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CONTENTS:
CMSA 2007 CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO: PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION ON CMSA WEB PAGE
SAN FRANCISCO EVENTS AT END OF JUNE
MISSION SAN JOSÉ POST-1868 CHURCH
NEW CD ON SPANISH MILITARY BUGLE CALLS
TIBESAR LECTURE: NOVEMBER 3, 2007
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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CMSA 2007 CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO: PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE
The 2007 conference proceedings have just been published. They have been sent out to those who ordered them as part of their conference registration. (To keep costs down, we've sent them out by "media mail." This method is a bit more slow than normal mail. However, you should be receiving your copy in a week or two.)
The volume is available to CMSA members for $25.00 and to nonmembers for $30.00. Both of these prices include tax and shipping. Checks may be sent to Robert M. Senkewicz, Department of History, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California, 95053.
The contents of the proceedings are:
"Mission Possible: A Partnership Between Mission Dolores and San Francisco State University," Lee Davis, Andrew Galvan, Maureen Bourbin, Queue Rolo, Megan Hickey, Jennifer Wells, Yolanda De León, Candice Heidebrecht, Michael Bellefountaine, Susan Boshoven, Nicholas Curry, all San Francisco State University
" 'Like Making Water Flow Uphill': Indian Labor and Indian Agency at Mission Dolores," Quincy D. Newell, University of Wyoming
"Report on a Project to Seek Out Documents Describing Early 19th Century California Housed in the Russian Naval Archives in St. Petersburg, Russia," Glenn J. Farris,
California State Parks
"Teodoro de Croix, San Francisco, and the Presidio Cordon in Alta California," Jack S. Williams, The Center for Spanish Colonial Research, San Diego
"Some Observations on the Archaeological Evidence of the Later Indian Village at Mission San Luis Rey, California," Jack S. Williams and Anita G. Cohen-Williams
The Center for Spanish Colonial Research. San Diego
"Chief Marin: New Evidence From Old Sources," Betty Goerke, College of Marin
"Mission Dolores' Quest for Agricultural Stability: 1776-1834," Russell M. Magnaghi, Northern Michigan University
"Gardens at the Golden Gate: Farming at the San Francisco Presidio and the Village of Yerba Buena," Emily B. Magnaghi, San Francisco State University
"California's Industrial Revolution, 1820-1840," Jeremy Hass, Santa Bárbara, California
"San Diego Presidio Park Council: Seven Years of Accomplishments," Eleanor Neely, Paul Chase, and Jack S. Williams, San Diego, California
"Anza and Font in the San Francisco Reconnaissance," Alan K. Brown, Columbus, Ohio
"Creation of a Trail Guide and Audio CD for the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail," Greg Bernal-Mendoza Smestad, San José, California
"Meditations on the Anza Trail Guide and Music," Lance Beeson, San Pablo, California
"A Comment on the Sense and Sensibility of the Colonial Women on the Second Anza Expedition of 1775-76," Martha Ann Francisca Vallejo-McGettigan, Vallejo Descendant
"Chief Salvador Palma and Juan Bautista de Anza," Vladimir Guerrero, Davis, California
"Fr. Junípero Serra's Mallorcan Roots," Susan Anderson Kerr, University of Texas at Austin
"Did the Dead Hand of the Church Block the Invisible Hand of the Market? The Anti-Clerical Tradition of Spanish and Mexican Liberal Economics, 1765-1833," Marie Christine Duggan
Keen State College
The Contents are also listed on the CMSA website at www.ca-missions.org/pubs
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BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION ON CMSA WEB PAGE
Sasha Honig, our indefatigable webmaster, reports that the bibliography page on the CMSA website has been reorganized and updated. Check it out at
http://www.ca-missions.org/biblio.html. Sasha welcomes suggestions for additional entries. You may contact her at cmsa_1@lightspeed.net.
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SAN FRANCISCO EVENTS AT END OF JUNE
As has been the case for the past number of years, a series of events is scheduled at the end of June to commemorate the founding of the Presidio and Mission of San Francisco.
