J. G. Cobo Borda Papers

(C0278)

1951-1999, bulk 1981-1996
 

A
Finding Aid
Prepared
by
Claire A. Johnston
 
 

Manuscripts Division
Department of Rare Books & Special Collections
Princeton University Library
1998


Introduction


The J. G. Cobo Borda Papers consists of personal and working papers of Cobo Borda (1948- ), Colombian poet, essayist, journalist, and diplomat, and primarily contain manuscript poems and essays as well as correspondence spanning the period from 1970 to 1999. There are also manuscripts of speeches and interviews, nonfiction works, documents, photographs, a few papers of others, and a small amount of printed material.

Range of Collection Dates: 1951-1999
Range of Collection Bulk Dates: 1981-1996

Size: 12 linear feet (24 archival boxes)

Languages: The primary language of the collection is Spanish. The chief secondary language is English; there is also some correspondence in French and Portuguese.

Provenance: Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda sent some of his papers to be on deposit at the University in the mid-1980s. In 1985, the University began purchasing shipments of his papers at regular intervals.

Restrictions: One folder of personal correspondence, acquired in April, 1996, is closed until Jan. 1, 2002, per J. G. Cobo Borda. Three envelopes are restricted until 2005 and 2010. See the "Restrictions Notebook."

Photocopying, literary rights, and citation: Single copies may be made for research purposes (for exceptions, see above under Restrictions). Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. All existing copyright remains in force; no literary rights have been assigned to the Princeton University Library. Citations should be as follows: J. G. Cobo Borda Papers, Series #, Box #. Used by permission of the Princeton University Library.

Biographical Sketch


Juan Gustavo (J. G.) Cobo Borda was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1948. His primary, secondary, and university education was obtained in Bogotá. He studied at two universities there: Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional from 1966 to 1970. He was a manager of the Librería Buchholz (a bookstore) in Bogotá from 1970 to 1975. Cobo Borda has been a published poet since the early 1970s (Consejos para sobrevivir, 1974) and since the mid-1970s, he has pursued a career in government service while writing poetry and essays, and directing two magazines, Eco and Gaceta, in the period, 1973-1984. He also founded and directed the magazine Revista Cancilleria de San Carlos (No. 1-No. 14) from 1990 to 1992.

Cobo Borda began his career in government by serving as assistant to the director of the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura (Bogotá) from 1975 to 1978. He was appointed subdirector of the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) from 1978 to 1982. In 1983, he was named "Agregado Cultural" (cultural attaché) for the Embassy of Colombia in Argentina. He worked and resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1983 to 1989. In 1990, he returned to Bogotá to work as subdirector of Cultural Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Colombia, and in 1992, he was named cultural attaché for the Embassy of Colombia in Madrid, Spain. He served in Spain from 1992 to 1994. In 1994, he was appointed "Asesor Cultural" (cultural advisor) by the incoming president of Colombia, Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994- ).

J. G. Cobo Borda was elected to permanent membership in the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua in 1993. In addition to having written many books of poetry and essays, he has written extensively for newspapers and literary magazines published in Latin America and Spain. He also founded and directed the magazine Gaceta from 1975 to 1982, published by the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura in Bogotá, Colombia. He also served as director of the magazine Eco, published by the Librería Buchholz in Bogotá, from 1973 to 1984. The author currently lives in Bogotá and is married to an Argentinian, Griselda Díaz. He has two daughters, Natalia (from an earlier marriage) and Paloma, born in 1993.

Major Published Books (by date of publication, in chronological order)

Poetry
-Consejos para sobrevivir (Bogotá: Ediciones La Soga al Cuello, 1974)
-Todos los poetas son santos (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1977), also Todos los poetas son santos e irán al cielo (Buenos Aires: El Imaginero, 1983)
-Salón de té, 1969-1979 (Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, 1979)
-Casa de citas (Caracas: Ediciones la Draga y el Dragón, 1981)
-Ofrenda en el altar del bolero (Caracas: Monte Avila, 1981)
-Roncando al sol como una foca en las Galápagos (México: Premia, 1982)
-Almanaque de versos (Bogotá: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1988)
-Tierra de fuego (Bogotá: Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek, 1988)
-Dibujos hechos al azar de lugares que cruzaron mis ojos (Caracas: Monte Avila, 1991)
-Poemas orientales y bogotanos (México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1991)
-El animal que duerme en cada uno y otras poemas (Bogotá: El Áncora, 1995)
-Furioso amor (Bogotá: El Áncora, 1997)
-No sabes con cuanto gusto te disfrutó, impúdica (México: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1997)

Nonfiction
-La alegría de leer (Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, 1976)
-La tradición de la pobreza (Bogotá: Carlos Valencia, 1980)
-La otra literatura latinoamericana (Bogotá: Procultura-El Ancora, 1982)
-Obregón (Bogotá: Editorial La Rosa, 1985)
-Letras de esta América (Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1986)
-Visiones de América Latina (Bogotá: Tercer Mundo Editores, 1987)
-Poesía colombiana, 1880-1980 (Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, 1987)
-José Asunción Silva, bogotano universal (Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 1988)
-La narrativa colombiana después de Gabriel García Márquez y otros ensayos (Bogotá: Tercer Mundo Editores, 1989)
-Cultura y violencia a través de la obra de García Márquez (Madrid: Embajada de Colombia en España, 1994)
-La mirada cómplice: 8 artistas colombianos (Calí: Universidad del Valle, 1995)
-Historia portatil de la poesía colombiana (1880-1995) (Bogotá: Tercer Mundo, 1995)
-Desocupado lector (Colombia: Temas de Hoy, 1996)
-Para llegar a García Márquez (Bogotá: Temas de Hoy, 1997)
-Colombia, Venezuela: historia intelectual (Colombia: Presidencia de la Repblica, 1997)

