Guide to the Romance language collection, 1678-1923

Department of Special Collections

Green Library

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, CA 94305-6004

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Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

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Guide to the Romance language collection, 1678-1923

Collection number: M0128

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Processed by:: Patricia J. Palmer
Date Completed:: 1965 Nov.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Romance language collection,

Date (inclusive): 1678-1923

Collection number: Special Collections M0128

Extent: 1.5 linear ft.

Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Various sources

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Romance language collection, M0128, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Several small collections of letters, civil documents, literary mss. in Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Latin and two translations from Spanish to English.

Additional Note

Detailed record of legal proceedings begun and carried out by Don Josef de Gainza on behalf of son, Don Manuel Josef de Gainza, for purpose of establishing son's rights to privileges of nobility. Record of proceedings, involving tracing of son's genealogy, reported step by step, with names of witnesses and officials concerned included. Proceedings begun in March, 1783, and concluded favorably for Don Josef de Gainza in 1785. At end of record of proceedings appear certificates signed by officials in Valladolid, Spain, in June, 1784, by officials in village of Deva, Mexico (Province of Guipúzcoa), in December, 1784, and by King of Spain at Aranjuez, Spain, in May, 1785.

SPANISH

Box 1, Volume 1

CARIEDO Y PEREDO, [FRANCISCO].

Libro de la Obra Agua. Fundada en las Casas de Aiuntamiento (Ayuntamiento) por el Gral. Don Franz.co Cariedo y Peredo. El Dia 4 de Abril en el Año de 1748.Manila, Philippines - water rights. Actual record of ms. begins in 1764.Book was to replace records lost in a British raid in 1762.Inclusive to 1838.Contains a number of signatures of various officials.

Box 1, Volume 2

DEFINICIONES DE FISICA PARTICULAR Y GENERAL.

Notebook on various subjects (science, logic, psychology, theology, metaphysics, etc.) by various hands. Several names appear: Fray Julian [Adan], Fray Pedro de la V. de la Paz (1853 and 54),Fray [Gondioso] de la V. del Agua (1852).

Box 1, Folder 3

ECHEVERRIA Y VEYTIA, MARIANO JOSÉ FERNANDEZ DE

Typescript English translation of his travels 1737-1740from Mexico to Cuba to Spain and in Spain and France. Translator unknown, location of originals unknown.

Box 1, Folder 4

GONZALEZ Y MONTOYA, DON JOSÉ

1. Hoja de servicios de Don José Gonzalez y Montoya, caballero del ordende Santiago, y honorario del Conejo de Hacienda: obtiene 50 [], medis suelds, como cesante de la Superintendencia y Direccion General de Fabios en la Habana; [si?] edad 64 annos [] estado casado []; Ms. record of his services 1767-1823. 2. Relacion de Meritos y Servicios 1801-06.Peru.

Box 1, Folder 5

KALONGE, FR. ANTONIO and [Fr. Joaquin del Rosario].

Campo Evangelico en Tagalo Planteo Tercero para el Tiempo de Resurreccion hasta Aviento. Bound volume, no covers, n.d.,n.p.

Box 1, Folder 6

LUNA Y DRUSINA, FERNANDO

Perjura!... Ptd. poem with ms. additions.

Box 1, Folder 7

MADERO, FRANCISCO INDALECIO. 1873-1913

1912, Jul. 18.T.L.S. to Philos Cooke.

Box 1, Folder 8

[MENDEZ, CAPT. G.]

Algo sobre el arte antiguo de los Indios en el Salvador 1884.

Box 1, Folder 9

VALLE, RAFAEL HELIDORO

Ca. 25 poems. Typescript and printed, some with ms. corrections.

Physical Description: Typescript of speech.

Box 1, Folder 10

VILLA, FRANCISCO (PANCHO). (Real name: Doreto Arango), 1877-1923.

1. 1914, Jul. 30.T.L.S. Aguirre Penavide, L.(sec.) to Philos Cooke.

2. 1914, Aug. 13.T.L.S. Perez Rul, Enrique (aide) to Philos Cooke.

3. 1915, Mar. 26.T.L.S. [Villa, Francisco] to Philos Cooke.

Box 2, Folder 11

REVILLA GIGEDO, JUAN VICENTE GÜÉMEZ PACHECO DE PADILLA HORCASITAS, CONDE DE. 1740-1799.

Instruccion del Estado de Esta America que Entregó Altypo del su Partida el Exmo. Sr. Marques de Branciforte. Año de 1794.Account of Mexican viceroy's administration 1789-1794.Governing Indians, status of courts, taxes, customs, explorations, reforms, recommendations to successor. Goleta, Alessandro Malaspina, Nootka, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, canal of Santa Barbara, José de Bustamante, etc.

Box 2, Folder 12

ZAVALA, LORENZO DE

Viage a los Estados-Unidos del Norte de America. Paris, Imprenta de Decourchant, Calle d' Erfurth, No. 1, Junto a la Abadia 1834.

1. Pencil list of original sources in English.

2. Typed translation and prologue with ms. corrections.

Box 2, Folder 12a

GAINZA, DON JOSEF DE & GAINZA, DON MANUEL JOSEF DE.

Detailed record of legal proceedings begun and carried out by Don Josef to establish his son's proviledges to nobility. 1783, March -proceedings begun, ending favorably for Don Josef in 1785.

CATALAN

Box 2, Folder 13-14

MEDITA POUR LA RETRE (binders title).

Physical Description: 2 bound vols.

Recopilacio de algunos meditations, Losquals poden entredia [servir?] de leceura proporcionada a qui fa los exercisis spirituals de St. Ignac[io] [de Loyola?]...

ITALIAN

Box 2, Folder 16

RONCONI, SEBASTIAN

[1871]A.L.S. to Sig. Pollini.

Box 2, Folder 16a

MONTI, VICINO, 1754-1828

A handwritten play. "A Pittagonci, Azione Dramatica di Giuseppe Napolenone"

Box 2, Folder 16b

Pulaseagri[g?]

A.L.S. to Carrisima Ipetrino, 1907 Mar. 22 & 26

Box 2, Folder 17

SARTY, CESARE

1873.A.L.S. to Signor Verger.

LATIN

Box 3, Folder 18

Latin Facsimile