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ASSOCIATIONS, MUSEUMS, PARKS
Anthropology Dept., Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Chumash LifeCALIFORNIA STATE HISTORIC PARKS
The Archival Center
Archives of SPANBORD@ASU.EDU
California History Online
California Missions Foundation
California Preservation Foundation
Los Encinos State Historic Park
Los Encinos SHP Docents Association
Fort Ross State Historic Park ~ Traveller Friendly
Fort Ross State Historic park
First Pilgrimage to Fort Ross
Fort Ross in California was founded by Vologodians
Fort Ross Chapel Withdrawal of National Historic Landmark Designation
Fort Ross Quotations
The Russians at Fort Ross
Windmill's New Breath of LifeMonterey State Historic Park
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Olompali State Historic Park
Pío Pico State Historic Park
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic ParkCalifornia State Office of Historic Preservation
California Studies Association (CSA)
Coordinación Nacional de Conservación y Restauración del Patrimonio Cultural
Coro Hispano de San Francisco
Friends of Pío Pico State Historic Park
The Franciscans
Hispanic/Mexican Heritage Sites in California State Parks
House Museums, Open Air Museums, and Ship Museums in Southern California
Junipero Serra Museum
Monterey County Historical Society
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Society for California Archaeology
The Society of California Archivists
Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter
Ventura County Museum of History and Art
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
BIOGRAPHICAL
Briones, Juana
Juana Briones' Home Threatened
Site Of Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purísima Concepción
California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection
Dumetz, Francisco
López, Doña María Ignacia Candelaria.
"Doña María of Two Adobes."
The Larkin Papers
Señan, José Francisco de Paula
Serra, Junípero.
Junípero Serra
Junípero Serra, The Founder of California
Site of Junípero Serra's Cross
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO
The Vallejo Family: A Military History of Early California
SPECIFIC MISSIONS
Animated Map of Mission FormationLa Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad TimelineLa Purísima
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Brief Highlights of Mission La Purisma ConcepcionSan Antonio de Padua
La Purísima Mission
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
Friends of Historic San Antonio MissionSan Buenaventura
Mission San Antonio de Padua - Archaeo-Physics Survey
Mission San Antonio in Fort Hunter Liggett
San Buenaventura MissionSan Carlos Borromeo
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel Mission Basilica)San Diego
Mission Basilica San Diego de AlcalaSan Fernando Rey de España
PLANS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF UPPER CALIFORNIA A NEW LOOK AT THE "DARK AGE" FROM 1602 TO 1769 by Donald C. Cutter
THE OCCUPATION OF THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA by Iris Wilson Engstrand
"Sociopolitical Aspects of the 1775 Revolt at Mission San Diego de Alcala: an Ethnohistorical Approach"
History of San Fernando MissionSan Francisco de Asís
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record: Mission San Fernando Rey
Mission San Fernando Rey de España - September 8, 1797
San Fernando Valley History Timeline (1769-2002)
Santa Clarita Valley History in Pictures: Asistencia de San Francisco Javier at Castaic Junction
Luis Arguello's Tombstone-- Mission Dolores CemeterySan Francisco Solano de Sonoma (Sonoma Mission)
Misión San Francisco De Asis (Mission Dolores)
Mission Dolores (1905)
Mission Dolores—Altar
Mission Dolores Cemetery
Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores)
San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores)
San Francisco Cemeteries
San Francisco Earthquake 1906
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
San Francisco Streets Named for Pioneers
Mission San Francisco de Solano (Sonoma Mission)San Gabriel
Sonoma State Historic Park
Sonoma Mission
Agua Mansa: An Outpost of San Gabriel, 1842-1850San Juan Bautista
The San Bernardino Estancias
The Barrel Organ at Mission San Juan BautistaSan Juan Capistrano
Indian Family Housing at Mission San Juan Bautista
Cliff SwallowSan Luis Obispo
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Luis ObispoSan Luis Rey
Contributions to Luiseño Ethnohistory Based on Mission Register Research (pdf)San Miguel Arcángel
The Outposts of Mission San Luis Rey
Pala Asistencia (Mission San Antonio de Pala)
Welcome to Mission San Luis Rey
Mission San Miguel ArcángelSan Rafael Arcángel
The History of Early Mill ValleySanta Barbara
History of the Church of Saint Raphael
The 1812 Santa Barbara Earthquake: Padre Señan's ReportSanta Cruz
"California Earthquakes--Reminiscences of an Old Trader on our Coast"
December 21, 1812 Southern California Tsunami - Santa Barbara Narrative
"The History of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library."
