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Harth-terré, Emilio (1899- ) Collection, 1930s - 1970s

(Collection 15)

Collection Overview
9.58 cubic feet (35 boxes)

Prepared by Guillermo Náñez Falcón, June 1981.

The Collection consists of papers of Emilio Harth-terré, the noted Peruvian architect, related to the art and architecture of colonial Peru. The collection includes some professional correspondence; manuscripts of articles by Harth-terré and others; reprints and clippings; very extensive notes and transcripts of documents in various civil and church archives in Peru on gold- and silversmiths and Indian, black, and mestizo artisans and painters; also notes on various colonial public buildings, churches, convents, and monasteries.

Organization of the Collection

I. Correspondence (Box 1, Folder 1)

II. Manuscripts, notes, papers

  • A. "Arquitectura del Perú Virreinal" (Box 1, Folders 2-4)
  • B. Preservation and restoration (Box 1, Folders 5-6)
  • C. Art and Architecture (Box 1, Folders 7-12)
  • D. Arte (Box 2, Folders 1-7)
  • E. Towns (Box 2, Folders 8-17)
  • F. Buildings (Box 2, Folders 18-21B)
  • G. Miscellaneous (Box 2, Folders 22-26)

III. Printed material: reprints, articles, clippings

  • A. History of Peru (Box 3, Folders 1-3)
  • B. Art and architecture of Peru: general topics (Box 3, Folders 4-7; Box 4, Folders 1-12)
  • C. Art and architecture: cities (Box 5, Folders 1-14, Box 6, Folders 1-15)
  • D. Miscellaneous, not Peru (Box 7)

IV. Archival notes

  • A. Plateros (Boxes 8-10)
  • B. Artífices (Boxes 11-17)
  • C. Artífices de Cuzco (Box 18)
  • D. Cuadernillos: notes (Box 19)
  • E. Pintores (Box 20)
  • F. Matrimonios de artífices (Box 21, Folder 26)
  • G. Notas (Box 21, Folder 27)
  • H. Indios (Box 22, Folders 28A+B)
  • I. Artífices de Arequipa (Box 22, Folder 29)
  • J. Negros (Box 23)
  • K. Indices por temas (Box 24)
  • L. Indice de artífices (Box 25-Box 30, Folder 50)
  • M. Indice de plateros (Box 30, Folders 51-53)

I. Correspondence, 1934-1977, 36 pieces

Box 1, Folder 1
Professional correspondence concerning the preservation and restoration of colonial buildings in Peru. Also contains some material on the mestizo influence in art and on Harth-terré's architectural practice.

II. Manuscripts, notes, papers ( Box 1, Folders 2-4)

A. "Arquitectura del Perú Virreinal"

By Emilio Harth-terré. 1961. Chapters of an unpublished manuscript. In Spanish with English translations.

B. Preservation and restoration (Box 1, Folders 5-6 )

  1. Of colonial architecture and art
  2. "Diligencia preparatoria. Inspección ocular del Templo de esta Capital." 1934. Procès verbal of inspection of physical condition of the parish church of Santo Tomás by engineers Tejada and Canaza, together with cost estimate of necessary repairs.

C. Art and architecture

  1. Inca (Box 1, Folder 7)
  2. Baroque (Box 1, Folder 8)
  3. Arquitectura mestiza (Box 1, Folder 9)
  4. Arquitectura popular (Box 1, Folder 10)
  5. Arquitectura virreinal (Box 1, Folder 11)
  6. Arte y arqueología (Box 1, Folder 12)

D. Arte

  1. Escultura. Includes articles on Martínez Montañés, Martín de Oviedo, and "Un Criollo de México escultor en Lima." (Box 2, Folder 1)
  2. Pintura colonial. Includes articles on Cuzco style, the Iglesia de Santiago de Pomata, Raimundo Moanvasan. (Box 2, Folder 2)
  3. Puentes: "El histórico puente sobre el Río Apurimac." (Box 2, Folder 3)
  4. Retablos. (Box 2, Folder 4)
  5. Santos vestidos. (Box 2, Folder 5)
  6. Silver and silversmiths. (Box 2, Folder 6)
  7. Notes and lectures on Peruvian art. (Box 2, Folder 7)

