Resources related to the Old Missions

San Diego de Alcalá

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá
Mission San Diego de Alcalá History
The Presidio of San Diego in 1790 – San Diego History Center

San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel Mission Basilica)
Carmel Mission Foundation

San Antonio de Padua

Mission San Antonio de Padua

San Gabriel Arcángel

San Gabriel Mission Parish

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

San Francisco de Asís

Mission San Francisco de Asís

San Juan Capistrano

Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano Parish

Santa Clara de Asís

Mission Santa Clara de Asís

San Buenaventura

Mission San Buenaventura

Santa Barbara

Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Archive-Library

La Purísima Concepción

Mission La Purísima Concepción
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park

Santa Cruz

Mission Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Mission Adobe
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park: Archaeological Excavations for Public Use Facility Construction

Nuestra Señora de la Soledad

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad

San José

Mission San José

San Juan Bautista

Mission San Juan Bautista

San Miguel Arcángel

Mission San Miguel Arcángel

San Fernando Rey de España

Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Santa Clarita Valley History in Pictures: Asistencia de San Francisco Javier at Castaic Junction

San Luis Rey de Francia

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Contributions to Luiseño Ethnohistory Based on Mission Register Research (.pdf)

Santa Inés Virgen y Mártir

Mission Santa Inés

San Rafael Arcángel

Mission San Rafael Arcángel

San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (Sonoma Mission)

Mission San Francisco de Solano

California’s “Two Lost Missions” (Colorado River)

The Yuma Massacre of 1781
Site of Mission La Purísima Concepción, 1780-81
Site of Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer

Mission Resources

California Missions Foundation
California Missions Resource Center
Spanish missions in California – Wikipedia
List of Spanish missions in California – Wikipedia
California Missions – Visit California
California Missions – History.com
Missions of the Californias – California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks)
The California Missions Trail – California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks)
California Missions: A Journey Along the El Camino Real – The California Museum
California Mission Guide: California Mission Background and History
The Spanish Missions of California by Tricia Anne Weber
California Missions – Calisphere – University of California
California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California’s Early Years, 1849 to 1900 – Library of Congress
California Mission Trails Alliance
California Missions – Catholic Answers
California Missions – New Advent LLC
California Missions: Tools of Spanish Colonization – Bowers Museum
The California Frontier Project – Early California Resource Center
The Untold Story of California Missions by Katie McIntosh – The Gallatin School of Individualized Study
California Missions: How to Visit All 21 & Road Trip Along El Camino Real – California Through My Lens

Adobes

Dana Adobe, Nipomo, California
The Ramon Peralta Adobe Historical Site
Archaeological Investigations of 19th Century California Indian Labors at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

Genealogy

California Mission Cemeteries
Los Californianos (or Californios)

Maps

Google Maps
David Rumsey Collection, Cartographic Associates

Native Californians

Tataviam
The Trail to Kashtiq
News from Native California
UCLA American Indian Studies Center
The Chumash Indian Council Of San Luis Obispo County [Southern California]
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
California Indian History – California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Original Sources

American Journeys
HathiTrust Digital Library
Smithsonian Institution
San Diego History Center
San Diego History Center – THE EXPLORERS, 1492-1774
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Calisphere – University of California
UC Libraries – University of California
USC Libraries – University of Southern California
Office of Ethnohistorical Research – Arizona State Museum
The Missions And Missionaries Of California – Internet Archive
Documentary Relations of the Southwest (DRSW) Master Bibliography and Index (University of Arizona)

Pictorial Resources

Alice Iola Hare Photograph Collection (1900-1912)
Juan José Fustero. Piru, California
Juan José Fustero: Death Certificate
Kroeber (Alfred L.) Ethnographic Photographs of California Indian and Sonora Indian Subjects, 1901-1930
California Mission Postcards – Smithsonian Institution
California Mission Postcards – National Museum of American History (NMAH)

Teacher Resources

American Journeys
Early California History: An Overview
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)

Online Images

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Articles

Indians 201: The death toll in the California missions – Daily Kos
Junipero Serra was a brutal colonialist. So why did Pope Francis just make him a saint? – Vox Media, LLC

Philanthropic and Charitable Organizations

Native Sons Of The Golden West
Native Daughters of The Golden West
William Randolph Hearst Foundation