Old Mission, Santa Barbara, CA
The Santa Barbara, California, Earthquakes and Tsunami(s) of December 1812
Santa Barbara Earthquake History
Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library
Study: Tsunami Could Hit L.A.
Tsunami Hazards in the Santa Barbara Channel 1993-2003 (PDF)
Friends of Santa Cruz State ParksSanta Inés
Mission Santa Cruz at Holy Cross Parish
Santa Cruz Mission Adobe
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park: Archaeological Excavations for Public Use Facility Construction
Capuchin Franciscans and Old Mission Santa Ines
Old Mission Santa Inés
The Santa Ines Mission Mills
California's "Two Lost Missions" (Colorado River)
Site of Mission La Purísima Concepción, 1780-81.
Site of Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer.
The Yuma Massacre of 1781
OF RELATED INTEREST
ADOBES
The Andres Pico Adobe until the late 1890s.
Dana Adobe, Nipomo California
Earth Architecture
Monterey Area Adobes and Other Early Buildings
Olivas Adobe Historical Park
Peralta Adobe
The Ramon Peralta Adobe Historical Site
Sanchez Adobe Historic Site
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeological Investigations of 19th Century California Indian Labors at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
California Archaeology
Institute of Archaeology. Archaeological Science,Technology, and Visualization
Reconstructing Maiolica Patterns from Spanish Colonial Sites in Southern California
THE ARTS
"California Mission Music"
"Mission Vocabulary"
"Stealing California's Mission Past"
"Translator's Notebook: The Mission Church and Its Furnishings"
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians
Bibliography on Chumash Indians
A Bibliography of Early California. and Neighboring Territory Through 1846: An Era of Exploration, Missions, Presidios, Ranchos, and Indians
Hispanic Music in Alta California
Research Conducted In Northern Santa Lucia Mountains, Big Sur, And Surrounding Areas.
Sister Mary Dominic Ray Library Guide to the California Mission Music Collection
CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION
The Getty Seismic Adobe Project at Work
Technical Preservation Services for Historic Buildings, National Park Service
GENEALOGY
Californians and the Military: The Founders of Santa Barbara: Who They Were and Whence They Came
California Mission Cemeteries
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Los Californianos
Los Encinos SHP Docents Association
William Goodwin Dana Genealogy
Los Descendientes De Santa Barbara (Descendants Of Santa Barbara Presidio)
Los Pobladores 200
San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records
The Society for Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR)
Sons of the American Revolution, South Coast Chapter
MAPS
1699 Louis Hennpin Map of North American Continent
David Rumsey Collection, Cartographic Associates
Homann America Map, 1707
Map of Rancho el Encino, 1873
Maps of the Pimeria: Early Cartography of the Southwest
The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County 1930 Map
Plat of the Rancho Tujunga, 1858
Spanish and Mexican Land Grant Maps, 1855-1875
NATIVE CALIFORNIANS
Acorn Mush
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
THE CHUMASH
The Chumash Indian Council Of San Luis Obispo County [Southern California]
The Indians of San Diego County
NATIVE AMERICANS AT MISSION SANTA CRUZ, 1791-1834, INTERPRETING THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD
News from Native California
An Overview of Ohlone Culture
"Sociopolitical Aspects of the 1775 Revolt at Mission San Diego de Alcala: an Ethnohistorical Approach"
Tataviam
"The Trail to Kashtiq." Online article
NORTHERN BORDERLANDS: THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, BAJA CALIFORNIA, AND NORTHERN MEXICO
Baja California, 1967-1992: Images by Harry Crosby
Baja California Collection
Baja California: Manuscripts
"The Earliest Libraries in Baja California Missions."