E. Towns

  1. Arequipa (Box 2, Folder 8)
  2. Cuzco (Box 2, Folder 9)
  3. Huanuco: "La Vida espiritual en la Ciudad de Huanuco durante la Colonia, 1541-1615," by Graciela Pulgar Vidal. (Box 2, Folder 10)
  4. Juli (Box 2, Folder 11)
  5. Lima. Includes: "La Obra de Francisco Becerra en las Catedrales de Lima y Cuzco," by Harth-terré; "El Curso de las Catedrales" also about the cathedrals of Lima and Cuzco; "Un Tipo de quincha empleado en la Casa Rosada," by Filiberto Ramírez García. (Box 2, Folders 12-16)
  6. Puno: "La Catedral de Puno" by Xavier Moyssén (Box 2, Folder 17)

F. Buildings

  1. Casa de los diamantes en Ayacucho (Box 2, Folder 18)
  2. La Catedral de Lima (Box 2, Folder 19)
  3. Colegio de Santo Tomás (Box 2, Folder 20)
  4. Hospitales en Lima (Box 2, Folder 21A)
  5. Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Lima ( Box 2, Folder 21B)

G. Miscellaneous

  1. Artisans - archival notes (Box 2, Folder 22)
  2. Artisans - articles re various colonial artisans (Box 2, Folder 23)
  3. Primer Congreso Histórico Municipal Interamericano, held in Havana, October 1942. Copies of papers presented by Bertha Morán, Jenaro Artiles, Gregorio B. Palacín Iglesias. (Box 2, Folder 24)
  4. "La Sirena mestiza, Reinterpretación americana de un mito clásico," paper by Leopoldo Castedo, presented at the Tulane University Symposia on the Art of Latin America, April 1972. (Box 2, Folder 25)
  5. "II Lección - La Provincia de Chucuito y Huamanga" (Box 2, Folder 26)

III. Printed material: reprints, articles, clippings

A. History - Peru

  1. Conquest (Box 3, Folder 1)
  2. Colonial period (Box 3, Folder 2)
  3. Germán Leguía y Martínez, Diccionario geográfico, histórico, estadístico, etc. del Departamento de Piura , I (Lima, 1914). (Box 3, Folder 3)

B. Art and architecture of Peru: general topics

  1. Architects, artists: Gaspar de la Cueva (Folder 4)
  2. Renaissance style architecture (Folder 5)
  3. Baroque style architecture (Folder 6)
  4. Arte virreinal (Folder 7)
  5. Pintura colonial. Folder 3 includes a reprint by Harth-terré, "Pinturas y pintores en Lima virreinal," 1963. (Box 4, Folders 1-3)
  6. Mesticismo (Box 4, Folders 4-5)
  7. Reliefs (Box 4, Folder 6)
  8. Retablos. Includes a reprint by Harth-terré, "Retablos limeños en el siglo XVI." (Box 4, Folder 7)
  9. Conservation and restoration: drafts of decrees, laws, official reports, clippings (Box 4, Folders 8-10)
  10. Modern architecture (Box 4, Folder 11)
  11. History of art and architecture, Peru (Box 4, Folder 12)

C. Art and architecture: cities

  1. Arequipa (Box 5, Folder 1)
  2. Ayacucho (includes 7 issues of the journal Huamanga , 1938-1940, published in Ayacucho) ( Box 5, Folders 2-3)
  3. Cajamarca (Box 5, Folder 4)
  4. Chucuito ( Box 5, Folder 5)
  5. Cocharcas ( Box 5, Folder 6)
  6. Cuzco ( Box 5, Folders 7-8)
  7. Huancavelica ( Box 5, Folder 9)
  8. Huaraz: Convento de Hospitalidad, San José de Belén ( Box 5, Folder 10)
  9. Ica ( Box 5, Folder 11)
  10. Valle de Jauja ( Box 5, Folder 12)
  11. Lima - general ( Box 5, Folders 13-14)
    • 11a. Catedral de Lima ( Box 6, Folder 1)
    • 11b. Edificio Brindusa ( Box 6, Folder 2)
    • 11c. La Merced ( Box 6, Folder 3)
    • 11d. Monestario de la Concepción ( Box 6, Folder 4)
    • 11e. Monumentos históricos ( Box 6, Folder 5)
    • 11f. Plaza Mayor ( Box 6, Folder 6)
    • 11g. San Francisco (Box 6, Folder 7)
    • 11h. Miscellaneous churches (Box 6, Folder 8)
  12. Valle de Mautaro ( Box 6, Folder 9)
  13. Miraflores (Box 6, Folder 10)
  14. "Pomata y Su Templo Monumental" ( Box 6, Folder 11)
  15. Puno: cathedral ( Box 6, Folder 12)
  16. Saña ( Box 6, Folder 13)
  17. Torata (Box 6, Folder 14)
  18. Trujillo: Santo Domingo ( Box 6, Folder 15)

