Table of Contents

• Abbreviations
• 11. Published Collections of Documents Relating to Middle American Ethnohistory (Charles Gibson)
• Evolution of Documentary Collections
  • Spain
  • New Spain and Mexico
  • Central America
• Documentary Collections Published before 1810
  • Legislative Compendia
  • Other Collections
• Documentary Collections of the 19th Century
  • Mexican
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Other European
  • United States
• Colecciones de Documentos Inéditos
  • Historia de España
  • Collections Relating to Spanish America
  • Documentos inéditos… de Indias
  • Documentos inéditos… de ultramar
  • Documentos… Ibero-América
• Large General Collections of the 20th Century
  • Peñafiel
  • García Pimentel
  • Paso y Troncoso
  • Documentos inéditos ó muy raros
  • Biblioteca histórica
  • Epistolario de Nueva España
  • AGN Publications
  • Mexico Colonial
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications
  • Colección Chimalistac
  • Hakluyt Society
  • Vargas Rea Publications
• Other Modern Documentary Collections and Series on Special Topics: Colonial Period
  • Institutional Publications
  • Anthologies of Documents
  • Native Literature
  • Conquest Literature
  • Heraldry and Genealogy
  • Missionary Efforts
  • Indian Tribute and Labor
  • Law and Legislation
  • Other Social and Economic Topics
  • Regions
• Modern Publications: Postcolonial Period
  • Independence and General
  • Later 19th Century and Mexican Revolution
  • Church, Law, Legislation
  • Local Regions and Areas
  • Topics
• Modern Journals and Additional Miscellaneous Series
  • MNA Anales
  • AGN Boletín
  • Other Journals and Series
  • Marginal Collections
• References
• 12. An Introductory Survey of Secular Writings in the European Tradition on Colonial Middle America, 1503-1818 (J. Benedict Warren)
• Earliest Accounts
• General Works
  • Official Chroniclers
  • Other General Works by Spaniards
  • General Works by Northern Europeans
  • Colonial Travelers in Middle America
• Discovery and Conquest of Mexico
  • Exploratory Expeditions
  • Eyewitness Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico
  • Derivative Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico
• Central Mexico
  • Sixteenth Century
  • Seventeenth Century
  • Eighteenth Century
  • Nineteenth Century
• Northern and Western Mexico
• Southern Mexico
• Yucatan
• Central America
  • Early Southern Central America
  • Early Northern Central America
  • Later Writings
  • Other Writings
• Bibliography
• 13. Religious Chroniclers and Historians: A Summary with Annotated Bibliography (Ernest J. Burrus, S.J.)
• General Observations and Background
• Biobibliographical Sources
  • General
  • Franciscans
  • Dominicans
  • Augustinians
  • Jesuits
• Chronicles and Histories, by Orders
  • Franciscans (O.F.M.)
  • Dominicans (O.P.)
  • Augustinians (O.S.A.)
  • Jesuits (S.J.)
  • Mercedarians (O.Merc.)
• Epilogue
• Annotated Bibliography
• 14. Bernardino de Sahagún, 1499-1590
• A. Sahagún and His Works (Luis Nicolau d’Olwer and Howard F. Cline)
• Plans and Methods
• Evolution of “Historia general”
  • Nahuatl Documentation and Drafts
  • “Historia general”: Nahuatl
  • “Historia general”: Spanish and Bilingual Texts
• Works About the Nahuatl Language
  • “Arte”
  • “Historia general”
  • “Vocabulario trilingüe”
• The “Postilla,” or Doctrinal Encyclopedia
  • Coloquios and Doctrina
  • Chronicle
  • Postilla
  • Epistolas
  • Adiciones
  • Apéndice
  • Comments
• Books of Songs and Prayers
  • Cantares
  • Manual del Cristiano
• Evaluation
• B. Sahagún’s “Primeros memoriales” Tepepulco (H. B. Nicholson)
• “Primeros memoriales”: Paso y Troncoso Reconstruction
• Descriptions
• Discussion
• C. Sahagún Materials and Studies (Howard F. Cline)
• Publications
• General Plans
• National and International Trends
  • Germany
  • France
  • United States
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • International
• Topical Writings and General Studies
• “Historia general”: Translations and Studies
• Minor Texts
• References
• 15. Antonio de Herrera, 1549-1625 (Manuel Ballesteros Gaibrois)
• Works
• “Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos”
  • Coverage
  • Sources
  • Methods
  • Editions
• Conclusions
• Appendix A: Herrera, Selected Works
• Appendix B: Herrera, Selections Related to Middle America
• References
• 16. Juan de Torquemada, 1564-1624 (José Alcina Franch)
• Works
  • “Monarquía indiana”
  • Minor Works
• Sources
  • Native Sources
  • Spanish Language Sources
• The Problem of Plagiarism
• Evaluation
• Appendix A: Torquemada, Works
• Appendix B: Tentative Chronological Outline of the Biography of Torquemada
• References
• 17. Francisco Javier Clavigero, 1731-1787 (Charles E. Ronan, S.J.)
• “Storia antica”: Publishing History
• “Storia antica”: Description of the Work
• Clavigero’s Sources
• Evaluation
• Appendix: Clavigero, Historical Works
• References
• 18. Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1814-1874 (Carroll Edward Mace)
• Principal Monographic Works
• Discovery and Publication of Sources
• Evaluation
• Appendix A: Brasseur de Bourbourg, Writings
• Appendix B: Brasseur de Bourbourg’s Translation of Maya Signs
• References
• 19. Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1832-1918 (Howard F. Cline)
• Plans and Methods
• Format
• Authorship
• The Corps of Writers and their Contribution to “Native Races”
• Evaluation
• Appendix A: Bancroft, Principal Works
• Appendix B: Selected References to Biobibliographies, Topical Bibliographies, and Extended Notes in Bancroft’s “Works”
• References
• 20. Eduard Georg Seler, 1849-1922 (H. B. Nicholson)
• Mesoamerican Ethnohistorical Investigations
• Major Publications
  • Native Language Texts: Translations and Commentaries
  • Western Mesoamerican Native-Tradition Pictorials: Interpretations
  • Mayanist Researches
  • Ethnographic and Culture-Historical Syntheses
• Evaluation
• Appendix: Seler, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
• References
• 21. Selected Nineteenth-Century Mexican Writers on Ethnohistory (Howard F. Cline)
• Carlos María Bustamante, 1774-1848
  • Works
  • Evaluation
• José Fernando Ramírez, 1804-1871
  • The Ramírez Collections
  • Publications
• Manuel Orozco y Berra, 1810-1881
  • “Historia antigua y de la conquista de México”
  • “Historia de la dominación española en México”
  • Other Writings
  • Evaluation
• Joaquín García Icazbalceta, 1825-1894
  • The Collection
  • Works
• Alfredo Chavero, 1841-1906
  • Edited Works
  • Biobibliographies
  • Commentaries and Studies
  • “Historia antigua”
  • Summary and Evaluation
• Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, 1842-1916
  • The European Mission
  • The Sahagún Corpus
  • Plans for the “Papeles de Nueva España”
  • Paso y Troncoso’s Execution of the Plans
  • Repatriation of the Paso y Troncoso Collection
  • Later Developments and Publications of the “Papeles de Nueva España”
  • Evaluation
• Appendix A: Bustamante, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
• Appendix B: Ramírez, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
• Appendix C: Orozco y Berra, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
• Appendix D: García Icazbalceta, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
• Appendix E: Chavero, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
• Appendix F: Paso y Troncoso, Selected Writings and Publications of Ethnohistorical Interest
• References