Colombia

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Simón Bolívar Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1060
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1830 - 1861
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Simón Bolívar Signed Comission

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0835
Abstract

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

Dates: 1824 July 22
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Colombian Slave Sale Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0955
Abstract

This collection contains a manuscript, dated 1680, documenting the sale of slave named "Mauricia", a young girl aged 10 or 11 in Colombia.

Dates: 1680
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Robert H. Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0713
Scope and Content

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.

Dates: 1960s-2007
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Pantaleon Gutierrez y Diaz de Quijano Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0954
Abstract

This collection contains a letter, dated 12 May 1796, from Pantaleon Gutierrez y Diaz de Quijano, the Mayor of Bogota from 1796-1797, to the Mayor of the town of Choconta regarding judicial action in a criminal case against Manuel Mariño.

Dates: 1796 May 12
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

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