California Mission Documents

Finding aid created by Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library staff using RecordEXPRESS

Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library

2201 Laguna Street

Santa Barbara, California 93105

(805) 682-4713, ext. 131

research@sbmal.org

https://www.sbmal.org/

2024

Descriptive Summary

Title: California Mission Documents

Dates: 1640 to 1853

Collection Number: CMD

Creator/Collector:

Extent: (11 vertical file drawers, 2 oversize boxes)

Repository: Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library

Santa Barbara, California 93105

Abstract: Originals and photocopies of letters, reports, and other related documents.

Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian

Access

The collection is open for research use by appointment. To make an appointment call (805) 682-4713 ext. 131 or email research@sbmal.org

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. California Mission Documents. Collection Number: CMD. Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library

Biography/Administrative History

This archive had its inception during the months when Joseph de Gálvez and Fray Junípero Serra planned the exploration of Alta California in 1768. The original archive remained in Serra's hands until his death in 1784. It was passed on to succeeding Presidentes of the mission system. As friars elsewhere confronted mission secularization and confiscation in the 19th century, they sent their missions' historical documents and materials to Mission Santa Bárbara, which has remained in the hands of the Franciscans from its founding in 1786 until the present day. The materials should be considered original manuscripts in Spanish, unless noted otherwise. These finding guides are the lifelong work and creation of historian and archivist, Fr. Maynard Geiger, O.F.M., Ph.D.

Scope and Content of Collection

Finding aid: https://www.sbmal.org/_files/ugd/224541_4ec3469e160c4fec8a12e4a700777102.pdf

Indexing Terms

Franciscans--California--History

Catholic Church--California--History

García Diego y Moreno, Francisco, 1785-1846

González Rubio, José, 1804-1875

Lasuén, Fermín Francisco de, 1736-1803

Arrillaga, José Joaquín, 1750-1814

Borica y Retegui, Diego de, 1742-1800

Solá, Pablo Vicente de, 1761-1824

Sarria, Vicente Francisco, 1767-1835

California--Church history--19th century