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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 550 items) |
Abstract | William Whatley Pierson (born 1890) was a professor of history and political science at the University of North Carolina. The collection includes research materials, writings, and miscellaneous correspondence of Pierson relating almost completely to his interest in political institutions in Latin America. The bulk of the collection comprises photocopies and typed transcriptions of original documents held by the Spanish Archives in Seville and Simancas, concerning the origins and early development of the intendencia of colonial Cuba, 1764-1825. |
Creator | Pierson, William Whatley, Jr., 1890-1966. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009 and Amy Morgan and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2019
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William Whatley Pierson (born 1890) was a professor of history and political science at the University of North Carolina.
Back to TopThe collection includes research materials, writings, notes, and miscellaneous correspondence of William Whatley Pierson relating almost completely to his interest in political institutions of Latin America particularly in Cuba, Venezuela, and Chile. The bulk of the collection comprises photocopies and typed transcriptions of original documents held by the Spanish Archives in Seville and Simancas, concerning the origins and early development of the intendencia of colonial Cuba, 1764-1825.
Back to TopThe intendencia (administrative unit created by the Spanish empire to manage royal finances) of the colony of Cuba was established in 1764 as a result of the Seven Years' War. The materials in this series are photoprints and typed transcriptions of original documents held by the Spanish Archives in Seville and Simancas related to the origins and early development of the intendencia in colonial Cuba, 1764-1825.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-5
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
Intendencia photoprints |
Folder 6-21
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21 |
Intendencia typescripts |
Folder 22-25
Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
Writings, clippings, notes, and miscellaneous correspondence |
Folder 26 |
Volume 1: Notebook, Venezuela |
Folder 27 |
Volume 2: Notebook, Chile |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100625
PF-03929/1 |
Photographic prints, including William Whatley Pierson and unidentified people |
OP-PF-03929/1 |
Certificate and photographic prints, including William Whatley Pierson |