Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Bandelier, Frances R.
- Abstract:
- This collection includes items related to the translation of the "Memorial of Father Alfonso de Benavides." The original version of the Memorial was written in 1630.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides Collection, before 1937, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.1314.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection includes items related to the translation of the "Memorial of Father Alfonso de Benavides." The original version of the Memorial was written in 1630.
A translation was created in 1917 by a Mrs. Edward E. Ayer. This collection includes a review published in the Catholic History Review, 1917 April, of Mrs. Ayer's translation. The collection also consists of a photostat copy of the "Revised Memorial of Fran Alonso Benavides 1634," the original is in the archives of the Vatican, and a translation of the Memorial by Frances R. Bandelier created in 1917. This translation was created from a copy of the original and made for Reverend Peter Guilday from the Catholic University in Washington D.C.
- Biographical / historical:
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Alonso de Benavides (Alonzo Benavidez) (c.1578-1635) was a Portuguese Franciscan missionary active in New Mexico in the early part of the seventeenth century. His use of the term Navaho is said to be the first printed reference. He was born on Sao Miguel Island, Azores. He came to "New Spain" in 1598, and professed in the Franciscan convent of Mexico in 1603. After acting as master of novices at the convent of Puebla, he became Custos of the Missions of New Mexico, 1626-1629. He founded a mission in 1627 at what is now Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.
In order to raise interest in New Mexico he wrote and published two booklets, exaggerated in regard to the number of Native Americans, but otherwise of value for the ethnography and ethnology of New Mexico. His account of the numbers of people and villages may have been influenced by data taken from Espejo. He published "Relación de los grandes Tesoros espirituales y temporales descubiertos con el auxilio de Dios en el Nuevo Mexico", in 1630, and is best known through the "Memorial que Fray Juan de Santander de la orden de San Francisco &c. presenta á la Majestad Católica del Rey" (Madrid, 1630 translated into various languages and republished).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Benavides
- Acquisition information:
- One part of this collection was acquired for the Munk Librariy of Arizoniana, circa 1917. The rest of this collection donated by Frederick Webb Hodge, 1937 and 1945 February.
- Processing information:
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Processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian 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:
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Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides Collection, before 1937, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.1314.
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448