LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARY
TULANE UNIVERSITY
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118
Manuscripts Collection 69
DeVolder, Arthur L., collector
Collection of Guadalupe Victoria Materials 1822-1842; 1972-1982
5.7 linear feet
COLLECTION GUIDE
Prepared by Ruth Olivera
February, 1985
Arrangement of Collection
Box 1 Bibliography
Box 2 Bibliography
Box 3 Bibliography
Correspondence
Clippings
Miscellaneous items
Box 4 Manuscripts of books
Microfilm
Pox 5 Photographs and negatives
Galleys
Book
The Arthur L. DeVolder Collection of Guadalupe Victoria Materials
The collection consists principally of the research materials which
Arthur L. DeVolder, the Special Projects Directorat the University of New
Mexico's General Library, gathered for his book Guadalupe Victoria's
Role in Mexican Independence. This book was published in 1978 by
Arcraft Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Guadalupe Victoria was the
assumed name of Miguel Fernández Félix, the first president
of Mexico, 1824-1929. Also included in the collection are correspondence,
1972 and 1978 manuscript versions of the book, negatives and photographs
used in the book, clippings, galleys for the off-set printing of the book,
and a copy of the published book.
Primary in importance are the xeroxed excerpts or complete copies
of nearly all the items in the bibliography. Contained in two 5 X 8 boxes
(Boxes 1 and 2), plus four folders in Box 3, these items follow the
arrangement of the bibliography, which is divided into the following eight
sections. 1. Books, memoirs and Diaries 2. Bibliographies 3. Broadsides,
Publications and Manifestos of Guadalupe Victoria 4. Broadsides, Pamphlets
and Miscellany 5. Documents Mexico 6. Selected letters 7. Manuscripts 8.
Periodical References. A copy of the bibliography begins on printed page
5 of this guide. Symbols indicate what type of materials are in the
collection: * = xeroxed excerpts, # = typed notes, + = handwritten notes
or excerpts, . = bibliographical entry only, and 0 = no material at all.
Approximately 2O0 additional bibliographical cards are found at the end of
Box 2.
Other research material includes three reels of microfilm (Box 4)
and miscellaneous papers on Guadalupe Victoria (Box 3 Folder 7). Two of
the reels of microfilm are documents in the British Museum. See the list
of the contents of these reels on printed page 15 of this guide. The
other reel is of Notes from the Mexican Legation in the United States
to the Department of State 1821-1906 Roll 1 Vol. 1-2, Nov. 30,
1821-Dec. 11, 1835 and is a duplicate of fMIC 934 and 769 in the Latin
American Library collection.
Correspondence which dates from 1971 to 1978 is in Box 3 Folder 5.
Much of it consists of letters to and from various libraries concerning
DeVolder's requests for copies of documents. More interesting are the
letters which deal with the consideration of DeVolder's manuscript for
possible publication by the university presses of New Mexico and Arizona.
Detailed constructive criticism is offered and the manuscript is
ultimately rejected.
Additional material on Guadalupe Victoria gathered after the
publication of the book is included. It consists of newspaper clippings
from Excelsior of Mexico City, 1981-1982. (Box 3 Folder 6).
There are three manuscript versions of the book (Box 4), two dated
1972 which are bound and one dated 1978. Photographs used in the book
along with captions, negatives, the final 1978 version which went to the
printers, and the photographic galleys of the entire book, as well as a
copy of the printed book are contained in Box 5.
The original donation included two additional books: Mexico,
Ministerio de Guerra y Marina. Colección de Documentos Históricos
Mexicanos, Formado por Orden del c. Subsecretario de Guerra y Marina con
Acuerdo del c. Presidente Constitucional de la República. I Paris,
Mexico: Librería de la vd. de C. Bouret, 1920 (972/M610c) and Felipe
Victoria Gómez. Guadalupe Victoria, Primer Presidente de México.
Mexico: Botas, 1952. (972/(921)/V645v). Both of these volumes have been
added to the regular Latin American Library collection as duplicates.
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