Finding Aid for the Lewis Hanke Papers, 1936-1945

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Lewis Hanke Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1945
Collection number: 1190
Creator: Hanke, Lewis
Extent: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.) 2 cartons (2 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes
Abstract: Lewis Ulysses Hanke (b.1905) was a Latin American historian. He taught at the University of Hawaii (1926-27), University of Beirut (1927-30), Harvard University (1934-39), University of Texas (1951-1961), Columbia University (1961-67), UC Irvine (1967-69), and the University of Massachusetts (1969-75). He also served as director of the Library of Congress (1939-51). His publications include The Spanish struggle for justice in the conquest of America (1949), Bartolomé de las Casas: an interpretation of his life and writings (1951), and The imperial city of Potosí: an unwritten chapter in the history of Spanish America (1956). The collection consists of correspondence, research notes on Potosí (Bolivia) source materials, books and other printed items, photographic prints, slides and microfilm copies of original source materials, architectural features, paintings, and copies of Lewis Hanke's books on Latin American history.
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Lewis Hanke, 1976 and 1988.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lewis Hanke Papers (Collection 1190). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1470741 

Biography

Lewis Ulysses Hanke was born January 2, 1905 in Oregon City, Oregon; BS, 1924, MA, 1925, Northwestern University; Ph.D Harvard University, 1936; instructor in history, University of Hawaii, 1926-27; adjunct professor of history, University of Beirut, 1927-30; instructor in history, Harvard University, 1934-39; director, Library of Congress, 1939-51; professor of Latin American history, 1951-61, and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, 1951-58, University of Texas; professor, Columbia University, 1961-67; professor, UC Irvine, 1967-69; University of Massachusetts Helen Haring Professor of Latin American History, 1969-75, and professor emeritus in 1975; wrote many books on Latin American history, including The Spanish struggle for justice in the conquest of America (1949), Bartolomé de las Casas: an interpretation of his life and writings (1951), and The imperial city of Potosí: an unwritten chapter in the history of Spanish America (1956).

Expanded Biographical Note

Professor Lewis Hanke (b. Oregon City, Oregon, 1905) was the Clarence and Helen Haring Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also served as Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas (1951-1958), and was a Professor of American History there (1951-1961), Professor of History at Columbia (1961-1967), and at the University of California Irvine (1967-1969). In 1965, he was made an honorary citizen of Potosí, and is the author of various works on Latin American history.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence, research notes on Potosí (Bolivia) source materials, books and other printed items, photographic prints, slides and microfilm copies of original source materials, architectural features, paintings, and copies of Lewis Hanke's books on Latin American history. Includes notes about Potosí from the Archivo General de Indias (Seville), the British Museum, the Archivo Nacional (Sucre), Biblioteca Nacional (Sucre), Biblioteca Nacional (Madrid), Archivo General de la Nation (Buenos Aires), Archivo Nacional (Paraguay), Archivo Nacional del Perú (Lima), and others.

Expanded Scope and Content

The papers in this collection relate to the silver mining city of Potosí (in colonial Peru, now part of Bolivia), and to Dr. Hanke's long-term historical research and writings on the city.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:
  1. Correspondence.
  2. Research notes on various topics.
  3. Notes on Potosí (source materials).
  4. Copies of source material.
  5. Microfilm and slides.
  6. Offprints, pamphlets, single issues of journals and other printed materials about Potosí.
  7. Books and miscellaneous.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Hanke, Lewis--Archives.
Historians--United States--Archival resources.
Potosí (Bolivia)--History--Research.


 

Correspondence 1936-1975

Box 1, Folder 1

Potosí, illustrations. 1936-1965

Box 1, Folder 2

Potosí. 1947-1964

Box 1, Folder 3

Publications: Nijoff volume. 1954-1960

Box 1, Folder 4

Reunion de Historiadores. 1955-1960

Box 1, Folder 5

Publications: “The 1908 fiesta in Potosí.” 1957

Box 1, Folder 6

Publications: Revista Shell article. 1960-1962

Box 1, Folder 7

Potosí project. 1964-1966

Box 1, Folder 8

Enriqúe Tandeter, Potosí researches. 1975

 

Research Notes on Various Topics

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
Box 2, Folder 1

A.T.&T.

Box 2, Folder 2

Attitude towards Indians.

Box 2, Folder 3

Character of Spaniards.

Box 2, Folder 4

Colonel George Church.

Box 2, Folder 5

Criollismo & Mestizos.

Box 2, Folder 6

Economic affairs.

Box 2, Folder 7

Good stories.

Box 2, Folder 8

Metallurgy, etc.

Box 2, Folders 9-10

Miscellaneous.

Box 2, Folder 11

Miscellaneous notes used in editing Bartolomé Arzáns de Orsúa y Vela's history of Potosí.

Box 3, Folder 1

Numismatics.

Box 3, Folder 2

Potosí & Brazil.

Box 3, Folder 3

Population.

Box 3, Folder 4

“Portuguese in Potosí,” article: some of the notes used.

Box 3, Folder 5

Religiousity & morals.

Box 3, Folder 6

Sense of Empire.

Box 3, Folder 7

Silver production.

Box 3, Folder 8

Spirit of Potosí.

Box 3, Folder 9

Urbanization.

