TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents Note
Arrangement Note
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
I. Series, Personal, civil, and legal affairs.
II. Series, Government and military affairs.
III. Series, Catholic Church.
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Bernice Weiss Collection, 1547-1914
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| Creator | Weiss, Bernice. |
| Title | Bernice Weiss Collection |
| Dates: | 1547-1914 |
| Abstract | Artificial collection consisting of manuscript and printed documents relating principally to colonial and 19th-century Mexico, especially civil, government, military, and church matters. |
| OCLC Record No. | 33352719 |
| Extent | ca. 675 items (1.7 linear feet) |
| Language | Spanish or Castilian. |
| Repository | Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin |
The Bernice Weiss Collection is an artificial collection consisting of manuscript and printed documents relating principally to colonial and nineteenth-century Mexico, especially civil, government, military, and church matters.
Items concerning personal, civil, and legal affairs (1547-1900) include correspondence, wills, inventories, estate settlements, petitions, and complaints. Some items in the series are hacienda and land records relating to Indian, Spanish, and church land transactions and disputes of ownership of land.
Materials pertaining to national and local government and military affairs (1621-1914, but mostly 19th century) include circulars, proclamations, official documents and communications, correspondence, and regional and municipal regulations.
Documents about the Catholic Church (1562-1866) include proclamations, regulations, official communications, and circular and pastoral letters relating to church organization and practices, the Archbishopric of Mexico, the Cathedral of Mexico, parish affairs (some concerning the interaction of curates and Indians), religious orders, and missions, among other topics. Among church materials is a record book of the charitable order of San Hipólito (1790-1803).
The materials are in Spanish.
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Arrangement Note
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| The collection is arranged in three series:
- I. Personal, civil, and legal affairs
- II. Government and military affairs.
- III. Catholic Church.
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| The documents are arranged chronologically within folders. |
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| The Bernice Weiss Collection is classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries' catalog: |
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| | Catholic Church--Mexico--History--Sources. |
| | Order of St. Hippolytus--History--Sources. |
| | Land tenure--Mexico--History--Sources. |
| | Haciendas--Mexico--History--Sources. |
| | Missions--Mexico--History--Sources. |
| | Mexico--History--Sources. |
| | Mexico--Politics and government--Sources. |
| | Mexico--Church history--Sources. |
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Bernice Weiss Collection, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The Bernice Weiss Collection was purchased by the Benson Latin American Collection in 1977 from Bernice Weiss, a rare books dealer in Eastchester, New York.
The collection was described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in September 1994.
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, February 13, 1995.
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I. Series, Personal, civil, and legal affairs.
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | 1. Correspondence, 1765-1900. |
| 2 | | 2. Literary productions, 1799-1813. |
| 3 | | 3. Papers of Manuel Agreda, 1829-1841. |
| 4 | | 4. Marín Muñoz family papers, 1797-1858. |
| 5 | | 5. Military personnel, 1797-1867. |
| 6 | | 6. Assorted personal materials, 1611-1856. |
| | | 7. Land transactions and disputes. |
| 7-9 | | | a. Indians, 1590-1837. |
| 10-19 | | | b. Spanish inhabitants of Mexico, 1547-1837. |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1-6 | | | c. Convents and chaplaincies, 1608-1827. |
| 7-13 | | 8. Wills, inventories, and estate settlements, 1727-1869. |
| 14-22 | | 9. Debts, petitions, and complaints, 1587-1887. |
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II. Series, Government and military affairs.
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| box | folder |
| 3 | 1-4 | | 1. Circulars, proclamations, and official documents and communications, 1636-1914. |
| 5 | | 2. Correspondence (military concerns), 1821-1868. |
| 6-7 | | 3. Regional and municipal regulations, 1621-1844. |
| | | 4. Military infractions. |
| 8-11 | | | a. Fort of Perote, 1801-1803. |
| 12 | | | b. Military personnel, 1787-1846. |
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III. Series, Catholic Church.
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| box | folder |
| 4 | 1-3 | | 1. Papacy and Holy See, 1752-1819. |
| | | 2. Episcopacy. |
| | | | a. Archbishopric of Mexico. |
| 4-6 | | | | i. Archdiocesan matters, 1683-1866. |
| 7-9 | | | | ii. Cathedral of Mexico City, 1562-1843. |
| 10-13 | | | b. Regional dioceses of Mexico, 1694-1830. |
| | | 3. Regular orders. |
| 14 | | | a. Internal government, 1631-1839. |
| 15-19 | | | b. Conventual life and colleges, 1600-1859. |
| 20 | | | c. Missions, 1786-1822. |
| | | 4. Parishes. |
| 21-22 | | | a. Mexico City, 1775-1866. |
| 23-24 | | | b. Outlying areas, 1778-1808. |
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