Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos Collection

The Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos Collection was purchased by the Benson Latin American Collection in 1943 from the heirs of Fernando González. The collection was described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in April 1994.

The physical extent of the collection comprises eight linear feet. The materials are in Spanish; their bulk dates are 1811-1831. The Manuscripts subgroup is also available on microfilm.

The following guide is available in Rare Books Reference: Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo and Jack Autrey Dabbs, Calendar of the Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos manuscript collection, Editorial Jus, Mexico, 1954. An item list and card file are also available for the Printed Material subgroup.

The suggested citation is "Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos Collection, 1692-1886, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin."

Mexican collector, bibliophile, and publisher of documents relating to Mexican independence. Born 1827 in Aguascalientes, Mexico; died 1893. Published "Colección de documentos para la historia de la guerra de independencia de Mexico de 1808 a 1821."

Documents are organized into two subgroups, Manuscripts (1692-1865) and Printed Material (1811-1886), and arranged according to a numeric system superimposed on a chronological arrangement.

The collection is composed of manuscripts and printed material relating primarily to the Mexican independence movement, but also pertaining to conditions in Mexico at the end of the eighteenth century, the empire of Agustín Iturbide, the establishment of the republic, and Mexico's governance and foreign relations, especially with England, France, Spain, and the U.S. Many historical figures of Mexico are represented in the collection.

The Manuscripts subgroup, in which over half of the items date from 1820 to 1825, includes letters, descriptions of battles, records of insurgents' trials, military service records, documents concerning the conspiracy of Manuel Reyes, the archives of General José de la Cruz, many personal papers of José Mariano Michelena, and material gathered by Carlos María Bustamante to document the independence movement.

The Printed Material subgroup, in which the bulk of the items are dated 1822-1823, contains among its pamphlets and broadsides many literary productions, such as manifestos, speeches, odes, poetry, sermons, and pastoral letters, as well as decrees, circulars, and proclamations. Most items in Printed Material pertain to independence, the empire of Iturbide, and the early days of the republic.

*The Benson Latin American Collection holds papers of these individuals.

*Alamán, Lucas, 1792-1853
Alvarez de Toledo
Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de
*Anaya, Juan Pablo, 1785-1850
Arredondo, Joaquín de
Barragán, Miguel Francisco
Bravo, Nicolás, 1786-1854
Bustamante, Anastasio, 1780-1853
Bustamante, Carlos María
Canning, George [1770-1827]
Cruz, José de la, 1786?-1856
Espoz y Mina, Francisco, 1781-1836
Fernando ­b VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
Filisola, Vicente
García Conde
Garza, Felipe de la
Gomez Pedraza, Manuel
Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de, 1789-1851
*Guerrero, Vicente, 1782-1831
Gutiérrez de Lara
*Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel, 1753-1811
Iturbide, Agustín de, 1783-1824
Michelena, José Mariano, 1772-1852
Mier y Teran, Manuel de
Migoni, Francisco de Borja
Mina, Javier
*Morelos, José María
Murphy, Tomás, 1819-1878
Navarro y Torres, José
Negrete, Pedro Celestino, 1777-1846
Rayón
Reyes Veramendi, Manuel
Rocafuerte, Vicente, 1783-1847
*Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876
Torres, José Antonio, ca 1760-1812
Victoria, Guadalupe, 1786-1843

Names with fewer than 20 entries in the guide:

*Arista, Mariano: HD 23-5009 (Diario oficial del supremo gobierno de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, Tomo VI, Num. 248, October 19, 1881) in Printed Material, oversized, is almost exclusively devoted to Arista, containing a biographical sketch and information on his funeral honors.

*Gómez Farías, Valentín, 1781-1858 (9 entries)
*Mier Noriega y Guerra, José Servando Teresa de, 1763-1827 (13 entries)
*Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano, 1797-1849 (2 entries)
*Santa María Guadalupe de Peñasco, Conde de (6 entries)
Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836 (10 entries)

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