Guide to the Lillian Estelle Fisher papers, 1892-1981 (bulk 1940-1970)
Processed by Steve Sturgeon and Linda Jordan; additions by Jose Refugio de la Torre
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Guide to the Lillian Estelle Fisher papers, 1892-1981 (bulk 1940-1970)
Collection number: BANC MSS 85/44 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- Steve Sturgeon and Linda Jordan; additions by Jose Refugio de la Torre
- Date Completed:
- September 1993; additions, September 2001
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Lillian Estelle Fisher Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1892-1981 (bulk 1940-1970)
Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/44 c
Creator:
Fisher, Lillian Estelle, 1891-
Extent:
5 cartons (6.25 linear ft.)
Repository: The
Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Consists primarily of research manuscripts for Fisher's scholarly writings regarding Latin American history and society, as
well as manuscripts for her works of fiction. In addition, the collection contains letters written by Fisher to her mother
and others, particularly during a trip to Spain in 1929; and miscellaneous personal papers, including awards, notebooks; personal
papers, and a scrapbook of clippings and letters.
Includes typescript of Fisher's book Agrarianism in Mexico, submitted for publication in 1970, with letter from the University
of Oklahoma Press; and reprint of an article by Philip Ainsworth Means titled The rebellion of Tupac-Amaru II.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lillian Estelle Fisher papers, BANC MSS 85/44 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Related Collections
Title: Lillian Estelle Fisher Research Materials Relating to Mexico, 1941,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 99/386 m
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Lillian Estelle Fisher Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Dr. Fisher in September 1969, with additions made
in June and October of 1984.
Biography
Lillian Estelle Fisher was born May 1, 1891 in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. She attended Susquehanna University, and after graduation
taught at a Methodist Normal School for Girls in Puebla, Mexico. Fisher received degrees from the University of Southern California
and the University of California, Berkeley, and taught at the Oklahoma College for Women for 15 years. An academic historian
who specialized in Latin America, Dr. Fisher wrote approximately a dozen books on Latin American history. She also completed
several books on Mexican history begun by Herbert Ingram Priestley, a professor at Berkeley, before his death in 1944. Following
her retirement to Berkeley, Calif., she also wrote several novels which were never published.
Scope and Content
The Lillian Estelle Fisher Papers consist primarily of her drafts of two books on the history of Mexico by Herbert Ingram
Priestley, which were completed by Dr. Fisher, as well as the research files for her scholarly writings regarding Latin American
history and society. Also includes her biographical writings and works of fiction, as well as letters written by Dr. Fisher
to her mother and others, particularly during a trip to Spain in 1929, and miscellaneous personal papers, including awards,
notebooks, and a scrapbook of clippings and letters.
Series 1: Writings, ca. 1940s-1970.
Ctn. 1, folder 1-9
Early drafts of "Agrarianism in Mexico," [ca. 1940]
folder 10-16
Late 1940's version of "Agrarianism in Mexico"
folder 17-22
Priestley and Fisher's "Agrarianism in Mexico," [1970]
History of Mexico [untitled]
Ctn. 2, folder 1-20
Drafts of Priestley and Fisher's book on History of Mexico
Ctn. 3, folder 1-13
Drafts of Priestley and Fisher's book on History of Mexico
folder 14-15
H. I. Priestley's notes on transportation in Mexico
folder 16
H. I. Priestley's notes on Mexico
folder 17
H. I. Priestley's notes on mining in Mexico
folder 18
H. I. Priestley's notes on education in Mexico
folder 19
H. I. Priestley's notes on Mexican oil
folder 20-22
H. I. Priestley's notes on transportation in Mexico
folder 23
Notes on book on History of Mexico
folder 24
Copy of W. J. Brandt's "The railroad invasion of Mexico"
folder 25
Dolores Lawson's report on summer work in Mexico, [1940]
folder 26
Transcript of an interview with Gen. Aurelio Blanquet, 1918
folder 27
Transcript of a decree of January 6, 1915 on land in Mexico
folder 28
Transcript of a translation of Villaroel's "Political ills"
Ctn. 4, folder 1-5
H. I. Priestley's lectures on "The History of American Diplomacy"
folder 6-8
Materials related to South America
folder 9
Drawings and Maps of South America
Ctn. 4, folder 10-14
"A Comanche Constitutionalist"
folder 15
Biographies of Tupac Amaru and Abad y Queipo
Ctn. 5, folder 1-2
"Flames across the Andes"
Series 2: Personal Papers, 1892-1981.
folder 14-15
Clippings scrapbook, awards,and personal papers
folder 17
Materials related to the National Woman's Party
