Records of Land Transactions by Edmund Kirby-Smith and Virginia Téllez de Kirby-Smith in the Isla de Tacamichapa, Veracruz
Scope and Contents
Records documenting land transactions by Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife, Virginia Téllez de Kirby-Smith, in the Isla de Tacamichapa in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Documents in the legajos date from 1884 to 1925; a list of the legajos was received by Virginia Téllez de Kirby-Smith in 1945. Two maps depict the Kirby-Smith holdings (estimated at 561 hectares) and the topography of the area.
Isla de Tacamichapa is entirely surrounded by the Chiquito and Coatzacoalcos rivers. It was once the site of an Indian settlement and later became incorporated into the municipal lands of Jaltipan de Morelos. The southern portion of Isla de Tacamichapa lay in the route of a proposed interoceanic canal planned to accompany the trans-isthmus railway, the Ferrocarril de Tehuantepec.
Dates
- Creation: 1884-1945
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1895-1925
Language of Materials
Spanish or Castilian
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Note
Edmund Kirby-Smith, son of General Edmund Kirby-Smith, was a citizen of the United States and an engineer by profession.
Full Extent
300 leaves in 25 legajos (3 inches)
Abstract
Records documenting land transactions on the Isla de Tacamichapa (Veracruz, Mexico).
Arrangement
Arranged by legajo number.
Acquisitions Information
Donated October 23, 1986, by Mike Parrish of Jenkins Company Rare Books and Manuscripts, Austin, Texas, to the Barker Texas History Center; transferred to the Benson Latin American Collection in November 1986.
Processing Information
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- Title
- Edmund Kirby-Smith and Virginia Téllez de Kirby-Smith:
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records of Land Transactions in the Isla de Tacamichapa, Veracruz held by the Benson Latin American Collection
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2001
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- February 11, 2003: Edited with XMetal3 by Bob Stewart following TARO EAD V.1 Editing for BLAC Finding Aids.
- Tue Jul 22 14:58:26 CDT 2003: urn:taro:utexas.blac.00038 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505).
- 2020 April: Date normalization by Janette Nunez.
- April 2021: 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.
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