GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-35
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Ripley and Broadway Streets
P.O. Box 517
Mountainair, NM 87036
Phone: 505-835-2891
Email: See website (Contact Us)
Hours: By appointment only
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
History: The Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Mountainair, Torrance County, New Mexico, preserves and interprets three historic mission sites in Torrance and Socorro Counties -- San Gregorio de Ab贸, Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Quarai, and San Buenaventura de las Gran Quivira.
1620s-1678 (closed) |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Gregorio de Ab贸 Mission (Piro, Tiwa), Ab贸 |
1620s-1670s (closed) |
Franciscans established and administered San Buenaventura de las Gran Quivira Mission (Piro, Tiwa), Gran Quivira |
1628-1677 (closed) |
Franciscans established and administered Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Quarai Mission (Piro, Tiwa), until abandoned for Tajique |
1680 |
Survivors of the Pueblo revolt at San Gregorio, Nuestra Se帽ora de Pur铆sima Concepci贸n, and San Buenaventura settled the vicinity of El Paso del Norte, Texas |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1890-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 36 cubic feet
Description: Records (copies) of the missions of San Gregorio de Ab贸, Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Curac [Quarai], San Isidro and San Buenaventura de las Gran Quivira.
/1 Photograph Collection
Inclusive dates: ca. 1890-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 24 cubic feet
Description: Includes black and white and color prints and color slides divided by site and format.
A. Ab贸 Unit, ca. 4 cubic feet
B. Grand Quivara Unit, ca. 4 cubic feet
C. Quarai Unit, ca. 4 cubic feet
D. General, ca. 4 cubic feet
E. Maps by Adolph Bandolier (copies), 1 folder; from Vatican Library, Vatican City
F. Slides, ca. 8 cubic feet
G. Southwest Museum album, 1890-1930s; re: photographs (copies) by Charles Lummis and Edger Lee Hewitt; from Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Los Angeles, California
/2 Site files
Inclusive dates: 1898-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 12 cubic feet
Description: Includes articles, maps, photographs, and condition assessment and excavation reports divided by site and there under by topic.
A. Ab贸 Unit, 1938-ongoing, ca. 4 cubic feet
B. Grand Quivara Unit, 1898-ongoing, ca. 4 cubic feet
C. Quarai Unit, 1913-ongoing, ca. 4 cubic feet
/3 Related National Park Service documents online
Inclusive dates: unknown
Volume: 1 history
Description: 鈥淚n the Midst of a Loneliness: The Architectural History of the Salinas Missions.鈥
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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