Guide to the Alfredo Montalvo Bolivian Pamphlets Collection,
1848-1922.

Collection Number: 6885

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
April 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, April 2010

© 2010 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alfredo Montalvo Bolivian pamphlets collection, 1848-1922.
Collection Number:
6885
Creator:
Alfredo, Montalvo
Quantity:
716 pamphlets.
Forms of Material:
Publications
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The pamphlets document a century of Bolivian literate culture, beginning in 1848.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

This collection comes principally from a donation made to Cornell by the Bolivian bookseller, Alfredo Montalvo, who has supplied the university with library materials for over a quarter century.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The pamphlets document a century of Bolivian literate culture, beginning in 1848. They show a nation's struggle to establish viable institutions, to develop its economy, to educate its children and the back and forth of political argument.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Montalvo, Alfredo,

Places:
Bolivia--Civilization.
Bolivia--History.
Bolivia--Politics and government.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alfredo Montalvo Bolivian pamphlets collection, #6885. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIAL

The Alfredo Montalvo Bolivian Digital Pamphlets Collection, http://bolivianpams.library.cornell.edu
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1840-1885
Pamphlets
 Box 1
1866-1899
Pamphlets
 Box 2
1900-1909
Pamphlets
 Box 3
1910s-1920s
Pamphlets
 Box 4
1920s-1940s
Pamphlets
 Box 5