Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Archivo General de Indias records : Spanish exploration and settlement related materials
Date (inclusive): circa 1530-circa 1820
Collection Number: BANC MSS Z-E 1
Creator :
Archivo General de Indias
Extent:
Number of containers: 35 cartons. No. 887: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich.
636:11) and positive.
Linear feet: 43.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Topics dealt with emphasize Spanish exploration and settlement on
the frontiers north from Mexico City, including the
Provincias
Internas,
the Californias, New Mexico, and Texas; and maritime explorations and
foreign intrusions into Spain's Pacific waters. (Documents are transcripts and/or record
prints.)
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish
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.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research. Collection is stored in part offsite: advance notice is
required for use.
Location of Originals
Location of originals at the time of reproduction was at the Archivo General de Indias,
Seville, Spain.
Publication Rights
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.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Spanish exploration and settlement related material, circa
1500-circa 1890, BANC MSS Z-E 1, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
No. 887 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 636:11) and positive.
Related Collections
Title: Selected items pertaining to diplomatic relations between Spain and the United
States : transcripts and copies, 1817-1819
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 3
Title: Antonio María Bucareli Y Ursúa correspondence : typescript, 1772-1777
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 9
Title: Teodoro de Croix correspondence : transcripts, 1777-1783
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 10
Title: Economic history of Mexico and Central America, [1529?]-1795
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 13
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Archivo General de Indias--Archives
Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Sources
California--Discovery and exploration--Sources
New Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Sources
Texas--Discovery and exploration--Sources
Spain--History--Sources
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Documents which were copied in the archives by methods other than microfilm are listed in
this Calendar. The copies were made mostly from about 1908 through the 1930's. Some were
copied by hand, some were typed, and a few were enlarged from microfilm. Some were copied
on funds provided by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the Native Sons of the Golden West Travelling
Fellowship Fund, and other endowments. Some were done privately by graduate students and
scholars.
The arrangement of sections and
legajos follows that of the
Archivo General de Indias. The arrangement within the
legajo
is purely chronological. In many cases both the old signature and the modern
legajo equivalent appear as identification; in other cases only
one or the other is available at this time.
Each document herein listed has been checked against Chapman's
Catalogue of Materials in the Archivo General de Indias, and the Chapman number
noted in the description. The Catalogue has been annotated appropriately for record prints
and transcripts. No attempt has been made within this Calendar to note where modern
microfilm correlates to these copies. The use of the microfilm notebooks and this key
together would make such a correlation possible.
Documents copied from the archive may also appear in other transcript collections,
catalogued separately. This arrangement was necessary because of the physical nature of
the material (bound in volumes, etc.) Cross references to these collections appear in the
beginnings of the sections of this Calendar. Other collections which include AGI material
are BANC MSS Z-E 3, Z-E 9, Z-E 10, and Z-E 13. A key is available for each.
The arrangement of
ramos follows that of the AGI. In
addition, within the
ramo, documents are identified with
legajo number and/or date to provide a citation to the
original source.
Documents, unless otherwise marked, are transcripts.
Processing Information
Bancroft Library staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
Topics dealt with emphasize Spanish exploration and settlement on the frontiers north from
Mexico City, including the
Provincias Internas, the
Californias, New Mexico, and Texas; and maritime explorations and foreign intrusions into
Spain's Pacific waters. (Documents are transcripts and/or record prints.)
The arrangement generally follows that of the Archivo General de Indias, with the addition
of the Dunn and Scholes transcriptions. Documents are organized in the following sequence:
- Audiencia de Filipinas
- Audiencia de Guadalajara
- Audiencia de Lima
- Audiencia de México
- Dunn Transcripts
- Audiencia de Quito
- Audiencia de Santa Fe
- Audiencia de Santo Domingo
- Casa de Contratación
- Contaduria
- Escribania de Camara
- Indiferente General
- Justicia
- Ministerio de Ultramar
- Papeles de Cuba
- Papeles de Estado
- Patronato
- Scholes Transcripts