GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-98

San Luis Obispo County Historical Society
696 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
P.O. Box 1391
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

Phone: 805-543-0638

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1841-1969, undated

Volume: Ca. .8 cubic foot

Description: 2 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

/1 “Mexican Period Expedientes”

Inclusive dates: 1841-1910

Volume: 12 folders

Description: Records to land claims dating to the Mexican era in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California; includes 12 claims, re: San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission, San Luis Obispo County; copies from California State Archives; some illegible.

 

/2 “Photograph Collection”

Inclusive dates: 1889-1969, undated

Volume: 4 folders

Description: Mostly black and white prints of Franciscan Native American missions in California; re: San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Miguel de Arcángel, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, San Fernando Rey de España, La Purísima Concepción de Maria Santisima, San Antonio de Padua, and Santa Bárbara Missions.

 

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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