An explanation of the Zapata legend : information submitted by Lic. Torres, during a conversation in Cuautla : typescript, undated [1948?].

Record ID: 
317992
Accession number: 
MA 3658.23
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 26.8 cm
Notes: 

Marked "(Translation from Spanish)."
Dating: Steinbeck was collecting research materials and corresponding with Oscar Dancigers and Jewel de Bonilla regarding interviews, oral histories, and translations of research materials during the summer of 1948. See MA 3659.11 and MA 3659.28.
Part of a collection of notes and research materials prepared for John Steinbeck for his work on the screenplay of Viva Zapata! Steinbeck worked on this screenplay from about 1948 to 1950; the film was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1952.

Summary: 

A typed translation of a the legend that Zapata did not die in 1919, as reported by General Arturo Torres.

Provenance: 
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.