Archives of the Indies (selected California)
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Archives of the Indies (selected California)
Dates: 1597-1776
Collection Number: mssFAC 1493
Extent:
11 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists of some 300 items totaling approximately 2,300 pages of facsimiles, valuable for California history
from 1597 to 1776.
Language of Material: The records are in Spanish.
Administration Information
Access
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Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
FAC 1493, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift from John D. Wright, July 1944.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of some 300 items totaling approximately 2,300 pages of facsimiles, valuable for California history
from 1597 to 1776. There are the accounts of Vizcaíno's two voyages of exploration along the Western coast in 1596 to Baja
California and in 1602 as far north as Cape Mendocino; the incident of the discovery of silver in Arizonac in 1736, which
led to a northwest extension of the Spanish conquest; the diaries of members of different expeditions which initiated the
occupation and settlement of Alta California; the establishment of and administration of missions, etc. The material for the
period 1763-1777 dovetails with the Huntington's manuscripts of the Visitador General of New Spain, Don José de Gálvez, Marqués
de la Sonora, a collection acquired by the Huntington in 1925 and consisting of correspondence, reports, orders, and miscellaneous
documents relative to California and Mexico.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Vizcaíno, Sebastián, 1550?-1628?
Subjects
Missions, Spanish--California
Silver mines and mining--Arizona
Geographic Areas
California--History
Pacific Coast--Discovery and exploration
Spain--Discovery and exploration
Genre
Facsimiles (reproductions)
Box 1
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1597-1768, Aug. 21)
Box 2
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1768, Sep. 1-1769, Feb. 20)
Box 3
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1769, Mar. 4-July 13)
Box 4
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1769, July 14-Dec 18)
Box 5
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1770, Nov. 1-1772, Nov. 26)
Box 6
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1770, Jan. 6-Oct. 28)
Box 7
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1772, Dec. 25-1773, Dec. 10)
Box 8
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1773, Dec. 18-1774, Feb. 28)
Box 9
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1774, Mar. 9-June 26)
Box 10
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1774, July 20-1775, Feb. 28)
Box 11
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
(1775, Mar. 6-1776)
