Finding Aid to the Bancroft Reference Notes for Mexico, circa
1870s-1890s
Processed by Iris Donovan and Carola DeRooy
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid to the Bancroft Reference Notes for Mexico, circa
1870s-1890s
Collection number: BANC MSS B-C 10
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Processed by Iris Donovan and Carola DeRooy
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
© 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Bancroft reference notes for Mexico
Date (inclusive): circa 1870s-1890s
Collection Number: BANC MSS B-C 10
Collector:
Bancroft, Hubert Howe,
1832-1918
Extent:
Number of containers: 35 cartons
Linear feet: 43.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft collection.
Consists of
bibliographic and research notes pertaining to and used in the
History of
Mexico
, volumes 9-14, part of Hubert Howe Bancroft's,
39-volume History of
the Pacific States of North America,
published between 1882-1890.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials,
please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bancroft reference notes for Mexico, BANC MSS B-C 10, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Related Collections
Library:
Hubert Howe Bancroft: Records of the library and publishing companies, BANC MSS B-C
7
Hofmann & Curtis Architects, Specifications ... in the erection of a ...
library building for H. H. Bancroft, 1881, BANC MSS 73/122 c: [no.] 64
Catalogue of the Bancroft Library of Pacific Coast Books, Maps, and Manuscripts,
BANC MSS B-C 4
William Henry Knight, Bancroft Library MS Scrapbooks, 1860-64, BANC MSS C-E 200
San Francisco Bulletin index, 1855-1872, BANC MSS B-C 2
Publishing Companies:
Hubert Howe Bancroft,
In these Latter Days, BANC MSS
B-A 1
John S. Hittell,
A History of the City of San
Francisco
, 1878, BANC MSS 90/19 c
History Company.
The History Company periodical index,
BANC MSS B-C 3
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Letters and papers from Mexico, 1886-91, BANC MSS M-M 384
Porfirio Diaz Collection of Papers, 1881-93, BANC MSS M-M 392
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Authorities quoted in the History of California, BANC MSS B-C
1
Thomas Savage, Report of labors in archives and procuring material for the History
of California, 1876-79, BANC MSS C-E 191
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Preliminary notes and plans for the Pioneer Register, BANC
MSS C-E 170
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Correspondence relating to the
History
of Oregon, 1863-1889,
BANC MSS P-A 169
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Correspondence, BANC MSS C-B 362
Bancroft Reference Notes for the Western States, excluding California, BANC MSS B-C
8
Bancroft Reference Notes for Central America, BANC MSS B-C 9
Bancroft Reference Notes for British Columbia and Alaska, BANC MSS B-C 11
Bancroft Reference Notes for California, BANC MSS B-C 12
Bancroft Reference Notes--Bibliography, BANC MSS B-C 13
Bancroft Reference Notes on the conquest of Mexico, BANC MSS B-M 1
Bancroft Reference Notes, BANC MSS 97/31 c
Bancroft Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1860-1890, BANC MSS B-C 14
Henry Cerruti, Sketches of the California Pioneers, BANC MSS C-E 65
Ivan Petroff, Journal of Trip to Alaska in Search of Information for the Bancroft
Library, 1878, BANC MSS P-K 62
Harry Bishop Hambly, Information for the Bancroft Library, 1936, BANC MSS C-D 5081
Henry Lebbeus Oak, Correspondence and papers, BANC MSS C-B 387
Henry Lebbeus Oak, Letters from H.H. Bancroft and diary, 1874-87, BANC MSS 67/153
Frances Fuller Victor, Correspondence and notes relating to the History of Oregon,
1865-[ca. 1886], BANC MSS P-A 170
A.L. Bancroft & Co., Account of stock, Jan. 1, 1879, BANC MSS C-E 195
A.L. Bancroft & Co., Resolutions for the year 1890, BANC MSS C-E 196
Bancroft family:
Albert Little Bancroft,
My Brother Hubert Howe
Bancroft
, 1907, BANC MSS 73/122 c:109
Hubert Howe Bancroft family papers, BANC MSS 73/64 c
Bancroft family, Family genealogical data, 1886-1907, BANC MSS 89/91 c
Hubert Howe Bancroft letters to his family, 1882-1918, BANC MSS 77/169 c
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog
Mexico--History,
1850-1950--Sources
Mexico--History--Sources
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Bancroft Reference Notes for Mexico were part of the Bancroft Collection, purchased by
the University of Califoria in 1905.
