Finding Aid for the James M. Keys's The Spanish missions of California and their influence today, 1949
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Descriptive Summary
Title: James M. Keys
The Spanish missions of California and their influence today
Date (inclusive): 1949
Collection number: 170/511
Creator:
Keys, James M.
Extent:
169 leaves : paper ; 29 x 28 cm.
Abstract: Dissertation on the Spanish influence on California, beginning with the missions. Keys examines both the early mission system
and the restored missions in contemporary California life.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of W.W. Robinson.
Processing Note
Cataloged by Citlali Sosa-Riddell, with assistance from Laurel McPhee, in the Center For Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James M. Keys The Spanish missions of California and their influence today (Collection 170/511).
UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
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Biography
James M. Keys was a professor at the University of Portland in Portland Oregon. He completed this work in 1949 and filed
for his dissertation at the University of Madrid, Spain.
Scope and Content
James M. Keys's dissertation contends that Spanish culture influences Californian life, and that its vestiges can be felt
in terms of names, architecture, festivals, laws, irrigation, city locations, and dress. Utilizing the works of Palou, Garces,
Font, Crespi, Engelhardt, Bancroft, Bolton, and Chapman the author describes the Spanish explorers, the founding of all 21
missions, and concludes with a short description of historians' assessments of the mission system of California. The contents
guide lists maps, pictures, photographs, and statistical tables, but the manuscript includes only one table. Although the
author briefly visited each mission in California, he writes little about the restorations of the missions.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Missions--California--History.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts.
Related Material
James M. Keys,
Las misiones Espanoles de California (Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientìficas, Instituto Juan Sebastiàn Elcano, 1950).
Note
Layout: Average of 26 lines per page.
Script: Typescript.
Binding: Bound in black leather dissertation binding.
ff. xi-29: Preface and introductory material
ff. 30-40: Mission San Diego de Alcalá
ff. 41-46: Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
ff. 47-51: Mission San Juan Capistrano
ff. 52-57: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
ff. 58-62: Mission San Fernando Rey de España
ff. 63-67: Mission San Buenaventura
ff. 68-76: Mission Santa Bárbara
ff. 77-79: Santa Ines, Virgin, y Martyr
ff. 80-86: Mission La Purísima Concepción
ff. 87-90: Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
ff. 91-96: Mission San Miguel Arcángel
ff. 97-102: Mission San Antonio de Padua
ff. 103-105: Mission de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
ff. 106-112: Mission San Carlos Borromeo
ff. 113-117: San Juan Bautista
ff. 122-126: Santa Clara de Asis
ff. 127-131: Mission San José de Guadalupe
ff. 132-141: Mission San Francisco de Asis
ff. 142-145: Mission San Rafael Arcángel
ff. 146-150: Mission San Francisco Solano
ff. 151-164: Conclusion, bibliography, appendices.
