Archivo General de Indias records : Spanish exploration and settlement related materials, circa 1530-circa 1820, circa 1530-circa 1820

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Title:
Archivo General de Indias records : Spanish exploration and settlement related materials
Dates:
circa 1530-circa 1820
Creators:
Archivo General de Indias
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.)
Extent:
Number of containers: 35 cartons. No. 887: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 636:11) and positive. Linear feet: 43.75
Language:
Collection materials are in Spanish
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

Background

Scope and content:

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

Processing information:

Bancroft Library staff.

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.

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:
© 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], Spanish exploration and settlement related material, circa 1500-circa 1890, BANC MSS Z-E 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
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