Archivos de las Misiones, 1769-1856
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Archivos de las Misiones
- Dates:
- 1769-1856
- Abstract:
- Original documents and contemporary copies, emanating from or relating to the California missions. Include correspondence, circular letters, reports, accounts, a few padrones, and one book of marriages.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 4 boxes and 1 oversize folder, partial microfilm reel 1 digital object (4 images)
- Language:
- Collection materials are in Spanish
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Archivos de las Misiones, BANC MSS C-C 4; BANC MSS C-C 5, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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These records, contributed by various individuals to H.H. Bancroft for his History of California, are, for the most part, original documents, with a few contemporary copies, emanating from or relating to the Califronia missions. Included are correspondence, circular letters, reports and accounts, a few padrones, and one book of marriages. A few printed broadsides were removed for separate cataloging.
The papers have been arranged by mission, then chronologically within each category. Each folder has been numbered. A calendar follows. Appended at the end is a list of correspondents and authors or signers of documents.
Documents in the portfolio are oversize, and report has been so annotated.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: September 2017
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Archivos de las Misiones, BANC MSS C-C 4; BANC MSS C-C 5, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481