CORREO
THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATION
CONTENTS:
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT MISSION DOLORES
CORO HISPANO AT SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO
JO MORA EXHIBIT AT CARMEL MISSION
SAN CARLOS OF MONTEREY HERITAGE CENTER MUSEUM
MISSION SAN MIGUEL NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK PLAQUE
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
DEVASTATING FIRE AT SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
WEBSITE REPORT
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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT MISSION DOLORES
Mission Dolores Curator Andy Galvan has asked that we pass on this
news: the 230th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Francisco de
Asís will be celebrated on Saturday July 1. There will be a Mass
in the Mission at 11 AM. Afterwards, commemorative wreaths will be
placed in the adjacent cemetery. This will be followed by a reception
in the Mission patio. At 2 PM, a presentation will be given in the
Mission by CMSA member Vladimir Guerrero, author of the recently
published "The Anza Trail and the Settling of California." All are
welcome. For more information, please contact Andy Galvan at (415)
621-8203 or at chochenyo@aol.com.
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CORO HISPANO AT SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO
Juan Pedro Gaffney writes that ¡Fandango VI! will be held
at the Officers‚ Club of the San Francisco Presidio on Friday June 30th
at 7 pm. This is a spectacular program of song and dance from
Hispano-Mexican California (1770˜1900) interpreted by the Coro Hispano
de San Francisco & Conjunto Nuevo Mundo, with artistas invitados
Mimi Ruiz, Marcos Ramón Hernández, Claudio
Santomé, Yolanda Aranda and Enrique Coria, together with dancers
from Los Lupeños de San José, and the vocal quintet Voz
en Punto from Mexico. Admission free.
The Coro Hispano will also be singing at the Anniversary Mass at
Mission Dolores on Saturday July 1.
ALSO: mark your calendars for this future event by the Coro and the
Conjunto: Sunday afternoon, October 15th, 3 PM or so, a tardeada of
mostly Early California music performed by Coro & Conjunto at the
Peralta Hacienda/Historical Park, at 2465 34th Avenue (off Coolidge) in
Oakland. Admission free.
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JO MORA EXHIBIT AT CARMEL MISSION
Louis Sanna from Carmel Mission writes:
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission) is proud to
host the new exhibition, "The California Mission Art of Jo Mora," from
June 23, 2006 through December 31, 2006, in The Mora Chapel Museum at
the Mission, 3080 Rio Road in Carmel, CA. The exhibit will feature the
historic Mission-themed art work of Joseph Jacinto ŒJo‚ Mora
(1876-1947), including his professional masterpiece, the Father
Junípero Serra Cenotaph (1924). A cenotaph is a monument to a
deceased person whose body is located elsewhere. Also featured will be
rarely seen drawings and watercolors Mora created as he explored the
California Missions on horseback in 1903.
The price of the exhibition is included in regular Mission fees, which
are $5.00 for adults, $1.00 for children aged 6 to 17, and free for
children under 5 years old. The exhibition will be open from 9:30 to
5:00 Monday through Saturday, and 10:30 to 5:00 on Sunday
Several additional examples of Mora's sculptural work can be found in
other parts of Monterey County. Carmel-By-The-Sea is home to two other
Mora pieces, his second tribute to Father Serra, the carved wooden
statue of Serra in the Carmel Woods, and, in the El Paseo Courtyard at
7th and Dolores, a painted sculpture of two early California figures.
The Salinas Courthouse is adorned with numerous decorative elements in
plaster, concrete and bronze all depicting various elements of
California history and all created by Jo Mora. In King City, the
exterior of the high school auditorium gives viewers an opportunity to
study various aspects of culture as seen through Mora's vision.
For more information, contact Louis Sanna at the Mission:
lsanna@carmelmission.org
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SAN CARLOS OF MONTEREY HERITAGE CENTER MUSEUM
Brother Larry Scrivani has informed us that on June 3rd at 5 pm, the
parish of San Carlos of Monterey formally opened its Heritage Center.
The Center is a museum of two rooms in the historic old rectory of
1904, now used for parish offices. There are currently four exhibits
each combining artifacts, illustrations and interpretive text to
present a different theme. The themes are: The Ohlone People, The Birth
of Monterey, The Soldiers of Spain and Mexico, and The Evolution of the
Royal Presidio Chapel. In addition to the Heritage Center there are
docents available to lead tours of the Royal Presidio Chapel, San
Carlos Cathedral. For information about hours or to arrange a tour,
phone 831-373-2628.
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MISSION SAN MIGUEL NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK PLAQUE
A dedication ceremony for the national historic landmark plaque at
Mission San Miguel was held on June 15. Congratulations to all who
worked so hard to obtain that designation for this important site!
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Galgano, Robert C. Feast of Souls : Indians and Spaniards in the
Seventeenth-Century Missions of Florida and New Mexico. 212 pp. ISBN
0826336485. $32.50. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
Vladimir Guerrero. The Anza Trail and the Settling of California. 240
pp, with maps. ISBN: 1-59714-026-0. $16.95. Berkeley: Heyday Books and
Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara University, 2006.
Kevin Starr. California: A History. 370pp. ISBN: 0-6979-64240-4.
