Diocesan Heritage Series collection
Collection Scope and Content Summary
- 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:
- 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
- Diocese of San Bernardino. Office of Archives. Peter Bradley, Director. 1201 East Highland Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92402. Telephone: 909.475.5399, email: pbradley@sbdiocese.org
- 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.
Collection Contents
Series 1 Agua Mansa 1985-1997, undated.
Series Scope and Content Summary
"Abiquiu, New Mexico: ancestral home of the Agua Mansans" by R. Bruce Harley (39p., includes footnotes) undated
"The Agua Mansa Cemetery" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) undated
"Agua Mansa history tour" by R. Bruce Harley (6p., includes map with attachments) 1996
"Agua Mansa: the valley’s first post-mission settlement, 1842-1893, Narrative" by R. Bruce Harley (15p.) undated
"Agua Mansa writings" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) April 1990
"Agua Mansa writings in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the pioneers’ arrival, 9 November 1842 – 9 November 1992" by R. Bruce Harley pages unnumbered) 1992
"A bell for Agua Mansa" by R. Bruce Harley (4p.) undated
"Diocese’s first church survives flood, quicksand" by Bruce Harley and Kathleen Mitchell Inland Catholic (pages unnumbered) October 24, 1985
"Fate overtakes Agua Mansa" by R. Bruce Harley (5p.) undated
"A flood nearly destroys the first San Salvador Parish" by R. Bruce Harley (7p.) undated
"From Abiquiu to California, 1842" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) undated
"Letter to Ms. Gladys Murphy" by R. Bruce Harley (page unnumbered) 1990-10-24T00:00:00
"Letter to Tom [Patterson?]” by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered) January 3, 1997
"Office memo to Bishop Phillip Straling about Agua Mansa Church" by R. Bruce Harley (2p.) 1990-03-29T00:00:00
"Pablo Belarde, the last Agua Mansan" by R. Bruce Harley (13p., includes table) undated
"Padre Pedro: bishop from Agua Mansa" by R. Bruce Harley (15 p., includes bibliography) undated
"The pastors at Agua Mansa’s San Salvador Parish" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) undated
"The Peralta land fraud case" by R. Bruce Harley (18p., includes footnotes) undated
"Proposal for a San Bernardino County Museum Quarterly Volume 43 (2), Spring 1996, entitled 'Historical tour of Agua Mansa, La Placita and San Salvador pioneer sites, 1842-1893'" by R. Bruce Harley (unnumbered pages, includes bibliography and attachments). 1995
"Research sheds light on early Spanish-speaking communities" by Tom Patterson in The Press-Enterprise (p.B-2) June 15, 1986
"Student’s search for settler’s past" by Floyd Rinehart in San Bernardino Sun (p.B-1) 1986-04-21T00:00:00
"Vanished Spanish-speaking communities revisited in book" by Tom Patterson in The Press-Enterprise (p.B-7) 1992-04-19T00:00:00
"When did the Agua Mansa chapel close?" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) undated
"Where was Isaac Slover buried?" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) undated
Series 2 Catholic Church 1985-1994, undated
Series Scope and Content Summary
"Aeneas and Catherine Quinn: pioneer church patrons of San Bernardino" by R. Bruce Harley (6p., includes bibliography) undated
"Area’s asistencia history needs a bit of correction" by Tom Patterson in The Press-Enterprise (p. B2) 1988-01-10T00:00:00
"The beginnings of St. Bernardine’s Parish, 1862-1872" by R. Bruce Harley (7p., includes footnotes) undated
"Benedict Castle: former home of Our Lady of Riverside Seminary, 1952-1971" by R. Bruce Harley (6p., includes table and bibliography) undated
"Booklists, Office of Archives, San Bernardino Diocese" by R. Bruce Harley (most booklists pages unnumbered) April 1989-January 1990
