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Senate House Library, University of London

Report on the public administration of Peru


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 232

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Report on the public administration of Peru

Date(s): [1796]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 350 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Peru was a Spanish colony from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and was governed by a series of Spanish viceroys from the capital at Lima.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a report relating to public administration in Peru, [1796], entitled 'Relacion de Govierno del Exmo. Sçnor Virrey del Peru, Frey Don Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos, presentada á su Sucesor el Exmo. Sçnor [Ambrosio O'Higgins] Baron de Vallenari y Marques de Osborno'. Includes a table of contents.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Spanish

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript folio. Bound in vellum.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

From the Library of the London Institution.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

Printed in Memorias de los vireyes que han gobernado el Perú, ed M A Fuentes (Lima, 1859), vol VI.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Colonial administration | Colonial countries | Political systems
Public administration | Government

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Peru | South America
Spain | Western Europe | Europe