D. Miscellaneous (not Peru)

  1. Colonial Latin America - general history ( Box 7, Folder 1)
  2. History of art and architecture - Latin America and general (Box 7, Folder 2)
  3. La Paz - Church of San Francisco ( Box 7, Folder 3)
  4. Art and architecture: Mexico, Guatemala, Caribbean ( Box 7, Folder 4)
  5. Art and architecture: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ( Box 7, Folders 5-6)
  6. Art and architecture: Bolivia, Ecuador ( Box 7, Folder 7)
  7. Biographies of architects and artists ( Box 7, Folder 8)
  8. Jesuit missions ( Box 7, Folder 9)
  9. "Las Bibliotecas de México, Guatemala, El Salvador, y Honduras," by Fermín Peraza (Havana, 1946) Box 7, Folder 10)
  10. Miscellaneous ( Box 7, Folder 11)

Archival notes
These are research notes compiled by Harth-terré from civil and church archives in Peru for his studies on Peruvian artists and artisans.

A. Plateros
 Information from archival and printed sources on gold- and silversmiths in colonial Peru. The data are in the form of brief notes. The materials are arranged alphabetically by smiths and divided by centuries as indicated on the inventory list. For some smiths there may be a transcript of a document or documents in which his name appears in the material in Box 30.

  • Plateros, 16th century (Box 8, Folder 1)
  • Plateros, 17th century, A-L ( Box 9, Folder 2)
  • Plateros, 17th century, M-Z ( Box 9, Folder 3)
  • Plateros, 18th century, A-L( Box 10, Folder 4)
  • Plateros, 18th century, M-Z ( Box 10, Folder 5)

B. Artífices
Same as above for colonial artisans of Peru. For individual artisans there may be a transcript of a document in Boxes 25-28.

  • Artífices, 16th century, A-L (Box 11, Folder 6)
  • Artífices, 16th century, M-Z (Box 11, Folder 7)
  • Artífices, 17th century, A-B (Box 12, Folder 8)
  • Artífices, 17th century, C-Ch (Box 12, Folder 9)
  • Artífices, 17th century, D-F (Box 13, Folder 10 )
  • Artífices, 17th century, G-H (Box 13, Folder 11)
  • Artífices, 17th century, I-L (Box 13, Folder 12)
  • Artífices, 17th century, M (Box 14, Folder 13)
  • Artífices, 17th century, N-Q (Box 14, Folder 14)
  • Artífices, 17th century, R-S (Box 15, Folder 15)
  • Artífices, 17th century, T-Z (Box 15, Folder 16)
  • Artífices, 18th century, A-Ch (Box 16, Folder 17)
  • Artífices, 18th century, D-K (Box 16, Folder 18)
  • Artífices, 18th century, L-M Box 17, Folder 19
  • Artífices, 18th century, N-R Box 17, Folder 20
  • Artífices, 18th century, S-Z Box 17, Folder 21

C. Artífices de Cuzco ( Box 18, Folder 22)

D. Cuadernillos
Notes: colonial artisans; techados y bóvedas de iglesias de Lima; various cofradías and gremios; derecho indígena; artisans working on various colonial convents and monasteries in Lima, including Encarnación, San Agustín, Santa Catarina de Siena, Santa Clara, del Carmen, del Prado, Santa Rosa, Santo Domingo, Descalzas, Trinidad. ( Box 19, Folder 23). n.d.

