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Missiones - Research, 1621-1708

 File — Box: 8

Scope and Contents

From the Series: Some interesting data on - donations to California missions. Conflicts, jurisdiction battles, scandals, religious orders, missionaries, problem individuals, excesses, letters, reports on various missions, Some letters in Latin or Italian. Reports on number of baptisms, regulations, administration, funds for misisons, appointments of mission officials, custodios, bishops, accounts of lives, death of individual missionaries. Indian rebellion in Nueva Vizcaya. Jesuit mines in Guanajuato. Mission in Mexico City jail. Health, conditions of the Chichimecas. Virgin Mary – sweating statue, in the chapel del ingenio de Xalmolonga. Indian groups - Chichimecas, Otomies, Pimas, Tarahumares, Tepehuanes, Tubares, Yaquis. Religious orders - Augustians, Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Carmelites

Places - Arizona, California, Alta y Baja, Chiapas, Cuba, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Guardiana, Mexico city, state, Nueva Vizcaya, missions and history, New Mexico, Oaxaca, Orizaba, Parras, Patzcuaro, Provincias Internas, Puebla, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Yucatan, Merida.

New Mexico missions 1780, establishing custodies, jurisdiction Durango and Valladolid, excesses of missionaries

Dates

  • 1621-1708

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English, Spanish, French, Mayan, Latin

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 23 boxes (16.5 cu. ft.), 267 volumes, 322 microfilm reels (masters in cabinets), 322 CDs

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451