Rubén Darío Papers 1882-1945 (bulk 1882-1915)
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Rubén Darío Papers 1882-1945 (bulk 1882-1915)
MSS-339 Creator:
Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916
Title: Rubén Darío Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1882-1945 Bulk Dates: 1882-1915 Quantity:
4 Boxes
(2.13 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 Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
Phone: (480) 965-4932
E-Mail: archives@asu.edu
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Biographical NoteRubén 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.
Scope and Content NoteThis 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.
Arrangement This collection consists of five boxes divided into five series:Access Restrictions
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Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Balmaceda Toro, Pedro, 1868-1889
Bermúdez, Alejandro, d. 1933
Bermúdez, Ernesto (Victor Ernesto), 1872-1962
Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916
Medina, Crisanto
Nervo, Amado, 1870-1919
Salcedo, Benigno Díez
Zelaya, José Santos, 1853-1919
Subject(s) Authors, Nicaraguan
Diplomats -- Nicaragua
Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- Britain
Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- France
Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- Spain
Nicaragua -- History.
Poets, Nicaraguan
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rubén Darío Papers, MSS-339, Arizona State University Library.
Provenance
Archives and Special Collections purchased these papers in 2012 (Accession #2012-04548).
Container List Series I: Correspondence Box Folder 1 1 Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisco Castro, 1882 July 3 (2 Pages; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisco Castro 1 2 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 January 8 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 3 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 January 12 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 4 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 January 20 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 5 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 February 10 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 6 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 February 22 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 7 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 February 28 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 8 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 May 3 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 9 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 May 8 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 10 Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda, 1888 May 15 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Pedro Balmaceda 1 11 Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 May 18 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez 1 12 Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 May 26 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez 1 13 Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 June 12 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez 1 14 Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez, 1903 June 16 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Francisca Sánchez 1 15 Letter, Rubén Darío to Luis Bonafoux, circa 1907 August 19 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Luis Bonafoux 1 16 Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 January 29 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 17 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 May 13 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 18 Letter, Rubén Darío to Consul of Managna in London, 1908 May 23 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Consul of Managna in London 1 19 Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Consul de Nicaragua, 1908 May 23 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Consul de Nicaragua 1 20 Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez, 1908 May 26 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez 1 21 Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez, 1908 May 26 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez 1 22 Letter, Rubén Darío to Benigno Díez Salcedo, 1908 May 29 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Benigno Díez Salcedo 1 23 Letter, Rubén Darío to Benigno Díez Salcedo, 1908 May 29 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Benigno Díez Salcedo At the time this letter was written, Salcedo was serving as the Nicaraguan
Minister in Mexico. 1 24 Letter, Rubén Darío to Rodolfo Espinosa, 1908 June 11 (4 Pages; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Rodolfo Espinosa 1 25 Letter, Rubén Darío to Fermín Estrella, 1908 June 19 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Fermín Estrella 1 26 Letter, Rubén Darío to Vicente Gasset, 1908 June 19 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Vicente Gasset 1 27 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 July 2 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 28 Letter, Rubén Darío to Santiago Argüello, 1908 July 29 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Santiago Argüello 1 29 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 2 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 30 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 8 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 31 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 10 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 32 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 September 15 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 33 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 September 15 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 34 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 1 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 35 Letter, Rubén Darío to Crisanto Medina, 1908 October 4 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Crisanto Medina At the time this letter was written, Medina was the Nicaraguan minister in