Biography
Hubert Howe Bancroft was born in Granville, Ohio on May 5, 1832. After working for some
time in the Buffalo, N.Y. book store owned by his brother-in-law, George H. Derby, Bancroft
came to California in 1852 to establish a West Coast outlet for the shop. In 1855, after
selling the initial stock, he went east and returned with sufficient books and stationery to
open a San Francisco store the following year. Within two years, his firm on Montgomery
Street began to grow into a publishing house, issuing such items as law books and legal
stationery, texts and maps for schools, and music and piano sales.
In 1860, as an outgrowth of assembling research materials for publication of a Pacific
Coast handbook, Bancroft began to collect regional writings: this was the beginning of his
unparalleled collection of books and manuscripts on the West. Within a decade he had 16,000
volumes, encompassing not only California and the Pacific Coast as the central focus, but
also British Columbia and Alaska to the north, the Rocky Mountains to the east, and Mexico
and Central American to the south, extending back in time from the native Indian cultures of
all these regions and the subsequent era of Spanish control. The collection continued to
grow as a result of collecting trips to the east and Europe, as well as through extensive
purchases at a number of major auctions. Eventually it included not only books and
manuscripts, but pamphlets, maps, newspapers and other periodicals, and transcriptions of
manuscripts made by his corps of copyists from originals still in private hands or in
government and church archives. Bancroft and his staff also created original materials by
interviewing pioneers whose recollections might not otherwise have been preserved, resulting
in hundreds of early oral histories termed "dictations".
By 1868, a move became necessary to relieve overcrowding in Bancroft's expanding
and prosperous Montgomery Street headquarters. He bought property on Market Street near
Third, and began to build in 1869. In April 1870, the completed five-story building boasted
a modernized steam engine in the basement to provide power for the printing presses. The
first four floors accommodated nine departments, including wholesale and retail books, and
stationary, music, law, and education sales; a subscription department; and a printing,
bindery, and blank book production division. The fifth floor of the new Bancroft Building
was a literary workshop, completely divorced from the business, where Bancroft's
collections could be put to use. He engaged Librarian, Henry Lebbeus Oak, to catalog the
works he had acquired.
Bancroft continued to collect materials as he planned a vast publication project of a
series of histories of western North American, which in the end numbered 39 volumes: the
History of the Pacific States of North America, also known as
Bancroft's
Works. First were five volumes on The Native Races
(1874-1875), then three volumes on the History of Central America and six more on the
History of Mexico, followed by two volumes on the Northern Mexican States and Texas, and one
treating Arizona and New Mexico. All of these preceded his central topic, a seven-volume
History of California (1886-1890), which were followed by nine more volumes on other parts
of the west, and a number of more informal works, including
Literary
Industries
, the author's biography.
Bancroft's ten year marriage to his beloved wife, Emily Ketchum Bancroft, ended
upon her death in 1869. Left alone to raise their daughter, Kate, born in 1860, Bancroft
devoted his energies to family and literary productions. He placed the full responsibility
of managing the business interests of the firm with his younger brother, A. L. (Albert
Little) Bancroft, creating a new partnership in 1860 under the title, A. L. Bancroft and
Company. The business expanded and prospered under A. L. Bancroft's direction until
a fire destroyed the Bancroft Building and its contents in 1886. Old resentments and
quarrels erupted following the traumatic event which eventually severed the brothers
personal and professional relationships.
Fortunately, the library (referred to as both the Bancroft Library and the Pacific Library)
was spared. In 1881, it had been moved from the fifth floor of the Market Street location to
a specially constructed fire-proofed brick building on Valencia Street. Following the fire
and dissolution of his partnership with A. L. Bancroft in 1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft formed
two new companies: The History Company, and the Bancroft Company. In August 1887, under
these new imprints, the production, publication, and marketing of Bancroft's
Works resumed in the rebuilt quarters at 723 Market Street, known
thereafter as the History Building.
Throughout the West, Bancroft's numerous sales agents continued to sell
subscriptions to his
Works and the seven-volume
Chronicles of the
Builders
. Following a successful marketing campaign which secured orders for more
than 6,000 sets of volumes during the 1870's and 80's, the canvassing
effort was abandoned in 1892. In the late 1880's, Bancroft's methods for
writing and marketing his works came under attack by literary critics and several of his
former employees, including Mr. Henry Oak and Mrs. Francis Fuller Victor. Oak and Victor
claimed authorship for major portions of the
Works that were credited solely
to Bancroft, calling the historian's methods and reputation into question. The
retail book and stationary store finally closed its doors in 1894, after a long and bitter
price war had made the business unprofitable.
In 1905, Bancroft's accomplishments as an historian and collector were recognized
by the University of California. The institution purchased the book and manuscript
collections of the eminent historian, numbering over sixty-thousand items, for $250,000.
Although the collector contributed $100,000 of the purchase price, the contents of the
library had been appraised at twice the net cost to the University.
The History of
the Pacific States
won recognition as an indispensable work for students of
western history. The collection as a whole remains a distinguished primary source of unique
books, maps, pamphlets, and documents on the early history of the West, from Alaska to
Central America.
In his later years, Bancroft wrote several volumes (
Retrospection, The New Pacific,
In These Latter Days
) expressing his political, moral, economic, and social
concerns for a modernizing world. On March 3, 1918, at the age of 86, Hubert Howe Bancroft
died at his home, having been struck by a street car several days earlier. He was survived
by his daughter, Kate, and his four children (Paul, Philip, Griffing, and Lucy Bancroft) by
his second wife, Matilida Griffing Bancroft. They were married in 1876 and she predeceased
him in 1910.
Sources
-
Harry Clark,
A Venture in History: The Production, Publication, and Sale of
the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft.
University of California Press,
1973.
-
John Walton Caughey,
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Historian of the West.
University of California Press, 1946.
-
The Bancroft Library, University of California,
The Bancroft Collection of
Western and Latin Americana
, June 4, 1998,
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/bancroft.html .
Scope and Content of Collection
Bancroft Reference Notes for Mexico, ca. 1870s-1890s, consists of bibliographic and
research notes pertaining to and used in the
History of Mexico, volumes 9-14,
part of Hubert Howe Bancroft's,
39-volume History of the Pacific States of
North America,
published between 1882-1890.
The research notes as a whole track the initial contact by Europeans with the land and
native people of the cities and/or states of Mexico, including Lower and Baja California.
The notes follow in a chronological manner various political, social, religious, and
economic upheavals, changes, and developments in each country or region between the 1490s
and the 1880s.
The Mexico notes draw heavily on the Alphonse Pinart Collection of books and manuscripts
purchased by Bancroft and cataloged into his collection in 1883, and the Provincial State
Papers. The notes reflect primary sources such as diaries, military, and church
correspondence. Secondary source notes, such as pamphlets, journals, and newspapers focus on
the interaction of colonists and their country of origin, as well as between the colonists
and the native races. Political revolution and religious controversy color the history of
the Mexican states and provide much of the subject matter for these bibliographical notes.
The mining notes for Zacatecas, Lower and Baja California, and those found in the Subject
Files are also of interest, as they represent important motivations behind exploiting and
inhabiting the area.
In addition, the material also provides information about H.H. Bancroft's methods
of compiling notes and references in preparation for writing chapter drafts for the
Works volumes. The distinctive handwriting of many of Bancroft's
assistants is revealed. The majority of bibliographic citations and notes were taken from
manuscripts and books which were part of Bancroft's Pacific Library collection
during the years 1870-1890. The notes and strips were often pasted or pinned to larger
sheets to construct draft outlines and text footnotes as well as being compiled into
authority lists.
Consistently noting a subject heading in the left margin, the notes range from one-inch
wide strips of papers citing bibliographic references to longer texts copied or summarized
from sources. The notes usually include title, author, volume, and page citations; many
notes are simple 1- to 4 line summaries of a specific topic with a date noted in the left
hand margin. Research notes of one to ten pages are transcriptions or summaries of
historical events or persons compiled from primary and secondary sources.