E. Pintores. See explanatory note for Boxes 1-3 and 11-17.

  • Pintores, 16th and 17 century (Box 20, Folder 24)
  • Pintores, 18th century, n.d. (Box 20, Folder 25)

F. Matrimonios de Artífices ( Box 21, Folder 26)

G. Notas
Notes from various documentary sources on the cathedral in Lima, the Iglesia y convento de San Agustín, San Francisco de Asís, Iglesia de San Pedro, the Cabildo, and other colonial monuments in Lima, also on Juan de Grajales, a 16th century artisan. ( Box 21, Folder 27)

H. Indios
Notes arranged alphabetically by person's name. Additional notes on some of the persons are found in the Platero and Artífices boxes in the appropriate century. ( Box 22, Folders 28A and 28B)

I. Artífices de Arequipa. ( Box 22, Folder 29)

J. Negros.
Notes on black artisans in alphabetical order by name. Additional notes on some of the persons are found in the Plateros and Artífices boxes in the appropriate century. ( Box 23, Folders 30A and 30B)

K. Indice por Temas.
Notes on churches and public buildings in Lima and in other cities of Peru; streets and street names; building materials and architectural devices (roofs, vaulting, supports, etc).

  • Box 24, Folder 31. Indice A-C
  • Box 24, Folder 32. Indice C-L
  • Box 24, Folder 33. Indice M-Z

L. Indice de Artífices.
Transcripts of documents in which appear the names of artisans. The documents are of various sorts--property sales, slave sales, apprentice agreements, promissory notes, powers of attorney, agreements, wills. These differ from the data contained in boxes 11-17 in that these are entire documents rather than notations from manuscripts and printed sources. There are additional notes on individual artisans in Boxes 11-17.

Box 25.

  • Folder 34. Indice de artífices. 16th century, A-F
  • Folder 35. Indice de artífices. 16th century, G-L
  • Folder 36. Indice de artífices. 16th century, M-Q

Box 26.

  • Folder 37. Indice de artífices. 16th century, R-Z
  • Folder 38. Indice de artífices. 17th century, A-B
  • Folder 39. Indice de artífices. 17th century, C-D

Box 27.

  • Folder 40. Indice de artífices. 17th century, E-G
  • Folder 41. Indice de artífices. 17th century, H-L
  • Folder 42. Indice de artífices. 17th century, M
  • Folder 43. Indice de artífices. 17th century, N-Q

Box 28.

  • Folder 44. Indice de artífices. 17th century, R-S
  • Folder 45. Indice de artífices. 17th century, T-Z
  • Folder 46. Indice de artífices. 18th century, A-Z
  • Folder 47. Indice de artífices. 18th century, duplicates

Box 29.

  • Folder 48. Indice de artífices. 16th century, duplicates
  • Folder 49. Indice de artífices. 17th century, duplicates

Box 30.

  • Folder 50. Indice de artífices. 17th century, duplicates

M. Indice de Plateros.
Same sort of transcripts of documents as Boxes 25-29. These are additional notes on individual smiths on Boxes 8-10.

Box 30

  • Folder 51. Plateros. 16th century, A-Z
  • Folder 51. Plateros. 17th century, A-Z
  • Folder 51. Plateros. 18th century, A-Z

V. Libros de Cabildos de Lima, Indices, Años 1535-1601.
2 v. 1946. Notes for the compilation of this two-volume index and for a third unpublished volume.

Box 31. Proper name and place name index card, A-J.
Box 32. Same, L-Z.
Box 33. Subject index card, A-Z
Box 34. Three notebooks, The index cards were alphabetized and collated and entered into notebooks.
Box 35. The two published volumes.

Addenda

Oversize
Box 36

Folder 1.

  • VI. Typescript bibliography of works of urban planning handwritten notes by Harth-terre, c. 1935.
  • VII. Cities and towns-- Peru. A. Architectural plans for urban development.
  1. Lima
    • Folder 2.
      • a) Plans, some original , signed by Harth-terre and others in his style.
    • Folder 3.
      • b) Original and printed plans, some signed
    • Folder 4.
  2. Peru
    • Folder 5.
      • B. Maps -- Lima and other cities.
    • Folder 6.
      • C. Clippings.
      • D. Photos, plates and illustrations. Not all photos are identified, but all are apparently of Peru.
  • VIII. Cities and Towns--not Peru.
    • Folders 8-9 A. Maps -- US, South America, World.
    • Folder 10. B. Clippings--urban settlement
    • Folder 11. C. Photos

LAL Flat File

IX. Architectural plans and drawings

Folder 1. A. Identified by city. Two or more pieces.