Anthologies (Selection, prologue and notes by J. G. Cobo Borda, unless otherwise noted.)
-Album de la nueva poesía colombiana, 1970-1980 (Caracas: FUNDARTE, 1980)
-Album de poesía colombiana (Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, 1980)
-Antología de la poesía hispanoamericana (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1985)
-El Aleph borgiano (Bogotá: Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, 1987)
-Arciniegas de cuerpo entero (Bogotá: Planeta, 1987)
-Fabulas y leyendas de El Dorado, prologue by Arturo Uslar Pietri (Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 1987)
-Palabras de mujer. Poetas latinoamericanas (Bogotá: Siglo XXI Editores de Colombia, 1991)
-"Para que mis amigos me quieran más" [homage to Gabriel García Márquez] (Bogotá: Siglo de Hombre Editores, 1992)
-El mundo cambió en América [anthology of Germán Arciniegas' writings] (Bogotá: Intermedio, 1993)
-Colombianos y argentinos: historias y encuentros (Bogotá: Asociación Argentina de Colombia, 1994)
-Leyendo a Silva [three volume anthology of José Asunción Silva's writings] (Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo, 1994-1997)

Collection Description

Scope Note

Consists of personal and working papers of Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat: notebooks, manuscripts of poems, nonfiction writings, speeches and interviews, correspondence, documents, photographs, papers of others, and printed material.

The collection primarily contains manuscript poems, nonfiction, and speeches and interviews, dating from the 1970s to 1999, and correspondence from 1969 through 1999. The strengths of the collection are the autograph and typescript manuscript poems which document the author's creative process in writing poetry, numerous nonfiction manuscripts on primarily Colombian literature and art, and correspondence with other Latin American authors.

Cobo Borda's poetry in manuscript form includes poems which are included in the anthologies Todos los poetas son santos, published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in 1977, and El animal que duerme en cada uno y otros poemas, published by El Áncora Editores in 1995. The poems in the collection which are labeled "Poeta en Tokio" probably appear in published form in Poemas orientales y bogotanos (1991). There are also manuscript poems for two books, Furioso amor and Amor absoluto, tentatively scheduled for publication in 1997. Of his nonfiction books, there are manuscripts for Obregón (on Colombian painter Alejandro Obregón), Fabulas y leyendas de El Dorado, Cultura y violencia a través de la obra de García Márquez, and Desocupado lector.

In his role as director of the cultural magazine Eco from 1973-1984, Cobo Borda corresponded with many Latin American writers and cultural figures. Representative authors in the Correspondence series are Octavio Paz, Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Germán Arciniegas, literary critics Angel Rama, Rafael Gutiérrez Girardot and Martha Canfield, Argentinian novelists Manuel Puig and Angélica Gorodischer and poet Enrique Molina, Colombian novelists Darío Ruiz Gómez and Darío Jaramillo Agudelo, and poets and essayists José Emilio Pacheco, José Kozer, Juan Liscano, Elkin Restrepo, Alvaro Mutis, Guillermo Sucre, and José Luis Díaz Granados. The collection also includes a large amount of correspondence with publishers, editors, and literary agents. Publishing firms represented in the correspondence include Editorial Seix Barral, Fondo de Cultura Económica, and El Áncora and Monte Avila Editores. There is substantial correspondence with publishers or editors Pere Gimferrer, Jaime García Terrés, Vicente Gerbasi, Eugenio Montejo, and others.

The collection also includes curriculum vitae of J. G. Cobo Borda; photographs of Cobo Borda and others covering the period 1985-1996; a few papers of others, most notably, seven nonfiction articles by José Bianco, dated 1973-1984; and printed material, including published poems of Cobo Borda and several articles about the author.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged in the following series: I. Notebooks; II. Writings--A. Poems, B. Nonfiction, C. Speeches and Interviews; III. Correspondence--A. General, A-Z (1969-1997), B. Correspondence of Others, A-Z (1951-1981); IV. Documents; V. Photographs; VI. Papers of Others; and VII. Printed Material--A. By J. G. Cobo Borda, B. About J. G. Cobo Borda, C. Miscellaneous; VIII. Additional Papers (acquired since May 1997, unprocessed). Each series begins with its own "Box 1".

Added Entries

The following added entries have been assigned to this collection to highlight significant sources (other than the main entry), subjects, and forms of the collection's materials. Where possible, Library of Congress Subject Headings have been used, and the forms of names reflect international cataloging standards. As a result, all of these entries may be searched in the Department's database (MASC), in the Library's online catalog, and the public card catalog to find other related material.