Series 1:
City, State, and Mexican Republic Bibliographic and Research Notes.
circa 1500s-1890s.
Physical Description:
Cartons 1-31
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically.
Content/Description
The majority of geographic area or state files contain research about the particular
regions church history, city history, military and Indian affairs, politics and
governors, industry and finance, commerce and resources, mining, and early voyages and
expeditions. Additionally, there are some files about land administration, mission
lists, education, wars, transportation, revolts, railroads, notable military and
political leaders.The Mexican Republic files are particularly rich in military notes
concerning revolutions, U.S. relations, Indian affairs and politics.
carton 1, folder 1
Agriculture and Industry.
1828-1885
carton 1, folder 5
Military and Indian affairs.
1811-1875
carton 1, folder 7
Politics and governors.
1835-1875
carton 1, folder 8
Church history.
1545-1864
carton 1, folder 11
Foreign intervention.
1670-1881
carton 1, folder 12
Industry and finance.
1670-1870
carton 1, folder 13-14
Military and Indian affairs.
1680-1885
carton 1, folder 15-16
Politics and governors.
1650-1885
carton 1, folder 17
Voyages and expeditions.
1517-1882
carton 1, folder 18-20
Church history.
1520-1885
carton 1, folder 23-24
Commerce and resources.
1520-1885
carton 1, folder 26-27
Military and Indian affairs.
1520-1885
carton 1, folder 28-30
Politics and governors.
1520-1885
carton 1, folder 31
Sublevacion de los Zendales
1712-1713
carton 1, folder 32
Voyages and expeditions
1520-1885
carton 1, folder 33-34
Church history.
1500-1889
carton 2, folder 1-2
Commerce and resources.
1801-1889
carton 2, folder 3
Land administration.
1576-1869
carton 2, folder 4-7
Military and Indian affairs.
1500-1889
carton 2, folder 11-15
Politics and governors.
1500-1889
carton 2, folder 16
Voyages and explorations.
1555-1860
carton 2, folder 17
Church history.
1600-1780
carton 2, folder 20
Commerce and resources.
1880-1889
carton 2, folder 21-22
Military and Indian affairs.
1598-1889
carton 2, folder 23-25
Politics and governors.
1650-1889
carton 2, folder 27
Commerce and resources.
1750-1870
carton 2, folder 28
Land administration.
1840-1870
carton 2, folder 29
Military and Indian affairs.
1520-1885
carton 2, folder 30
Politics and governors.
1800-1880
carton 3, folder 1-3
Church history.
1550-1870
carton 3, folder 6
Commerce and resources.
1801-1889
carton 3, folder 7-9
Military and Indian affairs.
1801-1885
carton 3, folder 11
Nombre de Dios.
1550-1800
carton 3, folder 12-15
Politics and governors.
1550-1890
carton 3, folder 16
Voyages and explorations.
1500-1650
carton 3, folder 17
Church history.
1550-1889
carton 3, folder 20
Miguel Hidalgo's revolt.
1810-1811
carton 3, folder 21-23
Military and Indian affairs.
1800-1889
carton 3, folder 24-25
Mining and resources.
1550-1889
carton 3, folder 26-27
Politics and governors.
1700-1889
carton 4, folder 1
City and Church history.
1520-1890
carton 4, folder 2-3
Military and Indian affairs.
1600-1890
carton 4, folder 4
Mining and resources.
1520-1890
carton 4, folder 5-6
Politics and governors.
1720-1890
carton 4, folder 7
Voyages and expeditions.
1520-1890
carton 4, folder 9-12
Church history.
1525-1890
carton 4, folder 16
Commerce and resources.
1520-1890
carton 4, folder 17-18
Guzman's expedition.
1527-1530
carton 4, folder 19
Military: Revolutions.
1536-1542
carton 4, folder 20-21
Military and Indian affairs.
1520-1849
carton 5, folder 1-2
Military and Indian affairs.
