Subseries 3. Unfiled Correspondence, 1967-1985, 1998-1999

This subseries contains correspondence left unfiled by Américo Paredes. It includes three small groupings and Paredes's incomplete Letter Record for 1981-1985.

The folder Paredes labeled "Correspondence - General" (1967-1984) contains routine business and professional correspondence, some unfiled family correspondence, and correspondence with friends from Brownsville, O. B. García and Chuck Schwanitz. It is unclear why Paredes did not file the correspondence, much of which may have been conducted from his home, in the above series.

Two folders, "For Filing" and "To File," contain correspondence from 1985, when personal and physical difficulties interfered with Paredes' routines.

Unanswered letters make up the bulk of the Unfiled Correspondence from 1998-1999, when Paredes was too ill to correspond regularly. Paredes had not opened the material that arrived at his campus office. It was received at the Benson Latin American Collection still sealed, and was opened during processing.