CORREO:THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATION June 2006 Vol. 4, No. 5 Edited by Robert M. Senkewicz (Please submit any items for inclusion to rsenkewicz@scu.edu) |
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 ***************************************** 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. ***************************************** 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. ************************************** 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 ************************************* 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. ****************************************** 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! **************************************** 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. ********* 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” ******************** 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 |