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  1. Record book of St. Paul's Guild

    The collection contains a photocopy of a holograph of the St. Paul’s Guild Book from the St. Paul Church in Tombstone AZ. Included are minutes of meetings under its earlier names (Ladies Aid Society, Church Aid Society), Constitution of 1882, lists of ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-13 12:21

  2. Pedro de Arriquibar Letters

    The collection contains two holograph letters, dated Aug. 6 and Dec. 6, 1796, from Pedro de Arriquibar, chaplain of the Presidio de San Agustín del Tucson, to Bishop Fray Francisco Rouset de Jesus, Diocese of Sonora, Mexico. The letters provide a brief ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-15 12:07

  3. Jacobo Sedelmayr letters and reports

    Letters and reports, from Sedelmayr to Christóbal de Escobar y Llamas, Juan Antonio Balthassar, Philipp Segesser, and Andrés Xavier García, relating to conditions in Pimeria Alta at the missions and surrounding areas. Includes reports on explorations to ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-25 14:24

  4. Report of an Exploration, Written at Mission Dolores, Pimeria A

    The collection contains holograph reports of an expedition made by Eusebio Francisco Kino, a Jesuit missionary, and Father Antonio Leal into southwestern Arizona, known at the time as Pimeria Alta, in 1699. Includes extensive description of the geography, ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-25 17:02

  5. Documents Relating to Missions in Pimeria Alta

    The collection contains two holograph documents concerning supplies for either Mission Guevavi or San Xavier del Bac: a 1733 letter of transmittal for a supply request from Ignacio Xavier Keller, and a 1734 list of supplies needed from Felipe Segesser, ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-01 11:22

  6. Lectures on Learning and Religion

    The lectures were written as advice to students at the University of Arizona. They set forth Poston's visions and opinions regarding the function of higher education, and the separation of church and state. A complete photocopy of the manuscript is ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-05 10:39

  7. Palm-leaf Books

    Two manuscripts from South or Southeast Asia constructed from Talipat palm leaves. The first is dated seventeenth century; the second is undated. The first is comprised of twenty-six polished palm leaves inscribed with characters; another leaf is plain. ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-05 16:53

  8. Custodia de San Carlos de Sonora

    Francisco Antonio Barbastro (1734-1800) was a Franciscan priest, Father President of the Sonoran missions (1781-1783), and headed the ecclesiastical counteroffensive to Bishop Antonio de los Reyes' plan for the San Carlos "custodia." This ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-05 17:00

  9. Caso sobre la certificacion que se pide cada año al Padre Provincial de la Compana de Jesus, del numero de los religiosos que estan en sus missiones

    The collection contains a two-page manuscript requesting the Padre Provincial to provide certification of the number of religious at the missions, with endorsement by Juan de Ledesma, Diego Diaz de Pangua, Guillermo de Biris, and Francisco Calderon. The ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-12 11:44

  10. Casos reservados sinodales en la Diocesis de Mexico, y privilegios de los Indios en esta materia

    The collection comprises a single 18th century manuscript concerning the definitions of "reserved cases," in other words: crimes or sins which would result in excommunication for Catholics. Examples of such cases are homicide, abortion, ...

    castanoe - 2022-08-12 13:36

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