  1. 1. Cajamarca
    • Catedral de Cajamarca. 5 pieces.
    • Iglesia San Francisco Cajamarca. 1 piece.
  2. Chiclayo Iglesia de San Jose Chiclayo. 3 pieces
  3. Cuzco
    • Catedral de Cuzco. 2 pieces
    • La Iglesia de San Sebastian Cuzco
    • Map of Cuzco 1923 (in three pieces) 1 piece.
  4. Huancavelica
    • Catedral de Huancavelica. 2 pieces.
    • Iglesia de la Ascencion Huancavelica. 3 pieces
    • Iglesia de San Cristobal Huancavelica. 3 pieces
    • Iglesia de San Francisco Huancavelica. 2 pieces
    • Iglesia de San Juan de Dios Huancavelica. 3 pieces
    • Iglesia de San Sebastian Huancavelica. 3 pieces
    • Iglesia de Santa Ana de Huancavelica. 2 pieces
    • Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Huancavelica. 2 pieces
  5. Huanuco
    • Iglesia de San Francisco Huanuco. 4 pieces
  6. Ilave
    • San Miguel de Ilave. 2 pieces
    • Santa Barbara de Ilave floor plans. 2 pieces.
  7. Juli
    • Iglesia de la Asuncion Juli floor plans. 2 pieces
    • Iglesia de la Santa Cruz Juli Floor plans. 1 piece
  8. Lima
    • Jesus Nazareno. 2 pieces.
    • Maps of Lima, 1863 and siglo XVI. 2 pieces.
  9. Pisco
    • Iglesia de la Compañia. 3 pieces.
  10. Trujillo
    • La Compañia Trujillo. 1 piece
    • San Francisco, Templo de, Trujillo. 2 pieces
    • Santa Rosa Trujillo. 1 piece
  11. Vilque
    • Iglesia de Vilque floor plans. 2 pieces
  12. Yonguyo
    • Iglesia de Yonguyo. 2 pieces.

Folder 2. B. Identified by building. Two or more pieces.

  1. Casa de los Condes de Monteblanco. 7 pieces.
  2. Colegio de Santo Tomas. Reja y Puerta. 2 pieces.
  3. Hospital Real de San Andres de Españoles. Floor plan. 2 pieces.
  4. Iglesia de San Javier El Ingenio. 5 pieces.
  5. Iglesia de San José Ingenio. 2 pieces.
  6. Recamarin de la Virgen de las Mercedes. 4 pieces.
  7. Santo Domingo. 7 pieces.

Folder 3. C. Single items.

  1. Bobedas de la Iglesia de San Francisco, floor plan.
  2. Casa en el pueblo de Chilca siglo XVIII.
  3. Casa Virreinal en la Calle de la Veracruz, entrance, facade.
  4. Descalsas o Trinitarios, floor plan.
  5. Direccion de Contribuciones, entrance. 1938
  6. Ermita de la Asuncion en el Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, floor plan, details.
  7. Hospital de San Bartolome (de Negros), floor plan.
  8. Hospital del Espíritu Santo.
  9. Hospital Real de San Andres (de Españoles), floo plan.
  10. Iglesia de la Ciudad de los Reyes (Lima), details.
  11. Iglesia de la Concebida Ancora, floor plan.
  12. Iglesia de San Bernardo de Onzángaro, floo plan.
  13. Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís en Huamanga (Ayacucho), floor plan, arches.
  14. Iglesia de San Pedro, floor plan.
  15. Iglesia de San Pedro de Willca Lamac de Zepita, floor plans.
  16. Iglesia de Zepita, floor plans.
  17. La Merced, arches.
  18. Miletus Asia Minor, map of the city.
  19. San Francisco Saña, floor plan.
  20. Santuario de Sta. Rosa, floor plan.

Folder 4. Unidentified plans, several pieces.

  • Tower and arch. 7 pieces.
  • Tower and arch. 3 pieces.
  • Restoration plans. 3 pieces.

Folder 5. E. Unidentified single pieces. 14 pieces.

 
   
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