"Brief history of St. Mary’s Parish, Redlands" by R. Bruce Harley (3p., includes bibliography and table) undated
"The Catholic Church in the Anza area" by R. Bruce Harley (5p.) undated
"The Catholic Church in the County of San Bernardino, 1819-1987" by R. Bruce Harley (89p., includes tables and bibliography) undated
"The Catholic Church in the Highgrove area" by R. Bruce Harley (4p., includes tables and bibliography) undated
"The Catholic Church in the metropolitan San Bernardino area" by R. Bruce Harley (44p., includes footnotes and tables) undated
"The Catholic Church in the Redlands area, 1830-1988" by R. Bruce Harley (23p., includes bibliography) undated
"The Catholic Churches in the San Jacinto area" by R. Bruce Harley (4p., includes bibliography) undated
"Centennial history of the Roman Catholic Church in Riverside County, 1886-1986" by R. Bruce Harley (60p., includes tables and bibliography) undated
"A Christmas Eve birth in Riverside County" by R. Bruce Harley (5p., includes sidebar) undated
"Chronology of Catholic parish formation, Diocese of San Bernardino, Riverside County" by R. Bruce Harley (4p.) undated
"Critique of two San Bernardino historical traditions" by R. Bruce Harley (3p., includes bibliography) undated
"Diocese of San Bernardino, California" by R. Bruce Harley (5p.) [Parish list by city] undated
"Early pioneers help establish St. Bernardine Church" by R. Bruce Harley in Inland Catholic, (p.7) [Aeneas and Catherine Quinn] 1987-05-14T00:00:00
"El Carmelo retreat house" by R. Bruce Harley (2p.) undated
"El Carmelo retreat house" by R. Bruce Harley in Odyssey (Quarterly of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, 10(3):43-44) July-September 1988
"Father Brady and the 1910 St. Bernardine’s Church" by R. Bruce Harley (11p., includes bibliography) undated
"Father Dave: founder of Black parishes in Riverside and San Diego" by R. Bruce Harley (4p., includes bibliography) undated
"Father George L. Willard: Indian educator" by R. Bruce Harley (2p.) undated
"Father Kerfs and high desert 'railroad parishes'" by R. Bruce Harley (11p., includes bibliography) undated
"Franciscan mission and Mexican ranchos in the Inland Empire" by R. Bruce Harley (8p., includes bibliography and map) undated
"Fray Francisco Garces" by R. Bruce Harley in Odyssey (Quarterly of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, 8(4):58-61) [no bibliography] October-December 1986
"Fray Francisco Garces: explorer and martyr" by R. Bruce Harley (7p., includes bibliography) undated
"History of St. Bernardine Parish, San Bernardino, California, 1862-1987" by R. Bruce Harley (14p., includes bibliography and table) undated
"History of St. Francis de Sales Church, Riverside, California" (5p.) undated
"Indian mission chapels of Riverside County" by R. Bruce Harley (15p., includes bibliography) undated
"A journey over the Mojave and Bradshaw Trails" by R. Bruce Harley (11p., includes bibliography) undated
"The life and times of a pioneer merchant: Aeneas Quinn, 1800-1870" by R. Bruce Harley (18, 5p., includes footnotes) undated
"List of Catholic names, burials at San Bernardino Cemetery (Seccombe Lake State Park)" by R. Bruce Harley (4p.) May 1990
"Monsignor Bradley: preservation pastor" by R. Bruce Harley (12p., includes bibliography) undated
"Msgr. Peter Lynch: Vicar of Riverside" by R. Bruce Harley (4p., includes bibliography) undated
"Monsignor Thomas J. Fitzgerald: Vicar of Redlands" by R. Bruce Harley (13p., includes bibliography) undated
"Padre Francisco Dumetz: first missionary to San Bernardino?" by R. Bruce Harley (11p., includes bibliography) undated
"Padre of Route 66" by R. Bruce Harley (8p, include bibliography) [Father Leo Hanley] undated
Padre of Route 66 by R. Bruce Harley in Route 66 magazine (page unnumbered) 1994
"Padre Tomas Estenga: last missionary to San Bernardino" by R. Bruce Harley (6p., includes bibliography) undated