June 26: 7 PM. Chief Marin: Leader, Rebel & Legend. Join anthropologist, archaeologist and author Betty Goerke to explore the history of Marin County's namesake and his people, the Coast Miwok. Book signing will follow. Presidio Officers' Club, 50 Moraga Avenue.
June 27: 11:00 AM. Los Californianos Founding Day Celebration at the Presidio of San Francisco. The Los Californianos Anza Commemoration Ceremony will take place at the flag pole in Pershing Square. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
June 28: 7 PM. Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women 1815-1846. Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz present a slide talk and book signing of their recent publication that includes testimonies from those unheard voices of pre-gold rush California women. Presidio Officers' Club, 50 Moraga Avenue. 7 PM.
June 29: 11 AM-4 PM. Family Fun! Passport Through Time. Kids! Try your hand at early California music and dance, uncover the Presidio's past with park archaeologists, and meet Ohlone and early California descendants. Experience early California rancho life and get a taste of 18th century cooking. Food will also be available for purchase. Presidio Officers' Club, 50 Moraga Avenue
June 29: 7 PM. ¡ Fandango VII ! Songs and dances of Early California . For the seventh year in a row, Coro Hispano de San Francisco, Conjunto Nuevo Mundo and friends present a family fiesta of music-making and dance from California's Hispano-Mexican era. This year's guest artists Cascada de Flores and dancers from Los Lupeños de San José. This year we celebrate the Manila Connection: Pacific Island traditions in Early California. Presidio officers Club, Moraga Ave at Argüello. Admission is free, courtesy of the Presidio trust.
June 30: 10AM-3PM. A Day at Chutchui. Mission Dolores. A celebration of the 231st birthday of San Francisco. Mass will be celebrated at 11AM. After the mass commemorative wreathes will be placed in the Mission Cemetery. That will be followed by a reception in the Mission patio. At 2 PM, Lisbeth Haas will speak on "Native Dances at the California Missions," in the old Mission.
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MISSION SAN JOSÉ POST-1868 CHURCH
Tom Simondi has done research on the fate of the church which was built at Mission San Jose after the 1868 earthquake. Tom has posted the results of his research at http://missiontour.org/sanjose/christchurch.htm. Check it out!
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NEW CD ON SPANISH MILITARY BUGLE CALLS
Asociación Internacional De Historia Militar, A.C. of Guadalajara has produced a new CD, entitled "Toques Militares del Ejército Borbónico, Interpretados por la Banda Militar del Colegio del Aire." The CD contains 26 bugle calls used by the Bourbon Army in the 18th century and after. Selections include "La Marcha de Fusileros" (Riflemen's March), "La Marcha de Granaderos" (Grenadiers' March), and "La Generala" (To Arms). A 16 page bilingual pamphlet by General Clever Alfonso Chávez Marín is included.
The cost is $29.06, which includes taxes, shipping, and handling. Please send the checks and inquiries to California Studies Initiative, Department of History, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053.
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TIBESAR LECTURE: NOVEMBER 3, 2007
On November 3, Francisco Morales, OFM, will deliver the Tibesar Lecture in Berkeley. His topic will be "The Native Encounter with Christianity: Franciscans and Nahuas in Sixteenth
Century Mexico." More details will follow.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Gloria Ricci Lothrop, ed., "The Land Beyond, Italian Migrants in the Westward Movement: an Anthology of Essays on the Italian Settlers' Experience in the American West." Introduction by Andrew F. Rolle. San Marino, California: Patrons of Italian Culture, 2007. Hardcover, 345 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9791359 -0-3.
[This book is brings together in one place 18 previously published essays on the Italian experience in the American West. The volume is distributed by the California Studies Initiative at Santa Clara University. The cost is $35, plus $5.00 for shipping and handling and $3.30 tax, for a total of $43.30. Please send the checks and inquiries to California Studies Initiative, Department of History, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053]