GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-33
Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Library
126 East Nerva Street
P.O. Box 1401
San Antonio, TX 78295
Phone: 210-784-1512
Email: See website
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic-related records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1703-1995, undated
Volume: Ca. 10 cubic feet
Description: 17 collections include Native Catholic records.
Manuscript Collections:
/1 鈥淎bstract of Title Collection, DRT 1 Inventory鈥�
Inclusive dates: Between 1889-1964
Volume: Several documents
Description: Title traces (with copies) for San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo) and San Francisco de la Espada Missions, San Antonio, Texas; finding aid available.
/2 鈥淎lbert Curtis Papers, Collection 1275鈥�
Inclusive dates: Between 1729-1967
Volume: Several letters
Description: Mostly correspondence, re: Franciscan missions of San Antonio, Texas; finding aid available.
/3 鈥淩eynaldo J. Esparza Research Papers, Collection 8827鈥�
Inclusive dates: Between 1802-1995
Volume: Several documents
Description: Correspondence, notes, publications, and photographs; re: genealogical and historical research of Franciscan missions of San Antonio, Texas; finding aid available.
/4 鈥淧etition, Document 5572鈥�
Inclusive dates: ca. 1718
Volume: 1 letter
Description: To the Spanish Crown from Jos茅 de Azlor y Virto de Vera Aguayo, re: titles to mission ranching lands in Texas; in Spanish.
/5 鈥淓rnst F. Schuchard Papers, Collection 926鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1832-1973
Volume: Approximately 3 cubic feet
Description: Notebooks, scrapbooks, ephemera, artwork, and photographs; re: San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo (especially restoration and painted decorations) and Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a Missions, San Antonio, Texas.
/6 鈥淭aylor Family Papers, Collection 940鈥�
Inclusive dates: Late 1920s
Volume: Several photographs
Description: Includes aerial photographs of San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission, San Antonio, Texas; finding aid available.
/7 鈥淩ecords transcribed by John Ogden Leal鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1703-1884
Volume: 30 volumes
Description: Texas mission records (transcripts) translated from Spanish, 1976-1993.
A. 鈥淟a Bahia del Espiritu Santo Census: Cavalry, February 1, 1785; Spaniards and Indians, December 31, 1790, 1 volume
B. 鈥淢ission Concepci贸n records: Marriages, 1733-1790,鈥� 1 volume
C. 鈥淢ission Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a records, 1796-1818,鈥� 1 volume
D. 鈥淢ission San Francisco de la Espada records, 1793-1818,鈥� 1 volume
E. 鈥淢ission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo records, 1793-1818,鈥� 1 volume
F. 鈥淢ission San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Antonio, Texas鈥�
1. Baptisms, 1777-1823, 1 volume
2. Marriages, 1778-1822,鈥� 1 volume
3. Burials, 1781-1824,鈥� 1 volume
G. 鈥淢ission San Juan Capistrano records," 1815-1818, 1 volume
H. 鈥淪an Fernando de Bexar: Barrio del Norte, Census," 1819, 1 volume
I. 鈥淰illa of San Fernando de Bexar, Census鈥� 1795, 1 volume
J. 鈥淢ission San Francisco de Solano, Mexico and Mission San Antonio de Valero [The Alamo], San Antonio, Texas
1. Records, 1703-1783,鈥� 1 volume
2. 鈥淏urial records, 1703-1782,鈥� 1 volume
3. 鈥淢arriage records,17091788,鈥� 1 volume
K. 鈥淪an Fernando Church, San Antonio, Texas"
1. Marriages, 1856-1884, 1 volume
2. Baptisms, 1858-1863, 1 volume
3. Baptisms, 1864-1868, 1 volume
4. Baptisms, 1869-1873, 1 volume
5. Baptisms, 1874-1877, 1 volume
6. "Baptisms," 1731-1858, 6 volumes
7. Burials, 1744-1808, 2 volumes
8. Confirmations, 1759, 1 volume
9. Marriages, 1731-1760, 1775-1780, 1798-1856, 2 volumes
Art and Photograph Collections:
/8 鈥淎rt Collection鈥�
Inclusive dates: ca. 1850-1980, undated
Volume: Ca. 45 works
Description: Oil paintings, etchings, art prints, watercolors, and other formats, re: San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo), San Juan Capistrano, San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a, and San Francisco de la Espada Missions, all San Antonio, Texas, Nuestra Se帽ora del Esp铆ritu Santo de Z煤帽iga Mission, Goliad, Texas, and El Rancho de Taos, Taos, New Mexico; notable artists include Bernhardt T. Wall, Willie Reed Rowe, and Theodore Gentilz.
/9 鈥淎niol Photograph Collection, PFC Aniol 1265鈥�
Inclusive dates: ca. 1860-1950
Volume: Several prints
Description: Prints, stereographs, postcards, slides, and negatives; re: San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo), San Juan Capistrano, San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a, and San Francisco de la Espada Missions, all San Antonio, Texas; finding aid available.
/10 鈥淒avis album of San Antonio historic sites, V Photos Album 2/1 Davis鈥�
Inclusive dates: ca. 1910-1921
Volume: Several prints
Description: Prints, typescript, clippings, and notes; re: Franciscan Indian missions, San Antonio, Texas.
/11 鈥淔ord Green's Album of the Missions No. 1, Vault Photos Box 6 Oversized 12068鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1950
Volume: 3 volumes
Description: San Juan Capistrano, San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a, and San Francisco de la Espada Missions, all San Antonio, Texas.
/12 鈥淢exico and San Antonio Views [Picture]: with Scenes along the Mexico Central Railroad, V Photos Album 4 Mexico鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1903
Volume: Several prints Description: Franciscan Indian missions, San Antonio, Texas.
/13 鈥淪an Antonio Views [Picture], V Photos Album 9 San Antonio鈥�
Inclusive dates: undated (late 19th century)
Volume: Several prints
Description: Franciscan Indian missions, San Antonio, Texas.
/14 鈥淪an Antonio Views, PFC Jordan 2349鈥�
Inclusive dates: Undated
Volume: 3 prints
Description: Photographs, re: San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo), San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo and Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a Missions, all San Antonio, Texas.
/15 鈥淪pringer Collection, PFC Springer 12224鈥�
Inclusive dates: ca. 1920
Volume: 9 prints
Description: Photographs, re: San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo), San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo, and Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a Missions, all San Antonio, Texas.
/16 鈥淶ellweger Photograph Album, PFC Zellweger Collection鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1912-1923
Volume: Several photographs
Description: Prints and negatives (copies), re: Franciscan Indian missions, San Antonio, Texas.
/17 鈥淕eneral Photograph Collection鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1880s-1996
Volume: 274 photographs
Description: Prints (some copies), stereographs, and negatives; re: primarily San Francisco de la Espada, Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Acu帽a, San Jos茅 y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Juan Capistrano, and San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo) Missions, all San Antonio, Texas, and Nuestra Se帽ora del Esp铆ritu Santo de Z煤帽iga (La Bahia) Mission, Goliad, Texas.
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.new2006/rev2018
