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| Creator | Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916 |
| Title: | Rubén Darío Papers |
| Dates: | 1882-19451882-1915 |
| Quantity: | 5 Boxes (2.38 Linear Feet) |
| Abstract: | The Rubén Darío Papers contain approximately 900 handwritten pages of poetry, essays, short stories, diplomatic memos, and personal letters created by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916). These manuscripts document Darío's life and work as a journalist, diplomat, and poet between 1882 and 1915. |
| Identification: | MSS-339 |
| Language: | Material primarily in Spanish with some French and English. |
| Repository: |
Arizona State University Libraries
Special Collections Arizona State University Libraries P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: 480 965 4932 Fax: 480 965 776 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu |
Rubén Darío was born on January 18, 1867 in Metapa, Nicaragua, currently known as Ciudad Darío. He is recognized as one of Latin America's most famous poets and as Nicaragua's most revered cultural figure. Throughout his short life, Darío worked as a journalist (most notably in Argentina and Chile), as a diplomat (he held official posts for the Nicaraguan government in Spain and France), and as a poet and author of essays and other literary works. He is considered the founder of modernism/modernismo, a 20th-century Latin American literary movement. Darío died on February 16, 1916 in León, Nicaragua.
This collection consists of approximately 900 handwritten pages of poetry, essays, short stories, diplomatic memos, and personal letters created by Rubén Darío between 1882 and 1915. Many of the manuscripts are transcripts of original documents written in Darío's hand.
Series I: Correspondence contains correspondence from Darío to political figures, renowned writers, and family members and is organized by date. Darío wrote several of the letters during his time as Nicaragua's Ambassador to Spain under the presidency of José Santos Zelaya, who was the recipient of several of the documents. Other letters are addressed to Darío's romantic partner, Francisca Sánchez. Ten of the letters are directed to Mexican poet Amado Nervo (1870-1919). Other recipients include Emilio de Arriaga, Pedro Balmaceda Toro, Ernesto Bermúdez, Luis Bonafoux, Francisco Castro, Benigno Díez Salcedo, Rodolfo Espinosa, Fermín Estrella, Vicente Gasset, and Crisanto Medina.
Series II: Receipts and Bank Records houses receipts to and from various individuals. Two of the receipts detail payments received by Darío for written works. Series III: Documents in French includes documents detailing bank transactions. Two items in Series III (Box 2, Folder 10 and Box 2, Folder 14) were found to have been classified incorrectly after reformatting was complete. These documents were removed to Series II but the box and folder numbers were not changed in order to maintain the connection between the original documents and their digital surrogates.
Series IV: Poetry and Creative Works is the largest series in the collection. It contains poetry and other creative works written by Darío and is organized alphabetically. Several of the documents are what Darío called "faithful transcriptions" of works published. Handwritten notations on some of the manuscripts detail the specific dates, locations, and dedications of particular works. In some cases, multiple versions of a single work are included. For example, the collection contains two distinct versions of "Los motivos del lobo" (1913) and three versions of "Sonatina", one of which is written in English.
Series V: Collection History consists of documents relevant to the provenance of the collection, including a newspaper clipping that contains the obituary for Alejandro Bermúdez, Rubén Darío's personal secretary. Series VI: Restricted Materials consists of a single box of manuscripts restricted for security reasons. Photocopies of these items have been placed in the collection for research use.
Researchers may only work with one folder at a time. Each folder must be returned to its box before the next is removed.
Correspondence between Rubén Darío and Amado Nervo and Darío's English "Sonatina" have been removed to Series IV: Restricted Documents for security reasons. Photocopies of these items have been placed in the collection for research use. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information about accessing the original manuscripts.
Arizona State University does not own copyright to this collection. The Department of Archives and Special Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Researchers may access digital versions of all the documents in this collection through Arizona State University's Digital Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.C.147.
Rubén Darío Papers, MSS-339. Arizona State University Libraries: Special Collections.
