GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-115
Santa Inés Mission
1760 Mission Drive
P.O. Box 408
Solvang, California 93464
Phone 805-688-4815
Email: office@missionsantaines.org
Hours: By appointment only
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying Facilities: Yes
History: Santa Inés Mission, Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California, has been a predominantly Native American (Chumash) parish near the Santa Ynez Reservation (Chumash) in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Archives: Mission Hills, California).
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1804-1850 (Natives declined) |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered Santa Inés Mission (Chumash) |
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1836-1845 |
Franciscans at Santa Inés attended to La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima Mission (Chumash), Lompoc, Santa Barbara County |
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1850-1851 |
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (South American Province) (Archives: Peru) administered Santa Inés |
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1851-1924 |
Los Angeles diocesan priests administered Santa Inés |
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1924-present |
Capuchins (Irish, Our Lady of Angels provinces) (Archives: Burlingame, California) have administered Santa Inés |
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2000s-present |
Sisters of the Society devoted to the Sacred Heart have served the parish with religious education |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1804-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.9 cubic feet
Description: The records at Santa Inés Mission were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is by type of record.
/1 Correspondence
Inclusive dates: 1913-1960s
Volume: Ca. .4 cubic foot
Description: Annual reports of Native American (Pomo) missions and schools in Mendocino County with St. Dominic Mission, Pinoleville Rancheria; St. Patrick Mission, Yokayo [Yokaia] Rancharia; and St. Mary of the Angels Church, Ukiah and Round Valley Reservation with Round Valley School (Pomo, Yuki, Wailaki), Coyelo and maintenance for Santa Inés Mission; notable correspondents include the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (Charles S. Lusk and Rev. William M. Hughes), Bureau of Indian Affairs (Superintendent W.W. McConihe), Rev. Sebastian Brennan, O.F.M. Cap., and the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego (Chancellor Bernard Dolan and Secretary John J. Devlin).
/2 Parish Census
Inclusive dates: 1904-1990
Volume: Ca. 10% of 1 cubic foot
Description: Population data in 3 volumes plus ca. 25 index cards (4 x 6 inches) arranged by families; the 1911 census lists parishioners’ ethnicity and includes some Chumash, Opata, and Yaqui Indians.
/3 Photography
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-ongoing
Volume: Several prints within ca. 7 cubic feet
Description: 20 albums, re: Santa Inés Mission and Chumash Indians.
/4 Sacramental Records
Inclusive dates: 1804-ongoing
Volume: Possibly 50% Native Americans within ca. 1 cubic foot
Description: Records (baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, burials); includes La Purísima Mission, 1836- 1845; includes some copies from Franciscans Santa Barbara Province Archives, Santa Barbara, California.
/5 Clippings Files
Inclusive dates: ca. 1925-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 10% within .5 cubic foot
Description: Chumash Indians.
/6 Capuchin Biographical Files
Inclusive dates: Undated
Volume: Ca. 10% within .3 cubic foot
Description: Arranged alphabetically by surname; includes a few articles, re: Chumash Indians.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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