Archivo General de Mexico
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
2300 Red River St., Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 2, Austin, Texas 78712-1426
Contact information: phone number
0001 (512) 495-4515 (General Information)
0001 (512) 495-4166 (Research Questions)
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
cah.reference@austin.utexas.edu
Reference number
taro:utexas.cah.03693
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
General Archive of Mexico
Title (official language of the state)
Archivo General de Mexico
Language of title
spa
Creator / accumulator
Briscoe Center for American History
Date(s)
1538/1849
Language(s)
spa
Extent
circa 8 linear meters
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The Archivo General de Mexico (General Archive of Mexico) collection comprises transcripts made by researchers of the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions from the Archivo General de la Nación in Mexico City and the Archivo General de Indias in Seville (Spain).
The collection is divided into subcollections organised according to geographical, institutional, or thematic criteria. Among these subcollections are seven archival units of transcripts from the Inquisition fonds of the Archivo General de la Nación (General Archive of the Nation) in Mexico City. This collection is important for identifying Conversos settled in Spanish America, the persecution against them and details about their everyday lives.
The Inquisition group in this collection includes documentation produced from 1556 to 1662.
The collection is divided into subcollections organised according to geographical, institutional, or thematic criteria. Among these subcollections are seven archival units of transcripts from the Inquisition fonds of the Archivo General de la Nación (General Archive of the Nation) in Mexico City. This collection is important for identifying Conversos settled in Spanish America, the persecution against them and details about their everyday lives.
The Inquisition group in this collection includes documentation produced from 1556 to 1662.
Archival history
In 1897, University of Texas scholars George P. Garrison of the History Department and Lilia M. Casís of the Spanish Department began making copies of significant documents in the Archivo General de la Nación (AGN) in Mexico City. In 1898, systematic copying began earnestly.
Between 1902 and 1908, Herbert E. Bolton, an instructor in the History Department (1901-1909) and a scholar of Borderlands History, spent time in the AGN, from which he obtained transcripts. Copies of these transcripts were distributed to the Universities of Texas and California, New Mexico, and the Library of Congress. In 1913, the Chair of the University of Texas History Department, Eugene C. Barker, facilitated a cooperative agreement with the University of California, Berkeley, and the Library of Congress to make transcriptions.
Between 1902 and 1908, Herbert E. Bolton, an instructor in the History Department (1901-1909) and a scholar of Borderlands History, spent time in the AGN, from which he obtained transcripts. Copies of these transcripts were distributed to the Universities of Texas and California, New Mexico, and the Library of Congress. In 1913, the Chair of the University of Texas History Department, Eugene C. Barker, facilitated a cooperative agreement with the University of California, Berkeley, and the Library of Congress to make transcriptions.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Briscoe Center for American History is one of the leading research centres for historical study in the United States. Its archives, libraries, museums, and historic buildings are part of the University of Texas at Austin’s commitment to collecting, preserving, and making available the evidence of the past.
When the university opened in 1883, it began collecting materials documenting the history of Texas and the South. These collections were organised during the 1950s in the Barker Texas History Center. In 1991, under the leadership of Dr. Don Carleton, the university established the Center for American History, building upon the foundation of the Texas and Southern collections and other emerging collection strengths such as photojournalism and news media history. It was named in honour of Governor Dolph Briscoe in 2008.
When the university opened in 1883, it began collecting materials documenting the history of Texas and the South. These collections were organised during the 1950s in the Barker Texas History Center. In 1991, under the leadership of Dr. Don Carleton, the university established the Center for American History, building upon the foundation of the Texas and Southern collections and other emerging collection strengths such as photojournalism and news media history. It was named in honour of Governor Dolph Briscoe in 2008.
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System of arrangement
The fonds is organised according to areas to which the documentation refers, institutions, themes or types of documents. Series are organised chronologically.
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Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2023
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