Finding Aid to the Francisco Mujica Diez de Bonilla Papers, 1956-1979 (original) (raw)

Description

Correspondence with institutions in the United States and abroad to solicit interest in housing Mujica's Collection of original hand drawn reproductions of the art and architecture of pre-Columbian Mexico and New Spain. Also personal letters concerning his stay in the United States; memoranda, inventions and evaluations of his collection, and the will which outlines the final placement of his collection.

Background

Born in Mexico, January 29, 1899, the son of a career diplomat, Professor Mujica in his early years attended schools in Spain, France, Belgium, Argentina, and Chile, pursuing his studies in higher education at the Universities of Chile, Mexico, and Paris. As President of the Architecture Students' Center at the University of Chile, he was the School of Architecture's delegate to the first Pan American Congress of Architects.

Extent

Number of containers: 2 boxes

Restrictions

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Availability

Collection is open for research.