GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-124

Museum of Ventura County
100 East Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001

Phone: 805-653-0323

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive Dates: 1860-1940, undated

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot

Description: 3 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

/1 “Petit Family Album”

Inclusive dates: Undated (ca. 1880s-1890s)

Volume: 1 photograph

Description: Chumash family and home, Santa Paula, California, a mission visita.

 

/2 Photograph of Ventura, California

Inclusive dates: undated (1880s?)

Volume: 1 photograph

Description: Panoramic view of Ventura and San Buenaventura Mission, which shows homes of 6-8 Chumash Indian residents at the mission.

 

/3 “Records from the Old Abandoned Catholic Cemetery, 1300 E. Main St., 1300 Pali St., Ventura, California, Zelma Wood Wilcox, 1966, Mitz-khan-a-khan Chapter, N.S.D.A.R.”

Inclusive dates: 1860-1940

Volume: Few entries

Description: Believed to include Native American (Chumash) burials.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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