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2017 - Monterey County Historical Society - Hornbeck Collection Wpa Notebooks And Folders Inventory.Pdf

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A series of notebooks and folders containing information regrading California land grants, patented grants, missions, diseños, expedientes, Mission manuscripts

2017 - Monterey County Historical Society - Hornbeck Collection - Microfilm Inventory.Pdf

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A collection of microfilm donated to the Monterey County Historical Society by Dr. David Hornbeck dealing with California history, land use, land grants, land patents, ranchos and missions.

2019 - Monterey County Historical Society - Hornbeck Collection - Book Inventory

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Over 1200 books pertaining to, among other things, the history of California, California missions, geography, Spanish and Mexicans in the United States and California, California Indians, U.S. history, computer technology used in mapping, data use and interpretation

2019 - Monterey County Historical Society - Hornbeck Collection - Documents And Research Inventory

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Research and documents accumulated by Dr. David Hornbeck throughout his career pertaining to the history of California, the inhabitants, colonization and missions that he donated to the Monterey County Historical Society.

1916 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Index To Volumes Ii-Iv, Zephyrin Engelhardt

Franciscan Publications

This 1916 publication is an index of Volumes I through IV for Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.

1912 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. Ii, Upper California, Part I, General History, Zephyrin Engelhardt

Franciscan Publications

Volume II was a general accounting of the missions and missionaries in Upper California. Section I addressed the establishment and administration of the missions by Fr. Junípero Serra. Section II covered the administration of Fr. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén and Fr. Estevan Tapis. The author posited that the real object of the conquest and occupation of Alta California was not the establishment of the Catholic faith in California but rather to fund expeditions and secure the land from the Russians and others who were making expeditions in the region. Engelhardt's evidence was the fact that the Spanish government seized and …

1913 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. Iii, Upper California, Part Ii, General History, Zephyrin Engelhardt

Franciscan Publications

Volume III, Section I of Engelhardt's series on California missions covers largely the period of 1812 through 1830 addressing the challenges and difficulties facing the missionaries including the scarcity of resources and labor. He described the invasion of Monterey and other ports in Upper California by Hipólte Bouchard in 1818. Section II covers the period of 1830 through 1836 and the secularization of the missions by the Mexican government during which time the missionaries held their posts until either death or the government relieved them of the responsibility of protecting the neophytes against "white rapacity" and the destruction of the …

1915 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. Iv, Upper California, Part Iii, General History, Zephyrin Engelhardt

Franciscan Publications

The fourth and final volume in Engelhardt's series on the general history of the California missions and generally concludes with the narrative in the early 1850s time period. The author noted that, "... a cursory view of the situation revealed such un common struggles in behalf of the Indians against military usurpation and colonist cupidity, accompanied and followed by such extraordinary misrepresentations and calumnies, that only a documentary history would satisfy the critical student and intelligent reader. ... The character of the missionaries, their religious and moral principles, their object, methods, resources, successes and reverses were examined and recorded in …

1908 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. I, Lower California, Zephyrin Engelhardt

Franciscan Publications

Volume I of the Missions and Missionaries in California was compiled from original sources and was intended to serve as an introduction to the history of what was referred to as Upper or Alta California. This volume addresses the origin of the missions in Lower California, it's discovery, efforts to colonize the lower peninsula, the endeavors to establish a government, learn the language, introduction of agriculture, failure of the Spanish government to adequately fund the missions, establishment of various missions, the Jesuits decline, the Franciscan period; efforts to establish missions in Upper California by Fr. Junipero Serra, Fr. Palóu journey …

1769-1885 - Conceptual California Maps, David Hornbeck And David Fuller

Overview of California Private Land Claims and the Public Domain

Conceptual maps from the 1983 publication, California Patterns: A Geographical and Historical Atlas by David Hornbeck in collaboration with cartographer, David Fuller, depicting California missions, presidios, pueblos, Spanish land concessions, Mexican land grants, patented ranchos, lands granted to Anglo Surnames, major hide and tallow collection points, and mission population. The maps cover periods from 1769 (Spanish and Mexican era) through the American patenting process up to 1885.

1883 - History Of Santa Barbara County

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

This 1883 publication by Thompson & West, Oakland, California, provides a diverse account about individuals, events occurring during the early years of American occupation of California, and life in California including, but not limited to, pre-Spanish occupants, Spanish-Mexican occupancy, agriculture, discovery of gold, county government, Spanish grants, education, industry, politics.

1825 - Mission Spheres Of Influence Circa 1825, Salinas Valley And Vicinity [Draft]

Mission Maps

Map depicting mission spheres of influence in approximately 1825 in the Salinas Valley and surrounding vicinities. Supplemental downloadable August 4, 2017 memorandum regarding the Motivations for Mapping "Spanish Mission Sphere of Influence."

1839 – California: A History Of Upper And Lower California From Their First Discovery To The Present Time, Alexander Forbes

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

The first full account in English to relate exclusively to California, this book covers the history, climate, soil, natural productions, agriculture, and commerce, as well as the establishment of the missions and the conditions of the “free and domesticated” Indians. It includes an appendix on steam navigation in the Pacific.

Records Of Mexican Land Claims In California, Ralph G. Lounsbury, Undated

National Archives Documents

A report (93 pages) on the historical background of land tenure in California.

Provides the series of the land records of California located in Federal agencies and California and detailed background information for each category:

• Land records of the Spanish and Mexican Archives of California;
• Documents deposited in support of claims filed with the Board of Land Commissioners, 1852-1856;
• Records of Proceedings of that Board, 1851-1856;
• Attorney General's transcripts of Land Commission cases, 1852-1856; and
• Records of cases appealed to the Supreme Court from the United States District Courts in California