- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
- Find Related Materials
Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Iturbe e Iraeta family
- Title:
- Iturbe e Iraeta Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/gt54kn093
- Dates:
- 1754-1878 (mostly 1781-1845)
- Size:
- 10 boxes and 3.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-10
- Language:
- Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
Consists of records of three successive generations of the Iturbe e Iraeta, a prominent, Mexican merchant family of Basque origin, active in Mexican colonial and interregional trade from the 1760s to the 1840s.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records of three successive generations of the Iturbe e Iraeta. Comprised of ledgers, letter books, collected incoming correspondence, commercial and hacienda accounts, and some personal papers (some of it on microfilm), the collection documents the family's Mexico-based mercantile trade activities (in cochineal, cocoa, sugar, etc.) and landed wealth during an important period of economic growth and political change. Included are letters to and from a variety of noted Mexican government and church officials, as well as prominent colonial merchants, miners, and nobility.
- Collection Creator Biography:
The Iturbe e Iraeta family was a prominent Mexican merchant family of Basque origin that was active in Mexican colonial and interregional trade from the 1760s to the 1840s.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection was purchased in 1980 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Emily Garcia in the fall of 2008. Finding aid written by Emily Garcia in the fall of 2008.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Iturbe e Iraeta Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/gt54kn093
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-10
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Basques -- Mexico -- History. -- Sources
Cochineal -- Mexico.
Cocoa -- Mexico.
Indigo -- Mexico.
Mineral industries -- Mexico -- History. -- Sources
Sugar trade -- Mexico. - Genre Terms:
- Account books -- Mexico.
Commercial correspondence, Mexican.
Commercial correspondence, Spanish.
Ledgers -- Mexico.
Merchants -- Mexico. -- 18th century
Merchants -- Mexico. -- 19th century - Places:
- Mexico -- Church history. -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810. -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861. -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1810-1821. -- Sources
Mexico -- Politics and government.
Mexico -- Social conditions.
Mexico City (Mexico) -- History. -- Sources