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Greenleaf, Richard E. Richard E. Greenleaf Papers, 1522-1788.

Title: Richard E. Greenleaf Papers, 1522-1788.

Richard Greenleaf's papers deal with major people and events during the initial decades of Spanish presence in Mexico, as noted in the topics described below. The collection mainly consists of typed Spanish transcriptions and English translations of colonial documents made by Professor Greenleaf over his five decades of teaching, research and publication on the colonial history of Mexico. The documentary material was drawn mainly from the Archivo General de Indias of Seville and the Archivo General de Nación of Mexico City. In only a few instances does the collection contain a copy of the original Spanish document. The collection also includes a small number of related personal notes, photocopied pages from published books and scholarly journals, and drafts of student dissertations. There is also one box of typed index cards offering archival and secondary source material relevant to Archbishop Juan de Zumárraga, first Archbishop of Mexico, and his era. The collection is divided into the following series. Mexican Inquisition: These documents are Mexican cases from the office of the Inquisition in Mexico City during the years 1649-1792. Some of the papers pertain to Inquisition proceedings prior to the above listed dates and the formation of the institution during the tenure of Juan de Zumárraga and Alonso de Montúfar as archbishops of New Spain during the 16th century. A number of the cases deal with men and women of the Catholic religious orders of the colonial era and at least one with a Native American. Diezmos: The documents relate to the varying forms of diezmo or tithe and labor extraction from 1526-1740 in Mexico. The documents also refer to the role of the religious orders, especially the Franciscans and Dominicans, in the effort to convert the Indians to Christianity, and the operations and problems of the encomienda, repartimiento, and general economy in Mexico and elsewhere. Included also are documents decribing the early parishes and churches, the conditions of the Indians, reasons for their poverty and the impact of these colonial programs on them. Rodrigo de Paz Affair: These documents relate to factionalism among conquistadores and their associates in the two decades after the conquest of Mexico. They focus upon two specific instances of contention, namely the wrongful death suit brought forth by the family of Rodrigo de Paz against Gonzalo de Salazar, and García de Llerena's wrongful imprisonment and torture case against Diego Delgadillo and Juan de Matienzo, of the Royal Authority of New Spain. Both these cases illuminate the contentious and often hostile relationship among Hernán Cortés and anti - Cortés factions during the 1530's in Mexico and the operation of the judicial and appeals system in the colony. Assorted Book Excerpts and Articles. Juan de Zumárraga: These documents chronicle the career and life of Juan de Zumárraga as the first Archbishop of Mexico and Protector of Indians in Mexico (1528-1548). They show his relationships and legal and extra - legal interactions with the regular clergy, secular clergy, the Royal Audiencia, Nuño de Guzmán and other royal officials. There are also details about his family's properties and problems and personal correspondence to Spanish monarchs and associates in Spain and Mexico. Index Cards: The box of 491 index cards offers detailed archival and secondary sources relevant to Archishop Juan de Zumárraga. Cards duplicate somewhat the contents of the main collection, but also include additional sources and citations.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (6.28 cu. ft.)

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