Vespucci Family
A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Michael Spangler
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007089
Title: Vespucci family papers
Span Dates: 1409-1989
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1409-1570)
ID No.: MSS44065
Creator:
Vespucci
family
Extent: 2,250
items;
10 containers;
3.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English,
Italian,
Latin, and
Spanish
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Chiefly research
material assembled by historian Germán Arciniegas for his
writings on the Vespucci family.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Vespucci
family.
Vespucci,
Amerigo, 1451-1512.
Vespucci,
Guido Antonio, 1436-1501.
Locations
Florence
(Italy)--Social life and customs.
Related Names
Arciniegas, Germán,
1900-1999. Research materials of Germán Arciniegas.
Provenance:The papers of the Vespucci family were given to the Library of
Congress by Germán Arciniegas in 1993. Other papers in this collection relating
to Amerigo Vespucci were acquired by the Library in 1901 and 1913 and were
formerly organized as the Amerigo Vespucci Papers.
Processing History:The papers of the Vespucci family were arranged and described in 1995;
the finding aid was revised in 2007.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Vespucci
family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Vespucci Family Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Vespucci Family Papers span the years 1409-1989, with the bulk of
the material concentrated in the period 1409 to 1570. The collection is
composed primarily of research material assembled by historian Germán
Arciniegas for his three books on Vespucci family members:
Amerígo y el Nuevo Mundo (Mexico: Hermes, 1955),
El Mundo de la Bella Simonetta (Bogotá, Colombia:
Planeta, 1990), and
El Embajador (Bogotá, Colombia: Planeta, 1990). Consisting
chiefly of typed transcriptions in Latin and Italian of correspondence and
other documents from the public archives of Florence (Archivio di Stato di
Firenze), the papers reflect the Vespucci family's business and personal
activities and their relations with other prominent Florentine families,
including the de Medicis. Also included are brief biographical essays on
numerous individual family members, as well as Arciniegas's note cards and
correspondence. Notable individuals represented in the collection include the
explorer Amerigo Vespucci and diplomat Guido Antonio Vespucci, the subject of
Arciniegas's book
El Embajador. Amerigo Vespucci is further represented in
the collection by several items acquired by the Library in the early 1900s,
including English translations of a letter to Laurentius Patri de Medici and
Vespucci's account of his travels titled "The Four Voyages of Amerigo
Vespucci."
This collection is organized as the research papers of Germán
Arciniegas and a miscellany and arranged alphabetically by type of material
therein.
| Container |
Contents |
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Research papers of Germán
Arciniegas
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Correspondence,
1951-1961
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| BOX 1
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Family members |
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Vespucci, Agostino,
1495-1515, n.d.
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Vespucci, Aloysius,
1480-1481
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| BOX 1
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Vespucci, Amerigo (1394-1471),
n.d.
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Vespucci, Amerigo
(1451-1512)
See also Container 10, same heading |
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"Americo el Joven, Hijo de
Stagio," transcript,
n.d.
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Correspondence received,
1483-1491, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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"Libro de Lecciones y Cartas
a Su Padre Anastagio," transcript,
n.d.
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Vespucci, Anastagio
(1426-1482),
1478
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Vespucci, Antonio (1449-1534),
1476-1526
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Vespucci, Bartolomeo
(1479-1527),
1504, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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Vespucci, Bernardo (1422- ),
1454-1476
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| BOX 1
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Vespucci, Bernardo (1455-1527),
1481-1489
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Vespucci, Giorgio Antonio
(1434-1514),
1456-1499, 1955, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Vespucci, Giovanni (1389-1456),
1431-1447
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Vespucci, Giovanni (1419- ),
1467-1468
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Vespucci, Giovanni (1476-1549),
1513-1525
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Vespucci, Giovanni (1486- ),
1950, n.d.
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Vespucci, Girolamo (1451-1498),
1488-1489
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Vespucci, Giuliano (1406-1466),
1448-1466, 1527-1529
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Vespucci, Guido Antonio
(1436-1501)
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Correspondence |
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1471-1483
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(10
folders)
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| BOX 3
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1484
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(13
folders)
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| BOX 4
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1485-1499, n.d.
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(8
folders)
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| BOX 4
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El Embajador, typescript,
1950, 1989
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 4
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Vespucci, Lapo,
1418, n.d.
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Vespucci, Luca,
1505-1570
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| BOX 4
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Vespucci, Marco (1453-1497),
1478
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Vespucci, Marco,
1478-1525, n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Vespucci, Niccolo (1474-1535),
1484, 1522-1532, n.d.
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Vespucci, Piero (1394-1450),
1409-1429, n.d.
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Vespucci, Piero (1432-1485),
1458-1494, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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Vespucci, Piero (1438-1474),
1468
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Vespucci, Piero (1447-1529),
1478-1518, n.d.
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 5
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Vespucci, Simon ( -1400),
n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Vespucci, Simone (1437-1508),
1476-1485
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| BOX 5
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Vespucci, Simonetta
(1453-1476),
1474-1475, 1931-1959, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 5
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Genealogy,
1898, n.d.
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| BOX 6
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Note cards |
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| BOX 6
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Set I |
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| BOX 7
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Set II |
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| BOX 8
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Set III |
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| BOX 9
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Set IV |
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| BOX 10
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Miscellany |
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| BOX 10
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Vespucci, Amerigo
(1451-1512)
See also Container 1, same heading |
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| BOX 10
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Correspondence,
1500-1505
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 10
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"Four Voyages," translation,
1507
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| BOX 10
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Printed matter,
n.d.
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