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Urrutia de Vergara Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0533
Scope and Contents
The Urrutia de Vergara Papers are a collection of Spanish colonial manuscripts that document the land holdings of the Urrutia de Vergara family in the eastern part of the Texcoco region of Mexico. The collection dates from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century and includes land deeds, rent and tribute payments, and maps of the property. Several of these documents pre-date the family’s holdings and were probably passed on to the family when...
Dates:
1565-1769
Vistas del Valle Imperial Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: MS-0594
Scope and Contents
The Vistas de Valle Imperial Photograph Album is an album of black and white photographs, with Spanish captions, of the early settlement towns in Imperial Valley. The photographs were taken between 1902 to 1904 of the towns of Imperial, Heber, Holtville, Calexico, Brawley, and Silsbee. The album documents the National Irrigation project, the railway system, and the multiple farms, ranches, and other businesses throughout each town, as well as the towns themselves.Willis George...
Dates:
1902 - 1904