Archivo Hist贸rico de la Defensa Nacional records 1706-1857, 1706-1857

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Summary

Title:
Archivo Hist贸rico de la Defensa Nacional records
Dates:
1706-1857
Creators:
Archivo Hist贸rico de la Defensa Nacional (Mexico)
Abstract:
This collection contains microfilm of selected documents concerning military reports, appointments of officers, trials, and descriptions of commerce and government, collected under the direction of George P. Hammond. They refer to Mexico in general but there is a strong emphasis on Northern Mexico and Mexican ports between the 1820s and the 1850s.
Extent:
Number of containers: 93 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
Language:
Collection materials are in Spanish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Archivo Hist贸rico de la Defensa Nacional records, 1706-1857, Foreign Archives Microfilm, Mexico, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains microfilm of selected documents concerning military reports, appointments of officers, trials, and descriptions of commerce and government, collected under the direction of George P. Hammond. They refer to Mexico in general but there is a strong emphasis on Northern Mexico and Mexican ports between the 1820s and the 1850s. The main topics are Texan independence, Micheltorena's government in California, the Mexican American War, the occupation of Mexico City by U.S. forces, the defense of Mexican ports, the Mexican War of Reform, and Indian rebellions in Sonora and Northern Mexico. These documents are also listed in the Gu铆a del Archivo Hist贸rico Militar de M茅xico, published by the Mexican Direcci贸n de Archivo Militar (call no.: xCD3660.M35 Reference).

For more information on this archive see Hector Cuauht茅moc Hernandez, "El Archivo Hist贸rico Militar de M茅xico," in Historia MexicanaXXXVIII: 1 (1998): 127-141 (call no.: F1201 .H5).

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 2011
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by Finding Aid author(s) via EAD XPress; markup validated by The Bancroft Library staff using OAC validation tools; Date of source: March 2011

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Archivo Hist贸rico de la Defensa Nacional records, 1706-1857, Foreign Archives Microfilm, Mexico, 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
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