Sources for the Study of the Commemorations of the Independence: the case of the 1910 centennial Argentino in Latin Library of the University of Santiago de Compostela

Abstract

In 1904, at the initiative of a Galician immigrant named Gumersindo Busto Villanueva, born in Buenos Aires a cultural project which, although intended for University of Santiago de Compostela, the birthplace of his mentor, had a clear vocation to serve to commemorate the first centenary of the Independence of Argentina, his country of residence and adoption. This project resulted in the creation of a bibliographic and museum fund would aim to raise awareness in Galicia, and therefore in Spain, the American intellectual reality in all its variety and extension. In fact, the efforts of his mentor and networks woven in broad sectors of almost all countries of the continent, led to numerous collaborations from all sources to provide what should be the Library-Museum America1. The new institution was to be opened, according to the express wish of Gumersindo Busto and the Royal Order confirming its creation on 25 May 19102.