Archives and Special Collections purchased these papers in 2012 (Accession #2012-04548).
| Series I: Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisco Castro, 1882 July 3 (2 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 January 8 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 January 12 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 January 20 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 February 10 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 February 22 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 February 28 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 May 3 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 May 8 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 May 15 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 May 18 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 May 26 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 June 12 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 June 16 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Luis Bonafoux, circa 1907 August 19 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 January 29 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 May 13 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Consul of Managna in London, 1908 May 23 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Consul de Nicaragua, 1908 May 23 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez, 1908 May 26 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez, 1908 May 26 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Benigno Díez Salcedo, 1908 May 29 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Benigno Díez Salcedo, 1908 May 29 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| At the time this letter was written, Salcedo was serving as the Nicaraguan Minister in Mexico. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Rodolfo Espinosa, 1908 June 11 (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Fermín Estrella, 1908 June 19 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Vicente Gasset, 1908 June 19 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 July 2 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Santiago Argüello, 1908 July 29 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 2 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 8 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 10 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 15 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 September 15 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 1 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Crisanto Medina, 1908 October 4 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| At the time this letter was written, Medina was the Nicaraguan minister in Paris. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 6 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Emilio de Arriaga, 1908 October 12 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| At the time this letter was written, de Arriaga was the Nicaraguan Consul in Bilbao. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 12 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 15 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 December 13 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 December 20 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1909 February 12 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, 1912 December 5 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1915 January 12 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez, Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| At the time this letter was written, Bermúdez was the Nicaraguan Consul in Manchester. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Don Crisanto Medina, Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| At the time this letter was written, Medina was the Nicaraguan Minister in Paris. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Nicaraguan Consul in Manchester, Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | Letter, Rubén Darío to F. Torralba, Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 1 | Folder 49 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya, Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya, Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Letter, Rubén Darío to Santiago Mataix i Soler, Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Series II: Receipts and Bank Records | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Receipt for 1,000 Pesetas as advance for first edition of El Canto Errante, 1907 September 12 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Bank Record, Director de Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid, 1908 May 29 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Bank Record, Director de Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid, 1908 July 29 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Receipt to Crisanto Medina from Rubén Darío, 1908 September 28 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Receipt from Rubén Darío to L. H. Debayle, 1908 October 10 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| At the time of this receipt, Debayle was the Mexican Consul in France. | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Receipt from Rubén Darío to J. M. Vega Limón, 1911 July 7 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| At the time of this receipt, Limón was the Mexican Consul in France. | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Receipt to Rubén Darío from Alfredo y Armando Guido for work as Director of Mundial Magazine and Elegancia, 1914 January 31 (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Series III: Documents in French | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Bank Record, Monsieur Lacombe, Madrid, 1908 February 7 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Bank Record, M. M. Mayence & Cie., Paris, 1908 June 14 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Bank Record, Monsieur Directeur Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid, 1908 July 25 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Bank Record, Monsieur Vancopenolle, Madrid, 1908 July 25 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Bank Record, G. Labocq & Cie, Undated (1 Page; Handwritten Letter) | |||||||||
| Series IV: Poetry and Creative Works | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | "El ala del cuervo", 1883 (9 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | "¡Alma Mía!", Undated (Transcripción 3; One Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | "A Amado Nervo", Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | "Mi tía Rosa", 1913 December 15 (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | "La anciana", Undated (Textual; 2 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | "La bella", Undated (Fragmentaria; 1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | "Cantar a Chinandega", 1908 May (10 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | "Canto a la Argentina", 1910 March 24 (40 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | "Canto a El Salvador", 1883 September 14 (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Dedicated to President Rafael Zaldívar. | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | "Cantos Épicos a las Glorias de Chile", 1887 September (38 Pages; Double-Sided; Pages Mis-Numbered) | |||||||||