    Subject Headings (in uppercase) / Form Headings (in upper and lower case):

    Almanaque de versos / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Animal que duerme en cada uno y otras poemas / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Audiocassettes
    Casas presidenciales de Colombia / J. G. Cobo Borda
    COLOMBIA-FOREIGN RELATIONS-GREECE-20TH CENTURY
    Colombia, Venezuela: historia intelectual / J. G. Cobo Borda (ed.)
    COLOMBIAN LITERATURE--20TH CENTURY
    Colombian essays--20th century
    Colombian poetry--20th century
    Colombianos y argentinos: historias y encuentros / J. G. Cobo Borda (ed.)
    COLOMBIANS IN ARGENTINA--20TH CENTURY
    Critics--Colombia--20th century--Articles
    Critics--Colombia--20th century--Correspondence
    Cultura y violencia a través de la obra de García Márquez / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Desocupado lector / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Dibujos hechos al azar de lugares que cruzaron mis ojos / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Diplomats--Colombia--20th century--Manuscripts
    Fabulas y leyendas de El Dorado / J. G. Cobo Borda (ed.)
    GREECE-FOREIGN RELATIONS-COLOMBIA-20TH CENTURY
    INTELLECTUAL LIFE-COLOMBIA-HISTORY
    INTELLECTUAL LIFE-COLOMBIA-HISTORY
    José Asunción Silva, bogotano universal / J. G. Cobo Borda
    LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE--20TH CENTURY
    Leyendo a Silva / J. G. Cobo Borda (ed.)
    Mirada cómplice: 8 artistas colombianos / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Mundo cambió en América / J. G. Cobo Borda (ed.)
    Obregón / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Poemas orientales y bogotanos / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Poesía colombiana, 1880-1980 / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Poets, Colombian--20th century--Correspondence
    Poets, Colombian--20th century--Poems
    PRESIDENTS-DWELLINGS-COLOMBIA
    Roncando al sol como una foca en las Galápagos / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Tierra de Fuego / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Todos los poetas son santos / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Todos los poetas son santos e irán al cielo / J. G. Cobo Borda
    Video recordings

Series Descriptions

 
I. Notebooks(1987-1996) Box 1
This series contains notebooks written by the author, covering the period, 1987-1996. Arranged chronologically, the notebooks primarily contain manuscript poems, but also have drafts of prose essays, lists of books read, and names and addresses. There are also two notebooks filed in Writings (II.A.). They are located there because the notebooks contain poems appearing to be in final manuscript form.
II. Writings (1970s-1997) Boxes 1-4
This series consists of Cobo Borda's manuscripts of poetry, nonfiction articles, essays, book reviews, speeches and interviews. There are three sub-series, A. Poetry, B. Nonfiction, and C. Speeches and Interviews, which are arranged chronologically with the exception of the Nonfiction sub-series which is organized in two sections: 1. Books, arranged chronologically by publication date, and 2. Articles and Book Reviews, arranged alphabetically by title of article or a description, if untitled. Speeches and interviews are divided into two sections: speeches and interviews by Cobo Borda, and speeches written by Cobo Borda for other people, mostly political officials, including two presidents of Colombia. 
A. Poetry The Poetry sub-series includes manuscript poems which have been published in Cobo Borda's books Todos los poetas son santos, Almanaque de versos, Roncando al sol como una foca en las Galápagos, Tierra de Fuego, Poemas orientales y bogotanos, and El animal que duerme en cada uno y otros poemas. There are many manuscript poems for the period 1980-1996, and a few poems dated January, 1997. The notation "Poeta en Tokio" next to the titles of some poems refers to a tentative title for an anthology. "Poeta en Tokio" may have been a preliminary title for the anthology published as Poemas orientales y bogotanos. The Poetry sub-series includes manuscripts of two books of poems scheduled for publication in 1997: Furioso amor and Amor absoluto. 
B. Nonfiction The Nonfiction sub-series includes several book-length manuscripts and prologues written by Cobo Borda to books by or about Gabriel García Márquez, Germán Arciniegas, José Asunción Silva, and Alejandro Obregón, among others. There are manuscripts or page proofs for the following nonfiction books by Cobo Borda: Obregón, Fabulas y leyendas de El Dorado, Colombianos y argentinos: historias y encuentros, Cultura y violencia a través de la obra de García Márquez, and Desocupado lector.
III. Correspondence (1951-1997) Boxes 1-8
This series consists of business and personal correspondence received by Cobo Borda from Latin American writers, publishers, university professors, political and cultural officials, and others. There are two sub-series, arranged alphabetically: Sub-series A. 1969-1997 [general correspondence], and Sub-series B., comprised of a small amount of correspondence of others from literary figures such as Baldomero Sanín Cano and Germán Arciniegas. Correspondence in sub-series A. spans 1969 to January 1997 and documents Cobo Borda's activities as a poet and essayist, editor of Eco, and cultural attaché of Colombia in Buenos Aires and Madrid. Sub-series B. spans 1951 to 1981, though there are also several undated letters.
IV. Documents (1980s-1995) Box 1
This is a small series, consisting of several curriculum vitae of Cobo Borda, a certificate of his membership in the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua, and a contract drawn up by Banco de la República (Bogotá), dated 1995, for poems by Cobo Borda to be published on the covers of Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico.
V. Photographs (n.d.-1996?) Box 1
Consists of photographs of Cobo Borda in his role as poet or cultural attaché of Colombia in cities such as Los Angeles, CA, Medellín, Colombia, Berlin, Germany, and Madrid, Spain. There is one photo of Cobo Borda with Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, dated ca. 1985, one photo of Mexican short story writer Juan José Arreola, and several undated photos, among others.
VI. Papers of Others (1973-1995) Box 1
Consists of seven manuscripts by Argentinian critic José Bianco, a short story by Juan Carlos Botero, a photocopy of an article by Germán Arciniegas on Cobo Borda with corrections by Cobo Borda, photocopies of conference papers delivered at an international conference on Gabriel García Márquez at the Universidad de Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain) in November, 1992, and a speech by Ambassador of Argentina in Colombia Héctor Sainz Ballesteros, delivered on the occasion of Cobo Borda receiving an award. The manuscripts by Bianco include original typed versions of essays "Ficción y realidad," (1973), "Idealismo y ordén (n.d.), and "Victoria Ocampo" (1981).
VII. Printed Material (1980s-1996) Box 1
This series is divided into three sub-series: A. [printed material] by Cobo Borda, B. About Cobo Borda, and C. Miscellaneous. The printed matter includes poems by Cobo Borda which are published in the literary magazine Caribán (1985), articles and press releases about Cobo Borda, and miscellaneous printed matter from the 1980s and 1990s.
VIII. Additional Papers (ca. 1993-1999) Boxes 1-7
These papers are unprocessed additions acquired since May 1997. Included are correspondence, manuscripts of poetry, articles, speeches, etc., galley proofs of nonfiction works, notebooks, contracts, photographs, and audio and visual tapes.

