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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Junipero Serra Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.624
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(14 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1904-1963
Abstract: Junipero Serra (1713-1784) was a priest of the Franciscan order in the Catholic Church, who helped Spain conquer and colonize
what is now the state of California. This is a collection of magazine and newspaper clippings, manuscripts, programs, and
posters regarding Junipero Serra, dating from 1904-1963. Materials are in English and Spanish.
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
Junipero Serra (1713-1784) was a priest of the Franciscan order in the Catholic Church, who helped Spain conquer and colonize
what is now the state of California.
This is a collection of magazine and newspaper clippings, manuscripts, programs, and posters regarding Junipero Serra. Materials
date from 1904-1963 and include folders on biographical articles and publications, canonization, commemoration, and statues
erected in Serra's honor. Included is a booklet from 1936 documenting correspondence between Captain Don Pedro Fages and Junipero
Serra in 1772. This collection also includes a speech about Serra given by Charles Fletcher Lummis in 1913, and an unpublished
manuscript from 1943 entitled "Serra Postscript" by M. R. Harrington.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 24, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
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.
Junipero Serra Collection, 1904-1963, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.624; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Donations from Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1910 February 28; Frederick Webb Hodge, 1932-1951; Henry Raup Wagner; M. R. Harrington,
1944-1951; and other gifts from 1910 to 1963.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- History
Booklets
Biography
Franciscans
Programs
Posters
Clippings
Manuscripts
Catholic Church -- California
Fages, Pedro
Serra, Junípero