Collection ID: LMC 1782
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Mutis Daza, Camilo
Abstract:
The Mutis Daza mss., 1568-1936, except for a small portion, were assembled by Eduardo Posada, 1862- , historian and bibliographer, for Camilo Mutis Daza. Included are a number of outstanding items on Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela during the wars of independence.
Extent:
2 folios (oversize) and 3 Boxes (3 standard)
Language:
Spanish; Castilian , French , German .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Mutis Daza mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Camilo Mutis Daza was born in 1888 in Bucaramanga, Columbia. He married Alicia Arango Rizzo in 1929 and traveled throughout the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Mutis Daza worked as both a farmer and an inspector in the coffee industry, and was a descendant of botanist Jose Celestino Mutis. He commissioned Columbian historian Eduardo Posada to build a collection of historical manuscripts pertaining to Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuardo, Peru, and Venezuela.

Scope and Content:

Bernardo Mendel obtained the collection on the condition that the documents would be kept together with a statement that they were acquired from Camilo Mutis Daza, who was a descendant of the famous botanist, José Celestino Mutis, some of whose letters are in this collection. The collection is unusual because of the wide span represented in both time and subject matter. Included are a number of outstanding items on Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela during the wars of independence. Among those historical manuscripts are a letter of Simón Bolívar to the vice-president of the Congress on the victory of Boyacá, which ended Spanish rule in New Grenada, August 14, 1819; the report of General Sucre to Francisco de Paula Santander, December 13, 1824, on the Battle of Ayacucho which virtually terminated Spanish rule in South America; a copy of the first constitution of Bolivia, printed, with corrections in Sucre's hand, 1825; and a secret resolution of September 3, 1829, signed by four members of Bolívar's cabinet offering him the crown of Colombia for life, and upon his death to be succeeded by a French prince and establish a monarchy; a letter from Bolívar to Manuela Sáenz, October 13, 1825; correspondence which relates to electricity, economic conditions, and education; and a report in 1786 which deals with the discovery of tea in Bogotá.

Letters from Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author; Jacques Fromental Elie Lévy Halévy, French composer; Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, French poet; Otto, fürst von Bismarck, statesman; Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer; and Louis Aldophe Thiers, statesman, are also in the collection.

Other correspondents are Santos Acosta Gutiérrez; Antonio Arboleda; Juan Bastus; Antonio Caballero y Góngora; Domingo Caicedo; Francisco José Caldas y Tenorio; Sergio Camargo; José María Campo Serrano; José Canterac; Lino Clemente; César Conto; Jorge M. Corbacho; José María Córdoba; Rafael Diago; Filipe II, king of Spain; Felipe IV, king of Spain; Gabriel Garciá Moreno; Gegorius XVI, pope; Tomás de Heres; Carlos Holguin; Alexander Humboldt; Luis López Méndez y Núñez; Mariana de Austria, queen consort of Felipe IV; Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier; Joaquin de Mier; Mariano Montilla; Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera; Manuel Murillo Toro; Antonio Nariño; Rafael Núñez; José María Obando; Daniel Florencio O'Leary; José Eusebio Otálora; José Antonio Páez; Aquileo Parra; Santiago Pérez; Santiago Pérez Triana; Joaquín de la Pezuela y Sánchez Muñoz de Velasco; Lino de Pombo; José Manuel Restrepo; Juan Germán Roscio; Eustorgio Salgar; Bartolomé Salom; Juan José Sámano y Urribarri de Rebollar y Mazorra; Francisco de Paula Santander; José de la Serna; Manuel de Serviez; Carlos Soublette; Antonio José de Sucre; José Luis Tejada Sorzano; Miguel de la Torre, conde de Torrepando; Camilo de Torres; Julián Trujillo; Francisco Antonio de Ulloa; Rafael Urdaneta; Rafael Uribe Uribe; Juan Valera y Alcalá Galiano; José María Vargas Vila and Francisco Antonio Zea.

Acquisition information:
Purchase: 1967
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) - OVFlat; Lilly - Stacks

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

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TERMS OF ACCESS:

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Mutis Daza mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu