Archivos de las Misiones, 1769-1856

Collection context

Summary

Abstract:
Original documents and contemporary copies, emanating from or relating to the California missions. Include correspondence, circular letters, reports, accounts, a few padrones, and one book of marriages.
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 boxes and 1 oversize folder, partial microfilm reel 1 digital object (4 images)
Language:
Collection materials are in Spanish

Background

Scope and content:

These records, contributed by various individuals to H.H. Bancroft for his History of California, are, for the most part, original documents, with a few contemporary copies, emanating from or relating to the Califronia missions. Included are correspondence, circular letters, reports and accounts, a few padrones, and one book of marriages. A few printed broadsides were removed for separate cataloging.

The papers have been arranged by mission, then chronologically within each category. Each folder has been numbered. A calendar follows. Appended at the end is a list of correspondents and authors or signers of documents.

Documents in the portfolio are oversize, and report has been so annotated.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481