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Baja California Government Documents Collection
MSS 0778
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Baja California Government Documents Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0778
Physical Description:
17.8 Linear feet
(44 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1831-1982 (bulk 1850-1930)
Abstract: Municipal and government documents relating to official policies, civil matters, contracts, litigation, war, and state infrastructure
development in Baja California, including Santo Tomas, Rosarito, Mexicali, Tecate, Tijuana, and other towns and cities.
Languages:
Spanish; Castilian
.
The administrative and custodial history of these materials is unknown.
For preservation reasons, onsite researchers are required to use digitized versions of the documents. Permission to consult
originals may be granted by the Program Director.
These materials were purchased in four batches from a bookseller who provided preliminary descriptions for some of the documents.
When they were accessioned, the original arrangement of the papers -- which otherwise did not appear to have a dicernable
order -- was preserved so catalogers and researchers could refer to the existing descriptions. When the collection was prepared
for digitization, bulky folders were divided up into their component files, still maintaining the original order, and the
file descriptions were enhanced when possible. Strings and bindings that held discrete files together were removed, but all
previously "sewn" files remain housed together in their own folders to preserve context. Descriptions, folder titles, and
dates were reviewed and enhanced in 2019-2021. Further corrections or enrichments may be brought to the attention of Special
Collections staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
Municipal and government documents relating to official policies, civil matters, contracts, litigation, war, and state infrastructure
development in Baja California, including Santo Tomas, Rosarito, Mexicali, Ensenada, Tecate, Tijuana, and other towns and
cities. Documents include official handwritten correspondence, petitions, requests to purchase land, settlements and maps,
mine registers, and other materials that document daily life and municipal administration in Baja, especially throughout the
turbulent period including the Mexican War, 1846-1848 and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920.
Materials are not arranged in any particular order, but are divided into two lists based on the original accessioning of the
material. The order, which does not have a discernable structure, reflects the arrangement of the papers as they were upon
receipt by the Library. Key-word searching across the finding aid, and searching by date in the digitized component of the
collection, is recommended for finding specific topics or locales.
Arranged in two series: 1) DOCUMENTS PROCESSED in 2016, and 2) DOCUMENTS PROCESSED IN 2019-2021
A photograph album,
Distrito Norte de la Baja California, Mex. al C. Primer Jefe del E. C. encargado del poder ejecutivo de la nacion, was seperated from the papers and cataloged in Special Collections & Archives.
Acquired 2015.
Collection of government documents from Baja California. MSS 778. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Digital copies of this material are intended to support research, teaching, and private study. This work may be used without
prior permission. The original manuscripts for this collection are held by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Documents processed in 2016 have been digitized. Digitization of material in the collection is on-going.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- History -- Sources
Land tenure -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Maps -- Mexico -- Baja California -- 19th century
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Archives
Railroads -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- Pictorial works