Reminiscencias históricas escritas por el general Mariano Ruiz
Scope and Contents Note
The Reminiscencias contains 133 folios of text and 74 plates that include photographs, portraits, and illustrations of Maximilian, republican and imperial generals, political dignitaries, battle scenes, and Princess Salm-Salm (née Agnes Le Clerq Joy). In his memoir Ruiz recounts the military maneuvers throughout Mexico that led to the arrest and tragic end to Emperor Maximilian and to the events that led to the twentieth-century revolution. The collection also includes newspaper clippings of Princess Salm-Salm's American visit in 1899 that corroborate Ruiz's account.
Dates
- Creation: 1926
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Mariano Ruiz was born 26 January 1843 in Texcoco, México. A career army officer, Ruiz rose to the rank of division general and commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, West Division. He served as a federal deputy from 1886 to 1912, and appointed governor of Nayarit from 1904-1911. Mariano Ruiz died on 1 December 1932.
Full Extent
6 inches
Abstract
Mexican General Mariano Ruiz's memoir of the French Intervention, the capture and execution of Maximilian, the American Princess Salm-Salm, and events that led to the Mexican Revolution.
Provenance Note
One of two extant copies of the memoirs, this was inscribed in 1928 to Ruiz's "honorable friend" Edmund Steele Joy. The manuscript was discovered in a Philadelphia attic by Joy's great-nieces Elizabeth Joy Oberdorf and Edith Joy King.
Acquisition Information
Donation, 2000.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Christian Kelleher, 2006.
- Title
- Reminiscencias históricas escritas por el general Mariano Ruiz
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 May: Edited by D Ryan Lynch to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026 April: Updated by Dylan Joy to include Box 2 (the original binding).
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu