The Sutro Library Mexicana Collection
The Sutro Mexican Collection was acquired by Adolph Sutro through the purchase of the entire stock
of the Librerķa Abadiano in Mexico City in 1889. The oldest bookshp in Mexico at the time, the
Abadiano stock had accumulated since 1753. The entire Sutro Library was donated to the California
State Library by his heirs in 1913.
The Mexicana Collection includes material in the following formats and subject areas:
- Pamphlets
- Periodicals
- Official Decrees and Broadsides
- Circulars and Annual Reports
- Laws and Decrees
- The Church and Religon
- Manuscripts
- History Biography, and Travel
- The Tlatelolco Library
- Graphic Arts
- Lithography
- Calendars
- Photographs
- Maps and Atlases
Email: sutro@library.ca.gov
Collection Guides and Reference
 Guides to the Latin American Collections of The Bancroft Library
Latin Americana Reference Works in The Bancroft Reading Room
Mexican and Borderlands History
Latin American Studies: Guides, Catalogues, Indexes, and Bibliographies
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