CORREO:THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATION November 2006 Vol. 4, No. 7 Edited by Robert M. Senkewicz (Please submit any items for inclusion to rsenkewicz@scu.edu) |
CONTENTS: CMSA 2007 CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO: REGISTRATION CMSA 2007 CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO: PROCEEDINGS CMSA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FOR 2007 NOVEMBER 11 SYMPOSIUM ON "SITUATING MISSION SANTA CLARA" CARLOTTA AND KNOX MELLON LECTURE SERIES AT UC RIVERSIDE "ROMANCE OF THE BELLS" EXHIBIT IN SACRAMENTO LOS CALIFORNIANOS PUBLICATIONS BACK ISSUES OF THE BOLETÍN CALIFORNIA STUDIES INITIATIVE AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY ***************************************** CMSA 2007 CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO: REGISTRATION Registration materials for the 2007 CMSA conference at Mission Dolores in San Francisco will be sent to all members next week. Please sign up early! Conference Chair Andy Galvan and his committee have been hard at work preparing the event. It promises to be a very fine gathering. Andy is anxious for all of us to see the mission‚s new tule reed house and the museum, which has been newly renovated through a grant from the California Missions Foundation. One of the changes that we are making for this conference is that we are inviting presenters to submit proposals for entire sessions, consisting of two or three papers. A number of people have already done so. We hope to schedule these sessions so that an opportunity for questions and discussion will be an integral part of each session. If it works, this will be one of our most interactive conferences ever! The deadline for submissions of both session proposals and individual paper proposals is November 15. Please send proposals to rsenkewicz@scu.edu. ***************************************** CMSA 2007 CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO: PROCEEDINGS One of the other changes that we will be making for this year‚s conference relates to the conference "Proceedings." This year, we will be sending the "Proceedings" out to conference attendees a few months after the conference We will be giving each presenter a month after the conference to submit their final paper to the "Proceedings" editorial staff. We hope that in this way, more presenters will be able to put their materials into formal paper form, and that presenters will also have the opportunity to revise their essays in the light of the conversations that they will have on their topics at the conference sessions. In this way, we hope to make the "Proceedings;‚ a more complete record of the conference itself, and to enhance even more the quality of the essays in the volume. The Proceedings will cost $20 for conference attendees. CMSA members who do not attend may purchase them for $25. The "Proceedings" will be available at a later date those who are not CMSA members at a price of around $30 or a bit more. ************************************** CMSA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FOR 2007 CMSA 2007 membership forms will be sent to all members in a week or two. Please renew promptly to insure uninterrupted delivery of the next Boletín. Our membership rates will remain at the same modest level for another year. We are able to keep our membership rates down because of the generosity of a number of our members who contribute at a higher rate than the basic membership level. We ask all members please to consider contributing at a higher rate than the basic membership level, if you are able to do so. Thanks! ****************************************** NOVEMBER 11 SYMPOSIUM ON "SITUATING MISSION SANTA CLARA" On November 11, 2006, CMSA, along with the American Academy of Franciscan History and the California Studies Initiative at Santa Clara University will sponsor a symposium on a new book authored by CMSA member Russ Skowronek, with Elizabeth Thompson: "Situating Mission Santa Clara de Asís: 1776-1851, Documentary and Material Evidence of Life on the Alta California Frontier: A Timeline." The volume is published by the AAFH. The event will be held at Santa Clara University, Wiegand Room, Arts and Sciences Building, at 2 PM on Saturday November 11. Panelists will include Tina Foss, Andy Galvan, Jake Ivey, and Jack Williams, all of whom are CMSA members. More information is available at http://www.scu.edu/californiastudies/upcomingevents.cfm. All are welcome. **************************************** CARLOTTA AND KNOX MELLON LECTURE SERIES AT UC RIVERSIDE The Carlotta and Knox Mellon Lecture Series in Public History, the Department of History, the Center for Ideas & Society, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the Film & Visual Culture Program, and the California Museum of Photography at the University of California, Riverside present: Gonzales Vasquez (Founder, Inland Mexican Heritage): "Living on the Dime: Inland Southern California in Transition." A multimedia regional heritage project that explores the social, political, economic, and environmental