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Oral History Interview, Mission San Xavier del Bac, with Bernard Fontana, 1959 Jan. 26

1959
AZ 396
Collection Guide
Transcription of an Oral History with Father Nicholas Perschl, O.F.M., 1959

The collection consists of a verbatim transcript of an interview at Mission San Xavier del Bac in Arizona between between Father Nicholas Perschl, O.F.M., and Bernard L. Fontana, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Arizona. The interview concerns period from 1914 to 1923, when Perschl was responsible for the areas of Tucson, AZ and Mission San Xavier del Bac.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Journalism
Anthropology & Archaeology
Collection Area:
University of Arizona

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