Box/Folder Listing

 
I. Notebooks
1 1 "Tierra de Fuego," poems, dated by author, 1987.
2 Japanese notebook wth poem, or notebook title "Sombra de arbol." Dated "Kyoto 28 de Abril 1990." Accompanying poems: untitled, 6 pp., dated "Los Angeles 24.Abril.1990" and untitled, 1 p., n.d.
3 Japanese notebook titled "Poesía del viento," dated "Kyoto 28 de Abril 1990."
4 Notebook with cover art by Jacobo Borges, titled by author "Poemas," dated "Madrid, 1992." 
5 Notebook on Japanese paper, containing poems, n.d. Sent to Princeton, 1996.
6 Notebook (bound calendar) containing poems, business cards, and telephone numbers. With author's note "Poemas incluidos luego en El animal que duerme en cada uno, El Áncora Editores, 1995." One poem is dated Jan. 1991, calendar is dated 1990.
7 Notebook on Japanese paper, titled "Poemas, 1995." Also contains bibliography "Libros 1996."
8 Notebook with cover art by Miró. Contains poems and prose, with miscellaneous dates, 1993-1995.
II. Writings
A. Poetry
1 1 "Sere fiel," poem written on notarized paper, with date 9/10/79.
2 "Al recuerdo de un escritor (como todos) prescindible"
3 "Borges"
4 "Cavafis"
5 "La consciente aceptacíon de la culpa en la necesaria muerte"
6 "Darío"
7 "Decir sin decir mucho"
8 "Elogio de la primavera"
9 "F.G.L." [on F. García Lorca]
10 "Feliz epitafio"
11 "Leyendo a Enrique Molina"
12 "Recobrando el paraíso"
13 "Talisman"
14 "Tierra del Fuego"
15 "Tomando partido," "Querido Gerbasi"
16 untitled drafts
Tierra de Fuego (1988)
17 Poems collected under the title "Tierra de Fuego," including the poem "Tierra del Fuego"
Todos los poetas son santos (Mexico, 1987)
18 Drafts of 38 poems, with author's note "Original: Todos los poetas son santos, Mexico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1987," TMsS with holograph corrections, 45 pp.
Todos los poetas son santos. See also El animal que duerme en cada uno y otros poemas (below)
El animal que duerme en cada uno (1995)
19 Page proofs with holograph corrections by author for El animal que duerme en cada uno, volume containing new poems and poems previously published in Todos los poetas son santos and Dibujos hechos al azar de lugares que cruzaron mis ojos (Bogotá: El Áncora, 1995)
20 "Antonio y Cleopatra"
21 "Brueghel" [Poeta en Tokio]
22 "Caracol Marino Azteca"
23 "Carta"
24 "Cena con amigos" [Poeta en Tokio]
25 "Contrapunto" [Poeta en Tokio]
26 "Los 4 elementos" [Poeta en Tokio]
27 "Deberes del poeta" [Poeta en Tokio]
28 "Desplegando un kakemono"
29 "Dibujos hechos al azar de lugares que cruzaron mis ojos"
30 "Disputa"
31 "Eclipse"
32 "En el corredor de los ruiseñores"
33 "En tu nombre y por tu causa" [Poeta en Tokio]
34 "Encuesta" [Poeta en Tokio]
35 "Esperanza" [Poeta en Tokio]. See also folder 
36 "La Esperanza"
37 "Exilio" [Poeta en Tokio]
38 "5 A.M." [Poeta en Tokio]
39 "Fuga"
40 "Hai-Ku" [Poeta en Tokio]
41 "Himno" 
42 "El Impio" [Poeta en Tokio]
43 "Irredimible"
44 "Los que sueñan salvaran esta patria" and "Esperanza" [Poeta en Tokio]
45 "Oda" [Poeta en Tokio]
46 "Para borrar la realidad" [Poeta en Tokio]
47 "Para responder los que dijo tu amiga" [Poeta en Tokio]
48 "Pasado a limpio"
49 "Plumas por el piso"
50 "Relampago," See also "Hai-Ku" above. [Poeta en Tokio]
51 "Los sentidos en mi habitación en el largo verano de 1985"
52 "Shinto" [Poeta en Tokio]
53 "Sosteniendo el mundo" [Poeta en Tokio]
54 "Tokio: Abril 26 de 1990"
55 "Zoo" [Poeta en Tokio, 1990]
56 Two poems, untitled, dated 1988.
2 1 Untitled I and II
2 Poems: untitled [Poeta en Tokio]
3 Notebook containing fourteen manuscript poems and a prayer titled "14 Poemas y una Salve, dated 1992. Poems are: "Poder," "Altamira," "Monologo del Comerciante Johan Phillip Möller," "El otro descubrimiento," "Nunca me han escrito un poema," "San Sebastian de la Gomera," "Conjuro," "Del Chaman a la Bruja," "Hispanoamerica: vieja historia," "Santa Fe de Bogotá," "Diptíco," "Tópicos"
4 Eighteen poems, numbered by Cobo Borda, including drafts of poems which are also in the "14 Poemas y una Salve" notebook, and poems which have drafts in other folders (see below). Dated 1986-1992.
5 "Altamira"
6 "Buena bruja estoy hecha"
7 "Cambio de rumbo"
8 "Carta a una desconocida"
9 "Cena con amigos"
10 "Como y vivo"
11 "Conjuro"
12 "Del Chaman a la Bruja"
