GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-35
University of California-San Diego. UCSD Libraries 0175S
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
Phone: 858-534-2533
Alternative website: Online Archive of California
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying Facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1770s?, 1844-1968
Volume: Ca. .3 cubic foot
Description: 3 collections include Native Catholic records:
/1 “Bancroft Family correspondence”
Inclusive dates: 1874
Volume: 3 folders
Description: Kate Bancroft’s journal describes travels with her father to the Franciscan missions in California; microfilm copy held at Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California.
/2 “Lewis Geddes Notebooks, MSS 0129”
Inclusive dates: 1930-1937, undated
Volume: 7 folders
Description: Notebooks with photographs and sketches (originals and copies) of San Diego de Alcalá Mission, Santa Barabara Mission, La Purísima Concepción de Maria Santisima Mission, and Santa Inés Mission in California; also translated transcripts of San Diego Mission baptismal and death records, 1770s? (dates not given).
/3 “Southwest Postcard Collection, MSS 235”
Inclusive dates: Ca. 1906-1968
Volume: Few items
Description: Franciscan missions in California.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Ӱ Archives.
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