1850-1889
carton 5, folder 4-10
Politics and governors.
1520-1890
carton 5, folder 11
Voyages and expeditions.
1550-1890
Lower and Baja California
carton 5, folder 12-17
Church history.
1500-1875
carton 5, folder 18
Church history: Dominican entrance.
1760-1785
carton 5, folder 19
Church history: Padre Ugarte.
1701-1789
carton 5, folder 23
Land administration.
1820-1890
carton 6, folder 1
Loreto finances.
1750-1790
carton 6, folder 2
Military colony.
1850-1852
carton 6, folder 3-7
Military and Indian affairs.
1700-1890
carton 6, folder 8-12
Mining and resources.
1680-1890
carton 6, folder 14
Northern frontier.
1851-1890
carton 6, folder 15-18
Politics and governors.
1700-1890
carton 6, folder 20-23
Voyages and expeditions.
1500-1890
carton 7, folder 6-15
Church history.
1520-1699
carton 8, folder 1-7
Church history.
1700-1895
carton 9, folder 5-11
Commerce and resources.
1520-1849
carton 10, folder 1-6
Commerce and resources.
1850-1895
carton 10, folder 7
Education in the arts.
1520-1895
carton 11, folder 5-9
Foreign relations.
1800-1895
carton 11, folder 10
Foreign relations: Cortes.
1810-1826
carton 11, folder 13
Land administration.
1550-1880
carton 12, folder 8-13
Cortes and Muteczuma.
1518-1521
carton 13, folder 1-2
Hidalgo's revolution.
1808-1811
carton 13, folder 8-9
Spanish relations.
1800-1895
carton 13, folder 10-15
U. S. relations.
1800-1849
carton 14, folder 1-2
U. S. relations.
1850-1895
carton 14, folder 3
Vega's mission to California.
1850-1866
carton 14, folder 4
War of Independence.
1808-1829
carton 14, folder 5-14
Military and Indian affairs.
1530-1829
carton 15, folder 1-10
Military and Indian affairs.
1830-1895
carton 16, folder 2-4
Congress and the Constitution.
1800-1895
carton 16, folder 7-14
Politics and governors.
1520-1799
carton 17, folder 1-12
Politics and governors.
1800-1849
carton 18, folder 1-12
Politics and governors.
1850-1869
carton 19, folder 1-6
Politics and governors.
1870-1895
carton 19, folder 7
Provencias Internas.
1720-1849
carton 19, folder 8-11
Railroads and transportation.
1821-1895
carton 19, folder 13
Voyages: Cortes in the South Seas.
1522-1533
carton 19, folder 14-15
Voyages and expeditions.
1510-1770
carton 20, folder 2-7
Church history.
1500-1890
carton 20, folder 13-14
Commerce and resources.
1550-1890
carton 20, folder 15
Drainage of the valley.
1550-1881
carton 21, folder 1-8
Military and Indian affairs.
1518-1890
carton 21, folder 9-16
Politics and governors.
1550-1890
carton 21, folder 17
Railroads and transportation.
1850-90
carton 22, folder 1-5
Church history.
1500-1889
carton 22, folder 8
Commerce and growth.
1850-89
carton 22, folder 9
Cortes and Spain, 1521-1522
carton 22, folder 10
Governor Jose Salgado.
1830-1833
carton 22, folder 11
Guzman and Spain, 1529-1533
carton 22, folder 13-14
Military affairs and revolutions.
1500-1889
carton 22, folder 16
Olid's entry after Montano's expedition, 1521-1523
carton 22, folder 17-20
Politics and governors.
1500-1889
carton 22, folder 21
Spanish settlement--Occupation by Franciscans, 1525-1536
carton 22, folder 22
Commerce and growth.
1811-1879
carton 22, folder 23
Politics and military affairs.
1811-1879
carton 22, folder 24
History and politics.
undated
carton 23, folder 1
Church history.
1560-1704
carton 23, folder 3
Political and military affairs.
1550-1790
carton 23, folder 4
Political and social history.
1806-1811
carton 23, folder 5
Political and social history.
1520-1825
carton 23, folder 7-8
Church history.
1590-1889
carton 23, folder 11
Commerce and resources.
1830-1883
carton 23, folder 12-13
Military and Indian affairs.
1670-1889
carton 23, folder 15
Monterey and General Taylor.
1846-1883
carton 23, folder 16-17
Politics and governors.
1580-1889
carton 23, folder 18
Church history.
1607-1789
carton 23, folder 20
Military and Indian affairs.
1645-1725
carton 23, folder 21
Politics and governors.
1616-1767
carton 23, folder 22
Progress in Topia.
1600-1618
carton 23, folder 23
Tarahumara Revolt.
1625-1684
carton 23, folder 24
Tepehuane Revolt.
1588-1618
carton 23, folder 25-27
Church history.
1530-1899
carton 23, folder 31
Commerce and resources.
1520-1899
carton 23, folder 32-33
Military and Indian affairs.
1530-1899
carton 24, folder 1-3
Politics and governors.
1550-1899
carton 24, folder 6-8
Church History.
1500-1889
carton 24, folder 12
Commerce and resources.
1800-1889
carton 24, folder 13
Criminal justice.
1830-1889
carton 24, folder 15
Military: Revolutions.
1800-1889
carton 24, folder 16-18
Military and Indian affairs.
1519-1889
carton 24, folder 19-21
Politics and governors.
1612-1889
carton 24, folder 22-23
Church history.
1500-1885
carton 25, folder 1
Commerce and resources.
1700-1885
carton 25, folder 2
Conquest and conversion.
1445-1589
carton 25, folder 3
Maximilian and imperial affairs.
1867
carton 25, folder 4
Military: Revolutions.
1800-1880
carton 25, folder 5-6
Military and Indian affairs.
1700-1880
carton 25, folder 7-8
Politics and governors.
1700-1885
carton 25, folder 9-10
Church history.
1500-1885
carton 25, folder 13
Commerce and resources.
1830-1885
carton 25, folder 14
Conquest and settlement.
1500-1799
carton 25, folder 17
War with the U. S..
1845-1850
carton 25, folder 18-19
Military and Indian affairs.
1800-1885
carton 25, folder 21-23
Politics and governors.
1780-1885
carton 25, folder 24-25
Church history.
1590-1862
carton 26, folder 1-2
Commerce and resources.
1615-1889
carton 26, folder 7
Foreign affairs.
1865-1866
carton 26, folder 12
War with the French.
1864-1866
carton 26, folder 13-16
Military and Indian affairs.
1550-1889
carton 26, folder 18-21
Politics and governors.
1550-1889
carton 26, folder 22
Railroads and transportation.
1850-1880
carton 26, folder 23
Voyages of conquest.
1525-1670
carton 26, folder 24-27
Church history.
1550-1865
carton 27, folder 2-5
Commerce and resources.
1790-1870
carton 27, folder 8
French colonization.
1852-1872
carton 27, folder 9
Kino and Salvatierra.
1690-1710
carton 27, folder 10
Land administration.
1820-1885
carton 27, folder 12-22
Military and Indian affairs.
1550-1889
carton 28, folder 3-8
Politics and governors.
1550-1889
carton 28, folder 9
Railroads and transportation.
1800-1885
carton 28, folder 10
Raousset's expeditions.
1852-1854
carton 28, folder 12-13
Voyages of conquest.
1530-1870
carton 28, folder 16
Church history.
1530-1885
carton 28, folder 18
Commerce and resources.
1701-1880
carton 28, folder 19
Military and Indian affairs.
1800-1880
carton 28, folder 20-21
Politics and governors.
1610-1885
carton 28, folder 22
Voyages and expeditions.
1517-1640
carton 28, folder 23-24
Church history.
1570-1880
carton 29, folder 1
Commerce and resources.
1790-1885
carton 29, folder 3
Foreign relations.
1659-1860
carton 29, folder 5
U. S. relations.
1840-1885
carton 29, folder 6-7
Military and Indian affairs.
1620-1885
carton 29, folder 8-9
Politics and governors.
1525-1885
carton 29, folder 10
Railroads and transportation.
1869-1885
carton 29, folder 11
Voyages and expeditions.