"The parish schools of St. Bernardine’s, 1921-1971" by R. Bruce Harley (10p., includes bibliography) undated
"Pioneer priest established diocese’s first black parish" by R. Bruce Harley in Inland Catholic 8(10):1,6 1987-03-12T00:00:00
"A pioneer teacher" by R. Bruce Harley in Odyssey (Quarterly of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, 10(4):52-53,57-58) [Sister Anna Francis at St. Boniface Industrial School for Indians] October – December 1988
"Premier missionary to the Indians" by R. Bruce Harley (5p.) [Father B. Florian Hahn] undated
"Publications and writings " by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered) January 1990
"Ramona play sparks interest in area lore" by Bill Jennings in The Riverside Press-Enterprise (p.B-2) 1986-04-22T00:00:00
"Rev. Juan Caballeria: historian or storyteller? Rethinking the 1810 Dumetz expedition" by R. Bruce Harley (23p., includes bibliography) undated
"Rev. Nicholas Conneally: master builder" by R. Bruce Harley (5p., includes bibliography) undated
"Rev. P. J. Stockman: pastor, missionary, educator, and church founder, 1874-1895" by R. Bruce Harley (7, 2p., includes bibliography) undated
"St. Boniface Indian School Cemetery" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered., includes bibliography and list of burials) undated
"St. Boniface Indian School Cemetery" by R. Bruce Harley (2p., includes bibliography and list of burials) undated
"St. Catherine’s School: San Bernardino’s first Catholic school" by R. Bruce Harley (13p., includes footnotes) undated
"St. Francis de Sales one of earliest southland churches" by R. Bruce Harley in Inland Catholic, 8(2):1, 6 January 15, 1987
"St. Mary’s roots go back beyond founding of parish in 1937" by R. Bruce Harley in Inland Catholic, (p.11) 1987-04-30T00:00:00
"San Bernardino’s Guadalupe School, 1919-1989" by R. Bruce Harley (4p., includes bibliography) undated
"San Timoteo Chapel" by R. Bruce Harley (2p., includes bibliography) [Same text as Odyssey article] undated
"San Timoteo Church" by R. Bruce Harley in Odyssey (Quarterly of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, 9(4):60) [no bibliography] October-December 1987
"Second annual report, fiscal year 1984-85, for the Diocesan Office of Archives" by R. Bruce Harley (2, 6p., includes table) 1985-08-30T00:00:00
"Selections from the Diocesan Heritage Series: a Christmas Eve birth in Riverside County; tales out of an 1880s school; a pioneer teacher at St. Boniface Indian School" by R. Bruce Harley (5, 5, 6p.) ["a compilation of those articles which, by the interest shown, have been particularly popular with women readers'] undated
"Tales out of school" by R. Bruce Harley in Odyssey (Quarterly of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, 9(1): 9-10) [St. Catherine’s convent school] January-March 1987
"Who was buried in San Bernardino’s first cemetery?" by R. Bruce Harley (pages unnumbered, includes bibliography) undated
Series 3 Junípero Serra 1984-1986, undated
Series Scope and Content Summary
"The cause of Junipero Serra" by Francis F. Guest, Fr, O.F.M, Ph.D., archivist Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library (16p., includes bibliography) undated
"Copies of original testimony for the cause of Father Serra (Processus ordinarius montereyensis-fresnensis in causa beatificationis et canonizationis servi Dei, Juniperi Serra)" by unknown interviewer with Emma Butler Ambrosia (p.35-40) undated
"Copies of original testimony for the cause of Father Serra (Processus ordinarius montereyensis-fresnensis in causa beatificationis et canonizationis servi Dei, Juniperi Serra)" by unknown interviewer with John Onessimo (p.99-102) undated
"Copies of original testimony for the cause of Father Serra (Processus ordinarius montereyensis-fresnensis in causa beatificationis et canonizationis servi Dei, Juniperi Serra)" by unknown interviewer with Joseph John Hitchcock (p.105-110) undated
