Manuscripts relating to Guatemala (and Honduras, etc.)
Overview
Miscellaneous unbound manuscripts removed from the Griffith Collection of printed Guatemalan source material. The content covers the dates 1627-1937 but is mainly 1640-1830. Contains some records of the University of S. Carlos and the Protomedicato, 1627-1838, 1887; 8 governmental documents, 1824, 1831, 1855; 49 letters by Rafael Carrera, 1846-1864; and some papers relating to the Rojas family. Although most of the manuscripts are Guatemalan in origin, some are Honduran, and there is one each from Peru (Lima), Cuba, San Salvador, Nicaragua and Spain.
Dates
- 1627-1937 (bulk 1640-1830)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
5.75 Linear Feet (14 document cases + 1 oversize box) : Binding: Unbound. Presently approximately 650 items in 11 document boxes (4 feet). Boxes 1-9 contain Section A, still largely in Griffith's folders. Box 10 contains B-D. Box 11 contains E-G. Sections A-D are arranged in the order of Griffith's folders.
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Scope and Contents
Contents:
A. Records of the University of San Carlos and the Protomedicato of Guatemala, 1627-1838, 1887-1899. Ca 450 items, chronologically arranged in 9 boxes.
B. 6 governmental decrees, etc, 1824.
C. 1 governmental report, 1831; 1 governmental letter, 1855.
D. Carrera letters, photographs, etc. (Rafael Carrera, 1814-1865, 1st presidente of Guatemalan Republic 1838-1865.)
E. Papers concerning the Rojas and other families, largely genealogical.
F. Photographs of a document concerning settlement in Honduras, 1784.
G. Photographs concerning the missionary Manuel de Jesus Subirana, died in Honduras in 1864; reburied 1937. Licenses to preach; scenes of reburial.
Physical Location
MS 187
Other Finding Aids
For a detailed description, see ksrl.sc.griffithguatemala.pdf.
Custodial History
Found here and there by Griffith on scholarly visits to Guatemala. He acquired Section D (Carrera) from the estate of the scholar and journalist Manuel Cobos Batres, who was a descendant of Carrera's (according to researcher Connaughton who spoke to Griffith in 1994.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William J. Griffith, 1981
- Title
- Guide to the William J. Griffith Guatemala Collection of Manuscripts
- Subtitle
- Manuscripts relating to Guatemala (and Honduras, etc.)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1981, 1994; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006; revised by mmj, 2023.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8122866938
- Preferred citation
-
Griffith Guatemala Collection of Manuscripts, Department of Special Collections, MS 187, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository