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LSC.1365
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: A Collection of Mexican Pamphlets and Other Printed Material
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1365
Physical Description:
8.25 Linear Feet
(17 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1667-1887
Abstract: Mexican pamphlets, broadsides, and other printed materials that cover a wide range of topics, including politics, religion,
social issues, and commerce, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of these ephemeral items were printed in Mexico
City and, thus, they tend to present a view of Mexican reality as seen from the capital. Included is material on political
polemics and church-state relations, devotional booklets, such as novenas, catechisms, and calendars, and items concerning
the Virgin of Guadalupe, many of which are illustrated with engravings or lithographs. Among the works of particular significance
are several by Carlos Maria de Bustamante and other written as answers to the "Pensador Mexicano" (J.J. Fernandez de Lizardi).
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
[Identification of item], A Collection of Mexican Pamphlets and Other Printed Material (Collection 1365). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
This collection was acquired by UCLA Library circa 1981.
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processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
This collection was originally processed in 1984 and arranged at the folder-level in chronological order. The title of this
collection was originally "A collection of Mexican pamphlets, 1719-1889."
Boxes 1-14 processed at the item level by Jennifer Osorio with assistance from Elizabeth Sheehan in the Center for Primary
Research and Training (CFPRT), 2006. Boxes 15-17 processed by Pablo Sierra with assitance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, in the
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2008. Material is arranged in chronological order by year and then by title.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
994621223606533
Mexican pamphlets, broadsides, and other printed materials that cover a wide range of topics, including politics, religion,
social issues, and commerce, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of these ephemeral items were printed in Mexico
City and, thus, they tend to present a view of Mexican reality as seen from the capital. Included is material on political
polemics and church-state relations, devotional booklets, such as novenas, catechisms, and calendars, and items concerning
the Virgin of Guadalupe, many of which are illustrated with engravings or lithographs. Among the works of particular significance
are several by Carlos Maria de Bustamante and other written as answers to the "Pensador Mexicano" (J.J. Fernandez de Lizardi).
The bulk of the collection comprises the last years of colonial rule and the start of the early republic period. As a result,
much of the early nineteenth century documentation focuses on the turbulence being experienced in Spain and Mexico as a result
the Bourbon reforms, Napoleonic wars and the abdication of the Spanish throne. The impact of the Cortes de Cadiz and the 1812
Constitution is quite evident throughout the first half of the nineteenth century and influence much of the collection's political
debates on the Latin American independence movements of the 1820s and 1830s. The inclusion of many religious writings during
the war for independence also demonstrates the pro-clerical nature of the country at the time, which challenged the increasingly
secular nature of Spanish politics and society. Finally, the mid-nineteenth century documents reveal a growing preoccupation
with the modernization of the country, as evidenced in the debates of the Veracruz-Mexico City railroad.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexico -- Imprints.