 1
Kill the lion, final draft with corrections , July 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
Kill the lion, final draft with revisions by Barbara Riley , August 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
Kill the lion, CD-ROM, undated

Subseries:

Kodama, Maria
box 1
The dinosaur, first draft, corrections , January 2006

Series:

II. ADDITIONS
box 2

Subseries:

Translations
box 2
Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, El Zarco correspondence , 2003-2007
box 2
Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, El Zarco photocopy of book in Spanish with notes, undated
box 2
Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, El Zarco draft of an earlier translation with notes, undated
box 2
Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, El Zarco introduction corrections with correspondence , September 2006
box 2
Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, El Zarco drafts with corrections , 2006

Physical Description: (7 folders)

box 2
ArtsCanada, correspondence with photographs , 1980-1982
box 2
Cahill, Christopher correspondence and proofs , 1996
box 2
Eltit, Diamela, correspondence , 1995-2006
box 2
Garavito, Fernando, Las vacas volando intentos y ensayos draft , 2004

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
Garavito, Fernando, correspondence , 2004-2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
Kocbek, Edward, correspondence and draft with corrections , 1998
box 2
Kodama, Maria, The Dinosaur draft with corrections, undated
box 2
Maruane, Lina, Razor Blades Spanish text, drafts, author's comments, corrections , 2006
box 2
Pombo, Alvaro, Contra Natura correspondence , 2007
box 2
Puig, Manuel , 1985

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
Sarduy, Severo, Pajaros de la playa correspondence and publisher agreements , 1997-2003
box 2
Thida, Ma correspondence, corrections , 2005
box 2
Walsh, Rodolfo, That woman , 2006
box 2
West, Paul, The immensity of the here and now review , 2003
box 3
West, Paul, correspondence , 1982-2007

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 3
West, Paul, The shadow factory reviews , 2005
box 3
West, Paul, The shadow factory reviews and correspondence , 2007
box 3
West, Paul, The shadow factory draft with corrections , November 2007
box 3
West, Paul, The shadow factory corrections , November 2007
box 3
West, Paul, The shadow factory draft spiral bound, undated
box 3
West, Paul, Excerpts from publications presented from West to Christ , 1967-1977
box 3
West, Paul, Miscellaneous , 1984-1992
box 3
Research for Spanish translations , 2007

Series:

III. PROFESSIONAL FILES
box 3
Carol Maier's students' translations of Fernando Garavito revisions , May 2005
box 3
Millennial harvest: collected poems of Charles bell revisions , July 2001
box 3
Clippings , 1996-2007
box 3
Victoria Ocampo translated by Karen Phillips revisions, undated
box 3
Reviews by Ronald Christ , 2001-2003
box 3
General correspondence , 1997-2007
box 3
Carol Maier interview with Ronald Christ , 1995

Series:

IV. HELEN LANE
box 3
Translation Review, number 5, "An interview with Helen R. Lane" by Ronald Christ , 1980
box 3
Helen Lane's translation of Ricardo Palma, Peruvian traditions, Spanish copy with notes, undated

Physical Description: (3 folders)

box 3
Reviews of Helen Lane's translation of Augusto Roa Bastos, I the supreme , 1986
box 3
Helen Lane's file containing reviews, CV, and queries on Duele el Pais by Fernando Garavito , 1982
box 3
Helen Lane's French copy of State of Siege, with her notes in text and laid in , 1999
box 3
Excerpts from Helen Lane's translation of Santa Evita , 1996
box 3
Helen Lane's publication contracts and correspondence , 1995-1996
box 3
Helen Lane's obituary, estate papers, correspondence about her death , 2002-2005

Series:

V. CHARLES GREENLEAF BELL
box 3
Galway Kinnell typescript of "The River" with his revisions in ink, undated
box 3
Correspondence concerning Charles Bell , 2005-2007

Series:

Oversize 1
oversize 1
Award for "Professional Achievement" inscribed to Helen R. Lane , 1983