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New Spain -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Documents from the Archivo General de Indias and other related archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-841-BC
Abstract The collection contains selected Spanish documents copied from the Archivo General de Indias and other archives in Spain, the Vatican Library, and U.S. Libraries, with related transcriptions and notes. Mainly focused on the colonial history of New Mexico and New Spain, with some materials for the Caribbean, Latin America, Philippines, and the U.S. Borderlands.
Dates: 1508-1821; Majority of material found within 1521-1780

Documents from the Archivo General de La Nación de México and other related archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-867-BC
Abstract The collection contains selected Spanish documents copied from the Archivo General de La Nación and other archives in Mexico City, with related transcriptions and notes. The collection is mainly focused on the colonial history of New Mexico and New Spain, with some materials for the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.S. Borderlands.
Dates: 1520-1878

Eleanor B. Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-826-BC
Abstract Eleanor B. Adams' papers contain photocopies, transcriptions and translations of colonial documents relating to the history of New Mexico and colonial New Spain. It contains a few original Spanish documents as well. There are also correspondences with other scholars and unpublished works related to historiography, as well as New World and New Mexico maps from the colonial and territorial eras.
Dates: 1492-2000