13 "El día de la entrega," draft dated June 19, 1991
14 "Emigrantes"
15 "Ficción real"
16 "Fuga"
17 "La gente"
18 "J.A.S." [José Asunción Silva] and "Silva," drafts
19 "Ménage à trois"
20 "Monologo del Comerciante Johan Phillip Möller"
21 "Nunca me han escrito un poema"
22 "El otro descubrimiento"
23 "Poder"
24 "Poemas descartados" [discarded poems]
25 "San Sebastian de la Gomera"
26 "Sosteniendo el mundo"
27 "Triangulo"
28 "Triptico con donante," drafts, n.d., [1993?]
29 "Vinieron de Asturias"
30 Untitled, ca. 1992. See also poem "Conyugal" in file titled "Eighteen poems."
31 "Ceremonia profana," dated 1995
32 "Fiebre," dated 1995
33 "Orden de amor," dated July 1995
34 Untitled, dated 1995
35 "7 poemas, 1995" contains "Desconocidos, "Rapto," "Ceremonia profana," "Orden de amor," "Fiebre," "Apocalipsis," and "Crisis."
36 Manuscript poems and page proofs for "El pedregoso camino de Salamanca," collection of poems by Cobo Borda published in Golpe de Dados: Revista de Poesía (Bogotá, Sept.-Oct. 1994).
37 Manuscript poems in green notebook (with embossed elephant on cover), with accompanying typescript drafts (approx. 10-12 poems). Notebook can be dated January 1997.
38 "Caspar David Friedrich," "Remedios varo," and "Hacer el amor" (on back of typed pages of first two poems)
39 "Decalogo" and "A una pintora" (text for catalog on artist Teresa Cuellar), ca. 1996; untitled poems, drafts, 4 pp., ca. 1996
40 "Dos canciones para cantar Martha Senn," two drafts, 1996; "Mamas ejecutivas," lyrics for songs to be interpreted by Senn, 1996?
41 "Homenaje a Tiziano," group of 11 poems titled and signed by Cobo Borda, July 1996
42 Untitled, [1996?]
43 Untitled, dedicated "A Paloma," two drafts dated "Enero 97"
44 Untitled, 1 p., dated [Jan. 1997]
Furioso amor
45 Two manuscripts for poems to be published by El Ancora in 1997, under the title "Furioso amor," both originally titled "Orden de amor." One is dated Nov. 1996, and the other is dated Dec. 1996. One manuscript has corrections and suggestions by Darío Jaramillo Agudelo, and the other by Felipe Escobar.
46 Approximately 20 manuscript poems, many of which are found also in the manuscripts of Furioso amor (folder #45) and "Amor absoluto" (see below), two poetry collections which are scheduled for publication in 1998.
47 Page proofs, with corrections, dated Feb. 1997
Amor absoluto
3 1 "Amor absoluto" or "Orden de amor" approximately 20 poems collected by the author to be published by La Pequeña Venecia in Caracas, Venezuela, 1998.
B. Nonfiction
1. Books
Obregón (1985)
2 TMs with holograph corrections, pp. numbered 1-98, with front matter, pp. I, II, and VI, 1985. Also background material (printed articles and manuscripts), including "Retrato literario de Alejandro Obregón" by Cobo Borda.
Fabulas y leyendas de El Dorado (1987)
3 Introduction, and miscellaneous pages, TMs with holograph corrections, n.d.
4 Chapter 1 (in published book), Cristóbal Colón, TMs
5 Chapter 3 (in published book), "Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo," TMs
6  Chapter 4 (in published book), "Pedro Cieza de León," TMs
7 Chapter 5 (in published book) "Francisco López de Gómara," TMs
8 Chapter 6 (in published book), "Juan de Castellanos," TMs
9 Chapter 7 (in published book), "Sir Walter Raleigh," Tms
10 Chapter 8 (in published book), "Fray Pedro Simon," TMs
11 Chapter 9 (in published book), "Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita," TMs
12 Chapter 13 (in published book), "Voltaire," TMs
Colombianos y argentinos: historias y encuentros (1994) 
13 Page proofs, pp. numbered 1-165.
14 Page proofs, pp. numbered 180-220 and ff.
Cultura y violencia a través de la obra de García Márquez (1994)
15 Two TMss, 1 with holograph corrections, pp. numbered 9-65 and 9-181, respectively
La mirada cómplice: 8 artistas colombianos (1995)
16 Printed articles on five artists, marked "corregido." Possibly served as publication matter for La mirada cómplice.
Desocupado lector (1996)
4 1 Drafts of chapters, five TMss, 2 with holograph corrections; 2 tables of contents
2. Articles and Book Reviews
2 "Alfonsín," photocopy, TMs with holograph additions, n.d.
3 "Alfredo Veiravé: poeta argentino de provincia," [1984-1985?]
4 "Angel Rama visto por un colombiano," TMs, [1984-1985?]
5 "Arciniegas, o la bondad salvaje," prologue, with author's note "al libro El mundo cambió en América, Bogotá, Círculo de Lectores, 1993" [an edition of Germán Arcinegas' writings edited by Cobo Borda, actually published by Intermedio, Bogotá, 1993].
6 Autobiographical essay by Cobo Borda (summary of his work) for Carlos Trógolo, Asociación Argentina de Colombia, with author's note "Para incluir en Panorama Cultural..."
7 Book review on Antología de la poesía cubana by Mihály Dés, 1993
8 Book review, untitled, [1985?]
9 Borges, de la ciudad al mito: book review by Cobo Borda of book by Manuel Hernández B., [1990-1991?]
10 Borges, J. L. Untitled article, drafts, 1985
11 "Carta de Bogotá: Hernando Valencia Goelkel, crítico literario, article, [1995?]
12 "Cien años de soledad: Un cuarto de siglo creación y crítica," page proofs, 1992
13 "Cine y libros" and "Diario de un poema," articles
14 "Colombia: una cultura viva," paper published in book Crear es vivir, page proofs with corrections, 1994?
15 Colombian poetry, Article on the history of. With author's note, "for Equivalencias, Madrid." mid-1980s?
16 "La cultura colombiana: breve aproximación," paper presented by Cobo Borda for Colcultura y Procultura, Bogotá, Dec. 1984.
17 "Daniel Samper Pizano," prologue for a book, drafts
18 "Don Quixote de España a América," article
19 "Elisa Mujica, Bogotá de las nubes," book review
20 "Elogio de la locura," paper presented while serving as cultural attaché, Colombian embassy, Buenos Aires, 1988
21 "Francisco Madariaga, `Criollo del Universo,'" article, [1985?]
22 "Gastón Baquero, poeta cubano," article, page proofs, 1993?
23 "Gómez Davila: Un pensador solitario," book review, [1992?]
24 "Hernán Díaz y Bogotá," drafts
25 "El humor: Juan José Arreola, o la risa lúcida," conference paper delivered at Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, [1996?].
26 "Imágenes hacía Obregón," or "Para llegar a Obregón," article, drafts, mid-1980s
27 "Jaime Manrique: Oro colombiano," article, 1985
28 "Jardín de palabras," prologue by Cobo Borda to book edited by Benjamim Villegas, Jardínes de Colombia, 1995
29 "José Bianco," article, drafts
30 "La juventud de José Celestino Mutis en España," TMs with holograph corrections, 1990s
31 "The Kiss of God," article on St. Teresa of Ávila, in English. For art book on artist David Mazur
32 "Leyendo a Silva," draft of a prologue written for an edition of Silva's writings, Leyendo a Silva, published by Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Bogotá, 1994.
33 "Literatura y pensamiento: 1930-1946," drafts
34 "Lydia Azout: una artista colmbiana y la madera,"
35 "Marta Traba, crítica de arte," [1996?]
36 "Marvel Moreno," article on Colombian novelist, b. 1939. Dated 1994.
37 "La mirada de los otros: la visión norteamericana de los 40's colombianos," drafts
38 "La naturaleza: refugio y pasión," article on María de la Paz Jaramillo, 1995
39 "Para llegar a García Márquez," prologue to book which will be published by Planeta Colombia Editorial, Temas de Hoy, in 1997. Two drafts, both dated by author, Jan. 27, 1997.
40 "Releyendo a León de Grieff," article, published in El Tiempo, Bogotá, 1995
41 Review of José Olivio Jiménez's Antología crítica de la poesía modernista hispanoamericana, 1985. 
42 "Vanguardia y retaguardia," seminar paper delivered at an international seminar "Vanguardia y Modernidad, [1992], Santiago, Chile
43 Article (untitled) on José Asunción Silva, [1996?]
44 Fragment of article on José Asunción Silva, 1 p., [1985?]
45 Fragment of article on Colombian novelists, 3 pp., [1986?]
46 Fragments of articles, unidentified, misc. dates
C. Speeches and Interviews
1. Written and delivered by Cobo Borda
5 1 Untitled speech on Latin American culture, probably written while serving as cultural attaché of Colombia in Buenos Aires, Argentina, [1983?].
2 Speech written for "Recepción Dr. Raúl Alfonsín [president of Argentina]" draft, [1985?].
3 Speech by Cobo Borda on the occasion of inauguring the "XV Reunión Ordinaria Consejo del CERLALC," [1990]?.
4 Speech, delivered by Cobo Borda?. Addressed to "Señora Doña Noemi Sanín de Rubio, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores, [1992?].
5 Speech, untitled, on occasion of art exhibition by Susana Llorente, probably held in Bogota, [1994?]
