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George Elmendorf collection of Mexican miscellany, 1584-1973.
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George Elmendorf collection of Mexican miscellany, 1584-1973Creator/Contributor:
Elmendorf, George F., creator, collector.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Collection consists of a chronologically arranged series of Mexican manuscripts dating from 1584 to 1973. These manuscripts
were collected by George Elmendorf of Libros Latinos booksellers. The materials are varied in scope and document religious,
political, military, economic, and linguistic activity. Some manuscripts are complete and others are fragmentary. The bulk
are from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Notable in the collection are a volume containing a manuscript copy of the 18th-century
botanical work Plantae nouae hispaniae ... by José(Mariano Moziño and Martín Sessé. This copy, made around 1885, is ostensibly
the one from which the first printed copy of the work was published (for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893). Bound
with this manuscript copy is a file of original 18th-century materials documenting disputes and litigation between Moziño
and his wife, Maria Rita Rivera Melo. Also notable is a file relating to the implementation in Mexico of an indulgence granted
by Pope Clement XII to visitors of El Sagrario (1731). This file includes the original indulgence on vellum. The collection
also includes the following: an oration against the French in 1793 by the bishop of La Rochelle (resident in Guadalajara);
a printed decree by the Marques of Branciforte incorporating a royal decree forbidding clerics or nuns to be heirs of intestate
parents; a report on miracles performed by Our Lady of Nogal. Among the nineteenth-century materials one will find more political
content, with some manuscripts documenting the period of the French intervention and others relating to politics of the 1830s
and 1840s. Notable among these is a volume of accounts from 1842 recording contributions levied for public security in Mexico
City; documents from 1881 regarding secure passage for Vicente Morales to San Francisco where he was to be Mexican Consul;
and drafts of letters from 1832 and 1833 regarding disturbances in Jalapa and regarding sending criminals from the California
Presidios and elsewhere to colonize Texas. Among religious materials for the 19th century are items relating to the Dominicans
in Mexico and Baja California, one of them an unsigned letter from the Provincial concerning religious designated for the
Baja California missions. The 19th-century materials also include an 1835 manuscript eyewitness account of the eruption of
the Conchagua volcano. Materials from the 20th century expand to document business enterprises and the rise of labor unions.
Among these are a file of correspondence of José María Benítez concerning Mexican railroad workers and the labor movement
in 1925. Among materials documenting 20th-century politics are a file of correspondence, telegrams, and flyers relating to
Francisco Madero (1911-1914); a group of items relating to the 1911-1912 elections in Tacuyaba, including flyers from many
different political parties; and materials relating to the execution of José de León Toral, who assassinated President Alvaro
Obregón.
Date:
1584 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Convents -- Mexico
Missions -- Mexico
Indulgences -- Mexico
Miracles -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800
French -- Mexico
Anthropology -- Mexico
Archaeology -- Mexico
Education -- Mexico
Indulgences -- Mexique
Miracles -- Mexique -- Ouvrages avant 1800
Français -- Mexique
Anthropologie -- Mexique
Archéologie -- Mexique
Anthropology
Archaeology
Armed Forces
Commerce
Convents
Education
French
Indulgences
Miracles
Missions
Politics and government
Social conditions
Mexico -- Commerce
Mexico -- Social conditions
Mexico -- Armed Forces
Mexico -- Church history
Mexico -- Politics and government
Mexico -- History -- Sources
Mexico -- Miscellanea
Mexique -- Conditions sociales
Mexique -- Histoire religieuse
Mexique -- Politique et gouvernement
Mexique -- Histoire -- Sources
Mexico
Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Dominicans -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Dominicans.
Moziño, José Mariano -- 1757-1820?
marqués de -- Branciforte, Miguel de la Grúa y Talamanca -- approximately 1755-1812
Madero, Francisco I -- 1873-1913
Elmendorf, George F
marqués de -- Branciforte, Miguel de la Grúa y Talamanca -- approximately 1755-1812
Madero, Francisco I -- 1873-1913
Moziño, José Mariano -- 1757-1820?
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Copy of "Sumaria Ynformacion en orden de la Marabillo que Nuestra Senora del Nogal Obro ..." 1758 (Carton 1, folder 30): Also
available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2935.
Purchase; From George F. Elmendorf; 1986.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1987.080--AX).
George F. Elmendorf was an owner and operator of Libros Latinos, a premier United States dealer of Latin American books and
manuscripts founded in 1973. Elmendorf received his degree in Latin American history from San Francisco State University and
in 1976 teamed up with Howard Karno, founder of Libros Latinos.
Preferred citation: George Elmendorf collection of Mexican miscellany, BANC MSS 87/190 m, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Chiefly in Spanish.
Type:
Sermons.Recipes.
Legal petitions.
Diaries.
Census data.
Account books.
sermons.
diaries.
account books.
census records.
military records.
petitions.
recipes.
Church history.
Early works.
History.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Sources.
Sermons.
Diaries.
Account books.
Census data.
Legal petitions.
Recipes.
Sermons.
Journaux intimes.
Livres comptables.
Données de recensement.
Pétitions.
Recettes.
Physical Description:
print
4 (2 2 2 1
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3205) and positive.
Language:
Spanish
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.