73 leaves, 17 numbered plus 56 unnumbered. September 4, 1958 (Belgrano); October 8, 1958 (Belgrano). Some pages numerated by JD: the first set goes from page 1 through 39; the second set from 1 through 18. The author left 88 pages unnumbered. Most of the pages are written on both sides. Notes in red ink are later.

Index Card: 4 Setiembre [sic] 58. 8 Octubre 58. Buenos Aires, viviendo en la pensión de las Viejas inglesas en Belgrano. Entrevista a Borges. Comienzo RELLENO DE PAJA después LAS VIRGENES NECIAS.

Content: Preliminary drafts, notes, comments, ideas and various drafts of chapters 1 and 2 for the prospective novel “Relleno de paja”. Questions for an interview with Jorge Luis Borges. Notes taken probably during the interview.

Works In Progress: “El relleno de paja” (novel): 1-unnumbered pages, “11 Setiembre” (Characters: Ernesto Reyes, Beatriz Echagüe de Reyes, Pablo Serrano, Hijos Reyes Echagüe, Francisco, Adela, Padres de Pablo Serrano, Amigos de Pablo Serrano, Marta Rivas, Pablo Reyes, Pancha, Eduardo Sáenz, Patricio, Marisa, Mario, Pablo Sánchez, Mario Paz, Marta Flores, Alberto); “Los poetas y sus casas”: (probably a draft newspaper article) unnumbered pages, “11 de setiembre”; “El limbo”: unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook, dated “2 de Octubre”.

Work Plans: 1-3; 6, unumbered pages, dated “23 Setiembre”.

Secondary Projects: Thoughts on Fellini, film and novel: unnumbered pages, dated “19 Setiembre”; Topics to address in an article: unnumbered pages, dated “23 Setiembre”; Draft of questions for an interview with Jorge Luis Borges: on unnumbered pages dated “23 Setiembre” and “26 Sept”; Notes probably taken while interviewing Jorge Luis Borges: unnumbered pages, dated “27 Sept”; Notes: unnumbered page, dated “23 Setiembre”; Observations on the celebration of Spring in Buenos Aires: unnumbered page, dated “23 Setiembre”; Ideas for a short story: unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook, dated “8 de Octubre”

Miscellaneous: Phone number: unnumbered page; Week plans for meeting with people: unnumbered page, dated “11 de Setiembre”; Comments on the impossibility of writing and some films recently viewed, dated “19 Setiembre”; List of people and objects: unnumbered page, dated“23 Setiembre” References: “The Hollow Man” (poem by T.S. Eliot, 1925) 14; Albert Camus (1913-1960) 35; On unnumbered Pages: Federico García Lorca (1898-1936); Rafael Alberti (1902-1999); Carmen Silva (1929); Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948); Mío Cid Campeador, (novel by Vicente Huidobro, 1929); Federico Fellini (1920-1993) “19 Setiembre”; Las noches de Cabiria (film by Federico Fellini, 1957) “19 Setiembre”; Giulietta Masina (1921-1994) “19 Setiembre”; La strada (film by Fellini, 1954) “19 Setiembre”; Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (1916-1983) “19 Setiembre; Paul Klee (1879-1940) “19 de Setiembre”; “23 Setiembre”; Rita Streich (1920-1987) “23 Setiembre”; En attendant Godot (play by Samuel Beckett ) “23 Setiembre”; El Pan de la locura (play by Carlos Gorostiza, 1958) “23 Setiembre”; Una libra de carne (play by Agustin Cuzzani, 1954) “23 Setiembre”; Susana Bombal (1910-1990) “23 Setiembre”; Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)“23 Setiembre”, “26 Sept”, “3 de Octubre”; Rita Streich (1920-1987) “23 Setiembre”; José Antonio Fernández-Muro (1920) “23 Setiembre”; Héctor Basaldúa (1895-1976) “23 Setiembre”; Horacio Butler (1897-1983) “23 Setiembre”; Raquel Forner (1902-1988) “23 Setiembre”; Sarah Grilo (1920) “23 Setiembre”; Pedro Domínguez Neira (1894-1970) “23 Setiembre”; Leopoldo Torres Agüero (1924-1996) “23 Setiembre”; Azucena Maizani (1902-1970) “23 Septiembre”; Rubén Dario (1867- 1916) “27 Sept”; Paul- Verlaine (1844-1896) “27 Sept”; Victor Hugo (1802-1885) “27 Sept”; Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) “27 Sept”; Sancho (character in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes,1602) “27 Sept”; José Hernández (1834-1886) and Martin Fierro “27 Sept”; Américo Castro y Quesada (1885-1972) “27 Sept”; Leopoldo Lugones (1874-1938) “27 Sept”; Enrique Amorim (1900-1960) and El paisano Aguilar (1934) “27 Sept”; Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999) ) and El sueño de los heroes (1954) “27 Sept”; Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) “27 Sept”; Silvina Ocampo (1903-1994) “27 Sept”; Juan Rodolfo Wilcock (1919-1978) ; Carlos Mastronardi (1901-1976) “27 Sept”; Marcel Proust (1871-1922) “27 Sept”; G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) “27 Sept”; Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) “27 Sept”; Franz Kafka (1883-1924) “27 Sept”; Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) and Portrait of a Man with Red Hair (1925) “27 Sept”; William Faulkner (1897-1962) “27 Sept”; Roberto Arlt (1900-1942) and El juguete rabioso (1926) “27 Sept”; Ricardo Güiraldes (1886-1927) and Don Segundo Sombra (1926) “27 Sept”; Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974) “27 Sept”; James Joyce (1882-1941) “27 Sept”; Henry James (1843-1916) “27 Sept”; Hilario Ascasubi (1807-1875) “27 Sept”; William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) “8 de Octubre”; Max Ernst (1891-1976) “8 de Octubre”; et al.