Paris. 1 36 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 6 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 37 Letter, Rubén Darío to Emilio de Arriaga, 1908 October 12 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Emilio de Arriaga At the time this letter was written, de Arriaga was the Nicaraguan Consul in
Bilbao. 1 38 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 12 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 39 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1908 October 15 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 40 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 December 13 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 41 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1908 December 20 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 42 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, 1909 February 12 (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 1 43 Letter, Rubén Darío to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, 1912 December 5 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister 1 44 Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo, 1915 January 12 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Amado Nervo 1 45 Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez, Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Ernesto Bermúdez At the time this letter was written, Bermúdez was the Nicaraguan Consul in
Manchester. 1 46 Letter, Rubén Darío to Don Crisanto Medina, Undated (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Don Crisanto Medina At the time this letter was written, Medina was the Nicaraguan Minister in
Paris. 1 47 Letter, Rubén Darío to Nicaraguan Consul in Manchester, Undated (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Nicaraguan Consul in Manchester 1 48 Letter, Rubén Darío to F. Torralba, Undated (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to F. Torralba 1 49 Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya, Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided)Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya Box Folder 2 1 Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya, Undated (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Sr. Presidente J. S. Zelaya 2 2 Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya, Undated (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to General y Presidente J. S. Zelaya 2 3 Letter, Rubén Darío to Santiago Mataix i Soler, Undated (1 Page)Letter, Rubén Darío to Santiago Mataix i Soler
Series II: Receipts and Bank Records Box Folder 2 4 Receipt for 1,000 Pesetas as advance for first edition of El Canto Errante , 1907 September 12 (1 Page)Receipt for 1,000 Pesetas as advance for first edition of El Canto Errante 2 10 Bank Record, Director de Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid, 1908 May 29 (1 Page)Bank Record, Director de Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid 2 14 Bank Record, Director de Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid, 1908 July 29 (1 Page)Bank Record, Director de Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid 2 5 Receipt to Crisanto Medina from Rubén Darío, 1908 September 28 (1 Page)Receipt to Crisanto Medina from Rubén Darío 2 6 Receipt from Rubén Darío to L. H. Debayle, 1908 October 10 (1 Page)Receipt from Rubén Darío to L. H. Debayle At the time of this receipt, Debayle was the Mexican Consul in France. 2 7 Receipt from Rubén Darío to J. M. Vega Limón, 1911 July 7 (1 Page)Receipt from Rubén Darío to J. M. Vega Limón At the time of this receipt, Limón was the Mexican Consul in France. 2 8 Receipt to Rubén Darío from Alfredo y Armando Guido for work as Director
of Mundial Magazine and Elegancia , 1914 January 31 (1 Page)Receipt to Rubén Darío from Alfredo y Armando Guido for work as Director of Mundial Magazine and Elegancia
Series III: Documents in French Box Folder 2 9 Bank Record, Monsieur Lacombe, Madrid, 1908 February 7 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter)Bank Record, Monsieur Lacombe, Madrid 2 11 Bank Record, M. M. Mayence & Cie., Paris, 1908 June 14 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter)Bank Record, M. M. Mayence & Cie., Paris 2 12 Bank Record, Monsieur Directeur Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid, 1908 July 25 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter)Bank Record, Monsieur Directeur Credit Lyonaisse, Madrid 2 13 Bank Record, Monsieur Vancopenolle, Madrid, 1908 July 25 (1 Page; Handwritten Letter)Bank Record, Monsieur Vancopenolle, Madrid 2 15 Bank Record, G. Labocq & Cie, Undated (1 Page; Handwritten Letter)Bank Record, G. Labocq & Cie
