Simón Daro Dawidowicz Bolivarian collection

Collection

Simón Daro Dawidowicz Bolivarian collection

• 1937-1990 (Creation)
• 1960-1990 (Creation)

6 Boxes

Simón Daro Dawidowicz was a businessman and art collector who resided in Miami, Florida. A long-time resident of Colombia, Dawidowicz had a strong interest in Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar and his lasting influence on Latin America. Dawidowicz was a member of several Bolivarian societies, president of the Bolavarian Review, and founded the non-profit organization Darien Action Committee, which sought to promote the completion of the Panamerican Highway from Panama to Colombia. Dawidowicz had strong connections with several prominent Latin American artists including Leopoldo Richter and David Manzur. He was a curator as well as a collector of their and others' work, and donated a number of their pieces to museums and institutions including the University of Miami. A mural titled "Bolívar and Humboldt" by Leopoldo Richter was donated by Dawidowicz to the University, and currently stands in front of the Otto G. Richter Library.

The Simón Daro Dawidowicz Bolivarian collection contains items pertaining to all of the above pursuits and interests. Much of it is correspondence and official records, or newspapers clippings and photographs that document his activities. There are a number of audiocassettes and film reels, and a single videocassette as well.

Of particular interest are a bust of Simón Bolívar that Dawidowicz had commissioned as a gift for former President Lyndon Johnson, as well as a box containing photographs, photographic prints, brochures, periodicals, and other forms of material depicting the works of a number of Latin American artists. These include David Manzur, Leopoldo Richter, German Tessarolo, Marlene Hoffman, Enrique Grau, Edgar Silva, Armando Villegas, Patricia Tavera, Ràmon Carulla, and Miguel Rojas Niño. Some of these items are signed by the artists.

Two family members of Dawidowicz, Miriam and Sylvia, were curators and donors of Latin American art as well, and several documents detailing their efforts are held within the collection.

Finally, the collection contains assorted personal photographs and several short stories written by Dawidowicz.

This collection is open for research.

Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.

Simón Daro Dawidowicz Bolivarian Collection Finding Aid © 2009 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

• English
• Spanish
• French

See also Dawidowicz's film script "The Life of Simón Bolívar."

Information about related materials is available at http://ibisweb.miami.edu/record=b4273184~S11

• Sofía Ímber collection

• Art, Latin American -- 20th century

• Bolivarian Society of the United States (Subject)
• Organization of American States (Subject)
• Otto G. Richter Library (Subject)
• Pan American Highway Congress. Darien Subcommittee (Subject)
• Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830 (Subject)
• Carulla, Rámon, 1938- (Subject)
• Dawidowicz, Simón Daro (Subject)
• Grau, Enrique, 1920-2004 (Subject)
• Manzur, David (Subject)
• Richter, Leopoldo, 1896-1984 (Subject)
• Tavera, Patricia (Subject)
• Villegas, Armando, 1928- (Subject)

• Articles
• Sound recordings » Audiocassettes
• Books
• Brochures
• Busts (general, figures)
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Fliers (printed matter)
• Correspondence » Letters (correspondence)
• Motion Pictures (visual works)
• Periodicals » Newspapers
• Scores (documents for music)
• Pamphlets
• Periodicals
• Photocopies
• Photographs
• Postcards
• Reports
• Sketches
• Video recordings (physical artifacts) » Videocassettes