6 "La poesía en la obra de Gabriel García Márquez," speech upon entrance into membership of "La Academia Colombiana," Feb. 1996
7 Speech by Cobo Borda on occasion of receiving the Order General San Martin, given by the government of Argentina, 1996. Envelope attached has an autograph poem by Cobo Borda.
8 Two manuscripts by Cobo Borda of his responses to interviews, one titled "Encuesta Revista Poesía. Valencia, Venezuela," and the other, untitled. Mid-1980s?
2. Written by Cobo Borda for others
9 Speech written for Virgilio Barco Vargas (president of Colombia, 1986-1990), upon signing of the declaration "San Pedro Alejandrino," March 6, 1990, Santa Marta, Colombia, draft and final version (faxed to Cobo Borda from President Barco's office).
10 Three speeches written for María Emma Mejía Vélez, Ambassador of Colombia in Spain, [1992-1994?]
11 Two speeches written for Ernesto Samper Pizano (president of Colombia, 1994- ), 5 pp. and 4 pp. One speech is probably dated 1994, the other, n.d.
12 Speech written for Doña Jacquin de Samper on the occasion of a "Foro Cultural" held in Baranquilla, Colombia, ca. 1994
13 Speech written for Ernesto Samper Pizano (president of Colombia, 1994- ) on the occasion of the celebration of the life and work of José Asunción Silva, Bogotá, July 27, 1996.
III. Correspondence
A. General (1969-1997)
1 1 A (General)
Abad F., Héctor. See under Revista Universidad de Antioquia.
2 Aguirre, Raúl Gustavo
3 Ahern, Maureen
4 Ainsa, Fernando
5 Aleixandre, Vicente
Aleph (magazine). See under Ruiz, Carlos E.
6 Alfonsín, Guillermo
7 Alstrum, James J.
8 Altuna, Elena
9 Alvarado Tenorio, Harold
10 Alvarenga, Martín
11 Anadon, Esteban Gabriel
12 El Áncora Editores (Bogotá)
13 Anderson Imbert, Enrique
14 Angel, Alba Lucía
15 Angulo, Guillermo
16 Anthropos (Gabarrós, Rene)
17 Araújo, Helena
18 Archipiélago. Revista Cultural de Nuestra América (Mexico, D.F.)
19 Arciniegas, Germán
20 Arenas, Braulio
21 Arenas, Reinaldo
22 Arévalo P., Milicíades. See also under Fería Internacional del Libro.
23 Arizmendi Rodríguez, Roberto
24 Armand, Octavio
25 Arraiz Lucca, Rafael
26 Arte en Colombia (Birbragher, Celia S. de)
27 Asociación Argentina de Colombia (Trógolo, Carlos)
28 Asociación Prometeo de Poesía (Madrid)
Association Archives de la litterature latino-américaine, des Caraïbes et africaine du XXe siècle. See under Segala, Amos.
29 B (General)
30 Baciu, Stefan
30A Blum de Barbieri, Claudia
Barral Editores. See under Tola, Fernando.
31 Barvo, Carmen
32 Bastos, María Luisa
33 Bayley, Edgar
34 Bayón, Damián 
35 Belli, Carlos Germán
36 Bellini, Giuseppe
Berliner Feltspiele. See under Sievernich, Gereon.
37 Betancur, Belisario. President of Colombia, 1982-1986)
38 Bianco, José
39 Biblioteca Ayacucho (Caracas)
40 Blesa, Túa
41 Bolaños, José Alberto
42 Botelho, Maura
43 Botero, Juan Carlos
44 Boullosa, Carmen
45 Brotherston, Gordon
46 Brynda, Jií
47 Buchholz, Karl
48 Bustamante, Cecilia
49 C (General)
2 1 Cabel, Jesús
2 Cabrera Infante, Guillermo
El Cafe Literario. See under Madrid Malo, Néstor.
3 Caldas, Tito Livio. See also under Ciencia Política.
4 Calderón, Camilo
5 California State University, Fullerton. "La Terra Nova 1990: New World Poets, New World Visions" conference, 9/12-14/1990
6 Calviño, Mary/Elisa Molina
7 Calzadilla, Juan
8 Camacho Guizado, Eduardo 
9 Campos, Julieta
10 Canfield, Martha
11 Cano Gaviria, Ricardo (includes 1 photograph)
12 Cantú, Roberto
13 Carlos Valencia Editores
14 Caro, Gabriel Jaime
15 Carou, Lilian
16  Carranza, María Mercedes
17 Cartón de Colombia
18 Casa de América (Madrid)
19 Castagnino, Raúl H.
Castañón, Adolfo. See under Fondo de Cultura Económica.
20 Castiglioni, Roberto/Feria Internacional de Buenos Aires, El Libro, April, 1985
21 Castro, Alicia
22 Castro-Klarén, Sara. See also under Library of Congress.
23 Center for Inter-American Relations (Rosario Santos et al.)
24 Charry Lara, Fernando
25 Chiampi, Irelamar
26 Chibán, Alicia 
27 Chirinos, Eduardo
28 Ciencia Política (Caldas, Tito Livio). See also under Calvas, Tito Livio.
29 Cócaro, Nicolás
Colcultura. See under Instituto Colombiano de Cultura and Zea, Gloria and Zuluaga Osorio, Conrado.
30 Collazos, Oscar
31 Colombia. Ministry of Foreign Relations
32 Colombia. Ministry of National Education
