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Letters between Philip IV, King of Spain, and Sor Mariá de Jesús, abbess of Agreda
This collection consists of 47 letters between Philip IV of Spain and Sor María de Jesús, abbess of Agreda, with accompanying documents. Sor María's answers to the king's letters are, by his command, on the same sheets as his letters to her. Includes 2 letters from Francisco Andrés de la Torre, confessor of Sor María, to the king, as well as documents concerning the history of these letters.
Letters to Stephen Gaselee from different correspondents
Bibliographical and literary correspondence of Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943).
Liber Locorum Theologicorvm, dictated by Joanne Josepho Arce to Petrus Josephus a Barriga
This is a manuscript in ink of theological writings in Latin dictated in 1795 by Joanne Josepho Arce, master of sacred theology, to Petrus Josephus Barriga, theologian at the College (Seminary) of Saint Jerome in Arequipa, Peru. The volume is bound in vellum and there is a partly legible poem in Spanish on the front cover.
Libro de Casa del Presbytero Don Joseph Mariano de Pineda
This book, kept during the period 1815-1839, appears to be a record of the religious services performed and payments received by a priest, who signs himself throughout as either Don Joseph Mariano de Pineda or Don Joseph Alexo Mariano de Pineda. The location of origin is presumably Peru, where the manuscript was acquired. The book begins with an alphabetical register followed by 86 numbered pages, some of which are blank.
Madre Doña Juana Maria de la Fuente inventory
This volume contains an inventory of belongings for Madre Doña Juana Maria de la Fuente, a religious sister with the Monasterio de Santa Clara in Lima, Peru. After de la Fuente's death on March 5, 1741, her belongings were given to Madre Doña Maria Sebastiana Tello de Meneses, the abbess of the monestery. The second half of the volume contains receipts for the sale of each of the items to various individuals.
Manuscripts relating to Guatemala and Central America
Miscellaneous unbound manuscripts removed from the William J. Griffith collection of printed Guatemalan source material. Contains some records of the University of San Carlos and the Protomedicato; the Guatemalan government; letters by Rafael Carrera; and some papers relating to the Rojas family. Although most of the manuscripts are Guatemalan in origin, some are Costa Rican or Honduran, and there is one document each from Peru, Cuba, San Salvador, Nicaragua, and Spain.
Mexican recipes
A collection of culinary recipes, written in various hands, that appears to be from central and southern Mexico. Most of the recipes are individual leaves of paper, but a few are bound. Included is a leather wrapper from which the recipes were removed. Most recipes are undated, but one is dated 1817. The recipes do not have authors; however, four recipes include the names of recipients. Original spellings have been used in listing the recipes in the inventory.
Museum sive selecta biblioteca…
Handwritten library catalog of Pedro Nuñez de Guzmán, 3rd Marques de Montealegre, who flourished around 1668. Incomplete, apparently volume 1 of 2. It ends with equivalent of leaf 132 verso of the printed version. Either copied from printed version or from a common source, this volume does not include a title-page (in Spanish) of printed version or its preface, or table of headings, or the addena (Diferencia) printed at the end of part 2.
Official documents of Tulancingo, Mexico
Official documents from the alcalde of Tulancingo, Mexico: sentences, royal proclamations, notarial register, 1 Papal bull, etc. Consists of 13 manuscripts; 143 printed items with manuscript additions. Subjects include criminal cases, resources and manufactures, governmental processes, slavery and Indigenous populations, commerce, etc.
Oral history project regarding the Hispanic community of Emporia, Kansas
This collection is comprised of transcripts of interviews conducted for an oral history project in the Hispanic community in Emporia, Kansas, in 1980. Robert Oppenheimer was involved with this project and interviews were conducted by Sandra Granado, Simon Rodriguez, Linda Hernandez and others. The collection also includes modern photographic prints from copy negatives of photographs obtained through the oral history project.
Oral history project regarding the Hispanic community of Garden City, Kansas
This collection includes audio cassette tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Robert Oppenheimer and others for a Hispanic oral history project in Garden City, Kansas, as well as modern photoprints from copy negatives of photographs from the local Hispanic community. The project was a result of a grant from the Kansas Council for the Humanities initiated by Dr. Oppenheimer, who was a professor in the University of Kansas' History Department.
Papers of Bishop John A. Gregg
The papers of Bishop John A. Gregg are those of an African American and native Kansan who became a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and in higher education. The papers also document his missionary activities in South Africa and during World War II.
Papers of Theodore Sturgeon
Personal papers of Albert E. Palmerlee
Albert E. Palmerlee was a 1961 graduate of the University of Kansas. His father was Albert S. Palmerlee, who became Assistant Dean of the KU School of Engineering. This collection contains four papers on the geography and anthropology of Mexico and Costa Rica and some of his notes and photographs on the archaeology of Costa Rica.
Personal papers of Andrew Debicki
Andrew Debicki was a Professor of Spanish at the University of Kansas from 1968-2005, during which time he also held multiple administrative positions. This collection contains material reflecting his activities as teacher, administrator, and author and expert in the field of modern Spanish and Latin-American poetry.
Personal papers of Anton Rosenthal
Personal papers of Charles D. Michener
Charles D. Michener served as Professor of Entomology at the University of Kansas from 1948 until 1989, when he achieved Emeritus status. This collection consists primarily of correspondence reflecting Michener's research interests, as well as his activities in related professional organizations.
Personal papers of Charles Stansifer
Charles Stansifer was a long-time faculty member of the University of Kansas' History Department with a focus in Latin American Studies. This collection consists of Stansifer's professional records of his research, service, and teaching, as well as material regarding Stansifer's personal life and interests.
Personal papers of Fletcher Flora
Personal Papers of George W. Woodyard
Personal papers of James A. Clifton
James A. Clifton was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas from 1962-1970. This collection contains Clifton's ethnographic research materials on socio-economic conditions in Chilean communities; African-Americans in St. Louis and Lawrence, Kansas; and the Potawatomi language.
Personal papers of John Laurence Day
John Laurence Day was a professor of journalism at the University of Kansas from 1966-1988 years. The collection includes Day's personal and professional correspondence, journalism documents, newspaper articles, clippings, lecture notes, scrapbooks, short fiction, notebooks and research material, and travel information.
Personal papers of Louis La Coss
This collection consists of a scrapbook of correspondence and associated newspaper clippings with Charles Clayton in Taipei, Taiwan, 1961 to 1962; uncorrected proofs of Baruch: The Public Years; and a scrapbook of the TWA World Press Tour of 1950.
Personal papers of Marilyn Stokstad
Marilyn Stokstad joined the Art History faculty at the University of Kansas in 1958 and led the department in several roles before earning emerita status as the Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History. This collection of her papers includes notes, chapters, and proofs for the textbook Art History, family history and photographs, personal and professional correspondence, and reports and notes related to the University of Kansas.