Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 13 : Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources, Part Two

Volume 13 of the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979), constitutes Part 2 of the Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources. The Guide has been assembled under the volume editorship of the late Howard F. Cline, Director of the Hispanic Foundation in the Library of Congress, with Charles Gibson, John B. Glass, and H. B. Nicholson as associate volume editors. It covers geography and ethnogeography (Volume 12); sources in the European tradition (Volume 13); and sources in the native tradition (Volumes 14 and 15). The present volume contains the following studies on sources in the European tradition: "Published Collections of Documents Relating to Middle American Ethnohistory," by Charles Gibson "An Introductory Survey of Secular Writings in the European Tradition on Colonial Middle America, 1503–1818," by J. Benedict Warren "Religious Chroniclers and Historians: A Summary with Annotated Bibliography," by Ernest J. Burrus, S.J. "Bernardino de Sahagún," by Luis Nicolau d'Olwer, Howard F. Cline, and H. B. Nicholson "Antonio de Herrera," by Manuel Ballesteros Gaibrois "Juan de Torquemada," by José Alcina Franch "Francisco Javier Clavigero," by Charles E. Ronan, S.J. "Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg," by Carroll Edward Mace "Hubert Howe Bancroft," by Howard F. Cline "Eduard Georg Seler," by H. B. Nicholson "Selected Nineteenth-Century Mexican Writers on Ethnohistory," by Howard F. Cline The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology. Intro -- 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 -- Archivo General 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 -- Untitled -- Untitled -- 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