Archives of the Indies (selected California), 1597-1776

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Summary

Title:
Archives of the Indies (selected California)
Dates:
1597-1776
Abstract:
The collection consists of some 300 items totaling approximately 2,300 pages of facsimiles, valuable for California history from 1597 to 1776.
Extent:
11 boxes
Language:
The records are in Spanish .
Preferred citation:

FAC 1493, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of some 300 items totaling approximately 2,300 pages of facsimiles, valuable for California history from 1597 to 1776. There are the accounts of Vizcaíno's two voyages of exploration along the Western coast in 1596 to Baja California and in 1602 as far north as Cape Mendocino; the incident of the discovery of silver in Arizonac in 1736, which led to a northwest extension of the Spanish conquest; the diaries of members of different expeditions which initiated the occupation and settlement of Alta California; the establishment of and administration of missions, etc. The material for the period 1763-1777 dovetails with the Huntington's manuscripts of the Visitador General of New Spain, Don José de Gálvez, Marqués de la Sonora, a collection acquired by the Huntington in 1925 and consisting of correspondence, reports, orders, and miscellaneous documents relative to California and Mexico.

Arranged chronologically.

Acquisition information:
Gift from John D. Wright, July 1944.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
Date Prepared:
© 2016
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Gina C Giang on April 2016

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

FAC 1493, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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