蜜桃影像

Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Phone: 626-405-2100
Alternate website: Online Archive of California

 

Hours: See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1625-1989

Volume: Ca. 8 cubic feet

Description: 20 collections include Native Catholic records:

For a listing of Franciscan missions in California with associated Native American tribal affiliations -- see -- the histories within the guide entries under Hermosillo, Mexico, or Puebla, Mexico.

 

/1 鈥淧apers of George William Beattie and Helen Pruitt Beattie, Mss Beattie Papers鈥�

Inclusive dates: ca. 1853-1944

Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot

Description: Personal papers of George W. Beattie (1859-1949) and Helen Pruitt Beattie, including materials compiled for their history of San Bernardino County; materials with Native Catholic content include:

A. Correspondence in Spanish

1. Caballeria, Fray Juan, O.F.M. [Franciscans], undated, 50 letters; re: San Bernardino Mission

2. Coue and Mollhausen Correspondence, undated, 16 letters; re: Mohave Indians?

3. Englehardt, Rev. Zephyrin Carlos, O.F.M., undated, 50 letters; re: San Bernardino Mission

B. Diaries in Spanish

1. Garc茅s, Fray Francisco, O.F.M., 1776, extracts; re: journey from Colorado River to San Gabriel

2. Munoz, Fray Pedro, O.F.M., 1806, 1 item; photocopy

3. Nuez, Fray Joaquin Pasqual, O.F.M., military chaplain, 1819, 4 items; re: Moraga expedition against Mohave Indians; photocopies

4. Sanchez, Fray Jos茅, O.F.M., 1821, 10 items; re: journey from San Diego Mission to San Gabriel Mission; translated in part by Rensch

5. Zalvidea, Fray Jos茅 Maria, O.F.M., 1806, 3 items; re: journey from Santa Barbara Mission to San Gabriel Mission via Cajon Pass; photocopies; translation included

C. Spanish-Mexican land grant deeds, 6 items; re: San Bernardino Valley Mission Ranchos

D. Clipping, undated, 1 item; re: San Bernardino Valley

E. Proceedings of U.S. Land Commission; re: Santa Ysabel Mission; transcript photocopy

F. Sketches of San Bernardino County Communities: San Bernardino Mission and other places, undated, 9 items

G. Missions source material, 68 items H. Mission Fields to Mexican Rancho, 5 items

 

/2 California File Inclusive Dates: 1625-1964

Volume: Ca. 10% of 1.5 cubic feet Description: Mostly correspondence, re: the exploration, establishment, and management of Native American missions and ranches in California plus a complaint by Andres Suarez on treatment of Indians in New Mexico, 1647; in Spanish.

 

/3 鈥淐alifornia Historical Documents Collection, mss HM 40401-40555鈥�

Inclusive Dates: 1812-1912

Volume: Less than 50% of ca. .15 cubic foot (162 items)

Description: Mostly correspondence on California, including related to mission affairs, particularly Santa Cruz Mission.

 

/4 鈥淧apers of Henry Dalton, mss DL 1-1196, FAC 682鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1819-1942

Volume: Few items

Description: Includes land records and legal papers of Dalton (1803-1884), re: litigation on Dalton鈥檚 Rancho Azusa lands once owned by San Gabriel Mission.

 

/5 鈥淧apers of Jos茅 de Galvez, mss GA 1-734鈥�

Inclusive Dates: 1763-1794

Volume: Ca. .5 cubic foot (734 letters)

Description: Mostly correspondence of Galvez, Marques de Sonora re: expeditions sent to San Diego and Monterey to establish Native American missions and occupy California, concerns with indigenous people in Sonora and Sinaloa, and the expulsion of Jesuits from Baja California; notable correspondents include Fray Antonio Mar铆a Bucareli y Urs煤a, O.F.M.; Spanish.

 

/6 鈥淕uerra Family Collection, FAC 667 (1-1194)鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1752-1955

Volume: Ca. 4.2 cubic feet (4,179 items)

Description: Correspondence and land and legal papers (mostly copies) mostly in Spanish from Jos茅 Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega (1779-1858), treasurer of the California Franciscan missions, Pablo de la Guerra (1819-1875), an American era California politician, and other family members; from the Franciscans Santa Barbara Province Archives, Santa Barbara, California.

 

/7 鈥淩ecords of Halleck, Peachy & Billings, mss HM 42940-43013鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1837-1861

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot (ca. 40 items)

Description: Materials from the Halleck, Peachy & Billings Law Firm (1849- 1861), including land titles, draft briefs, and opinions from legal cases; re: San Buenaventura, San Diego de Alcal谩, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, and Santa Clara de As铆s Missions, California.

