Official documents relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Official documents relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser
Classmark: BC MS Rom/Fraser/B/1
Original reference: BC MS Rom/Fraser 1
Creator(s): Fraser, Angus M
Date(s): 1630-1798
Language: Spanish
Size and medium: 5 boxes (143 items and 1 folder)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/611597
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Comprises official documents of Spanish origin "affecting Gypsies," [Roma] including, prematica/pragmatica; real cedula; real provision; real orden; carta orden; real instruccion; real decreto and indulto real.
Includes printed material, and some parchment notebooks. Many items have annotations, in pencil, ink and ballpoint, in a variety of hands.
Some references to 'gitanos,' [Gypsies/Roma] may be explicit and others may be inferred.
Provenance
This sub-series was originally described as, "Documents relating to gypsies and other travellers in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser." As most of these are official documents, - the title has been slightly amended to reflect this.[2017].
Most of the collection was purchased by Sir Angus Fraser from Antonio Castro of Seville, a bookseller. Papers in section G suggest that they were originally "collected by Colonel Benigno Gonzalez Garcia a nationalist with a strong interest on gypsies."
In addition to these documents were 3 other items that were likely part of this collection but catalogued as books, [please see related objects].
System of arrangement
Arranged in seven sections: A) Spanish (mainly Castilian) decrees etc. of general application; B) Material on sanctuary; C) Material on dance; D) Material on conscription for armed forces, the galleys and other forced labour; E) Material on individual cases; F) Material on other matters; G) Photocopies, notes, etc. relating to items in sections A-F. Sections A to F follow the original subject divisions and chronological arrangement made by Sir Angus M. Fraser
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
This part of the collection is fully accessible and not subject to protection under the Data Protection Act
Some parts of this collection are in copyright. Photocopies or digital images of the material in copyright can be supplied for private study purposes only. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder’s permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.