Guillermo Feliú Cruz (1900-1973) was a Chilean historian, bibliographer and librarian.
[Blanc Renard Neville and Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (Chile). 1974. ''Homenaje Al Profesor Guillermo Feliu Cruz. Santiago de Chile'': A. Bello.] He learned
historical method
Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be draw ...
by
José Toribio Medina
José Toribio Medina Zavala (; October 21, 1852 - December 11, 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer, prolific writer, and historian. He is renowned for his study of colonial literature in Chile, printing in Spanish America and large bibliographies s ...
who later successfully proposed Feliú Cruz as
curator
A curator (from , meaning 'to take care') is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular ins ...
of ''Biblioteca Americana'' in the
Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
The National Library of Chile () is the national library of Chile. It is located on the Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins in Santiago, Chile, Santiago, in a building completed in 1925, though its history reaches to the early nineteent ...
.
Selected Publications
*Biblioteca Nacional (Chile) Guillermo Feliú Cruz and José Toribio Medina. 1928. ''Catálogo Breve De La Biblioteca Americana Que Obsequia a La Nacional De Santiago'' J.t. Medina ... Manuscritos. Santiago de Chile: Imprenta universitaria.
*Feliú Cruz Guillermo. 1952. ''Medina Centennial Celebration.'' Washington D.C: Pan American Union.
References
1900 births
1973 deaths
Cruz family (Chile)
20th-century Chilean historians
20th-century Chilean male writers
Chilean librarians
Chilean curators
Chilean bibliographers
People from Talca
Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni
Historians of libraries
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