Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia:
An Inventory of His Collection at the Benson Latin American Collection
Biographical Note
Historian, lawyer, philosopher. Born 1718 and died circa 1780 in Puebla. Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia received his law degree from the University of Mexico in 1737. In 1738 his professional title was validated in Madrid.
While in Spain, Veytia wroteIdea de una nueva história de la América septentrional. Books published after his death include Baluartes de México, História antigua de México, and História de la Puebla de los Angeles.
Scope and Contents
Contained in both subgroups are literary productions, official documents, and assorted material relating to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the history of Mexico and the Catholic Church to 1771. The bulk of the material pertains to the history of churches, convents, schools, hospitals, and recogidas (homes designed to remove “scandalous” women from the streets) in Mexico City and Puebla. Most of the official documents refer to the founding of the institutions mentioned above and are probably 18th-century copies of 16th and 17th-century originals. Materials in the Archives subgroup are entitled, “Discursos académicos y papeles sobre Puebla.” Included among Manuscripts are histories of old churches, convents, and schools of Mexico City, filed as G12; news of Mexico City (G13); notes about Puebla (G14); a list of mayors of Puebla from 1531-1747 (G17); a manuscript entitled, “Concordia de Puebla,” concerning that agreement and the founding of convents in Puebla (G111); notes about the Colegio de San Luis (G117) and San Pablo de Dominicos (G126); lectures about church history (G172); a prologue to Veytia's História antigua de México (G173); a bill and report concerning the cost of three containers for sacred oils (G181); a draft manuscript of Baluartes de México: Descripción histórica de las quatro milagrosas imágenes de Nuestra Señora (G221); and a speech about the four gospels (G282). Annotations on some of the papers are signed with the initials F.P.T. [Francisco Paso y Troncoso?] and are dated 1886.
The materials are in Spanish.
Organization | ||
| Organized into two subgroups: I. Archives and II. Manuscripts. | ||
Arrangement | ||
| Manuscripts are arranged numerically. | ||
Related Material
García, Genaro, 1867-1920.Genaro García Collection, 15-- - 1920?, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin. |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia Collection, [16--]-1886, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin.
Acquisitions Information
The Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia Collection, which forms part of the Genaro García Collection, was purchased by the University of Texas in 1921 from the heirs of Genaro García.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged into subgroups by earlier library staff. The Mexican Archives Project staff completed the processing and description of the collection in December 1994.
Alternate Form Available
The papers are also available on microfilm.
Other Finding Aids
The following guide is available in the Benson Latin American Collection Rare Books Reference: Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958.Guide to the Latin American Manuscripts in the University of Texas Library.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1939.
Publications
Veytia, Mariano, 1718-1780?
Baluartes de Mexico. Descripcion historica de las cuatro
milagrosas imagenes de Nuestra Senora ... |
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Detailed Description of the Collection
ARCHIVES SUBGROUP | |||||||||||||
| Discursos académicos y papeles sobre Puebla 1612?-1886 | |||||||||||||