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El Vecindario de la alcaiceria a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
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A María Santísima de Guadalupe : soneto
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Item is a broadside in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe; text and woodcut within decorative printed border. Text is a sonnet to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
653434
Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Angeles-1784, The oldest church in Los Angeles, Cal
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Image of the Plaza Church, also known as Our Lady Queen of the Angels or La Iglesia Nuestra Señora de los Angeles, on North Main Street in Los Angeles, California. Street lights, overhead trolley cables, automobiles and storefronts can be seen on either side of the church with signs reading "Coloso ice cream cones" "Olvera Shine Stand 525" and "La Azteca Joyeria y Relojeria 535."
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[Undated]. Zevallos, Maria Thereza. Testament made at the Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnacion in Mexico City. Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación [Mexico City]
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The chronologically-arranged documents demonstrate the range of legal, administrative, ecclesiastical, military, and genealogical records initiated by government representatives, lawyers, litigants, clerics, and laypersons from the late sixteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the records are legal and contractual, including wills, testimonies, inheritance cases, power of attorney contracts, and financial agreements between individuals and/or institutions. Administrative and ecclesiastical records mostly include appoiintments to secular and religious offices as well as some Inquisition and genealogical documents. Military records document pensions, compensations, and other payments made by the Royal Treasury to former military officers. Prominent persons and places of colonial and national Mexico and Guatemala are represented in the collection, such as Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, first count of Revillagigedo and viceroy of New Spain from 1746-1755; Juan Nazario Peimbert, lawyer who proposed the formation of an Indian army in the event of a French invasion in 1809; and Juan Antonio de Vizarrón, Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain from 1734-1740.
HM 71145
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Le Aparicion De Nuestra Señora De Guadalupe [play]
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The collection consists of the literary and personal papers of American novelist, essayist and political activist Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1943), best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico. It includes correspondence and literary manuscripts by both Austin and numerous other authors, editors and friends, as well as ephemera and photographs. Literary manuscripts include Austin's personal journals, short stories, poems, essays, and numerous drafts of novels. The correspondence deals with Austin's personal life and business dealings as well as her activities with Indian rights and the water right controversies in California's Owens Valley and in the Southwest. There are also materials related to Austin's interests in folklore and religion in New Mexico and the Southwest. The more than 1,200 photographs in the collection date from 1869 to the 1920s and include personal and family photographs of Mary Austin, her friends, relatives, homes, and various topics related to her interests.
(AU 749)
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[Bill of sale concerning land that belonged to Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Norte]
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Copy. Signed by G.A. Pendleton, San Diego County Clerk
HLG 569
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Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
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Faraway and closeup views of mission ruins. [1950]
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