Note
Scope and Contents
Processing History
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions Governing Access
Acquisition
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Catholic Church Parchment Manuscripts
source:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Identifier/Call Number: MS.547
Physical Description:
3.8 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date: undated
Abstract: Sixty-five pages of parchment manuscript book of Catholic church liturgy used in a California mission. This collection also
includes a page of missal from a convent.
Language of Material:
English
.
Note
Reported to be part of a Mexican Missal of 1620. There were originally 216 leaves which were bound in pigskin. Binding was
burned off and the pages were scorched in a fire that destroyed the Santa Rosa Convent in 1670.
Scope and Contents
Sixty-five pages of parchment manuscript book of Catholic church liturgy used in a California mission. It is partly burned.
Rescued and preserved by Charles Fletcher Lummis. Four pages are enclosed in glass frames. This collection also includes a
page of missal from a convent.
Processing History
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Final processing and finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing
Archivist, 2012 October 4, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions
(NHPRC).
Preferred Citation
Catholic Church Parchment Manuscripts, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.547; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Conditions Governing Access
Acquisition
Liturgy collected by Charles Fletcher Lummis; Missal page donated by Sandwich Historical Society, 1978 June.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Missals
Manuscripts
Catholic Church -- California
Liturgies
Missions -- California
Lummis, Charles Fletcher