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Finding aid of the Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico Photocopies of Selected Spanish California Archives
MSS 022  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Alternative Forms of Material Available
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico photocopies of selected Spanish California archives
    Dates: 1532-1784
    Collection number: MSS 022
    Creator: Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
    Collection Size: .5 linear feet
    Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections
    Stockton, California 95211
    Abstract: Collection consists of bound photocopies of letters, reports and other documents on microfilm from originals in Mexican National Archives. Correspondents include Serra, Portola, Anza, Palou, Vizcaino, Escalante and other Spanish religious, military and political leaders.
    Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: Spanish

    Access

    Collection open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico photocopies of selected Spanish California archives. MSS 022. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

    Alternative Forms of Material Available

    Collection is also available on microfilm.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Collection consists of bound photocopies of letters, reports and other documents on microfilm from originals in Mexican National Archives. Correspondents include Serra, Portola, Anza, Palou, Vizcaino, Escalante and other Spanish religious, military and political leaders. Includes correspondence and reports by Fr. Junipero Serra (1713-1784) on founding of Mission San Diego (1769), on founding of Carmel Mission (1770), on plague of grasshoppers in California (1774) and other topics; Francisco de Palou (1723-1789) diary of Portola expedition (1769), report on state of missions in California (n.d.); Juan Bautista de Anza's diary of overland trip from Sonora, Mexico to San Francisco Bay (1776); and Juan Salvatierra's summary of all California exploration prior to 1697.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Palou, Francisco, 1723-1789
    Serra, Junipero, 1713-1784
    Portola, Gaspar de
    Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788
    Latin America - History - To 1830
    California - History - To 1846
    California - History - Sources