Latin America

Abstract The Sol Biderman Collection consists of the following categories: Brazilian posters; Brazilian art and architecture exhibition catalogs; posters, engravings, woodcuts and illustrations from other countries (e.g., France, Spain); other ephemera (e.g., Brazilian post card art, gift cards, invitations to art exhibitions, handbills, programs, photographs, Brazilian chapbooks or literatura de cordel). The poster collection consists primarily of art posters of exhibitions, and a selected number of...

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The papers in this Collection relate to Benjamin Clement's offer to help Simón Bolívar seek exile in Jamaica, to the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, and to Bolívar's sword and cloak, which ended up in Clement's possession.

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This collection contains a commission naming Jose Duran as Captain of the Escuadron on July 22, 1824. The commission is signed by Simón Bolívar.

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This collection contains correspondence from Mary Helen Clark to her family from 1928-1946 when she lived in Brazil. It also contains correspondence from Blanche Henry Clark to her family during her visit to Brazil in 1932 to visit her sister. The letters are arranged chronologically, and give detailed accounts of Mary Helen’s days in Brazil. The letters provide first-hand accounts of Latin-American foods, behaviors, language and customs of the people and the politics of the times.

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The Simon Collier Collection, 1858-2003, consists of correspondence, research, and artifacts related to Argentinian tango expert Simon Collier, 1939-2003.

Abstract A manuscript "outlining the sale of several slaves between Brooks and Company and Marcelina Barthe [Lescaille]. The document records the name, approximate age, and price of each slave, including a young woman and her daughter, Clara, age four. Most of the slaves are referred to as "mulata" or "criolla" indicating that they are of mixed blood. The contract ends with an agreement that the sellers are no longer liable for the slaves, indicating that any future issues or illnesses are now the...

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A collection of several documents spanning six leaves that shows the persistent nature of slavery in Cuba during the later half of the 19th century. Though Cuba ended its participation in the slave trade in 1867, it was not until 1886 that slavery was finally abolished by royal decree.

Scope and Contents This notebook contains travel writings from December 23, 1886 to January 18, 1887 by an unidentified writer. The writer [presumably male] traveled in Cuba with a friend named Charlie Starbuck. He mentions visiting a bullfight by Luis Mazzantini, a holiday celebration, a balloon ascension by Captain Infanti, and seeing Sarah Bernhardt, a French actress.The last half of the notebook is filled with spelling practice, recipes, and brief day notes from the year 1916, in different...

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These papers consist of the teaching and research of Robert H. Davis a scholar on Colombia and Latin America. Davis graduated from Vanderbilt University with a PhD in 1969 and went on to a career teaching in academia.

Scope and Contents This collection is mostly made of newspaper clippings. Most of the articles in the first “half” are about political affairs in Central America and how America gets involved with them. There are also papers about the affairs of the Vatican and more miscellaneous topics. The collection holds documents about more personal matters including two calendars, letters, pamphalets, tax forms, documents from the hospice, and a yearbook of unknown origin.The second half of the collection is...

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This collection contains 3 16mm color films and 64 slides depicting scenes from Mexico and Guatemala circa 1940, created by William Fisher. The entire collection has been digitized.

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This collection contains a signed manuscript dated January 2, 1827 tallying and describing the slaves of Garden Estate in Trinidad, being a register of slaves working this sugar plantation from 1813 to 1822, and listing 92 individuals by the English names assigned to them, their approximate age, their occupations, health, distinguishing tribal marks, and country of origin.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a manuscript register of expenses for the household of Judge George Canning Backhouse. The register includes the names of Backhouse's indentured servants and was recorded during his time in Cuba while serving as a judge under Queen Victoria in the Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Entries are made by Backhouse and his wife, Grace. There are also separate pages tallying household expenses and travel expenses from a trip to Hanover in...