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Title: De la Guerra Collection
Dates: Bulk dates: 1806-1886
Collection Number: DLG
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (6 vertical file drawers, 17 oversize boxes)
Repository:
Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library
Santa Barbara, California 93105
Abstract: The letters, diaries, accounts, petitions, statistics, and reports in the De la Guerra Collection cover the social, political,
military, and economic pursuits of one of California's founding families.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian
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[Identification of item]. De la Guerra Collection. Collection Number: DLG. Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library
These documents remained in the hands of the de la Guerra family until 1967, when Father Joseph Thompson, O.F.M., great-grandson
of Captain de la Guerra, died. A few years prior to his death, Father Thompson had deposited the collection at the Henry E.
Huntington Library, San Marino, California, with the provision that upon his death, they be transferred to the Santa Barbara
Mission Archive-Library and remain there permanently.
Scope and Content of Collection
The de la Guerra Collection is comprised of the papers of José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega (1779-1858), captain of the
Spanish army and commandant of the Santa Barbara Presidio (1806-1842) and to his successors. The letters, reports, and diaries
document José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega's time as a military and political leader and as the treasurer for the Franciscan
missionaries of California, which accounts for the many letters of the missionaries in this series that were sent to him.
Personal correspondence
Business correspondence