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Missions -- California Adam Clark Vroman 
 A collection of over 50 photographs by Adam Clark Vroman, taken at the turn of the 20th century. Topics include California missions and Native Americans of the southwestern United States. Contains brief biographical information on the photographer. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/vroman/ Topics: Native Americans, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Religion Last updated Jun 10, 2006 California Mission Studies Association (CMSA)
Find a directory of missions, articles on mission architecture, images of California missions, stories about mission life, and information about archaeological projects. Includes 3-D tours of some of the missions, a glossary, and related links. Searchable. http://www.ca-missions.org/ Topics: Religion Last updated Nov 24, 2004 California Missions
An essay, brief facts about each mission's founding and location, brief information about the photographers, and historic photographs (1895 through the 1940s) of all 21 California missions. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/survey/missions/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Religion Last updated Jun 12, 2006 California Missions Interactive
Trip reports of two bicyclists' 1995 tour of twelve of the California missions. Photos and interesting details on eleven of them. http://www.rawbw.com/~cmi/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Religion Last updated Jun 21, 2004 California Missions: A Virtual Tour
This site has two histories (one brief and one in more depth) of each California mission. There are also historic and contemporary photographs of each mission, sketches of mission life, annotated links to related online resources, and a History of Mission Music with sound clips. A Java script feature is used to define words that might be unfamiliar to elementary school students. http://www.californiamissions.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Religion Last updated Mar 20, 2000 The Missions of Alta California: Photographs by William Henry Jackson
Exhibit of selections from William Henry Jackson's series of albumen photographs (1885-1890) of the Franciscan missions in California. Features images of twelve missions including Mission Dolores in San Francisco, and missions in San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara. Includes multiple images of some of the missions. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/missionsites/ Topics: Last updated Sep 6, 2006 Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California
Full-text of a 1890 article on the California Missions from the Century Magazine. From the Museum of the City of San Francisco Web site. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/rancho.html Topics: Religion Last updated Jan 21, 2003 |
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