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Finding Aid to the Documents relating to
Missions of the Californias : typescript,
1768-1802
BANC MSS M-A 5:1
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Collection Title: Documents relating to
Missions of the
Californias
: typescript,
: typescript,
Date (inclusive): 1768-1802
Collection Number: BANC MSS M-A 5:1
Creator:
Missions of the
Californias
Missions of the
Californias
Extent:
Number of containers: 123 folders
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library 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
reader.
[Identification of item], Documents relating to
Missions of the
Californias
: typescript, BANC MSS
M-A 5:1, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Missions of the
Californias
: typescript, BANC MSS
M-A 5:1, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The transcipts in this collection are arranged into two groups. They are titled "Papeles de
Lancaster-Jones" and "Papeles del Padre Fischer" and are described in Herbert E. Bolton's
Guide
to the Materials for United States History in the Archives of Mexico.
Many are letters
between José de Gálvez, Junípero Serra, Francisco Palou, and the
Guardián of the Colegio de San Fernando concerning the establishment of
missions and the
assignment of missionaries in the
Californias
.
missions and the
assignment of missionaries in the
Californias
.
Some of the transcipts are stamped "Bolton Collection," but had been integrated into the Bancroft Library
transcript collection long before Professor Bolton's death.
The folder numbers should be used in requesting these documents, as well as the archival citations.