| Manuscrito original para concursar en el certámen de poesía de Varela. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | "Canto a León Santiago de los caballeros", 1908 February (8 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | "Cantos de vida y esparanza", 1904 (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Dedicated to José Enrique Rodó. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | "La cartuja", 1913 Winter (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | "A Castelar", 1911 May 30 (6 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written on Mundial stationary and dedicated to Emilio Castelar Ripoll. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | "Caupolicán", 1888 (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | "A Colón", 1908 December (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Dedicated to Santos Zelaya. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | "Coloquio de los centauros", 1886 February 14 (8 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Dedicated to Paul Grousac. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | "En Barcelona", 1889 January 4 (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | "En Barcelona", 1899 January 4 (9 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | "Los Encajes", 1898 May (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | "En el mar", 1899 December 3 (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | "En Madrid", 1899 January 1 (6 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | "Epístola a la Señora de Leopoldo Lugones", 1906 (10 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | "Epitalamio Bárbaro", Undated (Transcripción XI; 2 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | "Fiesta campesina", 1889 November 18 (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | "Fiesta campesina", 1899 November (10 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | "El fin de Nicaragua", 1912 September 28 (6 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | "La gran cosmópolis", 1915 (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | "Himno al Libertador Bolívar", Undated (7 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | "Historia de un sobretodo", circa 1888 (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | "A Jacinto Octavio Picón Bouchet", 1913 January 20 (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written on Mundial letterhead. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | "Mis Memorias", 1913 December (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written on Mundial letterhead and dedicated to José Martí. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | "A Juan Ramón Jiménez", Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | "Madrid", 1899 January 1 (8 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | "Marcha triunfal", 1895 May 4 (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | "A Margarita Debayle", Undated (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | "Libros extraños", Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | "Letanías de nuestro Señor Don Quijote", 1905 April (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Dedicated to Navarro Ledesma. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | "Mariposa y flor", Undated (Transcripción Fiel; 1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | "Memorias", Undated (Part 2; 28 Pages; Double-Sided; Incomplete) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | "Mis primeros versos", 1886 January (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | "Momotombo", Undated (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | "Los motivos del lobo", 1913 December (Version I; 8 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | "Los motivos del lobo", 1913 December (9 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | "Nicaragua", 1913 January (6 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written for Mundial Magazine. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | "Nicaragua", 1913 January (10 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written for La Nacíon, diario. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | "Nocturno", Undated (2 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | "Oda a Libertador Bolívar", 1883 June 24 (25 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Dedicated to Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 39 | "¡Ah! Recuerdos" a Amado Nervo, 1914 November (1 Page; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 40 | "El Pánico", 1884 February 14 (1 Page; Not Edited) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 41 | "¡Pax!", 1914 December (7 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 42 | "Poema del Otoño", Undated (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 43 | "Preludio", Undated (5 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 44 | "A Roosevelt", Undated (2 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 45 | "A Rosario Murillo", 1912 October (10 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 46 | "Se que soy", Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 47 | "Sonatina", 1893 February (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| English | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 48 | "Sonatina", Buenos Aires, 1893 November 24 (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 49 | "Sonatina", Madrid, 1893 (3 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 50 | "El triunfo de Caliban", 1898 May 20 (4 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written for Tiempo de Buenos Aires. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 51 | "Versos de Otoño", Undated (1 Page) | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 52 | "A. de Gilbert", 1889 August (25 Pages; Double-Sided) | |||||||||
| Written in Sonsonate, El Salvador for Pedro Balmaceda Toro. | |||||||||||
| Series V: Collection History | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 53 | Funeral Program for Ingro. Alejandro Bermúdez, 1933 July 22 | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 54 | El Cronista, 1945 January 5 | |||||||||
| Box 3 | Folder 55 | Book Cover, Undated (Removed to Box 4/OV1) | |||||||||
| Box 4/OV1 | Book Cover, Undated (Removed from Box 3, Folder 55) | ||||||||||
| Series VI: Restricted Materials | |||||||||||
| Box 5 | Correspondence and Creative Works (Original Copies) | ||||||||||