1520-1750
carton 29, folder 12
Church and city history.
1530-1860
carton 29, folder 13
Military and Indian affairs.
1660-1860
carton 29, folder 14
Politics and governors.
1660-1860
carton 29, folder 15
Railroads and resources.
1815-1860
carton 29, folder 16
Voyages and expeditions.
1520-1860
carton 29, folder 17
Church history.
1519-1880
carton 29, folder 19
Cortes and colonization.
1519-1521
carton 29, folder 20
Military and Indian affairs.
1800-1880
carton 29, folder 21-22
Politics and governors.
1519-1875
carton 29, folder 23
Railroads and resources.
1805-1880
carton 29, folder 24-25
Church history.
1519-1885
carton 29, folder 31-34
Commerce and resources.
1550-1885
carton 29, folder 35
Cortes and colonization.
1519-1665
carton 30, folder 3
Foreign affairs.
1820-1870
carton 30, folder 8
Spanish relations.
1800-1885
carton 30, folder 9
U. S. relations.
1845-1870
carton 30, folder 10-15
Military and Indian affairs.
1519-1879
carton 30, folder 16
Politics: Treaty of Cordova.
1821
carton 30, folder 17-21
Politics and governors.
1600-1885
carton 30, folder 22
Railroads and transportation.
1820-1887
carton 30, folder 23-25
Church history.
1530-1859
carton 30, folder 26
Church history: Conversion.
1505-1850
carton 31, folder 1-2
Commerce and resources.
1580-1885
carton 31, folder 4
Military: War of races.
1846-1881
carton 31, folder 5-7
Military and Indian affairs.
1520-1885
carton 31, folder 8-12
Politics and governors.
1550-1885
carton 31, folder 13
Railroads and transportation.
1793-1885
carton 31, folder 14
Voyages and expeditions.
1505-1518
carton 31, folder 15
Voyages of Cordova and Grijalva.
1517-1518
carton 31, folder 17-18
Church history.
1540-1885
carton 31, folder 22
Commerce and resources.
1780-1885
carton 31, folder 25-27
Military and Indian affairs.
1540-1885
carton 31, folder 30-32
Politics and governors.
1560-1885
carton 31, folder 33
Voyages of discovery.
1530-1552
Series 2:
Subject Bibliographic and Research Notes.
circa 1870s-1890s.
Physical Description:
Cartons 32-35
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically
Content/Description
General information, encompassing more than one of the cities or states or time
periods, is found in the subject files; however, relevent filing information is often
lacking from the notes.The notes include among general research topics biography files,
including profiles about Columbus, Cortes, and other early voyagers. Often occuring are
virtually blank sheets of paper with a single subject heading. Nothing has been detached
fromthose items. They remain a history of the researcher's topical concerns.
A few working drafts for portions of Bancroft's
History of
Mexico
can also be found here, along with production notes for the volumes,
although the majority of these are included in Hubert Howe Bancroft, Records of the
Library and Publishing Companies (BANC MSS B-C 7).
carton 32, folder 1
Agriculture and resources
carton 32, folder 2-4
Architecture and archaeology
carton 32, folder 5
Audiencia of Sto. Domingo
carton 32, folder 7
Aztec art and manufacturing
carton 32, folder 9
Bibliographic author list
carton 33, folder 1-11
Biography, N-Z and miscellaneous
carton 33, folder 13-15
Church history
Includes rough drafts
carton 33, folder 17
Columbus' relations and motivations
carton 33, folder 18-19
Commerce and commercial traffic
carton 33, folder 20
Concilios Provinciales Mejicanos
1-3
carton 33, folder 24
Court law and legislation
carton 34, folder 1-2
Government
Includes rough drafts
carton 34, folder 5-6
History (includes rough drafts)
carton 34, folder 18
Military colonies and colleges
carton 35, folder 14
General arrangement lists
carton 35, folder 15
Subject/time arrangements
carton 35, folder 18
Scenery, location and climate
carton 35, folder 19
Science and arts
Includes rough drafts
carton 35, folder 22
Volcanoes and earthquakes
carton 35, folder 23-26
Voyages
Includes rough drafts
