Mexican hacienda manuscripts
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains various handwritten record books and copies of legal and financial documents related to haciendas in Mexico, chiefly dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. The items concern a variety of topics including real estate, legal issues, boundary disputes, property and estate inventories, financial accounts reflecting income sources and debts, and issues related to indigenous peoples.
Dates
- Creation: 1673 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
4.69 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
This collection contains various handwritten record books and copies of legal and financial documents related to haciendas in Mexico, chiefly dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. The items concern a variety of topics including real estate, legal issues, boundary disputes, property and estate inventories, financial accounts reflecting income sources and debts, and issues related to indigenous peoples.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from various sources. Acquisition information noted at the item level when available.
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Mexican hacienda manuscripts
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2022 August
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu