Collection Number:
12019
Collection Title: Jose Maria Vargas Vila Papers, 1919-1937 and undated
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Writer Jose Maria Vargas Vila was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1860. He spent a large
part of his life in exile because of his critical and controversial writings, many
of which included liberal ideas and criticism of the clergy. He died in Barcelona,
Spain, in 1933. The collection is chiefly unpublished manuscripts by Vargas Vila. Most manuscripts
are undated and unbound. They are handwritten or typed, and some have annotations
and corrections. Included are the unpublished novel, "En los Jardines de Lesbos," and two typescript novels: "El Maestro" and "El Tigre." Also included is a diplomatic passport with a photograph of Vargas Vila at age 63;
documents concerning his burial in Barcelona, Spain; and four images of him, one an
oil painting and the other three, black-and-white photographs.
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Creator |
Vargas Vila, Jose Maria, 1860-1933. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical
Papers.
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Language |
Spanish |
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- Acquisitions Information
- Purchased from Roberto Enrique Elizalde Hernandez, 2010; "El Maestro" and "El Tigre" manuscripts, received from Roberto Enrique Elizalde Hernandez, 2010 (Acc. 101478).
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Writer Jose Maria Vargas Vila was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1860. His writings
contain liberal ideas and staunch criticism of the clergy. In 1884, he left Bogota
because of charges brought against him relating to his accusations of sexual misconduct
against the Jesuit priest Tomas Escobar. In 1885, civil war broke out in Colombia,
and Vargas Vila acted as secretary to the leader of the Liberal Army. After the victory
of the conservatives, he fled the country and reappeared in Venezuela, where he was
a co-founder of
La federacion, a political newspaper that was critical of the conservative government in Colombia.
In Venezuela, Vargas Vila wrote his first novel,
Aura o las violetas (1887). In 1892, he traveled for the first time to New York, where he wrote for the
newspaper
El progreso. After a brief trip to Colombia, he returned to New York where he lived from 1894
to 1896. In New York, he continued writing and also co-edited the journal
Hispano America.
Between 1896 and 1903, Vargas Vila divided his time between Europe and New York. In
1903, he returned to New York, where he published his political journal
Nemesis. After Colombia ceded the Canal Zone to Panama, his attacks against Colombia, Panama,
and the United States resulted his leaving the United States. He eventually settled
in Barcelona, Spain.
In the early 1920s, Vargas Vila's physical and mental health began to deteriorate,
and he eventually became more distant and solitary. Nonetheless, he undertook a last
journey through Latin America in 1924, visiting Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia,
Mexico, and Cuba. In 1929, he was back in Barcelona, where he died in 1933.
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The collection is chiefly unpublished manuscripts by Vargas Vila. Most manuscripts
are undated and unbound. They are handwritten or typed, and some have annotations
and corrections. Included are the unpublished novel, "En los Jardines de Lesbos," and two typescript novels: "El Maestro" and "El Tigre." Also included is a diplomatic passport with a photograph of Vargas Vila at age 63;
documents concerning his burial in Barcelona, Spain; and four images of him, one an
oil painting and the other three, black-and-white photographs.
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Jose Maria Vargas Vila Papers, 1919-1937 and undated.
36 items.
Arrangement: Items have been maintained, for the most part, as received by the repository.
Titles and item page and leaf counts are based on the description received with the
materials.
Unless otherwise noted, the manuscripts are handwritten by Jose Maria Vargas Vila.
Folder 1
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Originally written to continue and complete the unpublished work entitled, "El Maestro." 179 leaves.
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Folder 2
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Includes typewritten sections and handwritten annotations. 46 leaves
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Folder 3
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Notes for a conference concerning the Cuban national hero, Jose Marti. There is one
handwritten document of 18 leaves and one typewritten document of 15 leaves.
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Folder 4
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120 leaves.
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Folder 5-6
Folder 5
Folder 6
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Items are handwritten on strip-like pieces of paper of about 8 inches in length.
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Oversize Volume SV-12019/1a-b
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Described as a novel of high erotic content, the handwritten manuscript begins with
the introductory text, "La belleza que haya en este libro ha de ser desnuda, como el cuerpo de la bella mujer
cuya vida vive en las paginas de el (The beauty found in this book ought to be naked,
as the body of the beautiful woman whose life resides within its pages)." 419 leaves. The manuscript was received bound in paper covers which have been removed
from item and can be found in SV-12019/1b.
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Folder 7
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The only published item of the collection. 44 leaves, November 1932.
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Folder 8
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67 leaves.
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Folder 9
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34 leaves.
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Folder 10
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Scattered fragments of apparently unrelated handwritten manuscripts. 40 leaves.
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Folder 11
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33 leaves.
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Folder 12
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24 leaves.
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Folder 13
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Two newspaper clippings: one showing Vargas Vila in Veracruz, Mexico, and the other
showing Vargas Vila among a group of intellectuals in Brasil. 17 leaves.
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Folder 14
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24 pages.
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Folder 15
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7 pages.
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Folder 16
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6 leaves.
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Folder 17
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Typewritten document with handwritten annotations throughout. 7 leaves.
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Folder 18
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6 leaves.
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Folder 19
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24 leaves.
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Folder 20
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25 leaves.
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Folder 21
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18 leaves.
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Folder 22
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10 leaves.
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Folder 23
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18 leaves.
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Folder 24
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"1929" is handwritten in pencil on the third leaf. 22 leaves.
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Folder 25
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14 leaves.
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Folder 26
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14 leaves.
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Folder 27
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Typescript text is unclear; each line of text has a handwritten transcription in pencil
just below it. 46 leaves.
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Folder 28
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19 leaves.
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Folder 29
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Includes a black-and-white photograph of Vargas Vila at the age of 63 and his signature.
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Folder 30
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Documents from Barcelona, Spain, related to the burial of Vargas Vila including details
of his tomb and headstone. One of the documents appears to be written in Catalan.
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Image P-12019/1
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Oil painting of Jose Maria Vargas Vila, painted on a cardboard core and signed by
the artist, "al hijo mas grande de mi patria. Sinceramente. Enrique Duarte. Mxco. Junio 26-1924
(to the greatest son of my country. Sincerely. Enrique Duarte. Mexico. 26 June 1924)."
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Image P-12019/2
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Photograph depicting Jose Maria Vargas Vila behind what appears to be his office desk
in Barcelona, Spain, August 1918.
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Image P-12019/3
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Image P-12019/4
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Photograph for his diplomatic passport.
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Oversize Volume SV-12019/2
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Unpublished novel. There are three copies of about 170 leaves each.
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Oversize Volume SV-12019/3
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Unpublished novel of 266 leaves.
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- Photographs (P-12019/1-4)
- Oversize volumes (SV-12019/1-3)
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Processed by: Armando Suarez, September 2011
Encoded by: Armando Suarez, September 2011
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