Overview
Contains papers related to Julio Mario Santo Domingo's collecting of rare books, manuscripts, papers, ephemera, and more focused on drugs and counter culture topics.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1980-2009
Language of Materials
English and multiple other languages.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
16 linear feet (16 boxes)Contains papers relating to Julio Santo Domingo's collecting of books, manuscripts, posters, ephemera, objects, and more focused on drugs and counter culture topics. Among these are book sales catalogs and papers relating directly to his acquisitions for his private collection, which became the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library.
Biographical / Historical
Julio Mario Santo Domingo (Braga) (1958-2009) was a Colombian businessman who served the director of the Santo Domingo Group. He retired early from his career in order to collect books, manuscripts, art and graphic materials, objects and ephemera mainly on topics related to drugs, sex, and counter culture. He amassed the largest collection on these topics in the world, naming it the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library.
Arrangement
Collection has been minimally processed. Materials have not been arranged.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2012M-76. Deposit, Julio Santo Domingo III, April 2012. Forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
Processing Information
Boxes were not relabeled with call number or new numbers at the time of processing.
- Title
- Santo Domingo, Julio Mario, 1957-2009. Julio Mario Santo Domingo collecting papers, circa 1980-2009 (MS Am 3329): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 July 26
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03238
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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