This LibGuide explores the history of the Archivo General de Indias and the Archivo General de México collections at the Briscoe Center, including how and why they came to the University of Texas at Austin.
It also examines the structure and contents of the collections; their relationship to each other and to other Spanish and Mexican-related collections at the Briscoe Center for American History; disparities found in them; and the changes in organization to the collections throughout their history at the Briscoe Center.