impact of the Interstate 10 freeway. Through stories, photos, and film, "Living on the Dime" tells of the diverse people and communities along a 200-mile stretch of the I-10, from Blythe to Bloomington. The lecture is Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. The location is 1500 HMNSS on the UCR Campus. A reception will follow. For more information, contact Devra Weber at devra.weber@ucr.edu *************************** "ROMANCE OF THE BELLS" EXHIBIT IN SACRAMENTO Blaine Lamb informs us that the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts announces the opening of "Romance of the Bells: The California Mission in Art." This exhibit features a rich collection of Impressionist paintings of California‚s historic missions from the Irvine Museum. "Romance of the Bells" blends art and education. California artists of the late 1800s and early 1900s such as Alson Clark, Guy Rose and Joseph Kleitsch captured images of weathered adobe walls, red-tiled roofs, and tranquil rolling hills that shaped a vision of California‚s past. California‚s missions, often associated with this vision, have made a lasting effect on the artistic and social fabric of our state. Visitors to the California Museum will have an opportunity to experience history through the work of some of California‚s finest plein air artists. California teachers are encouraged to bring their history students to the Museum during the exhibit "Romance of the Bells" for lessons on Spanish exploration of California, the creation of the California missions, and the rancho period of California. The Museum provides additional lessons on early California through the permanent galleries and through a program called "California to Statehood." For more information on our educational resources contact the education department at (916) 654-5688. The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday noon to 5 p.m., and is located at 1020 O Street, downtown Sacramento. Admission is $7.50 for adults; $6.00 for seniors and students with ID; $5.00 for children 6 to 13; and under 6 is free. Group discount rates are available. For more information, visit www.californiamuseum.org <http://www.californiamuseum.org> . **************************** LOS CALIFORNIANOS PUBLICATIONS Los Californianos has just republished, as volume XIII in its "Antepasados" series, David J. Langum‚s seminal work, "Law and Community on the Mexican California Frontier: Anglo-American Expatriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846." This very important work, originally published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1987, has been out of print for some time, and Los Californianos has performed a signal service by bringing it back. This new volume also includes two additional essays by Langum. The cost is $33.50 per copy. In addition to this book, Los Californianos has other of its more recent "Antepasados" volumes available to the general public. They are: Antepasados, Volume VIII: Captain Juan Bautista de Anza - Correspondence on Various Subjects, 1775, Archivo General de la Nación, Provincias Internas 237, Section 3, Transcribed, Translated and Indexed (with Commentary Notes) by Donald T. Garate ($31.70), 328 pages, reprint Antepasados, Volume IX: Anza's Return from Alta California (Anza Correspondence 1776-1778) by Donald T. Garate, Illustrations by Wade Cox ($31.70), 340 pages Antepasados, Volume X: Cosas de California = Things of California by María Inocenta Pico viuda de Ávila; Dictated to Thomas Savage and Edited by Mary Triplett Ayers, Maurice and Marcy Bandy, and Rudecinda Lo Buglio ($26.00), 149 pages Antepasados, Volume XI: A Guide to the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail by Greg Bernal-Mendoza Smestad. ($22.06) 128 pages and CD. Antepasados, Volume XII: The Juan Bautista de Anza -- Fernando de Rivera y Moncada Letters of 1775-1776: Personalities in Conflict by Donald T. Garate. ($37.00), 282 pages All these books are available by sending a check made payable to Los Californianos to Maurice Bandy, 4002 St. James Place, San Diego, CA 92103-1630. All prices include sales tax, shipping, and handling. ***************************** BACK ISSUES OF THE BOLETÍN Over the past few years, we have been asked a number of times if back issues of the Boletín will be available for purchase. Now that we have a few years‚ experience under our belts and have somewhat stabilized our production schedules, we will soon be able to do this. A list of available back issues and prices will shortly be up on the CMSA website. The next issue of the Correo will also contain this information. ******************************** CALIFORNIA STUDIES INITIATIVE AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY A new California Studies Initiative has been started at Santa Clara University. The web site, at http://www.scu.edu/californiastudies/ contains a description of the project, as well as links to libraries, research sites, and California/Southwest/Borderlands Studies centers. Check it out, and if you have suggestions for links to other web sites, please let us know! |