GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-4

University of Texas at Austin. Alexander Architectural Archive
Battle Hall 200, Mail Code: S5430
P.O. Box P
Austin, TX 78713

Phone: 512-495-4621
Email: apl-aaa@lib.utexas.edu

Alternative website: See -- Texas Archival Resources Online

 

Hours: See website

Access: See website 

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1864-1993 

Volume: Ca. 1 cubic foot 

Description: Within 6 collections. 

 

/1 “Ayres & Ayres, Architects Collection” 

Inclusive dates: Between 1894-1977 

Volume: Several drawings and photographs 

Description: Papers of architects Atlee Bernard Ayres and Robert Moss Ayres; include projects at the Spanish Franciscan missions of Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña and San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, both San Antonio, Texas, and Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga (La Bahia), Goliad, Texas; finding aid online. 

 

/2 “O'Neil Ford Collection”

Inclusive dates: Between 1864-1993 

Volume: Several items 

Description: Includes the records of the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association and the Old Spanish Missions Committee of San Antonio, Texas, which are comprised of clippings, drawings, and photographs; also includes a drawing of an unidentified Spanish mission in New Mexico; finding aid online. 

 

/3 “Walter Eugene George, Jr. Collection”

Inclusive dates: Between 1951-1979 

Volume: Several drawings

Description: Drawings of an architect and historic preservationist; includes San Antonio de Valero [The Alamo] and San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Missions, both San Antonio, Texas; finding aid online. 

 

/4 “Stewart King Collection” 

Inclusive dates: Between 1950-1969 

Volume: Several items 

Description: Drawings, photographs, and notes of landscape architect Stewart King; includes San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Francisco de la Espada, and San Juan Capistrano (with aqueduct system) Missions, all San Antonio, Texas; finding aid online. 

 

/5 “Harvey P. Smith Collection”

Inclusive dates: Between 1929-1957 

Volume: Several items

Description: Drawings and field notes by architect and historic preservationist Harvey P. Smith, re: San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Francisco de la Espada, and San Juan Capistrano Missions, all San Antonio, Texas; finding aid online.

 

/6 “Robert Leon White Collection”

Inclusive dates: Between 1920-1928

Volume: Several drawings

Description: Includes San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission, San Antonio, Texas; finding aid online.  

 

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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