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Mexico collection, 1522-1915 (inclusive), 1770-1865 (bulk).

Title: Mexico collection, 1522-1915 (inclusive), 1770-1865 (bulk).

A collection of correspondence; government documents, including reports, commissions, decrees, and awards; church documents; and writings and poems from Mexico on civil, military, economic, religious, and social topics. An addition consists of photographs by Mario Bucovich.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702164547 View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Robinson" to "Saxton".

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Robinson" to "Saxton".

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122623430 View

Mariscal, Ignacio, 1829-1910. Ignacio Mariscal correspondence, 1833-1910 (bulk 1881-1910).

Title: Ignacio Mariscal correspondence, 1833-1910 (bulk 1881-1910).

Consists primarily of diplomatic correspondence covering the years of Ignacio Mariscal's tenure under Porfirio Diaz' government. Most of the letters are either reports from members of Mexican delegations, European countries, and the U.S., or recommendations of individuals for government positions. Other correspondents include politicians, ministers, and secretaries from Mexico and other countries including the U.S., Portugal, Spain, France, and El Salvador, as well as intellectuals, writers, and poets. Also includes six letters to Diaz from various individuals in Mexico, along with a reply to Francisco Bazaine, a general in the French military. Also contains personal letters and invoices from Mariscal's relatives, including Alonso, Federico, and Juan Pablo Mariscal. With these are poems translated by Ignacio Mariscal, a burial card for Mariano Mariscal, and an undated broadside, "La Situacion Actual: Un Incidente Enojoso."

ArchivalResource: 1 box and 1 oversize folder (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214941570 View

Ulysses S. Grant Papers, 1819-1969, (bulk 1843-1885)

Title: Ulysses S. Grant Papers 1819-1969 (bulk 1843-1885)

United States president and army officer. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating to Grant’s career in the military, politics, and government.

ArchivalResource: 50,000 items; 193 containers plus 6 oversize; 100 linear feet; 52 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008146 View

Romero, Matías, 1837-1898. Matías Romero collection, 1837-1899 [microform].

Title: Matías Romero collection, 1837-1899 [microform].

Microfilm of items held by the Banco de México (reels 1-72) and the Library of Congress. Reels 1-71 (1837-1899) contain correspondence, newspaper clippings and other printed material, financial documents, drafts of articles, official and legal documents, and lists relating to the public and private affairs of Matías Romero. Among more than 3,700 correspondents are Benito Juárez, Porfirio Díaz, and other notable figures. Subjects range from the political and economic matters of Mexico and the United States to the mundane concerns of Romero, his family, and constituents. The end of reel 71 and reel 72 (1866-1897) contain newspaper clippings and other printed materials, official and legal documents, letters, manuscripts, reports, and assorted material relating to railroads, free trade zones, U.S. annexation interests and other issues of U.S.-Mexico relations. Reel 73 contains Romero's Refutación de las inculpaciones hechas al c. Matías Romero por el gobierno de Guatemala about resistance to Romero's farming near Mexico's border with Guatemala. Reel 74 (1861-1888) contains 30 of Romero's letters held by the Library of Congress; they relay diplomatic courtesies and news of Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 74 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33262483 View

Plumb, Edward Lee, 1827-1912. Edward Lee Plumb papers, 1856-1912.

Title: Edward Lee Plumb papers, 1856-1912.

Correspondence, cables, notes, extracts, reports, articles, drafts, maps, clippings, and printed material, relating to Mexican history (ca. 1860-80), U.S. diplomatic and commercial relations with Mexico, Cuba, and Spain (1856-ca. 1900), history of Cuba from the insurrection of 1869 to the Spanish-American War, and American railroad promotion and development (ca. 1870-81) in Texas and Mexico. Correspondents include Blas Balcárel, Estanislao Cañedo, George Earl Church, William Rufus Day, Hamilton Fish, John Watson Foster, Henry C. Hall, William Hunter, Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Richard Cunningham Mc Cormick, James S. Mackie, Henry Gurdon Marquand, Matías Romero, William Henry Seward, Philip Henry Sheridan, and William Tecumseh Sherman.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122354335 View

Edward Lee Plumb Papers, 1825-1903, (bulk 1857-1875)

Title: Edward Lee Plumb Papers 1825-1903 (bulk 1857-1875)

Diplomat and secretary of the United States legation in Mexico. Correspondence, journals, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Plumb’s negotiations relating to the Mexican railway system.

ArchivalResource: 3,600 items; 20 containers; 5.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012063 View

Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872. Benito Juárez papers, 1849-1872 [microform].

Title: Benito Juárez papers, 1849-1872 [microform].

