Bernice Weiss Collection
Scope and Contents Note
The Bernice Weiss Collection is an artificial collection consisting of manuscript and printed documents relating principally to colonial and nineteenth-century Mexico, especially civil, government, military, and church matters.
Items concerning personal, civil, and legal affairs (1547-1900) include correspondence, wills, inventories, estate settlements, petitions, and complaints. Some items in the series are hacienda and land records relating to Indian, Spanish, and church land transactions and disputes of ownership of land.
Materials pertaining to national and local government and military affairs (1621-1914, but mostly 19th century) include circulars, proclamations, official documents and communications, correspondence, and regional and municipal regulations.
Documents about the Catholic Church (1562-1866) include proclamations, regulations, official communications, and circular and pastoral letters relating to church organization and practices, the Archbishopric of Mexico, the Cathedral of Mexico, parish affairs (some concerning the interaction of curates and Indigenous peoples), religious orders, and missions, among other topics. Among church materials is a record book of the charitable order of San Hipólito (1790-1803).
The materials are in Spanish.
Dates
- Creation: 1547-1914
Language of Materials
Spanish or Castilian.
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Full Extent
1.7 linear feet (675 items)
Abstract
Artificial collection consisting of manuscript and printed documents relating principally to colonial and 19th-century Mexico, especially civil, government, military, and church matters.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series:
- I. Personal, civil, and legal affairs
- II. Government and military affairs.
- III. Catholic Church.
The documents are arranged chronologically within folders.
Acquisitions Information
The Bernice Weiss Collection was purchased by the Benson Latin American Collection in 1977 from Bernice Weiss, a rare books dealer in Eastchester, New York.
Processing Information
The collection was described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in September 1994.
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, February 13, 1995.
- Title
- Bernice Weiss Collection
- Status
- Edited Full 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 Englilsh.
Revision Statements
- July 31, 2002: Edited with XMetaL3 by Bob Stewart according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD Finding Aids with XMetaL.
- Tue Jul 22 14:57:47 CDT 2003: urn:taro:utexas.blac.00007 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505).
- 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