Scope and Contents This box is about Simon Bolivar, the man who helped free Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia from Spain from 1810-1824. Before Joseph J. Cannon died, he began writing a book about Bolivar. As a result, many of the folders in this box contain drafts of chapters for his book, as well as radio and play scripts that Cannon wrote about Bolivar. Folder 5 even contains some correspondence with the Screen Writers Guild about making a movie of Bolivar. The is also research on Bolivar, the...