GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-2

University of Colorado-Boulder. Norlin Library. American Music Research Center
Macky Auditorium, 229H
Boulder, CO 80309

Phone: 303-735-3645
Email: mus@colorado.edu

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions 

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1794-1993, undated 

Volume: Ca. 4.0 cubic feet 

Description: 2 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

/1 “California Mission Music Collection”

Inclusive dates: 1794-1993, undated 

Volume: 1.8 cubic feet

Description: Mission music research files from the American Music Research Center, Dominican College, San Rafael, California; used for Gloria Dei: The Story of California Mission Music, Sister Mary Dominic Ray, O.P. and Joseph H. Engbeck, Jr., 1975; collection within the Sister Mary Dominic Ray Library

A. Series I, Padres, 1813, 1980, undated, 1 box

1. Arroya de la Cuesta, Fray Felipe, O.F.M, and Fray Oro Molido, O.F.M, 1 folder, undated

2. Durán, Fray Narciso, O.F.M., 1813, undated, 5 folders; re: music scores, includes copies from the Bancroft Library

3. Jerusalem, Fray Ignacio, O.F.M., 1980, undated, 1 folder

4. Sancho, Fray Juan B., O.F.M., undated, 2 folders; re: music scores

5. Serra, Fray Junípero, O.F.M., undated, 1 folder; re: biography

B. Series II, Missions, 1904-1974, undated, 1 box

1. Casa de Adobe Mission, California, 1973, 1 folder; pamphlet

2. La Purísima Concepción de Maria Santisima Mission, Lompoc, California, 1974, undated, 1 folder; news clipping and pamphlet

3. San Antonio de Pala Mission, Pala, California, 1904-1974, undated, 3 folders; news clippings, notes, pamphlet, and color photographs of mission and European and Native American musical instruments

4. San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, California, 1957-1975, undated, 2 folders; pamphlet, black and white and color photographs, manuscript book signed by Rev. Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta, O.F.M., and musical scores copied from Archdiocese of Los Angeles

5. San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission, Carmel, California, 1974, undated 2 folders; news clipping, pamphlet, post cards, notes, and musical scores

6. San Diego de Alcalá Mission, San Diego, California, 1975, undated, 4 folders; pamphlet, notes, and musical scores copied from San Diego de Alcalá Mission

C. Series II, Missions, undated, 1 box

1. San Fernando Rey de España Mission, Mission Hills, California, 1 folder

2. San Francisco de Asís Mission, California, 1 folder

3. San Francisco Solano Mission, Sonoma, California, 1 folder

4. San Gabriel Arcángel Mission, San Gabriel, California, 1 folder

5. San José de Guadalupe Mission, Fremont, California, 1 folder

6. San Juan Bautista Mission, San Juan Bautista, California, 3 folders

7. San Juan Capistrano Mission, San Juan Capistrano, California, 1 folder

8. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission, San Luis Obispo, California, 1 folder

9. San Luís Rey de Francia Mission, Oceanside, California, 1 folder

10. San Rafael Arcángel Mission, San Rafael, California, 1 folder

11. San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona, 1 folder

12. Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, California, 1 folder

13. Santa Inés Mission, Solvang, California, 1 folder

14. Santa Ysabel Mission, Santa Ysabel, California, 1 folder

15. San Jose de Tumacácori Mission, Tumacacori, Arizona, 1 folder

D. Series III, General, 1 box

1. Photographic slides of missions and documents from them, 1813-1993, undated, 1 container; 272 images

a. La Purísima Concepción de Maria Santisima Mission, Lompoc, California, undated

b. Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Mission, Soledad, California, undated

c. San Antonio de Pala Mission, Pala, California, undated

d. San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, California, undated

e. San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission, Carmel, California, undated

f. San Fernando Rey de España Mission, Mission Hills, California, undated

g. San Francisco de Asís Mission, San Francisco, California, undated

h. San Francisco Solano Mission, Sonoma, California, undated

i. San José de Guadalupe Mission, Fremont, California, undated

 

/2 “Sister Mary Dominic Ray Personal Collection”

Inclusive dates: 1913-1994

Volume: Ca. 13 cubic feet with ca. 15% Native Catholic

Description: Papers of Sister Mary Dominic Ray, O.P. (1913-1994), founder of the American Music Research Center, Dominican College, San Raphael, California; includes papers, presentations, publications, programs, photographs, audio recordings, and artifacts; collection within the Sister Mary Dominic Ray Library

A. Series IV, Publications, Gloria Dei California Mission Music, 19741975, 1978, 3 folders; booklet, news clippings, and programs

B. Series VIII, Audio Tapes, 1 folder and:

1. Logs of Recordings: California Mission Music, 1973, 1 folder

2. Recordings:

a. Images of California, 1776-1876, A Meeting of Three Cultures, #AT427-429, University of California Extension Media Center for American Mission Research Center, 1976, 3 audio cassettes

b. California Before 1846, Mission Archive Sources in California History, Rev. Maynard J. Geiger, O.F.M., #AT430, University of California Extension Media Center for American Mission Research Center, 1976, 1 Audio Cassette

c. California Mission Music Studies, Barrel Organ, ca. 1828, 1 audio cassette; 45 minutes

d. California Mission Music Studies, Songs recorded for Rev. da Silva, O.F.M., 1950, 1 audio cassette; 60 minutes

C. Series IX, Artifacts 1. Brass replicas of mission bells, undated; 2 items 2. Indian hand drum, undated; 1 item

D. Series X, Oversize: Map of California Missions, undated

 

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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