The J. León Helguera Collection of Colombiana provides access to unique primary sources on 19th-century Colombian history and culture. The result of a half-century of collecting on three continents, the collection is one of the largest and most wide-ranging in the United States. Materials are grouped into three separate types: broadsides, 1825-1972; pamphlets (including novenas), 1785-1969; and programas, 1819-1914.

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Report of the Gran Pobre silver mine in Venezuela : its situation, richness and the facilities for working it, with the analyses of the ores (1854) full description of this item PDF of this item
Very brief description of a silver mine in Carúpano, in Cumaná State.

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China Pitaya, aranciata e rossa (1839) full description of this item PDF of this item
A promotional letter expounding on the merits of Chinchoa [sic] bark from Pitayó (Cauca, Colombia) written by a Florentine pharmacist, Luigi Calamai.
Fr. José María Valdéz, Novena en honor del glorioso Padre San Antonio Abad, 1843 Helguera Coat of Arms J. León Helguera Muchos Catolicos, 'Espantoso Sacrilejio' Bogotá, 1866. 'El Huzar de Buenavista Sale Cantando la Acción de la Culebrera' Bogotá, 1852. 'Julian Trujillo' 1860 'Carta de la República de (la Gran) Colombia dividida en 12 departamentos en 1824' _Atlas físico y político de la República de Venezuela_, 1840 '¡¡¡ Neira Ha Muerto !!!'  Bogotá, 1841. Colección de Asertos o Programas... por los Alumnos del Colejio de Panamá...  1848