Miguel Bolaños Cacho Papers

The Miguel Bolaños Cacho Papers were donated to the Benson Latin American Collection in 1986 by Grace Ann and R. H. Woodruff, and were described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in July 1994. The papers are in Spanish; their physical extent comprises eight linear feet.

The suggested citation for the papers is "Miguel Bolaños Cacho Papers, 1885-1949, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin."

Lawyer, public official, and author of legal and literary works. Born 1869 in Oaxaca, Mexico; died 1928 in San Diego, California. Became a lawyer in 1899. Positions held in Mexico include governor of Oaxaca (1902, 1912-1914), representative to the National Congress for two terms (1902-), supreme court justice (1904-), senator (1906-1908), and federal judge (1898, 1903-1905). Bolaños Cacho moved to the United States circa 1915 but continued to handle legal cases in northern Mexico through 1927. Publications include Sonetos y sonatas and Los derechos del hombre.

Legal files, personal business records, correspondence, literary productions, printed material, photographs, and scrapbooks from the professional and personal activities of Miguel Bolaños Cacho. Legal files include case files, related correspondence, and other legal documents from lawsuits about land tenure, payment of debts, other civil matters, and a few criminal cases. Documentation of personal business and family affairs includes correspondence about Bolaños Cacho's private property, business interests, and family matters. Most correspondence with brother, Emilio Bolaños Cacho, relates to events during the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920 and associated problems with disposal of property. Also in Series II are legal documents pertaining to real estate, mining claims, and inheritance; records of a fishing business; financial documents of the San Luís Beltrán and Aguilera haciendas; inventories of Bolaños Cacho's private library; assorted financial and other documents; and Bolaños Cacho's obituaries.

Bolaños Cacho's literary activities are reflected in literary productions and associated correspondence, and his publishing activities in printed material, correspondence, drafts, and financial documents. Records of his political career, mostly concerning the state of Oaxaca, include correspondence; laws and regulations; and periodicals. Scrapbooks contain clippings about his political and literary activities. Photographs and portraits are of Bolaños Cacho and family members. In Subgroup II, papers of wife, María Maceyra de Bolaños Cacho, and other family members include correspondence, legal and financial documents, and printed material relating to family matters and estate business, and artwork.

The processing of the Miguel Bolaños Cacho Papers was completed by the Mexican Archives Project staff in July 1994. The papers were arranged into two subgroups, one for Miguel Bolaños Cacho and one for the Bolaños Cacho family. The series were also created by the staff of the project. The subgroups and series are:

I. Miguel Bolaños Cacho

1. Series, Legal Files, 1885-1928, 3.5 linear feet. Case files, related correspondence, and other legal documents from lawsuits about land tenure, payment of debts, other civil matters, and a few criminal cases.

2. Series, Personal Business and Family Affairs, 1893-1949, 1 linear foot.

   private property, business interests,

   a.	Subseries, Correspondence, 1893-1927 and undated, 3.25 inches. Pertains to Bolaños Cacho's private property, business interests, and family matters. Most correspondence with brother, Emilio Bolaños Cacho, relates to events during the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920 and associated problems with disposal of property.
   b.	Subseries, Financial documents, 1914-1919, 3.5 inches. Concern the haciendas San Luís Beltrán and Aguilera.
   c.	Subseries, Assorted material, 5 inches. Assorted material includes legal documents relating to real estate, mining claims, and inheritance (1 folder); documents concerning the San Felipe Teotlalcingo property, 1980-1925, (1 folder) and the Candayoc property, 1908-1918, (2 folders); inventories of Bolaños Cacho's personal library, 1909 and 1916 (1 folder); documents about the Compañía Industrial Agraria, 1908-1909 (1 folder); documents about furniture, 1906-1927 (1 folder); fishing business records, 1916-1920 (1folder); periodicals and other printed material, (8folders, 6 of which are oversized); oversized maps of the hacienda San Luís Beltran, as well as other oversized maps and map fragments (2folders); a diploma; a prospectus for timber harvest in the Isthmus of Tehuántepec; and obituaries of Miguel Bolaños Cacho, 1928-1949 (1 folder).

3. Series, Literary Activities, 1890-1930, 1 linear foot. Short stories, poems, poetry, prose, dramatic works, articles, printed material, and correspondence about literary publications.

