GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-55

University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texas Cultures. Library
801 South Bowie Street, Hemis Fair Park
San Antonio, TX 78205

Phone: 210-458-2300
Email: See website (staff)

Alternative website: See -- Texas Archival Resources Online

 

Hours: See website 

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: ca. 1858-1993  

Volume: Ca. .75 cubic foot 

Description: Within 3 collections. 

 

/1 “Heritage Collection”

Inclusive dates: ca. 1858-1971

Volume: Ca. 140 images

Description: Black and white and color prints, slides, and negatives, and other documents and including photographs of artwork; re: Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Socorro, Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia), Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo), San Francisco de la Espada, San Francisco de los Sumas, San Francisco de los Tejas, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (Coahuiltecan Mestizos), San Juan Capistrano, San Miguel Linares de los Adaes, San Saba de la Santa Cruz, and Santisimo Nombre de Maria Missions, all in Texas; Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Mansos del Paso del Norte, San Antonio de Senecú, San Bernardo, San Francisco de los Julimes, and Sanctuario de San Lorenzo, all Mexico near Texas; and San Agustín de la Isleta New Mexico.  

 

/2 “Zintgraff Collection”

Inclusive dates: 1930s-1987

Volume: 6 photographs

Description: Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Francisco de Espada, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, and San Juan Capistrano Missions, all San Antonio, Texas.  

 

/3 “San Antonio Light Collection” 

Inclusive dates: 1924-1993

Volume: 78 photographs

Description: Accompanied articles in the newspaper, San Antonio Light; re: Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Antonio de Valero (El Alamo), San Francisco de Espada, and San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission (especially the restoration work, 1930s), all San    Antonio, Texas.    

 

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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