Microfilm of correspondence, decrees, newspapers, pamphlets and assorted materials pertaining to the political career and later life of Benito Juarez. Correspondence (reels 1-37; bulk dates 1860-1872) stems largely from the French Intervention and relates mostly to military and political matters, as well as to Juárez' personal affairs. It is primarily directed to Juárez by his military officers, prominent businessmen and politicians, customs officials, local officials, government functionaries, acquaintances from Oaxaca, relatives, and petitioners, but includes 1,642 pages of letters written by Pedro Santacilia, Juárez' secretary and son-in-law. Prominently reflected in items dating from 1867 is the rivalry between Juárez and General Jesús González Ortega. After 1867, correspondence pertains mostly to matters of government; political conditions are reflected in the letters of local officials about their constituencies. Also after 1867 are found numerous petitions by private citizens. Major correspondents include Ignacio R. Alatorre, Francisco Arce, Ignacio Comonfort, Ramón Corona, Porfirio Díaz, Manuel Doblado, Mariano Escobedo, José Antonio Gamboa, Vicente Riva Palacio, José María Patoni, Matías Romero, and Ignacio Zaragosa. Frequent subjects are Emperor Maximilian and rebel generals Mariano Jiménez, Miguel Negrete, and Julián Quiroga. Assorted materials (reels 37-46) include decrees, materials about machinations against Juárez, official correspondence from 1862-1872, the private archives of Juárez and Santacilia, newspapers, pamphlets, telegrams, and scattered correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 46 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33273375 View

López Uraga, José, 1810-1885. José López Uraga papers, 1844-1883.

Title: José López Uraga papers, 1844-1883.

Correspondence, commonplace book, miscellaneous accounts 1862-1880, programs, clippings, and maps of Honduras relating to the career of José López Uraga, diplomat and soldier, in Mexico, Guatemala, and California. Collection includes letters from Maximilian, Porfirio Díaz, Benito Juárez, F. Párraga, Matías Romero, Marco Soto, one from Zelia Nuttall Pinart, and others.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85182826 View

Mexico collection, 1522-1915, 1770-1865

Title: Mexico collection 1522-1915 1770-1865

A collection of correspondence; government documents, including reports, commissions, decrees, and awards; church documents; and writings and poems from Mexico on civil, military, economic, religious, and social topics. An addition consists of photographs by Mario Bucovich.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1776 View

Romero, Matías, 1837-1898. Matías Romero correspondence, 1850-1899.

Title: Matías Romero correspondence, 1850-1899.

Letters addressed to Romero, diplomat, politician, and secretary of finance in the administrations of Presidents Benito Juárez and Porfirio Díaz. A more complete description is available in film notebooks at Reference Desk.

ArchivalResource: 72 microfilm reels : positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26941049 View

William Woodville Rockhill papers

Title: William Woodville Rockhill papers

Papers of American scholar-diplomat William Woodville Rockhill.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (35 boxes, 6 card file boxes, and 8 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00411/catalog View

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Papers, 1843-1969 (bulk 1843-1908)

Title: Papers, 1843-1969 (bulk 1843-1908)

ArchivalResource: 50,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70984863 View

Vega, Plácido, 1830-1878. Documentos de la Comisión Confidencial, 1858-1869.

Title: Documentos de la Comisión Confidencial, 1858-1869.

These papers, originals and copies, consist of correspondence, documents, accounts, and vouchers relating mainly to General Plácido Vega's secret mission to obtain articles of war and funds in San Francisco, California, for the republican government of Benito Juárez in Mexico against the French invaders of Napoleon III. There is also material on Vega's activities in connection with volunteers from the United States in forming an expedition to invade Mexico, the Mexican "Juntas Patrióticas" in the United States, and military operations in Mexico (1858-1869). Includes correspondence with Benito Juarez, Matias Romero and Jesus Gonzalez Ortega. See also the published articles of Robert Ryal Miller on General Vega.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 8 boxes, 2 v., and 2 oversize folders.Copies : partial microfilm reel (1990 exposures) : negative (Rich. 397:8) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123944629 View

Matías Romero Papers, (microfilm) 33262483 ., 1837-1899

Title: Matías Romero Papers (microfilm) 1837-1899

Microfilm of extensive correspondence (3,700 correspondents) and documents of Mexican diplomat Matías Romero.

ArchivalResource: 74

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00044/00044-P.html View

Barney, Hiram. Papers of Hiram Barney, 1772-1924 (bulk 1836-1894).

Title: Papers of Hiram Barney, 1772-1924 (bulk 1836-1894).

Political, business, legal, and family papers concern a wide variety of subjects including real estate, primarily in Iowa, and New York; court cases (often pertaining to the debt collection) and other legal services; politics generally, but especially patronage distribution; family affairs, business transactions concerning the Erie and other canals; small railroads (largely in the Lake Plains region); Mexico and Mexican-American relations; the Civil War; U.S. Customs Service.

ArchivalResource: ca. 8300 pieces.41 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499679 View

Vega, Plácido. Plácido Vega papers, 1855-1864.

Title: Plácido Vega papers, 1855-1864.

Documents and correspondence pertaining to the administration of Vega as civil governor of the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, and as chief of the western division of the Liberation Army during the War of Reform (1858-1860), and later, after 1862, as commander of the force from Sinaloa aiding the national government in resisting the French during the months following the French invasion at Veracruz.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122565954 View