GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-8

Graduate Theological Union. Flora Lamson Hewlett Library-Archives
2400 Ridge Road
Berkeley, CA 94709

Phone: 510-649-2501
Alternative website: Online Archive of California

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1548-1886

Volume: Ca. .7 cubic foot

Description: The “Academy of American Franciscan History Collection,” re: Spanish Franciscan evangelization of Native Americans in California and the Southwest; in Spanish.

 

/1 “Alta California manuscripts”

Inclusive dates: 1764-1797

Volume: 42 items

Description: Correspondence between missionaries and government officials, re: primarily financial, governance, and establishment of new missions.

 

/2 “Capitulos y decretos del definitorio de 1816 á 1860”

Inclusive dates: 1816-1860

Volume: 299 pages

Description: Bylaws of the Franciscan Province San Diego de Mexico.

 

/3 “Mexico City and Spanish government manuscripts and miscellaneous”

Inclusive dates: 1628-1823

Volume: 27 items

Description: Correspondence, reports, maps and other documents, re: missionaries, governance, and general mission concerns.

 

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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