Jujuy [1920s-1950s]

Description: This stationary envelope contains a number of tampered envelopes dealing with several subjects regarding the province of Jujuy. Jujuy is a province in north-western Argentina characterised by its mountainous geography and its high population rate of indigenous population—since the Spanish invasion, the omaguacas (ocloyas, purmamarcas, yavis, yalas, churumatas y jujuyes), the atacameños (specially the lipes), and the quechuas. It was part of the Viceroyalty of River Plate and, after 1810, became part of Argentina although it was invaded by Peru and Bolivia during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it still was a traditional and agricultural society although mining activities also prospered. The documents in this envelope account for Jujuy’s social life, organisations and associations as well as the indigenous ruins in the 1930s, plus issues such as irrigation, geography, and the well known March on Buenos Aires by Jujuy's Native-American population in the 1940s. Extent of original: Stationary envelope. Condition of original: Regular to bad condition.