Kino Mission Tours
Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert
RAMBLING THROUGH BAJA CALIFORNIA WITH PEN & BRUSH
ORIGINAL SOURCES
American Journeys ~ NEW
Documentary Relations of the Southwest (DRSW) Master Bibliography and Index (University of Arizona)
Documents from the Spanish & Mexican Periods
Mission 2000
San Gabriel Mission Matrimonial Investigation Records
Using Primary Sources on the Web
PRESIDIOS
Bibliography for Presidios & Soldiers in the Californias & Northern New Spain
Leon Campbell, "Colonial Life in Spanish California During the North American Revolution"
Monterey's First Years: The Royal Presidio of San Carlos de Monterey
The Funston Avenue Archaeological Research Project at the Presidio of San Francisco
" The Presidios of Alta California."
Spain's Role in the American Revolution from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
" The Use of Presidio Hill"
Web de Anza
PUEBLOS
Pueblo of Los Angeles The Prideful Mission and the Little Town: Los Angeles
Pueblo of Branciforte Villa de Branciforte
San Pascual Indian Pueblo
RANCHOS
Bouquet Canyon
California Vs. Texas Longhorns of Yesteryear and Today-- A Comparative Study
Camulos
Castaic
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
History of Longhorns in California
Mexican Land Grants by County
The Past in California's Landscape
Rancho Camulos National Register of Historic Places Nomination
Rancho Camulos Museum
Rancho Los Alamitos
Rancho Los Cerritos (Long Beach)
Ranchos of California
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana
WOMEN
Briones, Juana
Juana Briones' Home Threatened
Site Of Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purísima Concepción
Indian Women Performing Spanish Mission Song
WOMEN AND THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA, 1542-1840: CODES OF SILENCE (Book Review)
Women and Power in Alta California: 1790-1835
MULTI-LOCATION WEB SITES
California Highways Trails and roads: El Camino Real
Four Still-Remaining Franciscan Missions
Monterey Bay Area Missions
The Spanish Plant Name Quiz
University of Michigan "Making of America" Website: California Missions
A Virtual Tour of the California Missions Traveller Friendly
PICTORIAL RESOURCES
Alice Iola Hare Photograph Collection (1900-1912)
Automobile Club of Southern California Digital Archive
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)
California Digital Library
California Heritage Collection, Bancroft Library
The California Historical Society Digital Archive
California Mission Sketches by Henry Miller, 1856
Franciscan Missions of California - Photographs, ca. 1876-1882
Illustrated Glossary of Terms Relating to California Missions & Other Hispanic Sites
Indian Women and Priest at Pala Mission
Juan José Fustero. Piru, California
Juan José Fustero: Death Certificate
Kroeber (Alfred L.) Ethnographic Photographs of California Indian and Sonora Indian Subjects, 1901-1930
Magic Lantern Slides - The Berkeley Geography Collection
Marquis McDonald Photographs
Miscellaneous California and Mexico Views, ca. 1880-1889
Miscellaneous Views of California Taken by I.W. Taber, ca. 1890-1899
The Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878
MISSION SAN XAVIER DEL BAC
Presentations
San Diego History Pictures
San Fernando Valley History Digital Library
Santa Barbara Views ca. 1875
Santa Clarita Valley History in Pictures
The Spanish Missions and Vistas of Baja CaliforniaSee also the searchable archive of other historic photos.
Three Views of the San Gabriel Valley
USC Digital Archive
Views Related to Water Supply Methods in California Missions, 1945
TEACHER RESOURCES
TEACHER RESOURCES WITHIN THE CMSA SITE:
Illustrated Glossary of Terms Relating to California Missions,
Article - "A Day in the Life of A Friar"
Article -"Horno Construction Techniques..."
Book Review of LIVE AGAIN OUR MISSION PAST
Also, please see the Mission Directory for School Tour & Teacher Contact Information, highlighted in green.American Journeys
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)
California Missions
California Missions Resource Center
The California Missions On-Line Project
Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change
The Cyber Serra Mission Project
Early California History: An Overview
Learn California.Org
Mission Santa Cruz at Holy Cross Parish
San Diego County Mission Quiz
The Spanish Missions of California. A Resource Website
Study of the Portola Expedition 1769
Ventura County Museum School Outreach
Why and How I Teach With Historical Fiction.
Your Mission: The Last Mission