4. Series, Publishing Activities, 1922-1928, 1.75 inches. Printed material, correspondence, and financial documents relating to printing equipment; and newspaper clippings and drafts of articles, possibly under consideration for publishing.

5. Series, Political Activities, 1899-1922, 1.5 inches. Correspondence, official documents, and appointments; printed material includes laws and regulations, official periodicals, clippings, and broadsides.

6. Series, Scrapbooks, 1888-1916, 1 box (2 inches). One scrapbook records Bolaños Cacho's political and literary activities (1888-1905); another contains circulars and clippings from official periodicals (1914-1916).

7. Series, Photographs and portraits.

1. Sub-subgroup, María Maceyra de Bolaños Cacho (wife), 2.5 inches. Correspondence (1897-1947), legal documents, and financial documents.

2. Sub-subgroup, Other Family Members, 11 inches. Correspondence, legal, and financial documents; certificates (1886); assorted undated items; printed materials, including music books, prayer books, religious cards, announcements, and other printed materials; paintings; and costume items.

No.	Description	Type	Size	Comment
1	MBC portrait, 1893Ñmounted	unknown	6-3/41/2 x 4	Dedicated to his wife
2	MBC side view, late 19th cent.Ñpostcard	unknown	4-1/4 x 2-3/4
3	MBC military uniform, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	6 x 4
4	MBC portrait, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	6-3/41/2 x 4-1/4
5	MBC standing in military uniform, late 19th cent.-unmounted	unknown	7 x 4-1/2
6	MBC portrait in military uniform, 1893Ñmounted	unknown	6-1/2 x 4-1/4	Dedicated to his wife
7	MBC standing next to horse, 1892Ñmounted	unknown	8-1/2 x 5-1/4	Dedicated to his wife
8	MBC portrait, late 19th cent.-mounted	unknown	6 x 4
9	Duplicate of #8Ñunmounted	unknown	5-1/2 x 4-3/4
10	MBC standing in long coat jacket w/striped pants, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	12 x 10
11	Duplicate of #10	unknown	8-1/2 x 6-1/4
12	Duplicate of #10	unknown	8-1/2 x 6-1/4	Side torn
13	MBC standing w/long coat and gloves, 1902-mounted	unknown	101/8 x 6-1/4	Dedicated to his daughter
14	Wedding photo of MBC and María, 1893Ñmounted	unknown	10 x 6-3/4	Signed by both of them
15	Wedding photo of Sabina Bolaños and Jesús, early 20th cent.	unknown	8 x 10	Photo is torn in 4 pieces
16	MBC and María at Niagara Falls, early 20th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	12 x 10
17	Bolaños family photo, early 20th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	13-1/2 x 10-1/2	In original folder
18	Portrait of unidentified young woman wearing pendant, early 20th centÑpostcard	unknown	5-1/2 x 3-1/4
19	Lupe Bolaños Cacho?, 1922Ñunmounted	unknown	6-1/4 x 4-3/4	Erased dedication
20	Portrait of unidentified woman wearing a fur wrap w/ comb in hairÑearly 20th cent.Ñunmounted	unknown	5 x 3-1/2
21	Unidentified woman standing in a long dress [María?],late 19th cent.Ñunmounted	unknown	8 x 5
22	Portrait of unidentified young woman wearing a fur wrap, early 20th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	5 x 7
23	Portrait of unidentified young woman, early 20th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	8-1/4 x 6
24	Unidentified baby sitting on a covered chair, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	6-1/2 x 4-1/4
25	Federico Bolaños Cacho sitting on a covered chair, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	8-1/2 x 5-1/2	Identified on the back
26	Unidentified baby sitting on a half moon, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	8 x 6-1/2
27	Sabina Bolaños Cacho at age 3, 1897Ñstanding in front of mirror w/dogÑmounted	unknown	7-1/4 x 5
28	Unidentified child in a white dress in front of a house, early 20th cent.Ñunmounted	unknown	10 x 7-1/2
29	Communion photo of unidentified child	unknown	12 x 7 -1/2	In original folder
30	Evangeline Bolaños Cacho in ballet outfit w/ unidentified boy, early 20th cent.Ñunmounted	unknown	8 x 10
31	Evangeline Bolaños Cacho in ballet outfit, early 20th cent.Ñunmounted	unknown	8 x 10
32	Unidentified boy in a suit	unknown	12 x 9-1/2
