Manuscripts

Original vellum bindings

Description: The original vellum bindings contain extensive information on the spines and front covers; there is some damage but very little loss of text.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1546-1553
Call number: mssPL
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros., 1926.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Boxes 1-10, 21: fragile. Use digital surrogates, facsimile copies (boxes 11-20) or the two volumes of 19th century transcriptions of the papers. Originals available with curatorial approval.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Acosta, Juan de, (active 16th century.); Andagoya, Pascual de, (-1548.); Carvajal, Francisco de, (1464-1548.); Charles (1500-1558.); Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, (1478-1557.); Philip (1527-1598.); Pizarro, Hernando, (-1578.); Puelles, Pedro de. (active 16th century.); Soria, Pedro de, (-1588.); Vaca de Castro, Cristóbal, (1500?-1554?); Valdivia, Pedro de,
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The material consists of letters, reports, and documents related to the rebellion of Gonzalo Pizarro in Peru in the years 1544 to 1548, and is mainly related to Pizarro and Pedro de la Gasca. The material is in Spanish and was created between 1537 and 1580. The material was originally bound into two volumes and was disbound after it was acquired by the Huntington Library; the original vellum bindings were retained and are housed in box 21.
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Very large leather album with brass bindings. Empty pages inside, with cut-outs where photographs were once inserted. Some handwriting in pencil on pages.
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[Prewitt, Thomas]? "The Chief Retires…:" [short story?], MS. (typewritten: 19 p.), ([1935?])
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Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Goodrich. 1 letter to James Duff Akins, 1908-, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), (1961, June 21), Washington (D.C.)
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Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Goodrich. 1 letter to James Duff Akins, 1908-, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), (1961, June 21), Washington (D.C.)

Prewitt, Thomas. "Unrecorded Notoriety:" [novel: later draft], carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 37 p.), ([1935])

Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Goodrich. 2 letters to Hastings & Lasker, (1961), Washington (D.C.)