You have an item by Charles Goldfinch on Juan Cortina. It is a thesis done in 1949. I did extensive research on Juan Cortina and I discovered that the thesis was written by his father-in-law, Judge J.T. Canales. Canales was a relative of Cortina and knew him.
As for Goldfinch, he never did anything else about Cortina. In fact, he never wrote anything on the thesis.
We went to our stacks and pulled the thesis - the title page lists Goldfinch as the author, although in the bibliography Goldfinch cites an interview with the Hon. J.T. Canales.
In 1974, Goldfinch and Canales published a book, Juan Cortina: Two Interpretations that reprints the thesis and also a paper by Canales on "Cortina presents his motion for a new trial."
The Library serves as a repository for finished theses and dissertations - by the time a thesis reaches us, it has already been approved by the faculty. In Goldfinch's case we would have relied on the University's History Department to judge whether the thesis meets the requirements for an M.A. degree. It's unlikely the faculty would have approved a thesis that Goldfinch didn't write, but if you think the thesis is the work of Judge Canales rather than Goldfinch, we suggest contacting the History Department.
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