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Title: Diocesan Heritage Series collection
Date (inclusive): 1984-2008, undated
Date (bulk): 1984-1992
Collection Number: MS 312
Creator:
Harley, R. Bruce
Extent:
0.84 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection is primarily comprised of manuscripts, and some corresponding published articles/materials, written by Dr.
R. Bruce Harley regarding Agua Mansa/La Placita and related New Mexican history, the Catholic Church in southern California,
and March Air Force Base, focusing on the area that is now Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Harley earned his PhD in
history from the University of Iowa and spent his career teaching U.S. and world history, eventually becoming the historian
for the U.S. Air Force and later the archivist for the Diocese of San Bernardino.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Diocesan Heritage Series collection (MS 312). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by David Rios, Special Research Projects Director, 2017.
Robert Bruce Harley was born in 1918 in Minnesota. In 1940 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from William Penn
University and a year later with a master's degree from Haverford College in Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army from
1941-1945 in Great Britain, North Africa, and Italy as a combat engineer, landing craft engineer, and a heavy cargo truck
driver. He resumed his graduate studies at the University of Iowa, graduating in 1948 with a doctorate, specializing in American
colonial history. He taught at Western Illinois University for 11 years during which time he met and married Clara Horcasitas
of New Mexico. In 1959 he was employed by the U.S. Air Force serving mostly at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California
but also in Germany. In 1983 he transitioned from the Air Force to become the first archivist for the Catholic Diocese of
San Bernardino until 1998. He died in Redlands, California in 2008 and was buried in the Riverside National Cemetery.
Many of his manuscripts were published as stand-alone articles in various publications and/or formed part of the twelve volume
Readings in Diocesan Heritage or the single volume
The Story of Agua Mansa: Its Settlement, Churches, and People.
This collection is primarily comprised of manuscripts, and some corresponding published articles/materials, written by Dr.
R. Bruce Harley regarding Agua Mansa/La Placita and related New Mexican history, the Catholic Church in southern California,
and March Air Force Base, focusing on the area that is now Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
This collection is arranged into four series. Please note that initial articles (A, An, The) in English are ignored, but are
kept in the alphabetization in Spanish (El Carmelo). Abbreviations are alphabetized as if spelled out (e.g., Msgr = Monsignor,
Rev = Reverend, St = Saint). The series arrangement of this collection is as follows:
- Series 1. Agua Mansa, 1985-1997, undated
- Series 2. Catholic Church, 1985-1994, undated
- Series 3. Junípero Serra, 1984-1986, undated
- Series 4. Other, 1987-2008, undated
Related materials compiled by R. Bruce Harley or in which his articles appear:
Note: Copies of the following publications can be located in the UCR Library collection by searching the online catalog.
- Readings in diocesan heritage, vols. 1-12
- The story of Agua Mansa : its settlement, churches and people ; first community in San Bernardino Valley, 1842-1893
- Beacon (March Air Force Base)
- Crossroads (Colton Area Museum)
- Heritage tales (City of San Bernardino Historical & Pioneer Society)
- Odyssey (City of San Bernardino Historical & Pioneer Society)
- Quarterly (San Bernardino County Museum Association)
- Spanish Traces
Two related collections held at repositories outside UCR include:
- Diocese of San Bernardino. Office of Archives. 1201 East Highland Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92402. Telephone: 909.475.5399
- City of San Bernardino Norman F. Feldheym Library. Arda Haenszel California Room. 555 W 6th Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410. Telephone: 909.381.8208. Note: in addition to the regular files, the archive of the San Bernardino Valley Genealogical Society is housed at this location.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784
Harley, R. Bruce
Agua Mansa (Calif.)
Catholic Church
Riverside County (Calif.)
San Bernardino County (Calif.)
Missions--California--History
Articles
Correspondence
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts