The J. León Helguera Collection of Colombiana at Vanderbilt University includes unique primary sources on 17th to 20th-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. The collection includes books, manuscripts, broadsides, pamphlets (including novenas), royal cedulas, programas, and newspapers.

The database includes a selection of full text searchable broadsides, pamphlets, and programas. Some additional records for materials that have not yet been scanned are also included in the database.

Online exhibits and corresponding essays are linked below.

For questions about the collection, please contact Paula Covington, Bibliographer for Latin American and Iberian Studies and Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies.

Colombia in the 19th Century

Rebellion and Nation Building in 19th-Century Colombia

Colombia in the Early 20th Century

Colombian Independence

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Pálidos destellos de la Orden de Recoletos de San Agustín (1950)
An erudite speech by a Colombian member, tracing the glories of Augustinians in their world wide missionary effort over the centuries, & calliing for a renewed effort in the same direction, by the 1,700 Augustinian novices, world-wide. fr. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, Bishop of Pasto.

Novena del Gran Padre y Doctor de la Iglesia de San Augustin (1790)