Documents for the history of Mexico, circa 1524-1855

Printable guide [HTML]
Request items

Summary

Title:
Documents for the history of Mexico
Dates:
circa 1524-1855
Creators:
Archivo General de la Naci贸n (Mexico)
Abstract:
A great miscellany, from the time of Hern谩n Cort茅s through the exploration of the Pacific Coast and the occupation of Texas, the northern provinces, California, to the Gadsden Purchase. From the Archivo General de la Naci贸n, Mexico (AGN).
Extent:
Number of containers: 12 cartons, 204 volumes. Microfilm reels : 4
Language:
Collection materials are in Spanish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Documents for the History of Mexico, BANC MSS M-A 1, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

A great miscellany, from the time of Hern谩n Cort茅s through the exploration of the Pacific Coast and the occupation of Texas, the northern provinces, California, to the Gadsden Purchase. From the Archivo General de la Naci贸n, Mexico (AGN).

The arrangement follows that of the AGN, and is organized by the following ramos:

  • Archivo del Hospital de Jesus
  • Archivo Historico de Hacienda
  • Bandos
  • Californias
  • Carceles y Presidios y Presidios y Carceles (listed here as "Presidios")
  • Civil
  • Correspondencia de Los Virreyes
  • General de Parte
  • Historia
  • Indios
  • Inquisici贸n
  • Justicia
  • Mercedes
  • Mineria
  • Misiones
  • Operaciones de Guerra
  • Ordenanzas
  • Papeles de Bienes Nacionales
  • Presidios
  • Provincias Internas
  • Reales C茅dulas
  • Reales C茅dulas Duplicados
  • Tierras
  • Vinculos

There are two additional series in this collection:

  • Scholes Transcripts
  • Library

Processing information:

Collection processed by Bancroft Library staff

Arrangement:

Documents which were copied in the Archivo General de la Naci贸n (AGN), Mexico City, by methods other than microfilm are listed in this finding aid. The copies were made primarily during the period from 1920 to 1945. The transcripts are mostly typed, with a few copies made by hand. The prints were, for the most part, enlarged from nitrate film. In some cases, the nitrate has been replaced by safety film; in others, the nitrate was destroyed because it was hazardous. Professors Woodrow Wilson Borah and France Vinton Scholes were largely responsible for these documents having come to the Bancroft Library.

In the late 1940's The Bancroft Library, guided by Professor George P. Hammond, began a program of microfilming in Mexico and Spain, and some of the materials in this collection are also available on microfilm. No attempt has been made to correlate the modern microfilm to the paper copies. The use of the microfilm notebooks and this guide together would make such a correlation possible. The documents in the collection have been checked against Herbert Eugene Bolton's Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal Archives of Mexico.

The arrangement of ramos follows that of the AGN. In addition, within the ramo, documents are identified with tomo or legajo number, and expediente, folio, or date to provide a citation to the original source.

Documents, unless otherwise marked, are transcripts.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid written by Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:
漏 2009
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Jeanne Gahagan; markup validated by The Bancroft Library staff using OAC validation tools; Date of source: August 2009

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Collection is stored in part offsite: advance notice is required for use.

Terms of access:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Requests for copies or permission to publish should be directed to the owners of the originals.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Documents for the History of Mexico, BANC MSS M-A 1, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
Website