GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-49

University of California-Los Angeles. Young Research Library. Special Collections
A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Phone: 310-825-4988

 

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Copying Facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive Dates: ca. 1843-1984

Volume: Ca. 2.5 cubic feet

Description: 14 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

/1 “Fremont Ackerman Papers, Collection 312”

Inclusive dates: 1911

Volume: 1 item

Description: Survey completed by Ackerman, a civil engineer and surveyor, of San Gabriel Arcángel Mission  [Franciscans], San Gabriel, California.

 

/2 “Albert Bartlett Papers, Collection 1300”

Inclusive dates: Undated

Volume: 2 folders

Description: Photographs of San Diego de Alcalá Mission  [Franciscans], San Diego, California and San Xavier del Bac Mission  [Franciscans], Tucson, Arizona by Albert Bartlett (1887-1966).

 

/3 “Collection of California Postcards, Collection 1351”

Inclusive dates: 1890

Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot

Description: Images of 10 California Franciscan missions, including La Purísima Concepción de Maria Santisima, San Antonio de Pala, San Buenaventura, San Diego de Alcalá, San Fernando Rey de España, San Gabriel Arcángel, San Juan Capistrano, San Luís Rey de Francia, Santa Inés, and Santa Barbara.

 

/4 “Will Connell Papers, Collection 839”

Inclusive dates: 1928-1961

Volume: 226 photographs

Description: By Will Connell (1898-1961), re: all 21 Franciscan missions in California; included in The Missions of California, 1941.

 

/5 “Ralph D. Cornell Papers, Collection 1411”

Inclusive dates: 1925-1972

Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot

Description: By landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell (1908-1972), re: color transparencies of Franciscan Indian missions in California.

 

/6 “Joseph Le Compte Davis Papers, Collection 476”

Inclusive dates: 1899-1957

Volume: Ca. 1 cubic foot

Description: By Joseph Le Compte Davis (1864-1957): 2 ink drawings of San Juan Bautista and San Miguel Arcángel Missions [Franciscans] and 20 watercolors, 5 blue-tinted photographs, and 1 black and white photograph of various Franciscan missions in California.

 

/7 “Francis M. Fultz Papers, Collection 138”

Inclusive dates: ca. 1850-1927

Volume: 7 slides

Description: San Diego de Alcalá Mission, San Diego, California.

 

/8 “Archibald H. Gillespie Papers, Collection 333”

Inclusive dates: 1845-1860

Volume: Few letters

Description: Land claims of Franciscan Indian missions in California.

 

/9 “Ernest M. Pratt Photograph Collection, Collection 1217”

Inclusive dates: ca. 1920-1940

Volume: 31 prints

Description: Franciscan Native American missions in California -- San Buenaventura, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, San Diego de Alcalá, San Gabriel Arcángel, and San Juan Capistrano Missions.

 

/10 “Photographer's Collection, Collection 98”

Inclusive dates: 1863-1860s

Volume: Few photographs

Description: By Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916); Franciscan Native American missions in California and San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona.

 

/11 “Picture Collection, Collection 99”

Inclusive dates: 1890-1900s

Volume: Few photographs

Description: Franciscan Native American missions in California

 

/12 “W.W. Robinson Papers, Collection 2072”

Inclusive dates: ca. 1843-1972

Volume: 9 folders

Description: By William Wilcox Robinson (1891-1972); includes Christmas cards with views of Franciscan Native American missions in California -- San Gabriel Arcángel and Santa Barbara Missions, correspondence and brochures on San Fernando Rey de España Mission, and advisory committee records on the La Purisima Mission restoration.

 

/13 “Carleton Watkins Collection of Photographs, Collection number 599”

Inclusive dates: ca. 1867-1882

Volume: Ca. .5 cubic foot

Description: By Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916); Franciscan Native American missions in California and San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona.

 

/14 “Lloyd Wright Papers, Collection 1561”

Inclusive dates: 1920-1978

Volume: 1 painting

Description: Watercolor painting of Santa Inés Mission [Franciscans], Solvang, California, by Lloyd Wright (1890-1978).

 

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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