Collection on Indigenous peoples of New Spain: Transcripts
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of correspondence, records of court testimonies and decisions, official instructions, and a summary of a letter concerning Indigenous peoples of New Spain. Testimonies and court responses include those of three cases, one in which Balthazar de Vidaurre complains of the mistreatment of the people of San Francisco Yxtlahuaca and of San Miguel Temascalcingo by new mayor Pedro Joseph Crespo; a second in which Julian Joseph Sánchez of Santa Bárbara of Cuautitlan complains of mistreatment by his mayor, Jacinto María Castro González; and a third in which a great-granddaughter of Moctezuma, María Cano de Salazar, litigates for her part of the family property (filed as G15 Ms.). A document by Fernando Cortés pertaining to Moctezuma and Moctezuma's daughters was read at the hearings for María Cano and is recorded in the hearing documents.
The collection also contains transcripts of a letter from the priest Joseph Montero Cruz concerning rebellious actions and the state of moral affairs among the people of the mountains of the Puebla area; a summary of a letter to Pope Paul III from Fray Julián Garcís praising the religious inclination, behavior, and talent of the Indigenous peoples; and instructions by Colonel Fernando de la Concha, governor of the province of New Mexico, advising his successor, Lieutenant Colonel Fernando Chacón, on governing the native peoples under his jurisdiction and on managing the garrison troops.
The materials are in Spanish.
Dates
- Creation: 1579-1797
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Full Extent
2 folders
Abstract
Transcripts of original sources documenting the condition and treatment of Indigenous peoples by governing officials in areas of Mexico and New Mexico.
Organization
Organized into four series by topic; further divided into subseries by form of material.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically within folders.
Other Finding Aids
The following guide is available in the Benson Latin American 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 Indigenous peoples of New Spain Transcripts 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 Indigenous peoples of New Spain Transcripts were arranged into series by the staff of the Mexican Archives Project.
The transcripts were described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in December 1993.
Finding aid initially prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, February 2, 1995.
- Title
- Collection on Indigenous peoples of New Spain
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 1995 February 2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- September 9, 2002: Edited with XMetaL3 by Bob Stewart according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL.
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- 2020 April: Date normalization by Julia Davila Coppedge.
- 2021 April: Edited by Dylan Joy 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