Spain collection
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
Sterling Memorial Library. 120 High Street, 06511 New Haven, CT
Contact information: phone number
001 (203) 432 1735
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Reference number
MS 1777
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Spain collection
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Yale University Library
Date(s)
1400/1891
Date note
Bulk: 17th century
Language(s)
spa
Extent
2.30 linear metres (16 boxes)
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Spain Collection is part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository of the Yale University Library, and it comprises sundry documentation related to Spain from the 15th to the 19th century. The bulk of the documentation is from the 17th century. The collection contains documentation of several types, including correspondence, government documents (reports, commissions, decrees, and awards), church records, as well as writings and poems from Spain on civil, military, economic, religious, and social topics.
Among these materials, there are some records relating to the Inquisition and Spanish conversos, including polemics (such as manuscripts of Martín González de Cellorigo's writings) and records from Spanish Inquisition tribunals. Some examples are the following:
Box 1, folder: 6: Pablo García (?), "Modo de procesar en el Tribunal de la Santa Inquisición". Volume containing a copy of the ordinances to be followed by Spanish Inquisition tribunals in judicial proceedings. It includes detailed instructions on how to conduct interrogatories and torments, and issue sentences and edicts. An index by subject is included. Circa, 1591.
Box 3, folder 21: Memorial by Martín González de Cellorigo, addressed to the Spanish king, on the royal policy towards Jews in Spain. July 5, 1619.
Box 5, folder: 94: Memorial on Portuguese conversos. Copy of a memorial, possibly written by Martín González de Cellorigo, on the community of Portuguese New Christians, addressed to the king of Spain. The author asked for a ban on the use of the term "New Christian" in legal documents and laws and requested the Crown to order the Inquisitions of Portugal and Spain to comply with royal and ecclesiastical laws. It includes a copy of the text: "Alegación de derecho al memorial de la gente de la nación de Portugal". 17th century.
Box 7, folder 109: "Abcdario índice de las materias que se contienen en los dos tomos de instrucciones y cartas acordadas que se an expedido por el Consejo de la Santa General Inquisición para el mejor govierno de los tribunales del Santo Oficio, según y conforme se guardan y registran en el Consejo hasta el presente año de 1687". Book containing an index/summary of the ordinances and agreements issued by the Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition of Madrid concerning the administration of the provincial tribunals, duties and privileges of the personnel, publication of edicts, and rents. The ordinances and agreements are arranged by subject in alphabetical order. This copy was made at the request of a Spanish American tribunal, most probably the tribunal of Lima. July 23, 1709.
Box 9, folder 131: Two documents related to a controversy between the Inquisition and the local authorities of Llerena, Spain. 1747.
Box 10, folder: 137: Copy of documents related to the controversy between the Spanish Crown and the Inquisition over the banning of the catechism entitled "Exposición de la doctrina christiana sobre las principales verdades de la religión cathólica." 1761.
Among these materials, there are some records relating to the Inquisition and Spanish conversos, including polemics (such as manuscripts of Martín González de Cellorigo's writings) and records from Spanish Inquisition tribunals. Some examples are the following:
Box 1, folder: 6: Pablo García (?), "Modo de procesar en el Tribunal de la Santa Inquisición". Volume containing a copy of the ordinances to be followed by Spanish Inquisition tribunals in judicial proceedings. It includes detailed instructions on how to conduct interrogatories and torments, and issue sentences and edicts. An index by subject is included. Circa, 1591.
Box 3, folder 21: Memorial by Martín González de Cellorigo, addressed to the Spanish king, on the royal policy towards Jews in Spain. July 5, 1619.
Box 5, folder: 94: Memorial on Portuguese conversos. Copy of a memorial, possibly written by Martín González de Cellorigo, on the community of Portuguese New Christians, addressed to the king of Spain. The author asked for a ban on the use of the term "New Christian" in legal documents and laws and requested the Crown to order the Inquisitions of Portugal and Spain to comply with royal and ecclesiastical laws. It includes a copy of the text: "Alegación de derecho al memorial de la gente de la nación de Portugal". 17th century.
Box 7, folder 109: "Abcdario índice de las materias que se contienen en los dos tomos de instrucciones y cartas acordadas que se an expedido por el Consejo de la Santa General Inquisición para el mejor govierno de los tribunales del Santo Oficio, según y conforme se guardan y registran en el Consejo hasta el presente año de 1687". Book containing an index/summary of the ordinances and agreements issued by the Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition of Madrid concerning the administration of the provincial tribunals, duties and privileges of the personnel, publication of edicts, and rents. The ordinances and agreements are arranged by subject in alphabetical order. This copy was made at the request of a Spanish American tribunal, most probably the tribunal of Lima. July 23, 1709.
Box 9, folder 131: Two documents related to a controversy between the Inquisition and the local authorities of Llerena, Spain. 1747.
Box 10, folder: 137: Copy of documents related to the controversy between the Spanish Crown and the Inquisition over the banning of the catechism entitled "Exposición de la doctrina christiana sobre las principales verdades de la religión cathólica." 1761.
Archival history
Materials have been assembled from various collections and acquired from several individuals. They include materials transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, Yale University Library.
Administrative / Biographical history
Yale University has a long and distinguished history of collecting and preserving primary resources and making them available for teaching and research. Many of these materials were first collected by faculty and other members of the Yale community to support their own research activities and eventually placed in the library for long-term preservation and wider availability. The library maintained some of these collections, such as the Edward House Collection and the Crawford Theater Collection, as separate entities with their own curators for many years. Established in 1938, the Historical Manuscripts Room became the de facto custodian for many collections that did not have their own curators.
The Yale Archives is first mentioned as a separate library collection in 1945, but a university archivist was not appointed until 1958, although the associate curator of Yale Memorabilia did some work on the archives prior to that time.
In 1961, the library established the combined position of university archivist and curator of historical manuscripts and the House Collection, beginning the merger of many of the special collections into their current configuration. The construction of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the subsequent transfer of the library's rare books, literary collections, and other selected special collections to this repository in 1963, led to the consolidation of the Yale Memorabilia collection, the Yale Archives, the historical manuscript collections, and the House Collection in the former Rare Book Room in Sterling Memorial Library. The appointment of Herman Kahn as associate librarian for Manuscripts and Archives in 1969 completed the establishment of Manuscripts and Archives in its current form.
The university archives began receiving partial funding directly from the university in 1980, and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies became a program within Manuscripts and Archives in 1982.
The Yale Archives is first mentioned as a separate library collection in 1945, but a university archivist was not appointed until 1958, although the associate curator of Yale Memorabilia did some work on the archives prior to that time.
In 1961, the library established the combined position of university archivist and curator of historical manuscripts and the House Collection, beginning the merger of many of the special collections into their current configuration. The construction of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the subsequent transfer of the library's rare books, literary collections, and other selected special collections to this repository in 1963, led to the consolidation of the Yale Memorabilia collection, the Yale Archives, the historical manuscript collections, and the House Collection in the former Rare Book Room in Sterling Memorial Library. The appointment of Herman Kahn as associate librarian for Manuscripts and Archives in 1969 completed the establishment of Manuscripts and Archives in its current form.
The university archives began receiving partial funding directly from the university in 1980, and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies became a program within Manuscripts and Archives in 1982.
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System of arrangement
The collection is arranged in two parts: materials in each part are arranged by date.
Access, restrictions
The materials are open for research. The entire collection is available on microfilm. Patrons must use HM 249 instead of the originals.
Links to finding aids
Existence and location of copies
Entire collection is available on microfilm from Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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