| Spain, the U.S. and the American Frontier: Missions -- Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas |
| A listing of web sites that provide links to information about Missions founded by the Spanish in the United States and Mexico.
For additional information about Spanish Mission history at the Library of Congress, consult its online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov).
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the Spanish areas of the United States is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 140 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/). Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.
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| Books of the Southwest: Resources of Arizona (http://southwest.library.arizona.edu/reaz/body.1_div.19.html) |
| Compiled by Patrick Hamilton in 1881, this electronic text copy of the book contains a chapter relating the history of the “Early Spanish Missionaries” in Arizona. The chapter includes descriptions of the San Xavier Del Bac mission in Tucson and of daily life for the religious converts. |
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| California Mission Studies Association (http://www.ca-missions.org) |
| Founded by a non-profit public benefit corporation, this website contains information regarding the archeological efforts performed on the sites of many California missions, including Mission San Antonio, and also contains a directory of California missions and other Hispanic sites in California. |
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| California Missions Foundation (http://www.missionsofcalifornia.org/) |
| This site, established by a nonprofit foundation, provides a general history of the California missions since the late 1800’s and also a brief historical timeline of each of the 21 missions. The site also lists both the immediate and long-term restoration needs of each station. Essentially, this site informs as to the condition of the missions today. |
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| California missions (http://www.californiamissions.com/) |
| This site features two histories for each of the twenty-one California Missions, color photographs, black and white sketches, and authentic mission music. The music was written in the missions during the late 1700's by the Spanish padres and the Native Americans who lived and worked there. |
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| Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library (http://drtl.org/History/index.asp) |
| This page contains an illustrated chronology of the San Antonio de Valero mission, known as The Alamo, from its foundation in 1716 through 2004. This page is part of the larger site of the library, which contains materials pertaining to the history of Texas and, particularly, the period of the Texas Republic. |
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| Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/its2.html) |
| The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. This entry details the history of the Spanish mission system in Texas from the late 1600’s through 1852. Includes a brief bibliography. |
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| Kino Missions (http://www.nps.gov/tuma/Kino_Missions.html) |
| A comprehensive listing, compiled by the U.S. National Park Service, of the mission stations founded by Father Eusebio Kino in both Arizona and Sonora. |
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| Maps of the Pimería, Early Cartography of the Southwest (http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/spc/set/pimeria/welcome.html) |
| A project by Jack D. Mount, a selection of maps from the University of Arizona Library Map Collection ranging in years from 1556 to the Gadsden Purchase of 1854. Father Kino was the first to use the term “pimería”, deriving the name from the Pima Indians who resided on the lands. The eighteenth century selection, in particular, contains maps drawn by Father Kino. |
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| Mission 2000 (http://www.nps.gov/tuma/M2000.html (database description)
http://data2.itc.nps.gov/tuma/search.cfm (search form)) |
| A searchable database of Spanish mission records of the Pimería Alta. Allows users to search records using personal or event information including surname, given name, title, race or tribe, event place, event year. An ongoing project of the National Park Service, the database is updated on a continual basis. |
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| Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert (http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/swf/mission.shtml) |
| This resource contains images and brief descriptions of the mission churches of the Sonoran desert of Arizona and Northern Mexico. The images are taken from slides, which were taken over a period of twenty years by James S. Griffith, a folklorist living in southern Arizona, and show the major mission sites in the old Pimería Alta that can be visited today. |
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| Mission Priests: Protectors of the Faith (http://www.nps.gov/tuma/Priests.html) |
| A history of the Jesuit, Franciscan and secular priests of the missions in the Pimería Alta. This page provides brief descriptions of priests other than Father Kino, to whom the majority of written history on this topic is dedicated. Posted by the U.S. National Park Service. |
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| Mission San Luis de Apalachee (http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/sanluis/) |
| This site, created by the state’s Office of Cultural and Historical Programs, provides a history of what is considered the western capital of the mission system in Florida. Includes a description of the archeological and reconstruction efforts performed at the site. |
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| My Mission (http://www.mymission.org) |
| A “cyber museum” of the 21 Spanish missions in the state of California, established and updated by a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring and preserving both the physical missions and their histories. |
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| San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (http://www.nps.gov/saan/) |
| "Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, are commemorated here." |
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| San Antonio missions (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/2sanantonio/2sanantonio.htm) |
| This resource is a lesson plan dedicated to educating students about the missions of the San Antonio area. It includes site maps, readings, images, and activities that can be used to teach about mission life in Texas. |
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