Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents

LC control no.	mm 78031013
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988. » More like this
Main title	Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1966 (bulk 1500-1800).
Description	300 items. 11 containers. 4 microfilm reels. 4 linear feet.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Bookman, collector, and bibliophile. Died 1988.
Summary	Letters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history and culture of colonial Spanish America including Florida and other territories now part of the U.S. Subjects include exploration of the New World; the government of New Spain, especially Mexico; the Catholic Church in Mexico and the administration of the Mexican Inquisition; taxation and economic conditions in the colonies; Spanish relations with Native Americans and the French; loss of portions of the Spanish empire to American expansion; and the New Laws of the Indies, 1542. Individuals represented in the collection include Lope de Aguirre, Antonio de Arredondo, Antonio de Calderón, Bartolomé de las Casas, Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, members of the Gourgues family including Dominique de Gourgues, Diego de Landa, Antonio de Mendoza, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Simón Pereyns, Diego Quiroga y Losada, Pedro de Ursa︢, Luis de Velasco, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Amerigo Vespucci, and Juan de Zumárraga.
Notes	Collection material in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. MSS31013
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019>
Acquisition source	Gift, Hans Kraus, 1969-1970.
Additional formats	Microfilm edition available, no. 14,833. Microfilm produced from the Collection of Spanish American documents of Hans Peter Kraus in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
Subjects	Aguirre, Lope de, d. 1561. » More like this Arredondo, Antonio de. » More like this Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566. » More like this Calderón, Antonio de. » More like this Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, Pedro de. » More like this Gourgues, Dominique de, 1530?-1593. » More like this Landa, Diego de, 1524-1579. » More like this Mendoza, Antonio de, 1492?-1552. » More like this Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, 16th cent. » More like this Pereyns, Simón, d. 1589. » More like this Quiroga y Losada, Diego. » More like this Ursúa, Pedro de, 1526-1561. » More like this Velasco, Luis de, 1500?-1564. » More like this Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485-1528. » More like this Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512. » More like this Zumárraga, Juan de, 1468-1548. » More like this Gourgues family. » More like this Catholic Church--Mexico. » More like this Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.--New Spain. » More like this Indians, Treatment of--New Spain. » More like this Inquisition--Mexico. » More like this Taxation--New Spain. » More like this America--Discovery and exploration. » More like this Florida--History. » More like this France--Foreign relations--Spain. » More like this Mexico--Politics and government. » More like this New Spain--Politics and government. » More like this North America--History. » More like this Spain--Colonies--America. » More like this Spain--Colonies--America--Economic policy. » More like this Spain--Foreign relations--France. » More like this Spain--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Spain. » More like this United States--History. » More like this United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 » More like this Collectors.
Local shelving no.	0315T Microfilm 14,833-4N-4P
Language code	eng fre ita spa
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019.3>