 

“Notes on Potosí (Source Materials)”

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
Box 4

Note box 1. 1545-1610

Box 4

Note box 2. 1610-1690

Box 5

Note box 3. 1690-1823

Box 5

Note box 4. 1547-1863

 

Copies of Source Material

Box 6, Folder 1

“Descripción del cerro de Potosí and correspondence re photographic order. 1964

Physical Description: (4 items, 13 pieces)

Note

[Manuscript in Essex County Record Office, England]
Box 6, Folder 2

Sixteenth century description of Potosí”

Physical Description: (1 item, 16 pieces)

Note

[Manuscript in Hispanic Society of America, New York]
Box 6, Folder 3

“Relación” on the economic value of Potosí at the time Viceroy Francisco de Toledo began his rule. 1569-1571

Physical Description: (2 items, 6 pieces)

Note

[Manuscript in Hispanic Society of America, New York]
Box 6, Folder 4

Lists of manuscripts on Potosí in the Archivo de Indias (Seville), biblioteca nacional (Madrid) and Biblioteca de Palacio (Madrid).

Box 6, Folder 5

Select notecards to show how photographed items have been indicated in the “Notes on Potosí.”

Box 6, Folder 6

Notes and blibliography on “Potosí illustrations.”

Physical Description: [folders 7-14]
Box 6, Folder 7

Illustrations from rare books, British Museum, etc.

Physical Description: (12 items, Photostats, black & white photographic prints and negatives)
Box 6, Folder 8

Town of Potosí and its architectural features, sent by Mario Buchiazzo.

Physical Description: (63 items, Black & white photographic prints)
Box 6, Folder 9

Potosí architecture, sent by José de Mesa & Teresa Gilbert.

Physical Description: (15 items, Black & white photographic prints)

Scope and Content Note

with descriptive notes and colored reproduction re painting by Gaspar Miguel de Berrío (1785) in the Museo de Charcas, Sucre, Bolivia.
Box 6, Folder 10

Painting showing the entrance into Potosí of Archbishop viceroy diego Rubio Morallo, by Melchor Pérez de Hoguín [Museo de Americas, Madrid]. 1716

Physical Description: (15 items, Black & white photographic prints)
Box 6, Folder 11

Painting of Potosí from an unidentified Turkish manuscript.

Physical Description: (2 items, colored photographic prints)
Box 6, Folder 12

Casa de Moneda, Potosí.

Physical Description: (3 items, Black & white photographic prints)
Box 6, Folder 13

Bartolomé Arzáns de Orsúa y Vela's history of Potosí.

Physical Description: (2 items, 9 pieces - Black & white photographic print and photostats)

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous pages from manuscript.
Box 6, Folder 14

Views of Potosí.

Physical Description: (7 items, 9 pieces - Colored slides, color negative and black & white photographic prints)

Scope and Content Note

From manuscript K 3 at the Hispanic Society of America, New York.
 

Microfilm and Slides

Box 7

Materials in the Archivo de Indias (Seville), Biblioteca Nacional (Madrid), Biblioteca de Palacio, British Museum and elsewhere.

Physical Description: (9 reels of microfilm; 12 loose rolls of microfilm; 1 packet containing 6 colored slides and 10 envelopes containing loose strips of film)
Box 7

Another copy.

Physical Description: (2 reels 35mm positive microfilm)
Box 7

Another copy.

Physical Description: (2 reels 35mm positive microfilm)
 

Offprints, Pamphlets, Single Issues of Journals and Other Printed Materials re Potosí

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 8, Folders 1-3

Mario Chacon Torres.

Physical Description: (8 items)
Box 8, Folders 4-6

Marie Helmer.

Physical Description: (21 items)
Box 8, Folder 7

Gunnar Mendoza.

Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 8, Folder 8

José de Mesa.

Physical Description: (4 items)
Box 9, Folders 1-5

José de Mesa.

Physical Description: (10 items)
Box 9, Folder 6

Umberto Julio Paoli.

Physical Description: (3 items, 6 pieces)
Box 9, Folder 7

Manuel Moreyray y Paz-Soldan.

Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 10, Folder 1

Manuel Moreyray y Paz-Soldan.

Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 10, Folder 2

William E. Rudolph.

Physical Description: (2 items, 7 pieces)
Box 10, Folders 3-7

Whole issues of journals, mostly published in Potosí.

Physical Description: (6 items)
Box 11

Various.

Physical Description: (46 items)
Box 12, Folders 1-2

Various.

Physical Description: (4 items, 8 pieces)
 

Books and Various

Box 12, Folder 3

Bibliografia general referente a la historia de Potosí existente en la biblioteca de “San Andrés”. La Paz-Bolivia. 1959

Creator/Collector: Porfirio Díaz Machicao
Physical Description: (Bound presentation copy of carbon copy typescript)
Box 12, Folder 3

Historia de la villa imperial de Potosí (vol.1-2). Edición de Lewis Hanke y Gunnar Mendoza. Providence: Brown University Press. 1965

Creator/Collector: Bartolomé Arzáns de Orsúa y Vela
Box 13

Historia de la villa imperial de Potosí (vol.3). Edición de Lewis Hanke y Gunnar Mendoza. Providence: Brown University Press. 1965

Creator/Collector: Bartolomé Arzáns de Orsúa y Vela
Box 13

Bartolomé Arzáns de Orsúa y Vela's History of Potosí. Providence: Brown University Press. 1965

Creator/Collector: Lewis Hanke
Box 13

Album of photographs and postcards re Potosí, presented by the Club “internacional” to Dr. Hanke on the occasion of his being made an honorary citizen of Potosí. 1965

Box 13, Folder 1

Program for ceremony honoring Dr. Hanke, with copies of the Bolivian national anthem (1) and “Chakiykiman Mama,” (3). 1965

Physical Description: (5 pieces)
Box 13, Folder 2

Miscellaneous correspondence of Lewis Hanke with various persons. 1967-1975

 

Microfilm (Positive)

Box 14

Materials from Archivo de Indias, (Seville), Biblioteca Nacional, Biblioteca de Palacio, British Museum.

Physical Description: (2 reels)