Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Testamentary Printing House

After Antonio Vanegas Arroyo died, on 14 March 1917, his son Blas remained in charge of the family legacy, as he had been working with his late father. From then onwards, the prints were published under the name of “Testamentaría de Vanegas Arroyo”. Very soon, Blas’ sons, especially Arsacio, became also involved in the business, almost exclusively publishing religious long sellers (such as the novena for the December festivities) until the middle of the 1950s.

      The testamentary production of the Vanegas Arroyo press consisted mainly of reprints of successful items, such as religious prints, songbooks, and plays. They also printed, however, newer material such as songs, corridos, and calaveras mocking contemporary political figures. Also, most probably as a response to the growing competition caused by other presses in the capital (such as Eduardo Guerrero’s), the descendants of Vanegas Arroyo produced “new” serial compilations of old songs in broadsheet format, titled, for instance, “Edición especial de canciones, corridos, coplas, versos y poesías célebres”. Also noteworthy is the serial collection of chapbooks called El folklore nacional, illustrated on the front page with the face of the publisher himself as an expression of the vague attempts by the Vanegas Arroyo family (encouraged by other intellectuals and artists of the post-revolutionary cultural nationalism) to classify the publisher as one of the “folklorists”, that is as a collector of popular culture.

      Despite everything, the Vanegas Arroyo printing house was never able to regain the greatness, success, and production level it had had under the management of its founder. This is not only linked to the internal dynamics of the family business, but also with the new modes of production and consumption that changed the popular culture of the 20th century, among which we can cite mass media, like the radio, and later the movie theatre. Prints did not disappear, but were forced to adapt to new technologies. . In this question, other presses such as the Eduardo Guerrero press seem to have had more success than the Vanegas Arroyo house.

The Print Catalogue

The list presented here features material that has been published and can be attributed to the Vanegas Arroyo Testamentary or to one of its collaborators specifically, either BlasVanegas, Antonio Jr, or Arsacio. Due to the recurring re-printing activity of the period, it must be taken into account that even where Antonio Vanegas is mentioned as publisher, it could simply be a reprint from after 1917.

LINK	INCIPIT	TYPE PF PRINT	PUBLISHER (declared)	PUBLISHER (atribution)	YEAR
ACTapatia.djvu	Adelita	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1920
AGHonor.djvu	Al general Pablo González. Canto al honor	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1920
ALDios.djvu	A las excelsas potestades de Dios	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1925
ALDolor.djvu	A las infortunadas hijas del señor don Venustiano Carranza, extinto presidente de la República, ante su acerbo dolor	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
AYMirafuentes.djvu	Asombroso y funesto suceso de un horroroso ejemplar verificado en la ciudad de Saltillo el día primero del presente mes, y portentosísimo milagro que le hizo la Santísima Virgen María de Guadalupe a Anastasia Bello, madre del desdichado Eleuterio Mirafuentes	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1918
CN5Nacional.djvu	Cuaderno Nº 5. El Folklore Nacional. Selecta colección de canciones para el presente año editadas por la testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	Cuadernillo		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
DPTiteres.djvu	Discurso patriótico por Juan Pico de Oro. Juguete cómico dividido en tres pequeños cuadros arreglado para representarse por títeres	Cuadernillo		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1922
EHDias A.djvu	Matizadas flores traigo a María Santísima de Guadalupe	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
ETRomero.djvu	El testerazo del diablo	Cuadernillo		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
HSGarcia.djvu	Horrible suceso fraguado por el demonio y destruido por el admirable y portentoso milagro de nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, entre los esposos María Juliana Delgado y Pedro García	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
HYConducta.djvu	Verdadero retrato del Señor del Hospital que se venera en Salamanca, Estado de Guanajuato	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1918
LIGto.djvu	La inundación en León, Guanajuato.	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
LaPajarera.djvu	Edición especial de canciones, coplas, corridos, versos y poesías célebres […] La pajarera	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
NYYerno.djvu	Nuevo y divertido pleito de una suegra con su yerno	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo	1917
QuBesarte.djvu	Edición especial de canciones, coplas, corridos, versos y poesías célebres […] Quiero besarte	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
SNBruja.djvu	¡Suceso nunca visto! Rosa la bruja	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
SaOaxaquenha.djvu	Edición especial de canciones, corridos, coplas, versos y poesías célebres […] Sandunga oaxaqueña	Hoja volante		Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

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