Care of Mestizo Girls and Women In Colonial Mexico
Social projects protected and educated Mestizo (mixed race, of Spanish and indigenous descent) girls and women in colonial Mexico for over 300 years from the 16th-19th centuries.
SILABARIO (SYLLABARY) (20th century.)UNESCO Memory of the World
Protection of Mestizo Girls in Colonial Mexico
Since the early years of the colonization in Mexico, in the 16th century, homes were established to give shelter to Mestizo girls, who were the product of relationships between the Spanish conquerors and indigenous women and left abandoned on the streets of the cities.
Cover recipe from 1779 (20th century.)UNESCO Memory of the World
Expansion of Protection
In the 17th century, responding anew to the needs of a defenseless female population, similar institutions were founded with the intention to receive Mestizo girls and widows in need of protection.
Recipe book, Medication memory (20th century.)UNESCO Memory of the World
Colegio De San Ignacio De Loyola, Vizcainas
The Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola, Vizcainas, an educational institution, was founded in the 18th century by a group of Basques who had settled in New Spain with the aim to protect orphan girls and defenseless women, and finance their maintenance and education.
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Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola, Vizcainas
General plan of primary instruction (20th century.)UNESCO Memory of the World
Education with Christian Values
The educational postulates and foundational principles considered the formation of moral and religious values. Education focused on Christian virtues and the transcendence of “womanly values” into society, as promoted by the cofrades (religious brotherhoods).
Constitutions of the Colegio de la San Ignacio de Loyola (16th - 20th centuries) by Francisco Javier GamboaUNESCO Memory of the World
Institutions as Social Projects
These institutions combined and sponsored by civil society, developed social projects targeted at solving physical, spiritual, and moral deficiencies of a sizable portion of the population.
The teacher and students in the physical education course (16th - 20th centuries) by F. E. North SR E. OslahUNESCO Memory of the World
The Old Fonds of Colegio De San Ignacio
The Old Fonds of the Historical Archive of Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola, Vizcaínas contain information about the lives of the women in the institutions that protected and educated these girls and women from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Daily Life to Historical Legacy
The Fonds represent a rich source to learn about the thoughts, behavior, education, and protection of the girls and women. It further provides insight into the politics, economy, religion, and arts of the time, constituting a historical legacy spanning more than 300 years.
Antiphonary (16th - 20th centuries) by AnonymousUNESCO Memory of the World
Colegio De San Ignacio De Loyola Vizcaínas Today
The Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas represents the only institution of the Colonial Era in Mexico that has not interrupted its activities from its birth until today.
Overview of Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas and its history.
