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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Victoriano Huerta papers
    Date: 1912, undated
    Collection Number: MS 021
    Creator: Huerta, Victoriano, 1845-1916
    Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The Victoriano Huerta papers is a collection of three documents, which mainly relate to Victoriano Huerta's military history before he became the President of Mexico in 1913. The collection includes a ledger documenting donations to Huerta's forces during the Mexican Revolution in 1912, an account of his command of the 3rd Infantry Battalion from 1894-1901, and a brief overview of his military history and accomplishments until 1914.
    Languages: The collection is in Spanish.

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Victoriano Huerta papers (MS 021). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Provenance unknown.

    Processing History

    Processed by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
    Processing of the Victoriano Huerta papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarians.

    Biographical Note

    Victoriano Huerta was born on December 22, 1850, in Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico. He graduated from the Mexican National Military Academy (Heroico Colegio Militar) in 1872, and by 1890 had reached the rank of Colonel of Engineers. He was made commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion from 1894-1901, and led successful campaigns against rebels in Sonora and the Yucatan before retiring from the army in 1907 due to health issues.
    In 1910, a revolution broke out over the succession of the Mexican president, with President Porfirio Díaz ousted from power by Francisco Madero in 1911. Huerta applied to rejoin the Federal Army under his previous rank in 1910, and pledged allegiance to Madero. Secretly though, Huerta was plotting with U.S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, General Bernardo Reyes, and Félix Díaz to overthrow Madero. In 1913, in an episode known as the Ten Tragic Days (La Decena Trágica), Huerta managed to imprison Díaz and Vice President José María Pino Suárez and engineered their resignations and his takeover of the presidency.
    As president, Huerta established a military dictatorship, which displeased the United States government and led to rebellions within Mexico. These forces combined led Huerta to resign on July 15, 1914, and he then went into exile in the United States. After a failed coup d'état, Huerta died in 1915 while in U.S. custody.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection contains documents about Victoriano Huerta's military career from 1872 to 1914, mostly concerning his career before he assumed the Presidency of the Mexico in 1913. The collection includes a ledger documenting donations to Huerta's forces during the Mexican Revolution in 1912, an account of his command of the 3rd Infantry Battalion from 1894-1901, and a brief overview of his military history and accomplishments until 1914.

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection is arranged alphabetically.

    Indexing Terms

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

    Subjects

    Ledgers (account books)
    Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
    Mexico -- History, military
    Presidents -- Mexico

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Military records