Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Roque Sáenz Peña Scrapbooks,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910-1914
Collection number: 1413
Creator: Sáenz Peña, Roque, 1851-1914
Extent:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Roque Sáenz Peña (1851-1914) co-founded the journal,
Sud America, served as Argentina's foreign minister (1890), and was elected president of Argentina in 1910. His major contribution was
reform of Argentinian electoral laws (1912). The collection consists of scrapbooks related to Peña's candidacy (1909-10) and
presidency (1910-13).
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
The collection was assembled by Estanislao Severo Zeballos (1854-1923), an Argentine statesman and intellectual.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roque Sáenz Peña Scrapbooks (Collection 1413). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Roque Sáenz Peña was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1851; graduated from law school, 1875; he was one of the founders
of the journal,
Sud America; became Argentina's foreign minister in 1890; retired from public life during his father's presidency of Argentina (1892-95);
returned to politics in 1895 and was elected president of Argentina in 1910; his major contribution was reform of Argentinian
electoral laws in 1912; retired from the presidency for health reasons in 1913 and died the following year.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of scrapbooks related to the candidacy (1909-10) and presidency (1910-13) of Argentinian president Roque
Sáenz Peña.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Candidacy.
- Presidency.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Sáenz Peña, Roque, 1851-1914.
Argentina. President (1910-1914: Sáenz Peña).
Argentina--Politics and government, 1910-1943.
Genres and Forms of Material
Scrapbooks.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Zeballos, Estanislao Severo, 1854-1923.
