Letter from Martín Angel Michaus and others to José Vicente Valdés and Pedro Garibay regarding the property of the defunct Inquisition and the Pious Fund of California

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  Letter from Martín Angel Michaus and others to José Vicente Valdés and Pedro Garibay regarding the property of the defunct Inquisition and the Pious Fund of California

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  The collection consists of the original records of 93 trials from the archives of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Mexico. The testimony of these trials (for heresy, blasphemy, violation of ecclesiastical vows, witchcraft, Judaism, and other charges) reveals much information about ethnic groups and manners and customs in colonial Mexico. Also included are facsimiles of portions of the Libro Primero de Votos. There is also a booklet done by José Guadalupe Posada, "Biblioteca del Nino Mexicano: La Victoria de Tampico y el Martir de Cuilapa," 1900.

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  Copies of letters to the commissioners and other officials of the Inquisition

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  Part I. Trial of Isabel Texocco for Judaizing, 1642-1646. Trial against the memory of Isabel Texocco, deceased, 1650-16[??]. Part II. Trial of Pedro Bernardo Mosquera, 1727. Part III. Petition of Serafín García Cárdenas for position with the Inquisition, 1791-1792. Part IV. Genealogy of Bartolomé Guerrero of Guatemala, 1627

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  Affidavit regarding property stolen by Angel Mendibles and Victor Laborieux from John Sullivan

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  The collection contains manuscripts of Horace Bell's published works, including On the old West Coast and twelve other stories. There is also family correspondence, including letters to his sister Caroline Bell Rush and other materials collected by Bell about early California. There is also an Abel Stearns deed and a manuscript about Junipero Serra.

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  Part I. Denunciation against Bartolomé Barba and others for heresy, 1602. Part II. Trial of Gerónimo de Rivera [Rendón], soldier in New Mexico where he was known as Captain Juan de Uribe, for bigamy, 1603-1605. Part III. Trial of Pedro Marquez for blasphemy, 1603-1604. Part IV. Genealogy of Fernando Menéndez Valdez of Cebu in the Philippine Islands, 1603

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  Deeds and other documents regarding purchase of property at 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena

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  This collection consists of two series: the Grace Nicholson papers (2,926 items) and addenda (1,444 items). The papers consist primarily of correspondence, while the addenda is primarily notes. Both relate to Grace Nicholson and her work in the fields of Native American and Asian art. There are many letters from Native Americans to Nicholson and extensive diaries and notes that Nicholson kept on her buying trips through Native American territory, especially of the Karok, Klamath, and Pomo Indians. Subject matter includes Native American legends, folklore, vocabulary, tribal festivals, basket making, business in art trade, and living conditions. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence from China, Japan, and Korea between Nicholson and her buyers. Among the subjects covered are Chinese art and architecture, Japanese art, Korean art, Javanese textiles, Siamese art, Philippine art, life and social conditions in Asia, and the business of trading Asian art. Being a well-known dealer in Native American and Asian art, Nicholson was in contact with many artists, such as Frederick Arthur Bridgman, W. Herbert Dunton, Sadakichi Hartmann, Elizabeth Conrad Hickox, Louise Merrill Hickox, Grace Carpenter Hudson, George Wharton James, Lilian Miller, Hovsep T. Pushman, Joseph Henry Sharp, and Millard Sheets. Nicholson also purchased materials for institutions such as the Field Museum of Natural History, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, the Pasadena Art Museum, and the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California. Her intimate relationships with Native Americans give particular insight into their lives and culture. Historians and academics sought her out, including Alfred Lewis Kroeber, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Clinton Hart Merriam. Nicholson also received letters from political figures such as Frederick Webb Hodge, Herbert Hoover, Hiram Johnson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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