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| | Selections from the Library of Jose Durand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | One of the earliest research projects undertaken by Professor José Durand (1925-1990) was a study of the library possessed by the first native-born historian of the Spanish colonies in the New World, Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca (1539-1616). |
 | | By the time of his death, Durand had amassed a collection of some 3,000 volumes, some 500 from the 16th century and another 600 from the 17th through 19th centuries, the rest being mainly 20th-century works of history, literature and criticism. |
 | | The University of Notre Dame was fortunate to acquire the complete library of José Durand in 1995, thanks to connections with surviving family members maintained by José Anadón, a former student of Durand and Professor of Spanish at Notre Dame, and the generosity of the Tom and Dottie Corson family. |
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