Antonio Margil de Jesús Collection
Scope and Contents
Letters and petitions, literary productions, and printed material related to the life and work of Margil de Jesús. Letters and petitions concern minor affairs of the Colegios de Santa Cruz de Querétaro and Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Zacatecas.
Literary productions are comprised of
- (1) Diario derrotero de la jornada é la provincia de los Tejas, desde el río grande del norte, hecho por orden de exmo. sor. Duque de Linares...
- (2) Instructio. Ad conficiendam inquisitionem appostolicam, ne perean probationes super virtutibus ac miraculis in specie venerabilis servi dei Antonii Margil in civitate mexicana (G89-17 Ms.)
- (3) Formulario de missionar, que hizo, y dictó N.V.P. Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesús (G168 Ms.)
- (4) Decreto sobre las virtudes en grado heroico de Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesús
- (5) research and bibliographic notes
Printed material consists of three engravings of Margil de Jesús; on the verso of one is a list entitled, “Documentos pertenecientes é los venerables restos del muy rev. padre Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesús, Abril -1855.”
Included in miscellaneous documents is a copy of the baptismal entry for Margil de Jesús.
The materials are in Spanish, with the exception of item G89-17, which is in Latin.
Dates
- Creation: 1698-1911
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Note
Franciscan friar. Born 1657 in Valencia, Spain; died 1726 in the convent of San Francisco de México. Entered the Franciscan order in 1673; ordained to the priesthood in 1682; sent to the missions of the Sierra Gorda, Querétaro, in 1683. Instrumental in the founding of Spanish missions in Texas.
Full Extent
1 inch
Abstract
Letters and petitions, literary productions, and printed material related to the life and work of Antonio Margil de Jesús, a Franciscan friar in Mexico.
Arrangement
Materials in the Archives subgroup are arranged chronologically within folders; items in the Manuscripts subgroup are shelved according to manuscript number.
Other Finding Aids
The following guide is available in the Benson 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.
Acquisition Information
The Antonio Margil de Jesús Collection forms part of the Genaro García Collection, which was purchased by the University of Texas in 1921 from the heirs of Genaro García.
Alternate Form Available
The collection is also available on microfilm.
Processing Information
The Antonio Margil de Jesús Collection was arranged into Archives and Manuscripts subgroups by earlier library staff. Series were created by the staff of the Mexican Archives Project, which completed processing and description of the collection in January 1994.
Finding aid initially prepared by the Mexican Archives Project February 6, 1995.
- Title
- Antonio Margil de Jesús Collection
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- 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 12, 2003: Edited with XMetal3 by Bob Stewart following TARO EAD V.1 Editing for BLAC Finding Aids.
- Tue Jul 22 14:58:27 CDT 2003: urn:taro:utexas.blac.00042 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505).
- 2020 April: Date normalization by Julia Davila Coppedge.
- 2021 April: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez 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