Brother Henry, F.S.C., Microfilm Collection of Early Roman Catholic California, 1826-1970

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Summary

Creators:
Henry, Brother, F.S.C.
Abstract:
The collection, as processed, consists of forty-three microfilm reels of California mission registers from the 19th and 20th century as created by Brother Henry, F.S.C.
Extent:
3 boxes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English, , Spanish , Latin.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Reel number, Brother Henry, F.S.C., microfilm collection of Early Roman Catholic California, 095, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Background

Scope and content:

The Brother Henry, F.S.C., Microfilm Collection of Early Roman Catholic California consists of microfilm reels of early California mission registers that a Brother Henry, F.S.C., of the De La Salle Institute in Napa, California, filmed. Brother Henry began the project sometime in the late 1960s and continued microfilming registers into the 1970s. Mission registers include Baptismal (Bautismos), Burials (Difuntos), and Marriages (Matrimonios) Registers. The collection is arranged by each mission or church on the series level; only Series 1, Los Angeles Plaza Church, is open to researchers. The dates of the content found in the microfilm reels of Series One range from 1826 to the 1970s. The second number after the box label stands for the microfilm reel.

Biographical / historical:

Brother Henry, F.S.C., of the De La Salle Institute in Napa, California, was responsible for the creation of this collection, which consists of early California mission registers on 35mm microfilm reels.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

Terms of access:

Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Reel number, Brother Henry, F.S.C., microfilm collection of Early Roman Catholic California, 095, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

Location of this collection:
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, US
Contact:
(310) 338-5710
Special.Collections@lmu.edu
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