Spanish exploration and settlement related materials - Calisphere

Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Spanish exploration and settlement related material, circa 1500-circa 1890, BANC MSS Z-E 1, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
No. 887 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 636:11) and positive.
Title: Selected items pertaining to diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States : transcripts and copies, 1817-1819
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 3
Title: Antonio María Bucareli Y Ursúa correspondence : typescript, 1772-1777
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 9
Title: Teodoro de Croix correspondence : transcripts, 1777-1783
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 10
Title: Economic history of Mexico and Central America, [1529?]-1795
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS Z-E 13
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Archivo General de Indias--Archives
Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Sources
California--Discovery and exploration--Sources
New Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Sources
Texas--Discovery and exploration--Sources
Spain--History--Sources
Arrangement
Documents which were copied in the archives by methods other than microfilm are listed in this Calendar. The copies were made mostly
from about 1908 through the 1930's. Some were copied by hand, some were typed, and a few were enlarged from microfilm. Some were
copied on funds provided by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the Native Sons of the Golden West Travelling Fellowship Fund, and other
endowments. Some were done privately by graduate students and scholars.
The arrangement of sections and legajos follows that of the Archivo General de Indias. The arrangement within the legajo is purely
chronological. In many cases both the old signature and the modern legajo equivalent appear as identification; in other cases only one or the
other is available at this time.
Each document herein listed has been checked against Chapman's Catalogue of Materials in the Archivo General de Indias, and the
Chapman number noted in the description. The Catalogue has been annotated appropriately for record prints and transcripts. No attempt has
been made within this Calendar to note where modern microfilm correlates to these copies. The use of the microfilm notebooks and this key
together would make such a correlation possible.
Documents copied from the archive may also appear in other transcript collections, catalogued separately. This arrangement was necessary
because of the physical nature of the material (bound in volumes, etc.) Cross references to these collections appear in the beginnings of the
sections of this Calendar. Other collections which include AGI material are BANC MSS Z-E 3, Z-E 9, Z-E 10, and Z-E 13. A key is available
for each.
The arrangement of ramos follows that of the AGI. In addition, within the ramo, documents are identified with legajo number and/or date to
provide a citation to the original source.
Documents, unless otherwise marked, are transcripts.
Processing Information
Bancroft Library staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
Topics dealt with emphasize Spanish exploration and settlement on the frontiers north from Mexico City, including the Provincias Internas,
the Californias, New Mexico, and Texas; and maritime explorations and foreign intrusions into Spain's Pacific waters. (Documents are
transcripts and/or record prints.)
The arrangement generally follows that of the Archivo General de Indias, with the addition of the Dunn and Scholes transcriptions.
Documents are organized in the following sequence:
Audiencia de Filipinas
Finding Aid to the Archivo General de
Indias records : Spanish exploration
and settlement related ma...
Audiencia de Guadalajara
BANC MSS Z-E 1 3