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CONTENTS:
SYMPOSIUM ON "CHILDREN OF COYOTE, MISSIONARIES OF ST. FRANCIS"
SAN DIEGO CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 17-19, 2006
REQUEST FOR CMSA NEWSLETTER BACK ISSUES
MIKE MATHES DVD ON BAJA CALIFORNIA COLONIAL HISTORY
ALTA CALIFORNIA MISSION REPORTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
WALKING TOUR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO
DAVID HURST THOMAS LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
MISSION SAN MIGUEL GOLF TOURNAMENT AND LANDMARK STATUS
TONY QUARTUCCIO EXHIBIT IN LA PAZ
DEATH OF MSGR. PAUL MARTIN
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
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SYMPOSIUM ON "CHILDREN OF COYOTE, MISSIONARIES OF ST. FRANCIS"
CMSA, the Academy of American Franciscan History, the Bancroft Library,
the California Historical Society, and Heyday Books will
co-sponsor a symposium on Steven Hackel‚s new book, "Children of
Coyote, Missionaries of St. Francis" on Saturday, November 19 at 10 AM
in the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library of the Graduate Theological Union
in Berkeley. The Library is located at 2400 Ridge Road in
Berkeley. Its web site is http://library.gtu.edu/index.html.
Participants include:
José Refugio de la Torre Curiel, University of California,
Berkeley
Janet Fireman, Curator, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History/Editor,
"California History"
Steven Karr, Curator, Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center.
Robert Senkewicz, Santa Clara University
Response by Steven Hackel, Oregon State University
All are invited!
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SAN DIEGO CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 17-19, 2006
The San Diego conference is shaping up to be a very fine event. It will
be held at Mission San Diego on February 17-19, 2006. The conference
committee, headed by Janet Bartel, is preparing an excellent conference
and an exciting set of associated activities. Registration materials
have been mailed out to all CMSA members. Information is also available
at our web site, http://www.ca-missions.org/conf.html. See you there!
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MIKE MATHES DVD ON BAJA CALIFORNIA COLONIAL HISTORY
A two disk DVD on Baja California colonial history is available. It
consists of four lectures, in Spanish, by Mike Mathes on the colonial
history of Baja California. The lectures were taped at a symposium
which Mike gave in February 2005 in Tecate. The event was sponsored by
INAH, the State Secretariat of Education, and CAREM. The set is
available from Corredor Histórico CAREM, S.C., PO Box 280,
Tecate, CA 91980. The cost is $15 each, with a 20 percent discount on
orders of 5 or more. Proceeds from the sale will go to assist in the
conservation of mission sites in the State of Baja California.
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ALTA CALIFORNIA MISSION REPORTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Alan Brown writes that it might not be well known that a fairly
extensive selection of mission reports from Alta California from the
early years of the nineteenth century are available on microfilm at the
University of Arizona. The reports were generally addressed to the
Bishop of Sonora. The material was microfilmed years ago, probably from
the diocesan archives at Hermosillo, by Fr. Kieran McCarty. Alan says,
"I would like to see the existence of the material be as well known as
possible." The material is in FILM 422. A finding guide for that
particular FILM is available at the library ["Guia a los documentos del
Archivo del Gobierno de la Mitra de Sonora, copiados en
microfotografias," por Luis Baldanado, Henry F. Dobyns y Bernard
Fontana, call no. Ref Z1426 .S6]. Alan has taken notes which
detail which rolls contain which reports from Alta California. Alan has
sent the Correo a text file of his notes, and the Correo would be happy
to provide it to any interested researcher. (Please contact the Correo
editor (rsenkewicz@scu.edu directly for this request.) Thanks very much
for your generosity, Alan!
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WALKING TOUR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO
On Saturday, November 5, 2005, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM there will be a
walking tour and visit to the San Francisco Presidio and a lecture on
"The Spanish Military."
The event will be led by Mission Dolores Curator Andrew Galvan and
staff members of the National Park Service. Bring a bag lunch, for
there are picnic tables available. The lecture will focus on 18th
Century Spanish Military at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
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DAVID HURST THOMAS LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
CMSA member David Hurst Thomas, Curator of Anthropology at the
American Museum of Natural History, will lecture on Tuesday, November
15th, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM, at the Center for English as a Second
Language, Room 103. The topic is "Reharvesting Ramona‚s Garden: Romance
and Reality in America‚s Mythical Mission Past." A reception will
follow in the lobby of the Arizona State Museum. A description of the
lecture follows:
"This illustrated talk addresses the nostalgia and romance that have
long surrounded the Franciscan and Jesuit missions of America‚s Spanish
Borderlands. From San Francisco (California) through the American
Southwest to St. Augustine (Florida), mainstream history has
constructed and perpetuated an idealized, romanticized version of the
Spanish mission in America, complete with Mission Revival architectural
styles and archaeological sites reconstructed like Hollywood stage
sets. This presentation draws upon the most
recent archaeological evidence from throughout the Spanish Borderlands
to suggest more historically accurate perspectives on America‚s mission
heritage."
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MISSION SAN MIGUEL GOLF TOURNAMENT AND LANDMARK STATUS
Organizers of the September 3rd , 2005 Second Annual Mission San Miguel
Restoration Benefit Golf Tournament presented a check for $43,013.40 to
Fr. Ray Tintle on Thursday, October 20th at Mission San Miguel.
Restoration work has already begun on the Museum portion of the old
Mission complex. Completion of this section is tentatively scheduled
for late this Fall. Fr. Ray expressed his thanks and gratitude to the
organizers and participants of the Golf Tournament for their support.
He said the Contribution will be a great help as the next phase of the
restoration project begins.
The Correo adds our own thanks to all who participated!
Also, on Monday, October 25th, Mission San Miguel was approved
for Landmark designation by the appropriate National Park Service
Committee. The matter will now go to the full National
Parks Board in Washington DC for what we all hope will be final
approval, on January 13th 2006.
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TONY QUARTUCCIO EXHIBIT IN LA PAZ
CMSA member Tony Quartuccio had a selection of his paintings of Baja
California on exhibit at the Teatro Juárez in La Paz on
September 1-15. Tony‚s paintings were shown along with a group of
Enrique Hambleton‚s photographs of Baja California rock paintings. The
event was sponsored by the Instituto Sudcaliforniano de Cultura, la
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, and el Patronato de
la Cultura en California Sur, A.C. Congratulations, Tony!
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DEATH OF MSGR. PAUL MARTIN
Msgr. Paul Martin, a longtime pastor at the Mission Basilica San Juan
Capistrano died Oct. 2 at his home in San Juan Capistrano. His obituary
appeared in the Los Angeles Times on October 10.
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED
Voss, Barbara L. "From Casta to Californio: Social Identity and the
Archaeology of Culture Contact." American Anthropologist 107, no.3
(2005):461-474.
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