 

/8 鈥淗istorical Society of Southern California-Charles C. Puck Collection, photCL400 volume 2鈥� Inclusive dates: 1914-1958

Volume: Ca. 283 prints

Description: Photographs of most California missions and San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona.

 

/9 鈥淧apers of Edwin Powell Hubble, mss HUB 1-1098鈥�

Inclusive dates: Undated

Volume: 1 photograph

Description: Prospector and priest outside San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona.

 

/10 鈥淏.D. Jackson Papers, phot CL 332鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1900-1925

Volume: 1 folder

Description: Photographs of San Juan Capistrano, San Fernando Rey de Espa帽a, and San Luis Rey de Francia Missions, California

 

/11 鈥淟etters of Eusebio Francisco Kino鈥�

Inclusive Dates: 1680-1687

Volume: Ca. .05 cubic foot (33 letters)

Description: Letters and diaries by Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino (1644-1711), S.J. [Jesuits], re: travel and mission development in Baja California and Sonora.

 

/12 鈥淧apers of Jack London, mss JL 1-25268, etc.鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1905-1906

Volume: Fewer than 69 photographs

Description: San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission, California.

 

/13 鈥淟os Angeles County Prefecture Records鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1823-1850

Volume: Few entries

Description: Includes several Spanish Franciscan missions in California: San Francisco de As铆s [Dolores], La Puri虂sima Concepcio虂n de Maria Santisima, San Antonio de Padua, San Buenaventura, San Diego de Alcal谩, San Fernando Rey de Espa帽a, San Gabriel Arc谩ngel, San Juan Capistrano, San Lu铆s Rey de Francia, Santa B谩rbara and Santa In茅s.

 

/14 鈥淐ollection of Californiana, mss FAC 762 (1-275)鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1773-1861

Volume: Portions of 2 reels of microfilm

Description: Collected by William Frederick McPherson; includes San Gabriel Mission, California, matrimonial investigations, ca. 1789-1853 and correspondence of missionaries; from the Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.

 

/15 鈥淩ecords of Baptisms and Burials of Mission La Concepci虂on Puri虂sima, MSS MFilm 00616鈥� Inclusive dates: 1789-1844

Volume: 1 reel of microfilm Description: Records of La Puri虂sima Concepcio虂n de Maria Santisima Mission (Chumash), Lompoc, California; includes baptisms, 1789-1842, and burials, 1890-1844.

 

/16 鈥淩ecords of marriages, mss MFilm 00618鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1786-1842

Volume: 1 reel of microfilm

Description: Marriage records of Santa Barbara Mission (Chumash), Santa Barbara, California.

 

/17 鈥淩ecords of Santa In茅s Mission, mss MFilm 00617鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1805-1917

Volume: 1 reel of microfilm

Description: Records of Santa In茅s Mission (Chumash), Solvang, California; includes baptisms, 1805-1866, marriages, 1807-1904, and burials, 1811-1917.

 

/18 鈥淪olano-Reeve Collection鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1849-ca. 1910

Volume: Nearly 50% within 3,225 items

Description: Mostly oversize survey maps and notes of lands formerly owned by San Fernando and San Gabriel missions, California.

 

/19 鈥淐ollection of Californiana Manuscripts鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1772-1849

Volume: Ca. 2.5 cubic feet (ca. 2,550 letters)

Description: Materials collected by Alexander S. Taylor (1817-1876) and gifted to the San Francisco Archdiocese in 1933; mostly Franciscan correspondence and reports with Spanish and Mexican civil and military officials; re: Spanish Franciscan missions and expeditions in California; notable correspondents include Juan Bautista Alvarado [proclamation, 1828], Fray Narciso Dur谩n, O.F.M. and Fray Vicente Francisco de Sarr铆a, O.F.M.; photocopies; originals at the Archdiocese of San Francisco Archives, Menlo Park, California.

 

/20 鈥淓arly California Population Project鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1769-1850

Volume: Nearly 200,000 entries

Description: The database encompasses all surviving baptismal (101,000 entries), marriage (27,000 entries), and burial (71,000 entries) records from the 21 Franciscan Indian missions in California plus La Placita Church/ Iglesia Nuestra Se帽ora Reina de los Angeles Mission (1826-1848), Los Angeles, and the Santa B谩rbara Presidio (1782-1848), Santa Barbara. See website. The records were derived primarily from microfilm at the Huntington Library, the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, Santa Barbara, the University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Archives, Menlo Park, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archival Center, Mission Hills. Notable gaps include all sacramental records from San Luis Rey de Francia Mission, but its population data was partially reconstructed with the mission鈥檚 padr贸n (a form of a household census), the burial records for Nuestra Se帽ora de la Soledad Mission, major gaps in baptismal records for San Gabriel Arc谩ngel Mission, and a 16-year gap after 1831 in the burial records for San Diego de Alcal谩 Mission.

 

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

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