$24.95. New York: Random House, 2005.
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DEVASTATING FIRE AT SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
This sad news is from Br. Tim Arthur on Junte 24, 2006. Thanks to
Mary Ayers for passing it along:
“Dear Friends,
This is just a short note to inform you that
the main house at our Retreat House at San Juan Bautista burnt to the
ground. This included the friars room, all the offices,conference
rooms, Gift Shop, Dining Room, and kitchen were all destroyed by a fire
that started around 3A.M this morning. Thank God that no one was
seriously hurt. Over 100 hundred firemen battled the blaze but was an
old house built in the late 1800's of wood and three stories high. It
was a lovely old Victorian Home to many of us. Please keep the
friars in your prayers.
In His love,
Br. Tim”
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WEBSITE REPORT
Here are some newly listed links on CMSA’s website; a number of
them are for San Francisco in anticipation of next February’s
conference. I’ve listed them first; the following links range
over a diversity of subjects, as befits the diversity of our
membership. Check them out!
Most of the website has been updated by now but the News and Events
page always needs items—let us know what is going on in your region or
area of interest. Prompt posting will follow. Thanks for
your help. -- SH
SAN FRANCISCO de ASIS
http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/California_Romantic/Illustrations/Luis_Arguello_Tomb_A.html
Luis Arguello's Tombstone-- Mission Dolores Cemetery
Large photo of the stone and its inscription
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state1/photos/dolores_pic.html
Mission Dolores (1905)
1905 photo (pre-earthquake) of the mission and next-door basilica
http://www.worldserver.com/turk/quicktimevr/MissionDolores2.html
Mission Dolores—Altar
A Quicktime VR movie (panorama) of the altar and the church interior.
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hcmmis.htm
Mission Dolores Cemetery
Excerpts from San Francisco newspapers 1862-1891.
San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores)
http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/dolores.htm
A series of photos of the mission today and its neighborhood
http://americahurrah.com/USGS/21.htm
San Francisco Earthquake 1906
1906 photo showing an intact mission next to ruins of
the modern basilica. (Compare to 1905 photo in link above.)
http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/search/X%22mission+dolores%22&SORT=D/X%22mission+dolores%22&SORT=D/1%2C79%2C79%2CB/browse
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
SANTA INES
http://www.sbthp.org/mills.htm
The Santa Ines Mission Mills
History of mills built to grind grain and to process woolen cloth.
http://www.beafriar.com/ines.html
Capuchin Franciscans and Old Mission Santa Ines
Since 1924, Mission Santa Ines has been staffed by the Friars Minor
Capuchin; this site explains who the Capuchins are and what they
do.
ADOBES
http://pacifica.ca.us/Sanchez.html
Sanchez Adobe Historic Site
Location, schedule, historical information about this San Mateo County
structure.
ARCHAEOLOGY
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=22686
Archaeological Investigations of 19th Century California Indian Labors
at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Description of field work 1996-1998 to discover the extent to which
Native American labor was used in the construction of Mariano Vallejo's
Petaluma Adobe, which is now a State Park Historic Park.
http://www.redshift.com/~bigcreek/projects/natural_history/slnhs_bibliography/slm_archaeology.html
Bibliography: Research Conducted In Northern Santa Lucia
Mountains, Big Sur, And Surrounding Areas.
A compilation of source bibliographies primarily about pre-historical
research, a few about historical archaeological work.
http://www.archaeolink.com/california_californian_archaeology.htm
California Archaeology
Annotated links
http://archaeology.csumb.edu/
Institute of Archaeology. Archaeological Science,Technology, and
Visualization
Go to Institute Projects page for information on mission-related
discoveries; also to to Archaeological Resources for extensive
list of archaeology and anthropology links.
ASSOCIATIONS
http://corohispano.org/Home.html
Coro Hispano de San Francisco
A choral group which is part of the Instituto de Musica de California
(a non-profit 501-C (3) public benefit corporation.)
http://www.calarchivists.org/
The Society of California Archivists
California Preservation Foundation
www.californiapreservation.org/
BIOGRAPHICAL
http://americahurrah.com/Larkin/Index.htm
The Larkin Papers
Excerpts
NATIVE AMERICANS
http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/recipe.php?recipeid=11&PHPSESSID=bb02616257d6b255bc8f406bf4b4b3f8
Acorn Mush
How to make this most Californian of Native American dishes.
PICTORIAL
http://californiadigitallibrary.org/
California Digital Library – Search images of thousands of
photos, paintings, and drawings from California’s history from early
times to the present.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/
California Heritage Collection, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
An online archive of more than 30,000 images from the Bancroft
Library's collections, UC Berkeley.
TEACHER RESOURCES
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0030.html
Study of the Portola Expedition 1769
An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
The Educator's Reference Desk, created by the Information
Institute of Syracuse , is a gateway to a large array of online
educational resources. This lesson plan lays out curriculum for two
weeks of instruction, and is aimed at grade levels 6, 7, 8, and 9.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/social1.htm
Why and How I Teach With Historical Fiction.
While this article does not directly deal with California history,
there is much good advice on how to integrate good historical fiction
into a social studies program. From Scholastic Magazine.
© California Mission Studies Association, 2006