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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Span 163

William Lytle Schurz papers for The Manila Galleon

Overview

Papers of American scholar William Lytle Schurz for his historical study The Manila Galleon.

Dates

  • Creation: 1602-1787

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in Spanish and English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

.3 linear feet (1 box)

Consists of Schurz's transcripts and translations of original douments in the Archivo General de Indias at Sevilla in support of his research on the "Galeones de Manila-Acapulco", Spanish sailing ships that plied trade between the Philippines and Mexico from 1565 to 1815.

NB: Places and dates in the following items refer to the original documents, not Schurz's work.

Biographical / Historical

Economic historian William Lytle Schurz taught at a number of academic institutions, including the University of California, of Wyoming, and of Michigan, as well as the American Institute for Foreign Trade, where he served as president in 1950. He also worked in a variety of US government positions, such as commercial attaché to Brazil during the Hoover administration and as chief of training at the Social Security Board under President Franklin Roosevelt. In addition to The Manila Galleon, his 1939 landmark study on the Spanish empire's trans-Pacific commerce, he is best known for his works on Latin American history, such as Brazil: The Infinite Country and Latin America: A Descriptive Survey.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

49M-197. Gift of William Lytle Schurz; received: 1950 April 27.

Processing Information

Processed by: Michael W. Austin

Title
Schurz, William Lytle, 1886-1962. William Lytle Schurz papers for The Manila Galleon, 1602-1787 (MS Span 163): Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
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EAD ID
hou02218

Repository Details

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