Bexar Archives: Colonial Archives of Texas during the Spanish and Mexican Periods, 1717-1836 Bexar Archives: Colonial Archives of Texas during the Spanish and Mexican Periods, 1717-1836 Access information: Access on and off-campus. Description: From 1717 through 1836 the governments of Spain and Mexico collected in San Antonio de Bexar (when that city was the capital of Texas under Spanish and Mexican rule) an amazing series of official documents detailing the military, civilian, and political life of the Spanish province of Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas. Having formerly worked together on a microfilm version, now, in cooperation with the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin, ProQuest is digitizing the Bexar Archives in History Vault. Coverage: Consisting of more than 200,000 pages of manuscript documentation and more than 4,000 pages of printed material, produced during the Spanish and Mexican periods, 1717-1836. This article was published on 2024-08-21
