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Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia Collection
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project
January 11, 1995
Introduction
The Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia Collection,
which forms part of the Genaro García Collection, was purchased by
the University of Texas in 1921 from the heirs of Genaro García.
The collection was described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in
December 1994.
The physical extent of the collection is eight inches. The materials are
in Spanish; their bulk dates are 1747-1776. The collection is also
available on microfilm.
The following guide is available in Rare Books Reference:
Castañeda, Carlos E. and Jack Autrey Dabbs, eds., Guide to the
Latin American Manuscripts in the University of Texas Library.
Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1939.
The suggested citation for the papers is "Mariano Fernández de
Echeverría y Veytia Collection, [16--]-1886, Benson Latin American
Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin."
Biographical Sketch
Historian, lawyer, philospher. Born 1718 and died circa 1780 in Puebla.
Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia received his law
degree from the University of Mexico in 1737. In 1738 his professional
title was validated in Madrid. While in Spain he wrote Idea de una
nueva história de la América septentrional. Books
published after his death include Baluartes de México,
História antigua de México, and História de
la Puebla de los Angeles.
Scope and Contents Note
Contained in both subgroups are literary productions, official documents,
and assorted material relating to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the
history of Mexico and the Catholic Church to 1771. The bulk of the
material pertains to the history of churches, convents, schools,
hospitals, and recogidas (homes designed to remove "scandalous" women
from the streets) in Mexico City and Puebla. Most of the official
documents refer to the founding of the institutions mentioned above and
are probably 18th-century copies of 16th and 17th-century originals.
Materials in the Archives subgroup are entitled, "Discursos
académicos y papeles sobre Puebla." Included among Manuscripts are
histories of old churches, convents, and schools of Mexico City, filed as
G12; news of Mexico City (G13); notes about Puebla (G14); a list of
mayors of Puebla from 1531-1747 (G17); a manuscript entitled, "Concordia
de Puebla," concerning that agreement and the founding of convents in
Puebla (G111); notes about the Colegio de San Luis (G117) and San Pablo
de Dominicos (G126); lectures about church history (G172); a prologue to
Veytia's História antigua de México (G173); a bill and report
concerning the cost of three containers for sacred oils (G181); a draft
manuscript of Baluartes de México: Descripción
histórica de las quatro milagrosas imágenes de Nuestra
Señora (G221); and a speech about the four gospels (G282) .
Annotations on some of the papers are signed with the initials F.P.T. and
are dated 1886.
Arrangement List
The Mariano Fernández de Echeverría y Veytia Collection was
arranged into Archives and Manuscripts subgroups by earlier library
staff. The Mexican Archives Project staff completed the processing of
the collection in December 1994.
| ARCHIVES
SUBGROUP | | |
|---|
| | Dates |
| Discursos académicos y papeles sobre Puebla
| | 1612?-1886 |
| | MANUSCRIPTS
SUBGROUP |
|---|
| |
| García Manuscript
Nos. | Items | Dates |
| G12 : History of old churches, convents, and schools
of Mexico City | | |
| Conventos de religiosos y planteles de
instruccion (G12-1) | ? |
| "Ontanto simple del Concilio Provincial que
se celebró en esta Ciudad de México..." Nov. 11, 1565
(G12-2) | 1755 |
| Santa Clara y otros conventos de religiosos
Franciscanos (G12-3) | 1697? |
| San Joseph convento antiguo de Carmelitas
Descalzos (12-4) | ? |
| Apuntes sobre Capuchinas
(G12-5) | 1728 |
| Apuntes sobre la Enseñanza. Religiosas
de la Concepción de María (G12-6) | 1754 |
| San Lorenzo. Religiosas Gerónimas.
(G12-7) | ? |
| Apuntes sobre el Hospital de Jesús
Nazareno (G12.8) | 1523 |
| Santa María Magdalena. Casa de
recogimiento de mugeres. (G12-9) | ? |
| Fundación de Recogidas
(G12-10) | ? |
| Noticias sobre la Catedral de México
(G12-11) | 1755? |
| San Idefonso (G12-12) | 1573 |
| Colegio de Cristo
(G12-13) | 1756 |
| Colegio de niños de San Juan de
Letrán (G12-14) | 1756 |
| Colegio de Porta Coeli
(G12-15) | 1755? |
| Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
(G12-16) | 1755 |
| Casa profesa de la Compañía de
Jesús (G12-17) | 1755 |
| Santa Catarina de Sena. Religiosas dominicas
(G12-18) | ? |
| Religiosas Concepcionistas
(G12-19) | 1776? |
| Los Monjes Benitos
(G12-20) | ? |
| San Felipe Neri
(G12-21) | 1697 |
| San Juan de Diós
(G12-22) | ? |
| San Hipólito y el Espíritu Santo
(G12-23) | ? |
| Apuntes sobre Bethlemitas de México
(G12-24) | 1753 |
| San Antonio Abad (G12-25) | ? |
| Apuntes sobre Carmelitas descalzos
(G12-26) | ? |
| Convento grande de Nuestra Señora de la
Merced (G12-27) | 1753 |
| G13 : Noticias de México
| | 1754? |
| G14 : Puebla | | 1766 |
| G17 : Alcaldes maiores de la ciudad de la Puebla desde
su fundazion que fue el dia 29 de Septiembre de 1531.
(G17) | | 1747? |
| G111 : Concordia de Puebla...
| | 1771? |
| G117 : Colegio de San
Luis | | 1662? |
| G126 : San Pablo de Dominicos
| | 1687? |
| G172 : Discursos academicos sobre la história
eclesiastica | | 1749 |
| G173 : Prólogo a su História con
anotaciones de Icazbalceta | | 1749-1877 |
| G181 : Cuenta y razón de el peso y costos de las
tres anforas de los Santos Oleos y es en la manera Siguiente...
| | 1756 |
| G221 : Baluartes de México: Descripción
histórica de las quatro milagrosas imágenes de Nuestra
Señora... | | 1776 |
| G282 : Discurso preliminar sobre los quatro Santos
Evangelios | | ? |
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