Series IV: Poetry and Creative Works Box Folder 2 16 "El ala del cuervo", 1883 (9 Pages; Double-Sided)El ala del cuervo 2 17 "¡Alma Mía!", Undated (Transcripción 3; One Page; Double-Sided)¡Alma Mía! 2 18 "A Amado Nervo", Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided)A Amado Nervo 2 19 "Mi tía Rosa", 1913 December 15 (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Mi tía Rosa 2 20 "La anciana", Undated (Textual; 2 Pages; Double-Sided)La anciana 2 21 "La bella", Undated (Fragmentaria; 1 Page; Double-Sided)La bella 2 22 "Cantar a Chinandega", 1908 May (10 Pages; Double-Sided)Cantar a Chinandega 2 23 "Canto a la Argentina", 1910 March 24 (40 Pages; Double-Sided)Canto a la Argentina 2 24 "Canto a El Salvador", 1883 September 14 (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Canto a El Salvador Dedicated to President Rafael Zaldívar. 2 25 "Cantos Épicos a las Glorias de Chile", 1887 September (38 Pages; Double-Sided; Pages Mis-Numbered)Cantos Épicos a las Glorias de Chile Manuscrito original para concursar en el certámen de poesía de Varela. Box Folder 3 1 "Canto a León Santiago de los
caballeros", 1908 February (8 Pages; Double-Sided)Canto a León Santiago de los caballeros 3 2 "Cantos de vida y esparanza", 1904 (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Cantos de vida y esparanza Dedicated to José Enrique Rodó. 3 3 "La cartuja", 1913 Winter (3 Pages; Double-Sided)La cartuja 3 4 "A Castelar", 1911 May 30 (6 Pages; Double-Sided)A Castelar Written on Mundial stationary and dedicated to
Emilio Castelar Ripoll. 3 5 "Caupolicán", 1888 (1 Page; Double-Sided)Caupolicán 3 6 "A Colón", 1908 December (4 Pages; Double-Sided)A Colón Dedicated to Santos Zelaya. 3 7 "Coloquio de los centauros", 1886 February 14 (8 Pages; Double-Sided)Coloquio de los centauros Dedicated to Paul Grousac. 3 8 "En Barcelona", 1889 January 4 (5 Pages; Double-Sided)En Barcelona 3 9 "En Barcelona", 1899 January 4 (9 Pages; Double-Sided)En Barcelona 3 10 "Los Encajes", 1898 May (1 Page)Los Encajes 3 11 "En el mar", 1899 December 3 (3 Pages; Double-Sided)En el mar 3 12 "En Madrid", 1899 January 1 (6 Pages; Double-Sided)En Madrid 3 13 "Epístola a la Señora de Leopoldo
Lugones", 1906 (10 Pages; Double-Sided)Epístola a la Señora de Leopoldo Lugones 3 14 "Epitalamio Bárbaro", Undated (Transcripción XI; 2 Pages; Double-Sided)Epitalamio Bárbaro 3 15 "Fiesta campesina", 1889 November 18 (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Fiesta campesina 3 16 "Fiesta campesina", 1899 November (10 Pages; Double-Sided)Fiesta campesina 3 17 "El fin de Nicaragua", 1912 September 28 (6 Pages; Double-Sided)El fin de Nicaragua 3 18 "La gran cosmópolis", 1915 (4 Pages; Double-Sided)La gran cosmópolis 3 19 "Himno al Libertador Bolívar", Undated (7 Pages; Double-Sided)Himno al Libertador Bolívar 3 20 "Historia de un sobretodo", circa 1888 (3 Pages; Double-Sided)Historia de un sobretodo 3 21 "A Jacinto Octavio Picón Bouchet", 1913 January 20 (3 Pages; Double-Sided)A Jacinto Octavio Picón Bouchet Written on Mundial letterhead. 3 22 "Mis Memorias", 1913 December (4 Pages; Double-Sided)Mis Memorias Written on Mundial letterhead and dedicated to
José Martí. 3 23 "A Juan Ramón Jiménez", Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided)A Juan Ramón Jiménez 3 24 "Madrid", 1899 January 1 (8 Pages; Double-Sided)Madrid 3 25 "Marcha triunfal", 1895 May 4 (4 Pages; Double-Sided)Marcha triunfal 3 26 "A Margarita Debayle", Undated (4 Pages; Double-Sided)A Margarita Debayle 3 27 "Libros extraños", Undated (1 Page; Double-Sided)Libros extraños 3 28 "Letanías de nuestro Señor Don
Quijote", 1905 April (4 Pages; Double-Sided)Letanías de nuestro Señor Don Quijote Dedicated to Navarro Ledesma. 3 29 "Mariposa y flor", Undated (Transcripción Fiel; 1 Page)Mariposa y flor 3 30 "Memorias", Undated (Part 2; 28 Pages; Double-Sided; Incomplete)Memorias 3 31 "Mis primeros versos", 1886 January (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Mis primeros versos 3 32 "Momotombo", Undated (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Momotombo 3 33 "Los motivos del lobo", 1913 December (Version I; 8 Pages; Double-Sided)Los motivos del lobo 3 34 "Los motivos del lobo", 1913 December (9 Pages; Double-Sided)Los motivos del lobo 3 35 "Nicaragua", 1913 January (6 Pages; Double-Sided)Nicaragua Written for Mundial Magazine . 3 36 "Nicaragua", 1913 January (10 Pages; Double-Sided)Nicaragua Written for La Nacíon, diario . 3 37 "Nocturno", Undated (2 Pages; Double-Sided)Nocturno 3 38 "Oda a Libertador Bolívar", 1883 June 24 (25 Pages; Double-Sided)Oda a Libertador Bolívar Dedicated to Rafael Zaldívar, President of El Salvador. 3 39 "¡Ah! Recuerdos" a Amado Nervo, 1914 November (1 Page; Double-Sided)¡Ah! Recuerdos a Amado Nervo 3 40 "El Pánico", 1884 February 14 (1 Page; Not Edited)El Pánico 3 41 "¡Pax!", 1914 December (7 Pages; Double-Sided)¡Pax! 3 42 "Poema del Otoño", Undated (4 Pages; Double-Sided)Poema del Otoño 3 43 "Preludio", Undated (5 Pages; Double-Sided)Preludio 3 44 "A Roosevelt", Undated (2 Pages; Double-Sided)A Roosevelt 3 45 "A Rosario Murillo", 1912 October (10 Pages; Double-Sided)A Rosario Murillo 3 46 "Se que soy", Undated (1 Page)Se que soy 3 47 "Sonatina", 1893 February (3 Pages; Double-Sided)English Sonatina 3 48 "Sonatina", Buenos Aires, 1893 November 24 (3 Pages; Double-Sided)Sonatina, Buenos Aires 3 49 "Sonatina", Madrid, 1893 (3 Pages; Double-Sided)Sonatina, Madrid 3 50 "El triunfo de Caliban", 1898 May 20 (4 Pages; Double-Sided)El triunfo de Caliban Written for Tiempo de Buenos Aires . 3 51 "Versos de Otoño", Undated (1 Page)Versos de Otoño 3 52 "A. de Gilbert", 1889 August (25 Pages; Double-Sided)A. de Gilbert Written in Sonsonate, El Salvador for Pedro Balmaceda Toro.