Colombia. Presidency. See under Betancur, Belisario.
33 Colombres, Adolfo
34 Conferences, Congresses, Coloquia, etc.
35 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (1985: 45th, Bogotá)
Congreso "Silva y su epoca," Bogotá, March 27, 1996
36 Consalvi, Simón Alberto
37 Corral, Wilfrido H.
38 Cortázar, Julio
39 Cortés, Carlos
40 Cote, Ramón
41 Couffon, Claude
42 Coyne, André
43 Cremonte, Jorge Omar
44 Cruz Vélez, Danilo
45 Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos (Félix Grande et al.). See also under Matamoro, Blas.
46 Cuadra, Pablo Antonio
47 Cubides, Marta de
48 D (General)
49 Dalton, Roque
50 David, Juan
51  Del Castillo M., Rafael
Dessein, Daniel Alberto. See under La Gaceta.
52 Di Prisco, Rafael
53 Diario 16 (Madrid) 
54 Díaz, José Pedro
55 Díaz Casanueva, Humberto
56 Díaz Granados, José Luis
Discurso Literario. See under Marcos, Juan Manuel.
57 Divinski, Daniel
58 Donato, Ana María
59 Dorfman, Ariel
60 Dorn, Georgette M. See under Library of Congress.
61 Droz, Vanessa
62 E (General)
63 Echavarren, Roberto L.
64 Eco
65 Editorial del Belgrano
Editorial Lumen. See under Peri Rossi, Cristina.
Editorial La Rosa. See under Barvo, Carmen.
3 1 Editorial Oveja Negra
Editorial Santillana. See under Zuluaga, Conrado.
2 Editorial Seix Barral (Gimferrer, Pere)
3 Embassy of Argentina (Bogotá)
4 Embassy of Brazil (Bogotá)
5 Embassy of Chile (Bogotá)
6 Embassy of Colombia. Various cities and locales.
7 Embassy of Israel (Bogotá)
8 Embassy of Mexico (Bogotá)
9 Embassy of Spain. (Buenos Aires & Bogotá)
10 Escobar, Eduardo
Escobar, Felipe. See under El Áncora Editores.
11 Espasa Calpe (Solano, Angeles)
12 F (General)
13 Falquez-Certain, Miguel
14 Favart, Christine
15 Fayad, Luis
15a Ferdinandy, Miguel de
16 Feria Internacional del Libro (Bogotá)
17 Fernández Palacios, Jesús
18 Fernández Retamar, Roberto
19 Ferrari, Américo
20 Ferré, Rosario
21 Festivals (Misc.)
22 Fihman, Ben-Ami
23 Fischer Barnicol, Hans A.
24 Fondo de Cultura Económica (Castañón, Adolfo; Martínez, José Luis). See also García Terrés, Jaime, and Martinez, José Luis.
Fonseca Leal, Mireya. See under Planeta Colombia Editorial.
25 Fonseca Escartín, Jesús
26 Fornaguera de Roda, María
Fundación Biblioteca Ayacucho. See under Biblioteca Ayacucho.
27 Fundación Talleres (Sierra, Luz Eugenia)
28 Fundación Vicente Huidobro
29 G (General)
30 La Gaceta (Tucumán, Argentina; Dessein, Daniel Alberto)
31 Galeano, Eduardo
32 García Aguilar, Eduardo
33 García Marquez, Gabriel
34 García Ponce, Juan
35 García Terrés, Jaime. See also under Fondo de Cultura Económica.
36 Garfield, Evelyn Picon
37 Garmendia, Salvador
38 Garzon López, Alvaro
39 Georgescu, Paul Alexandru
Gerbasi, Vicente. See under Revista Nacional de Cultura.
40 Gilard, Jacques
Gimferrer, Pere. See under Editorial Seix Barral
41 Giraldo, Leonel
42 Girri, Alberto
43 Gómez, María Clara
44 Gómez, Gloria
45 González, Aníbal
46 González León, Adriano
47 Gorecka, Agnieszka
48 Gorodischer, Angélica
Grande, Félix. See under Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos.
49 Graziano, Frank
50 Grupo Poético Femenino "Alborada" (Ecuador)
51 Gutiérrez Girardot, Rafael
52 H (General)
53 Haes, Frans de
54 Hernández, Consuelo
55 Herrera, Ricardo H.
56 Hinestrosa, Fernando
57 Hispanorama (G. Siebenmann)
58 Hora de Poesía (Javier & Rosa Lentini)
59 I (General)
60 Indianapolis Museum of Art
61 Instituto Caro y Cuervo (Bogotá; García Nuñez, Luis F.)
4 1 Instituto Colombiano de Cultura (ColCultura). See also under Zea, Gloria and Zuluaga O., Conrado.
Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. See under Alfredo A. Roggiano.
1A Insula (Alvarez-Ude, C.)
2 Interdisa
Ivask, Ivar. See under World Literature Today.
3 J (General)
J. Mario. See under Jotamario.
Jaramillo, Luciano. See under Martínez de Jaramillo, Gloria.
4 Jaramillo Agudelo, Darío. See also interview under Salazar Figueroa, Patricia.
5 Jaramillo Escobar, Jaime
6 Jaramillo-Zuluaga, Eduardo
7 Jiménez, José Olivio
8 Jitrik, Noé
9 Jonas, Anna
10 Jones, Patricia
11 Jotamario (also known as J. Mario)
12 Juarroz, Roberto
13 K (General)
14 Kappatos, Rigas
Khipu. See under Stefanovics, Tomás.
15 Kirckpatrick, Gwen
16 Klein, Eva
17 Koenigs, Tom
18 Kozer, José
19 L (General)
20 Lagmanovich, David. See also under Universidad de Buenos Aires.
21 Lastra, Pedro
22