"Father Junipero Serra: biography" by unknown author (pages unnumbered) undated
"Father Junipero Serra, the man" by unknown author (4p.) [quotes from interviewees Michael Mathis, Harry Kelsey, David Hornbeck, Iris Engstrand, Gloria Miranda, Fr. Francis F. Guest] undated
"He was short in stature, big in will" by unknown author (1p) Reprint from: Escondido Times-Advocate October 5, 1986
Interview with Dr. David Hornbeck, Cal State Northridge: "What would have happened if the mission system had not come to California?" (8p.) undated
Interview with Dr. Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., USC: " Was Father Serra a brutal man who enslaved the Indians and completely destroyed their culture? If the mission system had not come to California, who would have?" (9p.) undated
Interview with Dr. Gloria E. Miranda, Los Angeles Valley College: "What is your area, your specialty, in terms of history?" (4p.) undated
Interview with Dr. Harry Kelsey, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: "I understand that one of your areas of expertise is the California mission era" (4p.) undated
Interview with Dr. Iris Engstrand, Univ. of San Diego: "What is your area of expertise in terms of the California mission system?" (5p.) undated
Interview with Dr. Michael Mathes, Univ. of San Francisco: "Some people seem to think the indian population of California would still be living here in their natural state if the Franciscans had not arrived. Is that possible?" (4p.) undated
Interview with John Johnson, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: "What is your special area of expertise anthropologically in relation to the mission system in California?" (8p.) undated
Interview with Norman Neuerburg, Cal State Dominguez Hills: "Why do you think that now, after all this time, people are coming out against Father Serra?" (4p.) undated
"List of Serra report interviewees" by unknown author (pages unnumbered) undated
Monterey bishop releases report countering criticism of Serra: Bishop Shubsda invites detractors to produce proof (8p.) 1986-11-24T00:00:00
"San Fernando Velicatá: Serra’s first California mission (1769-1773)" by W. Michael Mathes (pages unnumbered) [Special reprint from The Californians September/October 1984
"Serra and the founding of San Diego—birthplace of American California" by Iris H. W. Engstrand (pages unnumbered) [Special reprint from The Californians September/October 1984
"The Serra report: executive summary" by Most Reverend Thaddeus Shubsda, Bishop, Diocese of Monterey (2p.) undated
Series 4 Other 1987-2008, undated
Series Scope and Content Summary
"Alessandro: a “lost” town of San Bernardino County" by R. Bruce Harley (6p., includes bibliography) undated
"Bradshaw Trail is retraced" by Terri Hardy in The Press-Enterprise (p.B-3) 1990-03-30T00:00:00
"Father of San Bernardino Valley: Senator William A. Conn" by R. Bruce Harley (10p. includes bibliography) undated
Map title: "March A. F. B., Cal. 92508" undated
"March Field: bastion of airpower" by R. Bruce Harley (5p., includes bibliography) undated
"March Field’s first training era, 1918-1921" by R. Bruce Harley (21p., includes footnotes and bibliography) undated
"Now is the time for exploring the Bradshaw Trail" by Tom Patterson in The Press-Enterprise (p.B-2) 1987-10-25T00:00:00
Obituary: "Robert Bruce Harley" by unknown author in The Press-Enterprise? (p.D-3) 2008-07-29T00:00:00
"On the trail of discovery" by Tom Patterson in The Press-Enterprise (p.B-2) 1992-06-07T00:00:00
"The San Jacinto Rancho" by R. Bruce Harley (5p., includes bibliography) undated
"History and genealogy of the Jacob Leonidas Harley family, Elwood, Illinois, 1830-1997" by Robert Bruce Harley, Sr. (63 p., includes bibliography, maps, photos) March 1997