Victoriano Huerta papers.
Finding aid prepared by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant.
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Title: Victoriano Huerta papers
Date: 1912, undated
Collection Number: MS 021
Creator:
Huerta, Victoriano, 1845-1916
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The Victoriano Huerta papers is a collection of three documents, which mainly relate to Victoriano Huerta's military history
before he became the President of Mexico in 1913. The collection includes a ledger documenting donations to Huerta's forces
during the Mexican Revolution in 1912, an account of his command of the 3rd Infantry Battalion from 1894-1901, and a brief
overview of his military history and accomplishments until 1914.
Languages: The collection is in Spanish.
The collection is open for research.
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University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Victoriano Huerta papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside
as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded
by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarians.
Victoriano Huerta was born on December 22, 1850, in Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico. He graduated from the Mexican National Military
Academy (Heroico Colegio Militar) in 1872, and by 1890 had reached the rank of Colonel of Engineers. He was made commander
of the 3rd Infantry Battalion from 1894-1901, and led successful campaigns against rebels in Sonora and the Yucatan before
retiring from the army in 1907 due to health issues.
In 1910, a revolution broke out over the succession of the Mexican president, with President Porfirio Díaz ousted from power
by Francisco Madero in 1911. Huerta applied to rejoin the Federal Army under his previous rank in 1910, and pledged allegiance
to Madero. Secretly though, Huerta was plotting with U.S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, General Bernardo Reyes, and Félix
Díaz to overthrow Madero. In 1913, in an episode known as the Ten Tragic Days (La Decena Trágica), Huerta managed to imprison
Díaz and Vice President José María Pino Suárez and engineered their resignations and his takeover of the presidency.
As president, Huerta established a military dictatorship, which displeased the United States government and led to rebellions
within Mexico. These forces combined led Huerta to resign on July 15, 1914, and he then went into exile in the United States.
After a failed coup d'état, Huerta died in 1915 while in U.S. custody.
The collection contains documents about Victoriano Huerta's military career from 1872 to 1914, mostly concerning his career
before he assumed the Presidency of the Mexico in 1913. The collection includes a ledger documenting donations to Huerta's
forces during the Mexican Revolution in 1912, an account of his command of the 3rd Infantry Battalion from 1894-1901, and
a brief overview of his military history and accomplishments until 1914.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Ledgers (account books)
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
Mexico -- History, military
Presidents -- Mexico
Military records
Box 1, Folder 1
Donation book 1912
Box 1, Folder 2
Employment history undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Recount of 3rd Infantry Battalion circa 1930-1939