33	Portrait of Felix Francisco Maceyra, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	5-1/2 x 3-3/4	Photo was cut in an oval shape
34	Portrait of Felix Francisco Maceyra, 1884	unknown	6-1/2 x 4-1/2	Dedicated to his daughter
35	Unidentified woman standing behind a curtain, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	8-1/2 x 5-1/2	Board torn
36	Portrait of an unidentified older woman wearing a brooch, late 19th cent.Ñunmounted	unknown	6-3/4 x 5	Appears to be a copy of photo
37	Two oval portraits on mat board of an unidentified man and woman, late 19th cent.Ñmounted	unknown	12 x 10
38	Unidentified young boy wearing plaid overalls	b&w	3-1/4 x 2-1/2	Proof
39	Two unidentified young boys, 1940s	b&w	3-1/4 x 2-1/2	Proof
40	Two young boys w/mother? sitting on a chair, 1940s	b&w	3-1/4 x 2-1/2	Proof
41	Unidentified young boy sitting on a potty chair, 1940s	b&w	3-1/4 x 2-1/2	Proof
42	Baby sitting backwards on a chair, 1940s	b&w	4-1/2 x 3-1/2
43	Young boy wearing a hat in swimming pool, 1940s	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
44	Young girl and boy dressed in fancy clothes sitting on a chair	b&w	3-1/2 x 3-1/2
45	Woman in a dress wearing diamond jewelry and holding a glass, 1940s	b&w	6-3/4 x 4-3/4	Torn and taped
46	Woman wearing a shirt w/Evie written on it holding a young boy, 1940s	b&w	10 x 8	Torn and taped
47	Two young girls sitting at a table eating cake, 1944	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
48	Different view of #47	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
49	Young girl sitting on a high chair next to a plant, 1944	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
50	Group of ladies sitting at a round table w/umbrella, 1944	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
51	Different view of #50	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
52	Young boy sitting on a high chair	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
53	Two children playing with doll and carriage in front lawn, 1944	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
54	Three children playing with doll and carriage in front lawn, 1944	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
55	Young boy with overalls and striped shirt sitting in front of books, 1940s	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
56	Older woman holding a baby and young boy sitting on a blanket, 1940s	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
57	Older man (reading) and older woman (knitting) sitting on a couch, 1940s	b&w	5 x 3-1/2
58	Portrait of young woman [Beba], 1940s	b&w,	10 x 7-1/2	Board torn
59	Duplicate of #58	b&w, hand tinted
60	Portrait of young womanÑBeba, 1940s	b&w, hand tinted	12-1/2 x 10	Dedicated to Warren
61	Enlarged duplicate of #3	b&w, hand tinted	15-1/2 x 14	Board torn
62	Side view of young woman [Beba], 1940s	b&w	10 x 7-1/2	Board and picture torn
63	Enlarged duplicate of #62	b&w, hand tinted	12-1/2 x 10	Board torn
64	Enlarged duplicate of #62	b&w, hand tinted	18 x 15	Board torn
65	Side view of young woman	b&w, hand tinted	20 x 15	Board torn
66	portrait of an unidentified older man w/beard	drawing?	16-1/2 x 13-1/2	Torn
67	portrait of an unidentified older woman	drawing?	16-1/2 x 13-1/2
68	portrait of unidentified young woman wearing a plaid dress	drawing?	20 x 14
69	Photo of a young girl with bow in hair	unknown	4-1/2 x 5	Torn; bottom half missing
70	Baby in bassinet	unknown	3-1/4 x 4	Torn; top half missing
71	Profile of a man	unknown	4-3/4 x 4	Torn into 4 pieces; bottom and side missing
72	Photo of a horse w/Bolaños Cacho brand on left hind leg	unknown	4 x 4-1/2	Inscribed by MBC; half missing
73	Portrait of a saint	unknown	8-1/4 x 5-3/4
74	Horse pulled carriage decorated w/flowers carrying 4 women and 1 man in traditional dress, early 20th cent.	unknown	9-3/4 x 7-1/2	Inscribed by MBC
75	Entrance of "Las Cajas" building	unknown	7 x 5	Described on the back
76	Hda. "Santa Sabina" (Chih, Mexico), early 20th cent.	unknown	8 x 10

List of photographs compiled by Rebecca Martin 5/5/93.

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