Ted Otero Collection of Historical Documents,
Collection
Identifier: 1964-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of military and personal papers of Bernardo Vasquez-Franco, a commissioned officer in the Mexican army, 1817-1845. The military papers include orders, financial accounts, reports, laws and decrees for several presidios in northern Mexico. These decrees relate to supplies, promotions, distribution of lands, Indian wars, the opening of ports on the Pacific coast, and battles at Rosario. A set of papers dated 1845 concern foreigners and illegal sales in the Santa Fe and Las Vegas areas of New Mexico. The personal papers include letters received from family members, an accounting table, religious verses, and collections of maxims and moral lessons. The historical documents series contains four unrelated documents, including a 1772 publication of regulations for presidios on the frontier.
Collection is in Spanish.
Collection is in Spanish.
Dates
- 1772-1867
Language of Materials
Spanish.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Organization
Collection is organized into two series:
- I. Historical documents, 1772-1867
- II. Bernardo Vasquez-Franco papers, 1791-1840
General
Contact Information
- New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- Archives and Historical Services Division
- 1205 Camino Carlos Rey
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
- Phone: 505-476-7908
- Fax: 505-476-7909
- Email: archives@rain.state.nm.us
- URL: http://www.state.nm.us/cpr/ahsd_top.htm
General
- Americans -- Mexico
- Coyame (Chihuahua, Mexico)
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- New Mexico
- Mazatlan (Sinaloa, Mexico)
- Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810
- Military bases -- Mexico
- Military bases -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century
- Military manuals
- Military regulations
- Orders (military records)
- Presidio de Carrizal (Chihuahua, Mexico)
- Presidio de Chihuahua (Chihuahua, Mexico)
- Presidio de Principle (Chihuahua, Mexico)
- Proverbs, Spanish -- Mexico
- Rosario (Sinaloa, Mexico)
- Southwest, New -- History, Military
- Title
- Inventory of the Ted Otero Collection of Historical Documents, 1772-1867
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Reformated by Rochelle Lineberry
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//New Mexico State Records Center and Archives//TEXT (US::Nm-Ar::1964-001::Ted Otero Collection of Historical Documents)//EN" "nmar1964-001.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository